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Biography

Alton Brown spent eight years working in the film business as a cameraman and video director, and he spent a lot of his spare…more

Born

7/30/1962, Los Angeles, CA

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Role
- The Next Iron Chef
  Himself - Host
  - S 4: Ep 8 Holiday Meal
    12/18/11
  - S 4: Ep 7 Hamptons Beach Cookout
    12/11/11
- The Next Iron Chef
  Host
  - S 4: Ep 6 Food Auction
    12/4/11
  - S 4: Ep 1 Primal: Heat and Meat
    10/30/11
  - S 1: Ep 6 Attain Greatness
    11/11/07
  - S 1: Ep 5 Lead and Inspire
    11/4/07
  - S 1: Ep 4 Creativity Under Pressure
    10/28/07
  - + 3 More Credits
- Good Eats
  Host
  - S 13: Ep 7 Good Eats Turns 10
    10/10/09
  - S 11: Ep 15 Apple of My Pie
    2/4/08
  - S 11: Ep 4 Sub Standards
    7/16/07
- Iron Chef America
  Commentator
  - S 7: Ep 10 Iron Chef Michael Symon vs. Fabio Trabocchi
    2/15/09
  - S 7: Ep 7 Iron Chef Cat Cora vs. Iron Chef Michael Symon
    11/30/08
  - S 7: Ep 5 Thanksgiving Showdown
    11/16/08
  - S 7: Ep 4 Iron Chef Michael Symon vs. Chris Cosentino
    10/26/08
  - S 7: Ep 3 Iron Chef Cat Cora vs. Art Smith
    10/19/08
  - + 55 More Credits
- Good Eats
  Host and Creator
  - S 12: Ep 6 Oh My, Meat Pie
    10/27/08
  - S 11: Ep 11 Kinda Blue (Blueberry)
    11/14/07
  - S 10: Ep 18 Pickled Pink (a.k.a Corn the Beef)
    3/14/07
  - S 10: Ep 12 Fry Turkey Fry
    11/12/06
  - S 10: Ep 11 Major Pepper
    11/8/06
  - + 159 More Credits
- Feasting on Waves
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Won Love
    9/28/08
  - S 1: Ep 3 Island Thyme
    9/21/08
  - S 1: Ep 2 Fungi With Foraging and Fish
    9/14/08
  - S 1: Ep 1 Sugar on Isle One
    9/7/08
- Iron Chef America
  Host
  - S 6: Ep 16 Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto vs. Tyson Wong Ophaso
    8/3/08
  - S 6: Ep 15 Iron Chef Bobby Flay vs. Gabrielle Hamilton
    7/20/08
  - S 1: Ep 0 Iron Chef America Preview Special
    4/23/04
- Feasting on Asphalt
  Host
  - S 2: Ep 1 A Strong Brown God
    8/4/07
  - S 1: Ep 4 California or Bust
    8/19/06
  - S 1: Ep 3 High Plains Feaster
    8/12/06
  - S 1: Ep 2 I Smell Pork
    8/5/06
  - S 1: Ep 1 The South Shall Fry Again
    7/29/06
- The Next Food Network Star
  Mentor [seasons 8- ]
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The Next Food Network Star
  Guest Mentor
  - S 7: Ep 1 Lights, Camera, Cook
    6/5/11
Guest Star (10)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 24: Ep 19 September 29, 2011
    9/29/11
- The Best Thing I Ever Ate
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 1 Combos
    5/16/11
  - S 4: Ep 7 With Chopsticks
    11/8/10
  - S 4: Ep 5 Under Wraps
    10/25/10
  - S 4: Ep 4 At A Deli
    10/18/10
  - S 4: Ep 1 Bang For The Buck
    9/27/10
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Next Food Network Star
  Commentator
  - S 6: Ep 9 Iron Chef Battle
    8/8/10
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
  Chef Guest
  - S 1: Ep 128 Christopher Meloni, Eve, Alton Brown
    10/8/09
- The Next Food Network Star
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 1 Press Party for Food Network's 16th Birthday
    6/7/09
  - S 2: Ep 5 Alton Brown TV101
    4/9/06
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Giada Elimination
    4/2/06
  - S 2: Ep 3 Second Elimination
    3/26/06
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Next Food Network Star, Episode One
    6/5/05
- SpongeBob SquarePants
  Nicholas Withers
  - S 6: Ep 12 House Fancy
    6/6/08
- The Next Food Network Star
  Challenge Presenter/Table Judge
  - S 4: Ep 1 Star Quality
    6/1/08
- The Next Food Network Star
  Host/Iron Chef Commentator
  - S 3: Ep 7 Iron Chef Showdown
    7/8/07
- The Next Food Network Star
  Guest Judge/Host
  - S 3: Ep 6 Demos Challenge
    6/30/07
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 4 Show #2036
    9/4/03
Writer (1)

Role
- Feasting on Asphalt
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 1 The South Shall Fry Again
    7/29/06

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- In 2008 Alton Brown joined forces with The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) to help clear up consumer confusion on what sustainability really is.
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- Alton's first book I'm Just Here for the Food, won a James Beard Foundation Book Award in the Reference category in 2003 and his follow-up, I'm Just Here for the Food: Kitchen User's Manual, was nominated for the 2004 James Beard Foundation award in the Tools & Techniques category.
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- Alton has at least two tattoos, a honeybee on his left shoulder, shown on Iron Chef America, and a crossed knife and fork with the inscription "Eat to Live" that he got during the filming of Feasting on Asphalt.
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- In his book, I'm Just Here For the Food, Alton stresses that he does not view himself as a chef, for he says he has no talent for creating new dishes, but wants more to make the inner workings of food understandable. "In that regard I'm more a mechanic more than I am a cook,"
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- Alton: (On what his favorite curse word is) Oh bother. I'm from the South.
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- Alton: The brain is the most important tool in cooking.
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