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Madison Cowan

Madison Cowan

British-American chef

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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Early life

Madison 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

Early 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

In 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]

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Raphael Brion (29 September 2010). "Madison Cowan Wins Chopped Champions - Video Interlude - Eater National". Eater.com. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Chef Madison Cowan | Contestants | No Kitchen Required". BBC America. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  4. [4]
    Brion, Raphael (29 September 2010). "Madison Cowan Wins Chopped Champions". Eater. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Get to Know Guy's Grocery Games Judge Madison Cowan". Food Network. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  6. [6]
    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.
  7. [7]
    Zimmer, Andrew (3 March 2013). "Cannoli, spiked milkshakes, and the best sliders you've ever had". Thrillist. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  8. [8]
    Morabito, Greg (4 March 2013). "The Single Item Menu Trend Is Alive and Well at Slide". Eater NY. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  9. [9]
    Baker, C. Daniel (5 March 2013). "Iron Chef's Madison Cowan Opens Slide Restaurant in NYC". Black Enterprise. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  10. [10]
    "The Next Iron Chef Web Series Bios : Shows". Food Network. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.


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