Tyler Florence
Birth Name:
Kevin Tyler Florence
Birth Place:
Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Fast Facts
- Has made a commitment to ending hunger and joined with the San Francisco & Marin Food Bank to raise money for their 25th anniversary
- Was named the Dean of Culinary Education at COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts in 2008
- Graduated from Johnson & Wales University's Culinary Program
- Became executive chef of the restaurant Cibo in 1998 and opened his own restaurant, Cafeteria, in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan
- Made his television debut on the Food Network show "Food 911" and went on to host "How to Boil Water" and "Tyler's Ultimate․"
- Started out busing tables at age 15 in his hometown of Greenville, South Carolina
- Quote: "It's important for everyone to feel failure․ I wouldn't trade any stupid decision for another five years of life․ We have four restaurants, a retail store, baby food, a television division, a publishing division, and I've never been happier․"
- Best known as a chef and as the host of Food Network shows like "The Great Food Truck Race" and "Food Court Wars․"
- Launched Sprout, a line of organic baby foods, and The Tyler Florence Shop, which sells his retail items
- Based the idea for his restaurant Wayfare Tavern on what he thought a tavern in San Francisco would have looked like 100 years earlier