Joey Altman
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| 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 John Bentley.[3]
Career
He trained under Bernard Constantin at the Hotel Larivoire in Lyon, France, and with Jean Brouilly 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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