Madison Cowan
British-American chef
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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.
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| Born | Brixton, South London, UK |
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| Website | www |
Early life
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]
Television appearances
In 2010, Cowan was awarded the first title of "Grand Champion" of the culinary reality television show Chopped (Food Network), which also had a cash prize of $50,000 USD.[9][4]
In April 2012, he won "Battle: Kale" on Food Network's Iron Chef America (season 10, episode 13), with Amanda Freitag and his runner-up on Chopped Lance Nitahara serving as his sous chefs, defeating Iron Chef Jose Garces.[10]
