Celebrity Chef Art Smith Talks About his New Restaurant
Chef Art Smith talks about his new restaurant Homecoming Florida Kitchen &...
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Art Smith BiographyChef Art Smith loves the idea of bringing people together through food. It’s partly what made him the success he is today. He is the executive chef and co-owner of Blue Door Kitchen and Garden, Southern Art and Bourbon Bar, Homecomin': Florida Kitchen, Southern Shine at Disney Springs at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando and Art Bird & Whiskey Bar at Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Art Smith has received the culinary profession's highest awards and has cooked for some of the world's most famous celebrities. In 1997, Smith became the personal, day-to-day chef to Oprah Winfrey, a position that lasted ten years. Smith now coordinates and cooks for special events all around the world.
Smith has made regular television appearances on programs such as "Iron Chef America," "The Today Show" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show." He has appeared on the cover of Parade magazine, and has been featured in Cooking Light magazine. He is a regular contributor to Standup magazine, whose proceeds benefit The Ben Cohen Standup Foundation, which raises awareness of the long-term, damaging effects of bullying. Smith is the author of four award-winning cookbooks: "Back to the Table;" "Kitchen Life: Real Food for Real Families;" "Back to the Family;" and "Art Smith’s Healthy Comfort." With a focus on healthy cooking and healthy living, he contributed recipes and cooking advice to "The Spectrum," the newest book by ground-breaking cardiologist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Dean Ornish. In March of 2016 his latest cookbook "Smart Cooking" was released in conjunction of his line of the Chef Art Smith Smartbowl Cooking System.
Smith is the founder of Common Threads, a non-profit organization teaching low-income children to cook wholesome and affordable meals since 2003. He believes that through hands-on cooking and introducing children to fresh foods we can help prevent childhood obesity, reverse the trend of poor eating habits, and learn about diversity and tolerance through the celebration of our cultural differences and our commonalities. In 2015 Smith launched a non-profit organization, Reunion, Florida Garden and Kitchen School, in Madison FL at the historic Wardlaw-Smith House near his childhood home in Jasper, FL. At Reunion, students of all ages receive free classes on southern cooking traditions, horticulture, and weather forecasting via Weather Stem systems.
Smith was honored by Chicago magazine as a Chicagoan of the Year in 2007. That same year, the prestigious James Beard Foundation named him Humanitarian of the Year. In 2008, Smith received an Honorary MBA Degree, awarded by the Dedman School of Hospitality at Florida State University. Smith was inducted into the Chicago Culinary Museums Hall of Fame in 2010. May 19, 2012 Chef Art Smith received an Honorary Doctorate of Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University, North Miami Campus.
As a an six generation Floridian and alumni of Florida State University, as well as a receiving an honorary MBA from FSU, Smith will bring comfort to folks world-wide with his first venture at a University Campus. Together with Sodexo they will bring delicious and healthful offerings to the FSU Dining Hall and Student Center. He has instituted this same model at his new restaurant, "Homecoming," at Disney Springs, Walt Disney World, where well over 50% of the menu is locally sourced. Together they feel these restaurants can be catalyst to help bring awareness to Florida’s tremendous agriculture industry.
FSU already has a weather station at Doak Campbell Stadium. These programs will be virtually broadcast to the school and his restaurants will help educate students and employees on where their food comes from. Farm to table education is the on the pulse of education in America and with the help of The Annenberg Foundation, United Airlines, Sodexo, Cisco Systems and the State of Florida, Smith hopes to bring it to other challenged area's like his own local town. These Conversations will take place all across America and will be virtually available to schools, universities, homes and kitchens throughout the world.
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Chef Art Smith loves the idea of bringing people together through food. It’s partly what made him the success he is today. He is the executive chef and co-owner of Blue Door Kitchen and Garden, Southern Art and Bourbon Bar, Homecomin': Florida Kitchen, Southern Shine at Disney Springs at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando and Art Bird & Whiskey Bar at Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Art Smith has received the culinary profession's highest awards and has cooked for some of the world's most famous celebrities. In 1997, Smith became the personal, day-to-day chef to Oprah Winfrey, a position that lasted ten years. Smith now coordinates and cooks for special events all around the world.
