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Rick Bayless

BornNovember 1953 (age 54–55)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Cooking styleMexican cuisine
Current Restaurant(s)
Television show(s)

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Professional career

After hosting the 26-part PBS television series Cooking Mexican in 1978-1979, Bayless dedicated over six years to culinary research in Mexico, culminating in 1987 with the publication of his Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico, which Craig Claiborne described as "the greatest contribution to the Mexican table imaginable. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Craig Claiborne ( September 4, 1920 – January 22, 2000) was an American Restaurant critic, Food Writer "

In 1987, Bayless, along with his wife, Deann, opened the Frontera Grill in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in contemporary regional Mexican cuisine. Frontera Grill is a gourmet Mexican restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Mexican food is a style of food that originated in Mexico. Mexican cuisine is known for its intense and varied flavors colorful decoration and variety of spices In 1989 they opened Topolobampo, one of America's first fine-dining Mexican restaurants.

In 1995, he and partners started the successful Frontera Foods line of prepared food products.

He was one of the founding members of Chefs Collaborative, in support of environmentally sound agricultural practices and is active in Share Our Strength, the nation's largest hunger advocacy organization. Share Our Strength is an anti-hunger organization in the United States.

Bayless is a restaurant consultant and teaches authentic Mexican cooking throughout the United States. He is a visiting staff member at the Culinary Institute of America and leads cooking and cultural tours to Mexico. The Culinary Institute of America (CIA is a culinary school located in Hyde Park ( Dutchess County New York) USA, founded in 1946

Bayless has written several cookbooks on the subject of traditional Mexican fare, including the best-selling Mexico: One Plate at a Time. He has also contributed to a number of magazines.

Bayless and his staff also began the Frontera Farmer Foundation[1] in 2003. This foundation was set up to support local farmers by offering capital improvement grants. As of 2007, more than $400,000 has been given to local family farms.

In 2005, Bayless competed on Iron Chef America and lost to Iron Chef Bobby Flay on what was the first broadcast episode of season 1, with buffalo as the secret ingredient. Iron Chef America The Series is an American Cooking show based on Fuji Television 's Iron Chef, and is the second American Robert William Flay (born December 10, 1964 where he was raised and continues to live The American bison ( Bison bison) is a Bovine Mammal, also commonly known as the American buffalo.

Bayless was also a guest judge in episode 3 of Season 4's Top Chef, judging both the quickfire and elimination challenges. Top Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the Cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each

Bayless is the brother of ESPN personality and sports journalist Skip Bayless. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to Sports journalism is a form of Journalism that reports on Sports topics and events While the sports department within some Newspapers has been Skip Bayless (born John Edward Bayless II December 4, 1951 in Oklahoma City Oklahoma) is an American Journalist on

Controversy and competition

In 2003, Bayless courted controversy when he signed on to endorse fast-food giant, Burger King. [2] In TV commercials, the grinning chef could be seen "mmm-mmming" over the fast-food chain's line of "low-fat" chicken baguette sandwiches. Because of Bayless' past advocacy of "slow food" and organic ingredients, many dedicated "foodies" were critical of what appeared to be a commercial endorsement. [3]

While Frontera Grill and Topolobampo remain Chicago culinary landmarks, they both face increasing competition from restaurants offering alta cocina mexicana (Mexican haute cuisine), operated by native Mexicans and/or accomplished alumni chefs from his kitchens. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Haute cuisine (literally "high cooking" in French) or grande cuisine refers to the cooking of the grand restaurants and hotels of Much of the interest in regional and high-quality Mexican food in Chicago, though, was created by Bayless.

Awards and accolades

Frontera Grill was ranked the third-best casual dining restaurant in the world by the International Herald Tribune

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Rick Bayless: winning awards, accolades and appetites - Interview by Carolyn Walkup
  2. ^ Upscale chef Bayless to weigh in for BK by Amy Garber, accessed 11 February, 2007.
  3. ^ Fast Food Flap; Why a Celebrity Chef Is Taking Heat Over a Spicy Chicken Sandwich - The Washington Post - HighBeam Research

External links

The James Beard Foundation is a New York -based national professional Non-profit organization named in honor of James Beard that serves to promote the The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP is a United States based not-for-profit professional association whose members work in culinary education communication The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international Newspaper
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