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2016 James Beard Award for best cookbook |
Chris Fischer is an American chef and farmer from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He is the husband of stand-up comedian and actress Amy Schumer.
A native of Martha's Vineyard, Fischer grew up on a farm and learned about food from his father, Albert, a former commercial fisherman, who taught him how to hunt, fish and farm. [1] Fischer spent much of his boyhood at Martha's Vineyard and went to a two-room schoolhouse that has since been converted into a police station. [2]
When he became a chef, he worked under Mario Batali at Babbo while living in Manhattan. [3] He also cooked in Europe, working at the American Academy in Rome and London's The River Cafe before returning to Martha's Vineyard to work there full-time in 2007. [4]
Fischer ran his family farm, Beetlebung Farm, a five-acre property that his grandfather purchased in the 1950s [5] or in 1961. [2] He was the executive chef at the Beach Plum Inn & Restaurant for several years and was awarded the 2014 StarChefs.com Coastal New England Rising Stars Award. [6] In 2016, he was awarded with the James Beard Award for his book The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook, which he wrote with co-author Catherine Young. He was also a part-time instructor at Boston University's Metropolitan College Programs in Food & Wine. [7]
Fischer married comedian and actress Amy Schumer on February 13, 2018, in Malibu, California. [8] [9] On May 5, 2019, Schumer gave birth to their son, Gene. [10] Gene was initially given the middle name "Attell" as a nod to Dave Attell, but on April 14, 2020, Schumer announced in a podcast that his middle name had been changed to "David" after they realized "Gene Attell" sounded like "genital". [11] Schumer revealed in her Netflix special Amy Schumer Growing that Chris Fischer is on the autism spectrum. [12]
Year | Title | Summary | Notes | |
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2020 | Amy Schumer Learns to Cook | A cooking show during the COVID-19 pandemic, filmed while quarantined at home. | Chris teaches his wife Amy, also featuring son Gene, and nanny Jane. | [13] |
His cookbook, The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook, which memorialized a year of cooking and living on Martha's Vineyard, won the 2016 James Beard Award for American Cooking. [14]
Chris Fischer | |
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Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Culinary career | |
Previous restaurant(s)
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Television show(s) | |
Award(s) won
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2016 James Beard Award for best cookbook |
Chris Fischer is an American chef and farmer from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He is the husband of stand-up comedian and actress Amy Schumer.
A native of Martha's Vineyard, Fischer grew up on a farm and learned about food from his father, Albert, a former commercial fisherman, who taught him how to hunt, fish and farm. [1] Fischer spent much of his boyhood at Martha's Vineyard and went to a two-room schoolhouse that has since been converted into a police station. [2]
When he became a chef, he worked under Mario Batali at Babbo while living in Manhattan. [3] He also cooked in Europe, working at the American Academy in Rome and London's The River Cafe before returning to Martha's Vineyard to work there full-time in 2007. [4]
Fischer ran his family farm, Beetlebung Farm, a five-acre property that his grandfather purchased in the 1950s [5] or in 1961. [2] He was the executive chef at the Beach Plum Inn & Restaurant for several years and was awarded the 2014 StarChefs.com Coastal New England Rising Stars Award. [6] In 2016, he was awarded with the James Beard Award for his book The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook, which he wrote with co-author Catherine Young. He was also a part-time instructor at Boston University's Metropolitan College Programs in Food & Wine. [7]
Fischer married comedian and actress Amy Schumer on February 13, 2018, in Malibu, California. [8] [9] On May 5, 2019, Schumer gave birth to their son, Gene. [10] Gene was initially given the middle name "Attell" as a nod to Dave Attell, but on April 14, 2020, Schumer announced in a podcast that his middle name had been changed to "David" after they realized "Gene Attell" sounded like "genital". [11] Schumer revealed in her Netflix special Amy Schumer Growing that Chris Fischer is on the autism spectrum. [12]
Year | Title | Summary | Notes | |
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2020 | Amy Schumer Learns to Cook | A cooking show during the COVID-19 pandemic, filmed while quarantined at home. | Chris teaches his wife Amy, also featuring son Gene, and nanny Jane. | [13] |
His cookbook, The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook, which memorialized a year of cooking and living on Martha's Vineyard, won the 2016 James Beard Award for American Cooking. [14]