Alton Brown is a famous American TV personality, reality television star, celebrity chef, actor and author
Alton Brown
@Celebrity Chef, Career and Facts
Jul 30, 1962
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: July 30, 1962
- Nationality: American
- Famous: Author, Celebrity Chef, Tv Personality, University Of Georgia, Cinematographers, Food Experts, Chefs, TV Presenters, Writers
- Spouses: Deanna Brown
- Known as: Alton Crawford Brown
- Childrens: Zoey Brown
- Universities:
- University Of Georgia
- University of Georgia
- New England Culinary Institute
Alton Brown born at
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Birth Place
Brown lives in Marietta, Georgia, with his wife and daughter Zoey, who appeared on 'Good Eats' and was known as 'Alton's Spawn' on the show. He is a motorcycle enthusiast and a pilot.
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Personal Life
Alton Brown was born on July 30, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, to Alton Brown, Sr., who was a media executive, owner of the radio station WRWH and publisher of the newspaper 'White County News'.
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Childhood & Early Life
When he was very young, his father was found dead in his home in 1974, allegedly a suicide and shortly after, his mother remarried. Despite his disgruntled childhood, Brown earned a degree in drama from the University of Georgia.
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Childhood & Early Life
Thereafter, he took to cinematography and film production and made his living though it. He did cinematography for some important videos in the 1990s, like that for 'The One I Love', a song by famous rock band R.E.M.
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Childhood & Early Life
He worked in film productions for over a decade but his heart was always with cooking, the love that was inducted into him by his mother. He used to watch cookery shows passionately.
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Childhood & Early Life
After making up his mind that he wanted to pursue cooking professionally and creatively and that the cookery shows on the television were not doing justice to this art, he enrolled himself in New England Culinary institute and graduated in 1997.
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Career
From 1999-2011, his show 'Good Eats' ran on the Food Network and Cooking Channel. He created the show keeping in mind that people need to get educated about the science and technique behind cooking.
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Career
The show ran for almost 12 years, making Brown a prominent celebrity chef in the television industry. His show received a Peabody Award in 2006 and was nominated for the Best TV Food Journalism Award.
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Career
In 2004, he appeared as an expert commentator on the cooking show called 'Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters'. Due to his increasing popularity on the show, he hosted the next four season of its spin-off 'The Next Iron Chef'.
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Career
Brown's third cooking series 'Feasting on Asphalt' came out on Food Network in 2006. The series ran for three seasons until 2008 under different titles 'Feasting on Asphalt 2: The River Run' and 'Feasting on Waves'.
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Career
He gained popularity as a charismatic celebrity chef who insisted on teaching the technical aspects of cooking, from his first show 'Good Eats', which ran for almost 12 years and made him into a TV star.
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Major Works