Spouse(s) Michele Manfredi Name John Mitzewich | Role Chef | |
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Born 52 years old, July 11 (1963) Clifton Springs, New York Website foodwishes.blogspot.com Profiles | ||
Zen and the art of chicken teriyaki
John Armin Mitzewich (born July 11, 1963), famously known as "Chef John", is an American chef, video blogger and YouTube personality, who publishes instructional cooking videos on the video blog Food Wishes, as well as on a YouTube channel by the same name. Chef John also contributes eCookbooks, recipes and videos to the online food network Allrecipes.com. His video recipes have over 400 million views on YouTube. He has also authored a cookbook for Parragon Publishing entitled, "America's Family Favorites: The Best of Home Cooking". In 2011, he won the Taste TV Tasty Awards "Best Home Chef in a Series".
Contents
- Zen and the art of chicken teriyaki
- Gordon RAMSAY VS Chef JOHN from Food Wishes
- Career
- YouTube
- Allrecipescom
- References
Gordon RAMSAY VS Chef JOHN from Food Wishes
Career
John Mitzewich graduated from Paul Smith's College, New York, in 1983. He received an Associate of Applied Science Degree, with Honors, in Culinary Arts/Chef Training, and was also honored as the school's 1983 "Outstanding Chef Training Student.". He "held just about every position possible in the food industry" including Executive Sous Chef at the Carnelian Room, Sous Chef at Ryan's Café, and Garde Manger at the San Francisco Opera. Chef John was a Chef Instructor at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco for five years before leaving to focus on teaching people to cook online.
YouTube
Although Mitzewich's blog is his central website for his recipes, he also has an accompanying YouTube channel. He currently has over 2 million subscribers to his YouTube channel 'foodwishes' with hundreds of million views. Mitzewich has a content partnership deal with YouTube. He also briefly narrated various videos such as tent reviews, knife reviews and sleeping bag reviews.
Allrecipes.com
After Allrecipes.com acquired the Food Wishes blog site in 2011, Chef John has contributed recipes to Allrecipes.com. He currently stars in Allrecipes newest eCookbook, "Chef John's Best Dishes."
