Stephen A. Satterfield (born April 18, 1985) is an African-American food writer, producer, and media entrepreneur. He is the television host of 2021 Netflix docu-series High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America.[1][2][3][4]
Stephen Satterfield | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1985 |
| Occupation | Food Writer |
| Website | stephensatterfield |
Biography
editEarly life
editSatterfield was born April 18, 1985, at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia to parents Sam and Debbie Satterfield.[5] His family lived in Stone Mountain, Georgia and Decatur, Georgia during his childhood.[1] He attended The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from The Holy Innocents School in Sandy Springs, Georgia in 2002.[1]
Career
editAfter attending the University of Oregon for one year, Satterfield attended culinary school at the Western Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon.[6] He became a sommelier by age 21.[7]
In 2007, he founded the International Society of Africans in Wine, a non-profit foundation to support Black winemakers in Africa. He moved to San Francisco in 2010 and became manager of the farm-to-table restaurant Nopa.[6] In 2016, he cofounded Whetstone, a quarterly magazine exploring food history and culture.[1][8] In 2018, he founded Whetstone Media. The company partnered with iHeartRadio to launch the food anthropology podcast Point of Origin as an audio adaptation of the magazine.[5]
Satterfield was the host of the Netflix docu-series High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America released in May 2021.
Philosophical views
editSatterfield endeavors to consider food holistically as a means of connecting to the human experience and better understanding the world.[7] He works to bring diverse viewpoints to food writing.[8]
Honors and awards
editSatterfield was selected as a 2016 Food Writing Fellow by The Culinary Trust and assigned to work on the website Civil Eats.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Ho, Rodney (May 27, 2021). "Meeting Netflix's 'High on the Hog' host Stephen Satterfield". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- ^ Rosner, Helen (May 17, 2020). "Tracing the African Diaspora in Food". The New Yorker.
- ^ Sontag, Elazar (April 21, 2021). "New Netflix Show Explores the Vital Influence of Black Culture on America's Kitchen". Eater.
- ^ Hutcherson, Aaron (May 24, 2021). "Netflix's 'High on the Hog' showcases Black people's vital contributions to American food". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b Williams, Dawn (May 27, 2021). "Meet Stephen Satterfield: Host Of 'High On The Hog'". Stuffs That Matter.
- ^ a b Henry, Sarah (March 31, 2015). "Stephen Satterfield: Bridging the Food Movement and the Culinary World". Civil Eats.
- ^ a b "Food Helps Stephen Satterfield Understand the World". The Great Ones. Great Jones.
- ^ a b Rao, Tejal (March 27, 2018). "A New Generation of Food Magazines Thinks Small, and in Ink". The New York Times.
- ^ Starkman, Naomi (March 2, 2016). "Stephen Satterfield Named Culinary Trust/Civil Eats Food Writing Fellow". Civil Eats.
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