Andrew Knowlton was the Restaurant Editor at ''
Bon Appétit
''Bon Appétit'' is a monthly American food and entertaining magazine, that typically contains recipes, entertaining ideas, restaurant recommendations, and wine reviews. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered at the One World Trade Center i ...
'' magazine, where he worked for 18 years, starting in 2000. He has also been the host of several cooking competition shows, including ''
The Final Table
''The Final Table'' is an American cooking competition and reality television series hosted by food writer and critic Andrew Knowlton, and filmed in Los Angeles, California for Netflix. The first season was released on November 20, 2018. It fe ...
''.
Early life
Knowlton was born in Gainesville, Florida and raised in
Atlanta
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,
Georgia
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. Knowlton moved to New York in the mid 90s to attend
New York University
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In 1832, the ...
.
Career
Prior to working at ''Bon Appétit'', Knowlton worked for ''
Lingua Franca
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'' magazine, as well as in the restaurant industry.
Knowlton started working at ''Bon Appétit'' in 2000.
He was in charge of ''Bon Appétits blog presence and the editor of the restaurant section of the magazine, as well as compiling the magazines
Hot 10 Best New Restaurants list.
After appearing as a judge on ''
Iron Chef America
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'', in the fall of 2007, he appeared on the
Food Network
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's ''
The Next Iron Chef
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'', acting as a judge for the entire series.
In 2018, he appeared as the host for the
Netflix
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cooking show
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''
The Final Table
''The Final Table'' is an American cooking competition and reality television series hosted by food writer and critic Andrew Knowlton, and filmed in Los Angeles, California for Netflix. The first season was released on November 20, 2018. It fe ...
''.
In February 2021, in the fall out of
racism allegations at ''Bon Appétit'', the podcast ''
Reply All'' and ''
Business Insider
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'' described accounts from former employees of what was described as verbal harassment and casual racism from Knowlton while working at ''Bon Appétit''.
Personal life
Knowlton is married to Christina Skogly Knowlton and lives in
Austin, Texas
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.
He and his wife have two daughters.
Television appearances
* ''
Iron Chef America
''Iron Chef America'' is an American cooking show based on Fuji Television's ''Iron Chef'', and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed ''Iron Chef USA'' that aired in 2001. The show is produced by Food Network, whi ...
'' (guest judge)
** Episode IA0409, Batali/Abou-Ganim vs. Gadsby/Albert, Battle
Mango
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** Episode IA0502, Flay vs. Ford, Battle
Blue foot chicken
** Episode IA0828, Flay v. Greenspan, Battle
Goose
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** Episode IASP13H, Flay v. Morimoto, Battle
Egg nog
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/
Ice sculpture
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* ''
The Next Iron Chef
''The Next Iron Chef'' is a limited-run series on the Food Network that aired its fifth season in 2012. Each season is a stand-alone competition to select a chef to be designated an Iron Chef, who will appear on the Food Network program ''Iron ...
'' (judge)
*
Gordon Ramsay
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's ''
Hell's Kitchen
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'' (guest judge)
* ''
The Final Table
''The Final Table'' is an American cooking competition and reality television series hosted by food writer and critic Andrew Knowlton, and filmed in Los Angeles, California for Netflix. The first season was released on November 20, 2018. It fe ...
'' (host)
References
External links
Bon Appétit blogBon Appétit podcast
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Living people
American food writers
1970s births
Writers from Gainesville, Florida
Writers from Atlanta
Food Network
Bon Appétit people