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Tyler Florence Wiki Information
Tyler Florence
(born Kevin Tyler Florence
[1] on March 3, 1971) is a chef and television star of several Food Network shows. He graduated from the College of Culinary Arts at the Charleston, South Carolina, campus of Johnson & Wales University in 1991. He was later given an honorary doctorate from the university for his culinary success. He hosted Food 911
and How to Boil Water
, and currently hosts Tyler's Ultimate
on the Food Network.
Florence has been featured on the ABC TV show Shaq's Big Challenge, which aired on July 17, 2007 and Momma's Boys, a reality show from Ryan Seacrest. He has also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in a nationwide Sandwich Showdown. He has appeared a number of times on The Today Show, and was featured on The View in 2008. Florence serves on the board of the national nonprofit Afterschool Alliance, an organization that works to promote and to support quality after school programs [2]. In 2007, Florence and fellow chef Joey Altman co hosted a celebrity chef cook-off to benefit Afterschool Alliance [3]. In 2008 Florence was named the Dean of Culinary Education at COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts.[ His first restaurant, Bar Florence, is scheduled to open in the Hotel Vertigo in San Francisco in 2009.][
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Personal life
With his wife Tolan Clark, Florence has a son Hayden, (b. 2007), and a daughter Dorothy Tyler (b. 2008). In 2007, The couple moved from New York City to Mill Valley, California, north of San Francisco [4] where in June, 2008 Florence opened an eponymously named retail kitchen store. [5] Florence also has a son, Miles (b. 1996), from his previous wife, Christie Leer. [6]
Television appearances
- Christine Cushing Live - Guest
- Momma's Boys - Guest
- The View - Guest
- The Oprah Winfrey Show - Guest
- The Bonnie Hunt Show - Guest
- The Today Show - Guest
- Shaq's Big Challenge - Guest
- Food 911 - Host
- Doorknock Dinners - Guest
- How to Boil Water - Host
- Tyler's Ultimate - Host
Books
- Dinner at My Place
, 2008
- Stirring the Pot
, 2008
- Tyler's Ultimate: Brilliant Simple Food to Make Any Time
, 2006
- Eat This Book: Cooking With Global Fresh Flavors
, 2005
- Real Kitchen
, 2003
References
- Staff Writer. "Tyler Florence." ''TV.com - CNET Networks Entertainment.'' Retrieved on 2007-05-01.
- http://www.greatnonprofits.org/reviews/profile2/afterschool-alliance
- http://www.tablehopper.com/2007/08/socialite-celebrity-chef-cook-off-at.html
- Tyler Florence
- At home with chef Tyler Florence
- http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/06/tyler_florence_.html
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