Curtis Stone

Curtis Stone
Stone in Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 2007 Photo by Joseph Trotz
Born	4 November 1975 (1975-11-04) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Chef, Television Personality
Partner	Lindsay Price (2009–present; 1 child)
Website
curtisstone.com

Curtis Stone (born 4 November 1975) is an Australian celebrity chef, author and television personality, nicknamed "The Quiet Terminator" by fans following his performance on The Celebrity Apprentice 3.

Background

Stone was born in Melbourne, Victoria and began cooking with his grandmother at the age of five. He attended Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School. His father, Bryan Stone, is an accountant.

Career

Stone was studying for his Bachelor of Business before deciding his heart was in food. He worked at some top Australian restaurants before leaving to work at various restaurants in London. In Australia, he debuted his cooking career at age 18 at the Savoy Hotel. On completing his qualifications as a chef, Stone began cooking in London under Marco Pierre White at the Café Royal and Mirabelle. He went on to become head chef at White's Quo Vadis.

Television

Stone returned briefly to Australia to make the traveling cooking show Surfing the Menu (on ABC TV) with another chef, Ben O'Donoghue.

No stranger to television, Stone had appeared in a number of cooking programs in the UK, including Dinner in a Box, Good Food Live and Saturday Kitchen. He also hosted the first season of My Restaurant Rules in Australia. Beginning in May 2006, Stone hosted Take Home Chef on TLC in the United States, which went on to become an international hit for TLC.

Stone appears regularly on NBC's Today. His second appearance in 2007 featured him visiting the home of host Meredith Vieira to teach her how to cook, as her children had complained that she did not know how. On 14 January 2011, Stone co-hosted the fourth hour of Today with Hoda Kotb. He has also appeared on Martha Stewart's show Martha, also on NBC, Access Hollywood, Lopez Tonight and The Nate Berkus Show. On 7 June 2011, Curtis was a guest on Conan, where he taught Conan how to prepare the perfect date night meal.

He has appeared on Food Network's Iron Chef America in the episode "Battle Skipjack Tuna," where he lost to Iron Chef Bobby Flay. Stone has also appeared on several episodes of The Biggest Loser.

Stone was also a candidate on The Celebrity Apprentice 3, which premiered in March 2010 and was the third installment to the Celebrity version of The Apprentice. The show premiered on 14 March 2010, and Stone was fired on 16 May 2010, placing fourth out of 14 contestants. Stone has also made appearances on The Ellen Degeneres Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Stone appeared on a segment of Oprah's Ultimate Australian Adventure, a four-day television event that aired 18-22 January 2011. Stone threw the talk show host a beach barbecue on Hamilton Island's Whitehaven Beach using Australia's best seafood, meats and produce.

In June 2010 it was announced that Stone would join the judging and investment panel on NBC's new series America's Next Great Restaurant alongside Bobby Flay, Steve Ells and Lorena Garcia. The first season aired Sundays from 6 March – 1 May 2011 directly followed by the fourth edition of The Celebrity Apprentice, where Stone made a guest appearance on the first episode.

In 2011, Stone became host of the third season of Bravo's Top Chef Masters, replacing Kelly Choi. In January 2012, Bravo announced Stone would co-host a new culinary reality show called Around the World in 80 Plates with fellow celebrity chef Cat Cora, set to premiere in May 2012. The series follows 12 chefs competing in a culinary race across 10 countries in 44 days.

In addition, Stone does TV commercials for Coles Supermarkets, Hy-Vee and Great Grains cereal. In 2011, Stone described to GQ Australia[2] his relationship with big supermarkets. "I never even thought about working for a supermarket. But there’s that feeling you get when you walk down the street and someone comes up and says, ‘You know what? We never used to cook fish in our house. Since we’ve tried that salmon recipe we have it once a week.’ The feeling that gives you is worth a million other things".

Other projects

In 2007 Stone hosted the Great Barrier Feast Culinary Masterclass event on Hamilton Island featuring other notable Australian chefs, Geoff Jansz, Shannon Bennett, and Justin North.

In 2008 Stone developed "Kitchen Solutions by Curtis Stone," a line of kitchen utensils, accessories and glassware. He also has written a series of cookbooks, including Surfing the Menu: Two Chefs, One Journey: A Fresh Food Adventure and Cooking With Curtis: Easy, Everyday and Adventurous Recipes for the Home Cook. His latest book, Relaxed Cooking with Curtis Stone: Recipes to Put You in My Favorite Mood, was released in April 2009.

Stone’s cookbook, Relaxed Cooking with Curtis Stone (ISBN 9781741669718), was published by Random House Australia in November 2009. It is a collection of recipes that are fuss free and tasty.

In 2010, Stone gave a cooking class and demonstration at the Singapore Sun Festival. In October 2010 it was announced that Stone had created recipes for in-flight meals for United Airlines.

Curtis Stone is also creating recipes for West Des Moines, IA-based Hy-Vee grocery stores.

Personal life

Stone was listed as one of the sexiest men alive in People magazine in 2006 alongside George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Stone is also a life long fan of the Geelong Football Club.

Stone has been dating actress Lindsay Price since late 2009. The couple have a son, Hudson, born on 6 November 2011.

External links

• Curtis Stone Official Website
• Curtis @ Lifestyle Food
• Cooking With Curtis Stone at KitchenDaily
• Interview with Curtis Stone (13 June 2007)
• Interview with Curtis Stone (18 June 2008)
• YourSingapore - Singapore Sun Festival