Madison Cowan
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Madison Cowan | |
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| Born | Brixton, South London, UK |
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| Website | www |
Madison Cowan is a British-born American chef.[1] He was the first Grand Champion of Food Network's Chopped.[2] He co-stars in BBC America’s travel series No Kitchen Required,[3] appeared as a judge on Food Network’s Extreme Chef and in cooking segments on NBC’s Today Show and CBS This Morning. Cowan resides in New York City.
Madison Cowan was born in Brixton, South London; his father is from Jamaica and his mother is African-American.[4] He started cooking at age 14.[5]
His father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which ran in their family, and was a catalyst for his own advocacy work for the disease.[6]
Restaurant and food career
Early in Cowan's career he worked at Tavern on the Green, under Patrick Clark.[5] Cowan was an executive chef at Ashbells in London.[7]
Cowan was a co-owner of Avenue Inc., a supper club and cater company in New York City.[4] From March 2013 to 2014, Cowan was the consulting chef for the restaurant Slide, located at 174 Bleecker Street, New York City.[8]
In 2018, he was a participant in Michelle Obama's "Chefs Move to Schools" project.[5]
