Cooking & Conversation with Michael Symon
In this special event, guests feel like they are cooking with a friend as they cook along with renowned chef MICHAEL SYMON. His down-to-earth style makes the food and conversation flow easily as he shares his pro tips with the guests at small venues of any size. As he cooks, Symon sprinkles tips to healthy eating, and managing inflammation and pain through food.
Michael Symon’s Food Industry
With a career spanning over three decades, celebrity chef MICHAEL SYMON has built a culinary empire. Symon’s journey to becoming a culinary icon provides valuable lessons on resilience, creativity, and the importance of staying true to one’s passions.
Strengthening Connections
Celebrity chef MICHAEL SYMON’s lifelong celebration of food has given him a distinct perspective on the power of food to connect. In this fascinating conversation, Symon gives his perspective on how to reach out to every seat at the table.
Celebrity Chef Michael Symon creates award-winning restaurants
Celebrity chef MICHAEL SYMON has earned his status through a careerlong dedication to excellence in hospitality. Gourmet Magazine chose Lola as one of “America’s Best Restaurants;” and it has been named Cleveland’s Best Restaurant on 18 occasions; Bon Appetit and Food & Wine magazines included B Spot on their list of “Top 10 Best Burger Joints;” B Spot has also won the People’s Choice Award at the SoBe Wine & Food Festival on five occasions. Great Lakes and the Detroit Free Press named Roast “Restaurant of the Year.” Symon’s entrepreneurial success in a highly competitive industry lends itself to lessons on grit applicable to any audience.
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Michael Symon cooks with soul, having grown up in a Greek and Sicilian family. The Cleveland native shares his exuberant, approachable cooking style and infectious laugh with viewers as an Iron Chef on Food Network and as a co-host on ABC’s The Chew.
Michael is the chef and owner of more than 18 restaurants, including Lola and Mabel’s BBQ in downtown Cleveland, locals of B-Spot Burgers throughout the Midwest, and Angeline at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City. He is also the author of five cookbooks, including Playing With Fire (Clarkson Potter, 2018).
When he’s not working, Michael loves cooking at home, playing golf, gardening in the backyard and spending time with his wife Liz and their bulldog Ozzy.
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