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Roy Yamaguchi

Restauranteur and Celebrity Chef Roy Yamaguchi is a master of fine Hawaiian cuisine and has over two dozen signature restaurant locations peppering the globe from the U.S. to Guam and Japan. Chef Roy is recognized as one of the founding fathers of Hawaiian fusion cuisine and he blends together Hawaiian flavors with influences from other cultures to create a medley of flavors sure to hit all the right taste buds. In March of 2016, Chef Roy announced he would be opening a new Roy’s restaurant at sea aboard MSC Cruises’ MSC Seaside. He joins a long line of Celebrity Chef Speakers who have opened restaurants on cruise lines such as Curtis Stone and Jamie Oliver.

Chef Roy’s Hawaiian fusion cuisine is a wide-ranging blend of California, classical French and Japanese cooking traditions. He was born and raised in Japan but attributes his love for Hawaiian cuisine from his paternal grandfather who owned a tavern in Maui during the 1940’s. He moved to New York to attend the Culinary Institute of America where he graduated in 1976. He then held a number of jobs working in revered California restaurants like L’Escoffier, Le Gourmet and L’Ermitage.

Celebrity Chef Roy Yamaguchi is now a James Beard Foundation award winner for Best Pacific Northwest Chef and hosted his own cooking TV series on PBS called Hawaii Cooks with Roy Yamaguchi. He has published 3 cookbooks sharing the recipes of his tasty cuisine. Chef Roy is available for hire for cooking demonstrations or celebrity chef speaking. He gave the commencement speech at the 1996 Culinary Institute of America and is now on the CIA Board of Trustees.

Contact Celebrity Chef Network today to hire Celebrity Chef Roy Yamaguchi to provide a cooking demonstration or help host your next corporate conference, trade show, fundraiser or other special event.

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Chrissy Teigen

Beloved model turned Celebrity Chef Chrissy Teigen is the wife of music icon John Legend and one of the most celebrated Sports Illustrated swimsuits models in the history of the magazine. Her bubbly personality has expanded her career into many different avenues including guest starring on TV shows and even co-hosting Spike’s new series Lip Sync Battle with LL Cool J. In February of 2016, Chrissy released her first cookbook titled Cravings: All the Food You Want to Eat. In it she provided a variety of her favorite recipes and home creations that featured a tasty mix of different ingredients and culinary styles.

What sets Chrissy apart from other Celebrity Chef Speakers is her charm, quick wit and general disregard for the traditional rules of the kitchen. Chrissy makes what tastes good. Period. From artichoke, spinach and buffalo chicken mash-up dip to charred broccoli with garlic bread crumbs, there’s something in her book for every taste bud! Following the release of her cookbook, Chrissy has made a number of celebrity chef appearances to sign books and meet with her growing fan base.

In 2013, Celebrity Chef Chrissy Teigen appeared in her own special on the Cooking Channel called Chrissy Teigen’s Hungry. The special followed Chrissy and husband John as they went wedding menu tasting and finalized their food and drink plans for the big day. More recently, Chrissy was one of the Celebrity Chef Speakers chosen to appear in the Cooking Channel’s Cookies & Cocktails special. In September of 2015, Chrissy was introduced as the co-host and food guru on Tyra Bank’s talk show, FABlife. That same year she was chosen to co-host the Billboard Music Awards with Ludacris.

Contact Celebrity Chef Network to hire Celebrity Chef Chrissy Teigen for celebrity chef appearances or celebrity chef speaking opportunities at your next corporate conference, trade show event or fundraiser.

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Chris Santos

Restaurateur and Celebrity Chef Chris Santos is a New York-based chef best known as one of the featured judges on Food Network’s overwhelmingly popular cooking competition series Chopped. Chris is a top celebrity chef for hire for annual food festivals, trade shows and other special events. While not filming for Food Network or traveling the country for events, Chris stays busy as the owner and executive chef of 2 restaurants located in New York City’s lower east side called The Stanton Social and Beauty & Essex.

A Massachusetts native, Chris learned the tricks of the trade working at various restaurants in the NYC area including Cranebook Restaurant and Tearoom and the award-winning Latin restaurant Suba. In 2000, he opened his first restaurant called Wyanoka that garnered stellar reviews from local food critics. 5 years later he opened The Stanton Social, where guests were fully introduced to his multi-cultural style. In 2010, Chris opened his latest venture Beauty & Essex. He is currently working on 3 new restaurants, opening another in NYC and expanding his brand to the west coast with new restaurants in Los Angeles and Los Vegas.

Since becoming one of the top celebrity chefs in the culinary community, Celebrity Chef Chris Santos has developed his own line of signature sauces and recently signed a partnership with meal-delivery service Chef’d. He makes regular celebrity chef appearances on morning and daytime TV programs including NBC’s Today, Show, CBS’s Early Show as well as cooking series such as The Martha Stewart Show and The Rachael Ray Show. Chris currently sits on the board of directors for City Harvest, the world’s first food rescue organization.

