Jack Bishop is an American celebrity chef and food author whose specialty is

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. He is the chief creative officer of ''America's Test Kitchen'' on

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Personal life

Bishop studied cooking in Florence, Italy. He graduated from Mountain Lakes High School, New Jersey and considers Mountain Lakes his hometown. His mother first taught him to cook at home when he was 12 years old, as she worked late hours and his father was not a very good cook. He lives in

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, with his food-writer wife Lauren Chattman and their two daughters. Bishop is a decade-long member of his local community farm.

Career

In 1988, Jack Bishop started working at ''Cook's'' Magazine and collaborated on the launch of ''Cook's Illustrated'' in 1993. During his tenure with ''Cook's'', he established tasting conventions later used at ''America's Test Kitchen''. Bishop edited ''The Best Recipe'' (1999), co-directed ''Cook's Country'' magazine in 2005, and became a cast member of ''America’s Test Kitchen'' and ''Cook’s Country'' on

, hosting the Testing Lab segments and serving as an executive producer. Jack also regularly appears on ''Today'' (NBC).

Cookbooks

* ''Lasagna'' * ''Something Sweet'' * ''The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook'' * ''Pasta e Verdura'' * ''Vegetables Every Day'' * ''Italian Cooking Essentials for Dummies'' (co-authored with Cesare Casella) * ''A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen''

Television

* ''

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References

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