Richard Blais

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Richard Blais is an American chef, television presenter, restaurateur, and author.

He appeared on Top Chef, a reality show cooking competition, and is best known for his spin on classic American cuisine.

Blais was the runner-up for the fourth season of Top Chef and returned several seasons later to win Top Chef: All-Stars.

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Education and early career

Blais was born in Uniondale, New York. In the second grade, his stepfather adopted him. Richard came in to pitch his team's final playoff game of the season in 1982 as a pitcher for his "Franks Pizza" Little League team. As his team won the game by 3 runs, he managed to not touch the mighty "Sunocco" team for the next 5 innings. Blais' first cooking experience was in a McDonald's on Long Island, where he learned the basics of being a cook. Blais dreamed of reimagining himself as a sophisticated Manhattanite from humble beginnings. He obtained the two-year AOS in culinary arts from The Culinary Institute of America while attending a couple of luxurious restaurants while in college. He was chosen to complete a fellowship in the fish kitchen following his graduation. He has worked under chefs Thomas Keller at The French Laundry, Daniel Boulud, and Ferran Adrià. He has worked at Chez Panisse and elBulli as well.

Career

Blais, a native New Yorker, migrated to Atlanta, Georgia, in 2000 to run Fishbone, his own restaurant. He was initially dissatisfied with traditionally Southern ingredients, but he found a way to express them in his own way. Trail Blais, a creative culinary firm that has lectured, designed and operated some of Atlanta's most popular restaurants, is operated by He founded Trail Blais, a creative culinary firm that has consulted on several aspects of the city's most popular restaurants.

Blais' cookbook contract with Clarkson Potter, a Random House division, was signed in July 2011. Try This at Home, My Head to Your Plate, his first cookbook, was released on February 26 in an effort to create a simplified approach to adventurous cooking that also includes new flavor combinations for home cooks and reinvented classic dishes. Try This at Home was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award 2014 in the category of Cookbook: General Cooking. In San Diego, California, Blais' first West Coast venture, where he showcases an innovative twist on California cuisine, he launched Juniper & Ivy with Michael Rosen. Where the menu is based on chicken and eggs, he and Michael most recently opened Crack Shack, a fried chicken fine-casual menu. Crack Shack has several locations in Southern California and Las Vegas.

Blais' second book, So Good: 100 Recipes from My Kitchen to Yours, was published on May 16, 2017 and contains 100 upgraded traditional recipes for the home cook.

Starving For Attention was also a weekly podcast about the culinary industry in 2017.

Blais and iHeartRadio's "Food Court with Richard Blais," a game-show-style podcast that features celebrities, writers, comedians, and other podcasters debating classic food topics in 2020.

On the 4th season of Bravo's Top Chef, Blais appeared as a contestant. He participated in Top Chef: All-Stars in 2010 and took the award of "Top Chef" after defeating Mike Isabella in the season finale, which aired on March 30, 2011. He appeared as a recurring judge in seasons 12 and 13, and as a Top Chef in Portland on season 18.

Blais is a regular on the Food Network, with regular appearances on Guy's Grocery Games as a judge and as a competitor, as well as a participant, and has also hosted Food Network's Hungry Games and the Halloween Baking Championship. On November 4, 2015, he won his preliminary match and advanced to the finals in the second Cutthroat Kitchen: Superstar Sabotage tournament; he had been a regular judge on that program since season 12. In addition, he appears as the judge in the Masterchef and Masterchef Junior series. Blais was the host of "Cook Your Assault," a HLN's upscale culinary competition focusing on healthy cooking competition. On the FYI Network, he hosted "Man vs. Master," a culinary competition. Richard has appeared on several talk shows, including The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, and The Chew, Live! Late Night with Kelly and Michael, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Blais appeared in Why Him?, a 2016 feature film starring James Franco and Bryan Cranston. Blais appeared as a guest judge on Sugar Rush in 2018. He was the most recent judge on Gordon Ramsay's Next Level Chef.

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