Art Smith

Art Smith (chef)

Art Smith
Born	(1960-03-01) March 1, 1960 (age 52) Jasper, Florida
Cooking style	Southern cuisine
Education	Florida State - Tallahassee
Current restaurant(s) Table 52 in Chicago, Illinois Art and Soul in Washington, D.C.
Previous restaurant(s) American European Express (transcontinental train)
Television show(s) The Oprah Winfrey Show Iron Chef America BBQ Pitmasters
Official website
http://www.chefartsmith.net/

Charles Arthur "Art" Smith (born March 1, 1960)^[1] is an American chef who has worked for former Florida governor Bob Graham and Jeb Bush and until 2007 was personal chef to Oprah Winfrey.^[2] His expertise is Southern cuisine.

While attending Florida State University he completed culinary internships with The Greenbrier and the Walt Disney Magic Kingdom College Program.^[3]

Publications

Smith has published two cookbooks, Back to the Table and Kitchen Life, about home cooking and family life. He edits a monthly article on Oprah.com and contributes articles to O, The Oprah Magazine.^[4]

Projects

Common Threads

Smith founded the non-profit charity Common Threads, which focuses on teaching children about different cultures through food and art. Common Threads has served over 750 children and served 2,000 healthy meals to children in 2006. He serves on the board of directors of “Kids Café”, a nutrition program, for children in Minneapolis. Smith owns and runs a highly successful restaurant in Chicago called TABLE fifty-two as well as Art and Soul in Washington, D.C.^[5][6] In 2009, Smith raised $10,000 for Common Threads as a participant on the television show Top Chef Masters, Season 1.^[6][7]

Events

Smith has cooked for many celebrities and heads of state, including Barack Obama and the current King of Sweden.^[8] In addition to being chef for Florida Governor Bob Graham, he cooked for Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Romero Britto, film stars Ali Landry and Eduardo Verástegui amongst many others. He has also appeared on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.^[9] Smith also appeared in a cooking segment in Lady Gaga's 2011 ABC special A Very Gaga Thanksgiving in which he and Gaga prepared a Thanksgiving meal of turkey and waffles. Months later, Smith became the head chef of Joanne Trattoria, an Italian restaurant in New York City owned by Lady Gaga's parents.^[10]

Awards

• The 2002 James Beard Award for Back to the Table: The Reunion of Food and Family.^[11]
• 2001 Gourmand World Cookbook Award - Category, “For Human Values.”^[11]
• Humanitarian of the Year, 2007, James Beard Foundation^[12]

Personal

Smith lives in Chicago, Illinois with his partner of ten years, Jesus Salgueiro, a painter; they donate their time to many causes, from children's cooking classes to humanitarian aid.^[13]

Shortly before his 50th birthday, Smith was diagnosed with diabetes. In response, he changed his diet and lost 85 pounds to reverse the diagnosis.^[14]

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ Oprah.com (Sept 19, 2007). "Cooking with Chef Art Smith". Oprah.com. http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_past_20011024.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-09-30. 
3. ^ Chef2Chef (Sept 19, 2007). "Chef Art Smith". Chef2Chef. http://chef2chef.net/topchefs/recipes-2/artsmith/. Retrieved 2007-09-30. 
4. ^ Oprah.com (Sept 19, 2007). "Art Smith Wants you". Oprah.com. http://www2.oprah.com/foodhome/food/food_artplug_landing.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-09-30. 
5. ^ ABC Chicago (Sept 19, 2007). "Chef Art Smith Opens New Restaurant in Chicago". ABC Chicago. http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=websites&id=5663452. Retrieved 2007-09-30. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ ^{a b} Gray, Joe (July 23, 2009). "Art Smith feels the love on 'Top Chef Masters'". ChicagoTribune.com. http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/thestew/2009/07/art-smith-feels-the-love-on-top-chef-masters.html. 
7. ^ "Call It Art". Zagat.com. July 23, 2009. http://www.zagat.com/Blog/Detail.aspx?SNP=NC&SCID=35&BLGID=22414. 
8. ^ Per Top Chef Masters shown July 23, 2009
9. ^ Aaron Glickman (2007-03-13). "Chef Art Smith Cooks for star studded crowd". SocialMiami.com. http://www.socialmiami.com/features/SmithsonianHonorsBella.asp. Retrieved 2007-09-30. 
10. ^ "Our Chef". 2012-01-25. http://www.joannenyc.com/1694.html. 
11. ^ ^{a b} Chef2Chef (2007). "Chef Art Smith Wins James Beard Award". Chef2Chef. http://chef2chef.net/topchefs/recipes-2/artsmith/. Retrieved 2007-09-30. 
12. ^ "2007 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION SPECIAL HONOREE AWARDS: LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT, HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR, COOKBOOK HALL OF FAME, WHO'S WHO AND AMERICA'S CLASSICS ANNOUNCED". StarChefs.com. http://jamesbeard.starchefs.com/about/press/newsdetails.php?news_id=102. 
13. ^ Art Smith: A Slice of life Tracy Baim. September 12, 2007; Windy City Times.
14. ^ "GREAT SETTING, SERVICE, AND STEAKS ADD TO SMITH & WOLLENSKY'S SIZZLE". Oprah.com. February 1, 2010. http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Art-Smiths-Diabetes-Weight-Loss. 

External links

• Common Threads
• Oprah (2007). "Video of Oprah & Chef Art Smith". Oprah Winfrey Show. http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_past_20011024.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-09-30. 
• Oprah Winfrey (2007). "Oprah Cooking with Art Smith". Oprah Winfrey. http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_past_20011024.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-09-30. 
• Oprah Winfrey (2007). "Art's tricks of the trade on Oprah". Oprah Winfrey Show. http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/tows_past_20011024_tips.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-09-30. 
• Oprah (2007). "Oprah says "Art Smith Wants you"". Oprah Winfrey Show. http://www2.oprah.com/foodhome/food/food_artplug_landing.jhtml. Retrieved 2007-09-30. 
• Chef2Chef.com (2007). "Chef Art Smith". Chef2Chef.com. http://chef2chef.net/topchefs/recipes-2/artsmith/. Retrieved 2007-09-30. 
• Chefs For Humanity (2007). "Art Smith - Chef's Council for Chef's For Humanity". Chefs For Humanity. Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070830063328/http://www.chefsforhumanity.org/art_smith.html. Retrieved 2007-09-30.