Richard Blais Biography
Richard Blais is a chef, television personality, restaurateur, and author from the United States. He is known for his take on classic American cuisine and has appeared on the cooking reality show, Top Chef. Blais finished second in the fourth season of Top Chef and went on to win Top Chef: All-Stars several seasons later.
How old is Richard Blais? – Age
He is 50 years old as of 12 February 2022. He was born in 1972 in Uniondale, New York, United States.
Richard Blais Wife
He is married to Jazmin Blais. The couple married in 2006. The couple has two children; a daughter Riley Maddox Blais, and Embry Lotus Blais.
Richard Blais Top Chef
Blais competed on the fourth season of Bravo’s Top Chef. He won Top Chef: All-Stars in 2010 and earned the title of “Top Chef” by defeating Mike Isabella in the season finale, which aired on March 30, 2011. He appeared as a recurring judge on Top Chef: Portland in seasons 12 and 13.
Richard Blais Food Network
Blais is a Food Network regular, with recurring appearances as a judge and competitor on Guy’s Grocery Games, and has also hosted Food Network’s Hungry Games and Halloween Baking Championship. On November 4, 2015, he competed in the second Cutthroat Kitchen: Superstar Sabotage tournament, winning his preliminary match and advancing to the finals; he had been a recurring judge on the show since season 12.
Richard Blais Books
Blais released his second cookbook, So Good: 100 Recipes from My Kitchen to Yours, on May 16, 2017. It contains 100 elevated traditional recipes designed for the home cook. Blais signed a cookbook deal with Clarkson Potter, a Random House division, in July 2011. On February 26, he released his debut cookbook, Try This at Home: Recipes From My Head to Your Plate, which aims to simplify adventurous cooking while also offering new flavor combinations for home cooks to reinvent classic dishes.
Richard Blais Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Richard Blais Restaurants
Blais is currently or has been involved with Juniper & Ivy, an American restaurant that opened on March 3, 2014, in San Diego. Blais serves refined American cuisine with a “left coast edge” at Juniper & Ivy. The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry designed the restaurant. The Crack Shack – Blais collaborated on this second San Diego-based restaurant with chef Jon Sloan and Michael Rosen, which opened in late 2015. The restaurant “serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner through an all-day menu centered on chicken and eggs, from fried to grilled and everything in between.” Crack Shack intends to open additional locations in California, including Orange County and Los Angeles.
FLIP Burger Boutique – Blais was previously involved with and co-founder of FLIP Burger Boutique, a burger-focused restaurant with three locations in Atlanta, one in Birmingham (closed), and one in Nashville, Tennessee (closed). Blais is no longer a part of the FLIP chain. Ember & Rye – Blais has been named chef for Ember & Rye, a restaurant set to open at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad, California. The restaurant is part of the property’s $50 million renovation project.A flamingo, four flamingos Richard Blais Florida Kitchen — Blais’ most recent restaurant venture, which will open in December 2021 at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida.
Richard Blais Career
Blais moved to Atlanta, Georgia in the year 2000 to open his own restaurant, Fishbone. Initially unimpressed by traditionally Southern ingredients, he discovered ways to elevate them in his own unique style. Trail Blais is a creative culinary firm that has consulted on, designed, and operated some of Atlanta’s most popular restaurants.
Try This at Home was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award in the Cookbook: General Cooking category in 2014. Blais later opened Juniper & Ivy in San Diego, California, with Michael Rosen, his first West Coast venture, where he showcases an innovative approach to California cuisine. He and Michael recently opened Crack Shack, a fried chicken fine-casual concept centered on chicken and eggs.
Crack Shack has locations throughout Southern California and Las Vegas. In 2017, Blais launched Starving For Attention, a weekly podcast about the culinary industry. Blais and iHeartRadio launched the game-show-style podcast “Food Court with Richard Blais” in 2020, which features celebrity chefs, actors, writers, comedians, and other podcasters debating classic food arguments.
He also appears as a judge on Masterchef and Masterchef Junior on a regular basis. Blais hosted HLN’s “Cook Your Ass Off” in 2015, a transformational culinary competition focused on healthy cooking. In 2017, he took over as host of FYI Network’s “Man v. Master,” a culinary competition.
Richard has also appeared on The TODAY Show, Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, The Chew, Live! with Kelly and Michael, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, among others. Blais appeared in the 2016 feature film Why Him? alongside James Franco and Bryan Cranston. Blais appeared as a guest judge on Sugar Rush in 2018. He most recently appeared as a judge on Gordon Ramsay’s “Next Level Chef.”
Blais ran the ING New York City marathon for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation in November 2011.It was his first marathon, which he finished in 4:31:54. He has since completed four additional New York City marathons. Blais ran the TCS New York City Marathon for Room to Read in November 2017.