Joey Altman
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| Born | New York, U.S. |
| Education | Sullivan County Community College |
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| Website | www |
Joey Altman is an American chef, restaurateur, television host and writer.[1]
Early life and education[]
Altman grew up in the Catskills in New York, where his mother worked at Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel. As a child he wanted to be a magician, a stunt man, musician or an actor.[2] He earned a degree in hotel and restaurant management at the Sullivan County Community College in New York. He attended classes at California Culinary Academy in San Francisco with Mario Batali and .[3]
Career[]
He trained under at the Hotel Larivoire in Lyon, France, and with at Tarare in Brittany, France.[2] He worked at the Harvest Restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1985 he moved to New Orleans, Louisiana to work for Emeril Lagasse at Commander's Palace.[2]
In San Francisco he worked for Jeremiah Tower at Stars, Taxi, and as a private chef at music promoter Bill Graham's concert venues. He was opening chef at Miss Pearl's Jam House, a restaurant at the Phoenix Hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin District. He owned and ran the Wild Hare Restaurant in Menlo Park, California from 1999–2003.[4] Beginning in 2002, Altman was spokesman for Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines.
Television career[]
At Food Network, Altman hosted "Appetite for Adventure", which demonstrated outdoor travel cooking, and "Tasting Napa", a travelogue.[4] He was the host of "What's Cooking with Joey Altman" on Shop at Home Network. In 1998 he launched the long-running "Bay Cafe", which features on-location and in-studio cooking demonstrations with guest chefs from around the San Francisco Bay Area.[5]
Awards[]
- James Beard Foundation Award broadcast media awards for "Best Local Television Cooking Series" in: 2000, 2001, 2006.[6]
Personal life[]
Altman is a blues guitarist, performing with the all-chef band "Back Burner Blues" for charity events.[4]
Bibliography[]
- with Jennie Schacht. Without Reservations: How to Make Bold, Creative, Flavorful Food at Home. Hoboken: Wiley (2008). ISBN 0470130458
References[]
- ^ "Cook's Night Out: JOEY ALTMAN". SFGate. July 24, 2005. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Chef Joey Altman". The Reluctant Gourmet. August 19, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ^ "John Bentley closing out career in restaurant business". The Almanac News. December 4, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Joey Altman". Food Network. Archived from the original on May 16, 2006.
- ^ "Joey Altman". KRON.
- ^ "Primary Source".
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- Living people
- American television chefs
- American male chefs
- Food Network chefs
- Writers from San Francisco
- Chefs from New York (state)
- American food writers
- People from the Catskills
- Chefs from California
- American cookbook writers
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American guitarists
- American blues guitarists