Aaron McCargo Jr. Biography

Fast Facts

• Junior Volunteer in the kitchen at Cooper Hospital University at 13-years-old
• He was the 2009 spokesperson for the Great American Dine Out campaign, which tries to help engage the restaurant business in assisting to end childhood hunger in the U․S
• Speaks regularly at community schools and events to help explain too children that despite the odds, they too can be successful
• Works with non-profit organizations, including Share Our Strength
• Studied at Atlantic Cape Community College's Academy of Culinary Arts
• Became interested in the culinary world at four-years-old, when he began baking cakes in his sister's Easy Bake Oven
• Opened his own restaurant in Camden, N․J․, McCargo's Restaurant, in 2003
• Executive Chef of Catering at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia
• In 2008, he won season four of TV series, Food Network Star
• Made and sold cakes and cookies to his friends as a child