Cleveland-based chef Michael Symon – and his famous laugh – have a full plate these days.
Since winning the first season of Food Network’s reality competition series “The Next Iron Chef,” Symon has gone on to be a regular on “Iron Chef America” and host a Cooking Channel spin-off series, “Cook Like An Iron Chef.” And now, he’s got a new show, “Food Feuds,” premiering tonight at 10 p.m. on that same little network all about food.
Symon’s not all stand-and-stir television though: the Cleveland restaurateur and Iron Chef currently operates five restaurants, won the 2009 James Beard Foundation Award for “Best Chef: Great Lakes” and was named one of Food & Wine magazine’s “Best New Chefs” in 1998.
Despite all of the above general busyness, he still remains an open champion for finding time for family meals – and Symon says why.
Five Reasons Family Dinners Matter: Michael Symon
1. “Every lesson I learned as a kid was at the dinner table. Being Greek, Sicilian and Ruthenian – we are an emotional bunch. It is where we laughed, cried and yelled – but most importantly, where we bonded and connected.”
