Madison Cowan is a British-born American celebrity chef, and consulting chef.[1] He was the first Grand Champion of Food Network's Chopped.[2] He co-stars in BBC America’s travel series No Kitchen Required,[3] appeared as a judge on Food Network’s Extreme Chef and in cooking segments on NBC’s Today Show and CBS This Morning. Cowan resides in New York City.
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| Born | Brixton, South London, UK |
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| Website | www |
Early life
editMadison Cowan was born in Brixton, South London, his father is from Jamaica and his mother is an African-American.[4] He started cooking at age 14.[5]
His father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which ran in their family, and was a catalyst for his own advocacy work for the disease.[6]
Restaurant and food career
editEarly in Cowan's career he worked at Tavern on the Green, under Patrick Clark.[5] Cowan was an executive chef at Ashbells in London.[7]
Cowan was a co-owner of Avenue Inc., a supper club and cater company in New York City.[4] From March 2013 to 2014, Cowan was the consulting chef for the restaurant Slide, located at 174 Bleecker Street, New York City.[8]
In 2018, he was a participant in Michelle Obama's "Chefs Move to Schools" project.[5]
Television appearances
editIn 2010, Cowan was awarded the first title of "Grand Champion" of the culinary reality television show Chopped (Food Network), which also had a cash prize of $50,000 USD.[9][4]
In April 2012, he won "Battle: Kale" on Food Network's Iron Chef America (season 10, episode 3), with Amanda Freitag and his runner-up on Chopped Lance Nitahara serving as his sous chefs, defeating Iron Chef Jose Garces.[10]
In May of 2024, Cowan attracted controversy. He was reported to have not paid rent in his New York City apartment for 4 1/2 years and faced eviction. [11]
References
edit- ^ Turiano, Jennifer (22 September 2018). "Celebrity chef, "Chopped" grand champion Madison Cowan coming to Integrace Copper Ridge on Wednesday". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Raphael Brion (29 September 2010). "Madison Cowan Wins Chopped Champions - Video Interlude - Eater National". Eater.com. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Chef Madison Cowan | Contestants | No Kitchen Required". BBC America. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ a b c Brion, Raphael (29 September 2010). "Madison Cowan Wins Chopped Champions". Eater. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Get to Know Guy's Grocery Games Judge Madison Cowan". Food Network. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Robinson, Augusta (1 November 2018). "Chef Madison Cowan shares message of perseverance, encouragement to attendees of Butterfly Hope Luncheon". TylerPaper.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Zimmer, Andrew (3 March 2013). "Cannoli, spiked milkshakes, and the best sliders you've ever had". Thrillist. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Morabito, Greg (4 March 2013). "The Single Item Menu Trend Is Alive and Well at Slide". Eater NY. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Baker, C. Daniel (5 March 2013). "Iron Chef's Madison Cowan Opens Slide Restaurant in NYC". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "The Next Iron Chef Web Series Bios : Shows". Food Network. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
- ^ "Celebrity chef Madison Cowan evicted from Brooklyn apartment". ABC. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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