Contact Celebrity Chef Network today if you are interested in booking Celebrity Chef Chris Santos for a celebrity chef speaking opportunity or cooking demo at your next conference, trade show, fundraiser or other special event.

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Aaron Franklin

Celebrity Chef Aaron Franklin is a talented chef and restaurateur specializing in mouth-watering BBQ. You may recognize him as the host of his own cooking show, BBQ with Franklin airing on PBS. Aaron currently owns and operates his own restaurant called Franklin Barbecue in Austin, Texas which has grown into one of the most popular barbecue hotspots in America. Each day the line wraps around the building and the average wait time for a meal is 1-hour. That’s right, this top celebrity chef has brisket so good customers will wait an hour just for a plate! Some famous customers who have enjoyed it have included Jimmy Kimmel and President Barack Obama.

Celebrity Chef Speaker Aaron Franklin was named Best Chef: Southwest by the James Beard Foundation in 2015. To this day he is the only chef specializing in BBQ to win the award. After countless hours spent working the pit, he has earned a reputation as one of the top celebrity chefs in the BBQ category. It all began in 2009 when he and his wife Stacy opened up the first location of Franklin Barbecue, a food trailer located just off the interstate in Austin. In just 2 years, they would move to a real brick and mortar location and the restaurant earned a feature on Anthony Bourdain’s TV travel series No Reservations in 2012. In 2014, Texas Monthly included Franklin Barbecue on its list of the 50 Best BBQ Joints in the World.

In April of 2015, Celebrity Chef Speaker Aaron Franklin published his first cookbook titled Franklin Barbecue: A Meat Manifesto. The cookbook has been dubbed a definitive resource for the backyard pitmaster, providing readers with a top-to-bottom education on cooking meat and brisket.

In 2016, Celebrity Chef Aaron Franklin has been featured in a number of top industry publications including a recent article in Bon Appetit Magazine describing his affinity for espresso. Aaron has spent a lot of time on the road taking his show of pop-up BBQ pits to food festivals and special events like Feast in Portland and Chicago’s 3-day BBQ event hasted by Land and Sea Dept. Studios. This top celebrity chef is also in the planning stages his own food festival which he describes as super DIY with lots of hands-on experiences for attendees. The inaugural date for Aaron’s new food festival is set for May of 2017.

He is one of few Celebrity Chef Speakers in the BBQ category available for celebrity chef speaking engagements and other celebrity chef appearances.

Would your organization like to hire a chef for your upcoming event or marketing campaign? Let a qualified celebrity chef booking agent help find the perfect celebrity chef for you! A celebrity chef speaker can create a dynamic event and add energy and excitement to your event. Celebrity chef appearances can consist of a cooking demonstration, personal appearances or a keynote speech.  If you would like to hire celebrity chef Aaron Franklin or are interested in exploring other celebrity chefs please call Celebrity Chef Network at 212-410-9879 or email booking@celebritychefnetwork.com to speak with a celebrity chef agent to discuss top celebrity chefs available for your organization and event.

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Jonathon Sawyer

Celebrity Chef Jonathon Sawyer is a crafty culinary personality based in Cleveland, Ohio. Jonathon owns and operates 4 foodie hotspots in the city and is also credited with opening the first pop-up restaurant group in Cleveland called Brick & Mortar Pop-Ups. In January of 2015, Jonathon released his first cookbook titled Noodle Kids: Around the World in 50 Fun, Healthy, Creative Recipes the Whole Family Can Cook Together. Just a few months later, he earned the title of 2015 Best Chef Great Lakes from the James Beard Foundation after being nominated for the award every year since 2012.

Jonathon attended the Pennsylvania Institute of Culinary Arts. Upon graduation, he worked at The Biltmore Hotel in Miami before earning a position at Charlie Palmer’s Kitchen 22 in NYC. He would later link up with his friend and mentor Michael Symon to work as the executive chef at Symon’s restaurant Parea. But Jonathon had dreams of opening his own restaurant and moved back to his hometown of Cleveland to bring his vision to life.

Since then, Celebrity Chef Jonathon Sawyer has helped revive the culinary scene in Cleveland with 4 highly-touted eateries including popular gastropub The Greenhouse Tavern, Noodlecat, Bar Cento and Trentina. Perhaps his most exciting ventures have been Sawyer’s Street Frites at the Cleveland Brown’s First Energy Stadium and SeeSaw Pretzel Shoppe at the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Quicken Loans Arena.

Jonathon has since become a national culinary star and has appeared on several cooking competition series including Iron Chef America, Unique Eats and Dinner Impossible. In 2010, he received Food & Wine Magazine’s Best New Chef Award.

Celebrity Chef Jonathon Sawyer is a big supporter of local ingredients and sustainable businesses. In 2011, Jonathon created the Tavern Vinegar Company. He ferments over 300 gallons of his own barrel-aged wine, beer and vinegars for his restaurants and individual sale.

Hire Celebrity Chef Jonathon Sawyer for Celebrity Chef cooking demonstrations, meet & greets, Celebrity Chef speaking engagements and other personal appearances.

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