Smith has made regular television appearances on programs such as "Iron Chef America," "The Today Show" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show." He has appeared on the cover of Parade magazine, and has been featured in Cooking Light magazine. He is a regular contributor to Standup magazine, whose proceeds benefit The Ben Cohen Standup Foundation, which raises awareness of the long-term, damaging effects of bullying. Smith is the author of four award-winning cookbooks: "Back to the Table;" "Kitchen Life: Real Food for Real Families;" "Back to the Family;" and "Art Smith’s Healthy Comfort." With a focus on healthy cooking and healthy living, he contributed recipes and cooking advice to "The Spectrum," the newest book by ground-breaking cardiologist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Dean Ornish. In March of 2016 his latest cookbook "Smart Cooking" was released in conjunction of his line of the Chef Art Smith Smartbowl Cooking System.
Smith is the founder of Common Threads, a non-profit organization teaching low-income children to cook wholesome and affordable meals since 2003. He believes that through hands-on cooking and introducing children to fresh foods we can help prevent childhood obesity, reverse the trend of poor eating habits, and learn about diversity and tolerance through the celebration of our cultural differences and our commonalities. In 2015 Smith launched a non-profit organization, Reunion, Florida Garden and Kitchen School, in Madison FL at the historic Wardlaw-Smith House near his childhood home in Jasper, FL. At Reunion, students of all ages receive free classes on southern cooking traditions, horticulture, and weather forecasting via Weather Stem systems.
Smith was honored by Chicago magazine as a Chicagoan of the Year in 2007. That same year, the prestigious James Beard Foundation named him Humanitarian of the Year. In 2008, Smith received an Honorary MBA Degree, awarded by the Dedman School of Hospitality at Florida State University. Smith was inducted into the Chicago Culinary Museums Hall of Fame in 2010. May 19, 2012 Chef Art Smith received an Honorary Doctorate of Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University, North Miami Campus.
As a an six generation Floridian and alumni of Florida State University, as well as a receiving an honorary MBA from FSU, Smith will bring comfort to folks world-wide with his first venture at a University Campus. Together with Sodexo they will bring delicious and healthful offerings to the FSU Dining Hall and Student Center. He has instituted this same model at his new restaurant, "Homecoming," at Disney Springs, Walt Disney World, where well over 50% of the menu is locally sourced. Together they feel these restaurants can be catalyst to help bring awareness to Florida’s tremendous agriculture industry.
FSU already has a weather station at Doak Campbell Stadium. These programs will be virtually broadcast to the school and his restaurants will help educate students and employees on where their food comes from. Farm to table education is the on the pulse of education in America and with the help of The Annenberg Foundation, United Airlines, Sodexo, Cisco Systems and the State of Florida, Smith hopes to bring it to other challenged area's like his own local town. These Conversations will take place all across America and will be virtually available to schools, universities, homes and kitchens throughout the world.
Contact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Art Smith and other top speakers and celebrities.
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After 5 years in the making, Chef Art Smith¿s Homecoming Florida Kitchen & Southern Shine is on the last legs of preparations.
Celebrity Chef Art Smith, Oprah's personal chef for 10 years, came home to Florida to open his newest restaurant, Homecoming – Florida Kitchen & Southern ...
Chef Art Smith, who has served the likes of President Barack Obama, Jeb Bush, Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey, recently stopped by Huff Post Live to discuss his ...
From Yahoo News: By Richard Leong NEW YORK (Reuters) - Celebrity chef Art Smith, who shed 100 pounds (45 kg) after being diagnosed with diabetes three ...
Art Smith, the cookbook author and former personal chef to Oprah Winfrey, Jeb Bush and others, is out with a new book -- but this time he's talking healthy eats.
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