Curtis Stone facts for kids
Stone in 2012
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| Born | 4 November 1975 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Lindsay Price
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Current restaurant(s)
Maude
 Gwen |
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Television show(s)
Crime Scene Kitchen
America's Next Great Restaurant Master Chef Season 11 Iron Chef America Top Chef Masters Around the World in 80 Plates Take Home Chef Top Chef Junior Field Trip with Curtis Stone |
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Curtis Travis Stone (born on November 4, 1975) is a famous Australian chef, author, and TV star. He is well-known for sharing his love of fresh food and recipes. Since 2010, he has been an ambassador for Coles Supermarkets in Australia.
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Early Life and Cooking Journey
Curtis Stone was born in Melbourne, Australia. He started cooking very young, at age four, with his grandmother, Maude. He went to an all-boys high school where he learned about cooking in home economics class. After high school, he trained to become a professional chef.
Curtis first worked in Australian restaurants. Then, he moved to London to continue his cooking career. At just 18, he started working at the famous Savoy Hotel. He also trained under a well-known chef named Marco Pierre White. Curtis later became the head chef at White's restaurant, Quo Vadis.
Curtis Stone on Television
Curtis Stone has appeared on many cooking shows around the world. He even returned to Australia to host a travel cooking show called Surfing the Menu.
Cooking Shows in the UK and USA
In the UK, he was on shows like Dinner in a Box and Saturday Kitchen. In the United States, he became very popular as the host of Take Home Chef on TLC. This show became a big hit internationally.
Curtis often appears on NBC's Today show. He has visited homes to teach people how to cook, even showing host Meredith Vieira how to make meals for her children. He has also been a guest on shows like Martha, The Talk, and Rachael Ray. He even taught Conan O'Brien how to cook a special dinner on his talk show.
Curtis has competed on Food Network's Iron Chef America. He also appeared on several episodes of The Biggest Loser, helping contestants with healthy eating.
Reality TV and Judging Roles
In 2010, Curtis was a contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice 3. He placed fourth out of 14 contestants. He also co-hosted the Miss USA 2010 pageant.
Curtis joined the judging panel for NBC's America's Next Great Restaurant in 2011. Later that year, he became the host of Bravo's Top Chef Masters. In 2012, he co-hosted a new cooking reality show called Around the World in 80 Plates. This show followed chefs competing in a culinary race across many countries.
He also hosted Top Chef Duels in 2014. Curtis has appeared on MasterChef Australia All-Stars and mentored on Food Network's All Star Academy. In 2017, he co-hosted the FOX show My Kitchen Rules.
More recently, in 2019, his series Field Trip with Curtis Stone started on PBS. In 2021, he was a judge on the first season of Crime Scene Kitchen.
Curtis Stone's Restaurants
On February 1, 2014, Curtis Stone opened his first restaurant, Maude, in Beverly Hills, California. He named it after his grandmother. Maude earned a Michelin star in 2019, which is a very high honor for a restaurant.
In 2016, he opened a second restaurant called Gwen in Hollywood. This restaurant is named after his other grandmother. Gwen also received a Michelin star in 2022. In 2024, Curtis opened Woodend by Curtis Stone at the Maroma Hotel in Mexico.
Other Exciting Projects
Curtis Stone has created his own line of kitchen tools and accessories called "Kitchen Solutions by Curtis Stone." He has also written several cookbooks, including Cooking With Curtis and Relaxed Cooking with Curtis Stone. His 2013 cookbook, What's For Dinner?, became a bestseller.
He has given cooking classes at festivals and created recipes for in-flight meals for United Airlines. Curtis also works with charities like Feeding America and Second-Bite, which help provide food to people in need. He is an ambassador for Cottage by the Sea, an Australian charity that gives short holidays to disadvantaged children.
Curtis is well-known in Australia for his long partnership with Coles Supermarkets. He helps create recipes for their magazine and encourages Australians to cook fresh, healthy meals. He even voiced the character Todd in the 2016 DreamWorks Animation movie Trolls and its Christmas special.
Personal Life
Curtis Stone is married to American actress Lindsay Price. They got married in Spain in 2013. They have two sons, Hudson and Emerson, and live in Los Angeles. Curtis is also a big fan of the Geelong Football Club, an Australian rules football team.
Images for kids
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Stone in 2012
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Stone at Maude restaurant in 2018
See also
In Spanish: Curtis Stone para niños
