Chris Fischer

A native of Martha's Vineyard, Fischer grew up on a farm and learned about food from his father, Albert, a former commercial fisherman, who taught him how to hunt, fish and farm.^[1] Fischer spent much of his boyhood on Martha's Vineyard and went to a two-room schoolhouse that has since been converted into a police station.^[2]

When he became a chef, he worked under Mario Batali at Babbo while living in Manhattan.^[3] He also cooked in Europe, working at the American Academy in Rome and London's The River Cafe before returning to Martha's Vineyard to work there full-time in 2007.^[4]

Fischer ran his family farm, Beetlebung Farm, a five-acre property that his grandfather purchased in the 1950s^[5] or in 1961.^[2] He was the executive chef at the Beach Plum Inn & Restaurant for several years and was awarded the 2014 StarChefs.com Coastal New England Rising Stars Award.^[6] In 2016, he was awarded with the James Beard Award for his book The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook, which he wrote with co-author Catherine Young. He was also a part-time instructor at Boston University's Metropolitan College Programs in Food & Wine.^[7]

Fischer married comedian and actress Amy Schumer on February 13, 2018, in Malibu, California.^[8][9] On May 5, 2019, Schumer gave birth to their son.^[10] Schumer revealed in her Netflix special Amy Schumer Growing that Chris Fischer is on the autism spectrum.^[11] Fischer and Schumer announced their separation on December 12, 2025.^[12]

His cookbook, The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook, which memorialized a year of cooking and living on Martha's Vineyard, won the 2016 James Beard Award for American Cooking.^[14]