Alton Brown Biography
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Alton Brown is an American television presenter well known for hosting food shows on Food Network. He is also a chef, author, musician, cinematographer, and actor. He will also be the host of the new show Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend which will be aired on Netflix on June 15, 2022. Here is all you need to know about Alton Brown Bio-Wiki, Age, Birthday, Wife, Children, Education, Parents, Wikipedia, Instagram, Twitter, Net worth.
- Full Name: Alton Brown
- Gender: Male
- Age:60 Years Old
- Birth Date: July 30, 1962
- Place Of Birth: Los Angeles, California
- Zodiac Sign: Cancer
- Salary: $ 63 K to $ 170K.
- Net Worth: $1 Million
- Marital Status: Divorced
- Wife: DeAnna Brown
- Height: 5 feet 9 inches (1.65 meters)
- Children:
- Mother’s Name: Not known
- Father’s Name: Not known
- Profession: Chef
Alton Brown Age, Birthday
He was born on July 30, 1962, in Los Angeles, California. Brown is 60 years old as of 2022. He celebrates his birthday on July 30th every year. His zodiac sign is Cancer.
Alton Brown Wife, Children
He used to be married to his ex-wife DeAnna, an executive producer on Good Eats. The two later divorced in 2015. They have a daughter, Zoey together.
His wife is Elizabeth Ingram, an Atlanta restaurant designer. In 2018 the two got engaged. They got married on a boat in Charleston, South Carolina. they have two dogs a Boston terrier that the couple rescued in 2018 named Scabigail Van Buren and a terrier named Francis Luther.
Alton Brown Parents
He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California by his parents. His father Alton Brown Sr., was a publisher of the newspaper White County News, a media executive in Cleveland, Georgia, and the owner of radio station WRWH. As for his mother, her details are not available.
His father is apparently said to have committed suicide on Alton’s last day of sixth grade. He also has a sister named Marsha Brown- Brady.
Alton Brown Education
He did his high school education and graduated. Brown then joined the University of Georgia where he majored in film. He got to be a cinematographer for some music videos like The One I Love by R.E.M.
Brown also joined New England Culinary Institute after he was dissatisfied with the quality of cooking shows that used to be aired on American television, so he set out to produce his own show. He said that he used to be very poor in science while in high school and also college.
Alton Brown Shows
- Good eat
- Iron Chef America
- Good Eats: The Return
- Cutthroat Kitchen
- Food Network star
- The Next Iron Chef
- Iron Chef Gauntlet
- Iron Chef Showdown
Alton Brown Height, Weight
He stands at 5 feet 9 inches tall. (EST)
Alton Brown Wikipedia
Alton began his career as a cameraman when he was still in college as he had an interest in films. He then got to have eight years directing television commercials before heading to culinary school. His main goal was to make his own food shows.
This came about when he did not like the food shows that used t be aired. He got his dream to work as he has been on Food Network for nearly 20 years, 14 of which he spent as the host, writer, and showrunner of a cooking/comedy/history/ science show called Good Eats. Brown also used to be the host and the culinary commentator of shows such as Cutthroat Kitchen, and Iron Chef America.
He also wrote eight books on food and cooking. He also toured two live culinary variety shows to sold-out houses around the country, as well as on Broadway.