Govind Armstrong
Govind Armstrong | |
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| Born | Encino, California, U.S. |
| Education | Culinary training under Wolfgang Puck, Mark Peel, and Juan Mari Arzak |
| Works | Small Bites, Big Nights: Seductive Little Plates for Intimate Occasions and Lavish Parties |
| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | California cuisine |
Current restaurants
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Television shows
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Govind Armstrong is an American chef who specializes in California cuisine. He has appeared on the Bravo series Top Chef as a guest judge as well as the Food Network series Iron Chef America as a contestant.[1][2] He is also the author of the cookbook Small Bites, Big Nights: Seductive Little Plates for Intimate Occasions and Lavish Parties.[3]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Armstrong grew up Encino, California (in a home originally owned by F. Scott Fitzgerald) with one older brother, an older sister, and two younger sisters. His mother is from Costa Rica, his father was African American, and his grandfather was from India.[4]
Career
[edit | edit source]Armstrong began his culinary training at the age of 13 at Wolfgang Puck's Spago restaurant in West Hollywood.[5] He also worked under Mark Peel of Campanile in Los Angeles,[6] and Juan Mari Arzak of Arzak in San Sebastián, Spain.[5]
Currently, Armstrong is the chef and co-owner of Post & Beam restaurant in Los Angeles[7][8][9] while also serving as Executive Chef for The Lobster on the Santa Monica Pier.[10]
Restaurants
[edit | edit source]- Post & Beam in Los Angeles
- 8 Oz. Although the Los Angeles and Miami locations are closed, there are 8 Oz. Burger Bars in Seattle, and within Horseshoe Casinos in Mississippi and Louisiana.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Review of Table 8 from the New York Times
- 8 Oz. Burger Bar
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- 21st-century African-American writers
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- American cookbook writers
- American people of Costa Rican descent
- American people of Indian descent
- American television chefs
- Chefs from Los Angeles
- People from Encino, Los Angeles
- Mass media people from Inglewood, California
- Writers from Inglewood, California