Aarón Sánchez (chef)
Aarón Sánchez (born February 12, 1976) is a Mexican-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook author and philanthropist. He is the executive chef and part-owner of the Mexican restaurant Johnny Sánchez in New Orleans.
Aarón Sánchez | |
|---|---|
Sánchez in 2009 | |
| Born | February 12, 1976 (age 48) |
| Education | Johnson & Wales University |
| Spouse |
Ifé Mora
(m. 2009; div. 2012) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent |
|
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Cajun cuisine, Louisiana Creole cuisine, Mexican cuisine |
Current restaurant(s)
| |
Television show(s)
| |
| Website | chefaaronsanchez |
He co-starred on Food Network's hit series Chopped and Chopped Jr. and hosted Cooking Channel's Emmy-nominated Taco Trip. He has appeared on Iron Chef America, and is one of the few chefs whose battles have ended in a draw, tying with Masaharu Morimoto in "Battle Black Bass" in season 2. He was also a contestant on The Next Iron Chef. He is the author of two cookbooks, and had a memoir released October 1, 2019. He launched the Aarón Sánchez Scholarship Fund to empower aspiring chefs from the Latin community to follow their dreams and attend culinary school. As of 2017, he is one of the judges/hosts of FOX's hit reality-TV culinary competition series MasterChef since Season 8 onwards after previously guest-starring in a select number of episodes in season 7 as a guest judge, co-hosting alongside Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich and Christina Tosi. He has also joined the judging panel of MasterChef Junior since its 7th season, which debuted in March 2019, after guest-starring in season 5, which debuted early 2017.