Stephen Satterfield
Culinary professional and television host
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Stephen A. Satterfield (born April 18, 1985) is an African-American food writer, producer, and media entrepreneur. He is the television host of 2021 Netflix docu-series High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America.[1][2][3][4]
Stephen Satterfield | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1985 |
| Occupation | Food Writer |
| Website | stephensatterfield |
Biography
Early life
Satterfield was born April 18, 1985, at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia to parents Sam and Debbie Satterfield.[5] His family lived in Stone Mountain, Georgia and Decatur, Georgia during his childhood.[1] He attended The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated from The Holy Innocents School in Sandy Springs, Georgia in 2002.[1]
Career
After attending the University of Oregon for one year, Satterfield attended culinary school at the Western Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon.[6] He became a sommelier by age 21.[7]
In 2007, he founded the International Society of Africans in Wine, a non-profit foundation to support Black winemakers in Africa. He moved to San Francisco in 2010 and became manager of the farm-to-table restaurant Nopa.[6] In 2016, he cofounded Whetstone, a quarterly magazine exploring food history and culture.[1][8] In 2018, he founded Whetstone Media. The company partnered with iHeartRadio to launch the food anthropology podcast Point of Origin as an audio adaptation of the magazine.[5]
Satterfield was the host of the Netflix docu-series High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America released in May 2021.
Philosophical views
Honors and awards
Satterfield was selected as a 2016 Food Writing Fellow by The Culinary Trust and assigned to work on the website Civil Eats.[9]