Sean Brock facts for kids
Sean Brock in 2013
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| Born | Homer Sean Brock 1978 Pound, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Cooking style | Southern cuisine, Appalachian cuisine |
| Education | Johnson & Wales University |
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Sean Brock is an American chef who loves cooking Southern food. He is known for using old recipes and local ingredients.
Early Life and Learning
Sean Brock grew up in Pound, Virginia, a small town in southwest Virginia. When he was 11, his father passed away, and his family had less money. He started working in kitchens at age 16. Sean went to culinary school at Johnson & Wales University and finished in 2000.
Amazing Restaurants
Sean Brock was the main chef at Husk in Charleston, South Carolina, from 2010 to 2018. He was also a partner at McCrady's Restaurant. Husk's menu used real Southern ingredients, and some food even came from Sean's own garden.
He is famous for keeping old Southern cooking styles and special ingredients alive. He works with David Shields, a professor at the University of South Carolina. Together, they helped make Carolina Gold rice popular in dishes like hoppin' John. A second Husk restaurant opened in Nashville in 2013.
In 2015, Sean opened Minero in Atlanta, Georgia. Later, in 2017, he opened the third Husk in Greenville, South Carolina. The fourth Husk opened in Savannah, Georgia, in 2018. Sean was the "founding chef and culinary advisor" for all four Husk locations until 2019.
In 2020, Sean opened Joyland, his first solo restaurant. It offers tasty fast food, like cheeseburgers and Southern fried chicken. In 2021, he opened two new restaurants in Nashville, Tennessee. These places focus on Appalachian cuisine, which is food from the Appalachian mountains.
The first restaurant, Audrey, is on the ground floor and is named after his grandmother. Here, Sean continues to study Appalachian food and hospitality. The second restaurant, June, is upstairs and offers a special tasting menu. It explores new ways to use ingredients from the American South. In 2023, Sean opened Bar Continental, a cool spot with vinyl records and small dishes.
Awards and Books
In 2010, Sean Brock won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef in the Southeast. This is a very important award for chefs.
Bon Appétit Magazine called Husk the "Best New Restaurant in America" in 2011.
Sean's first cookbook, Heritage, came out in 2014. It became a New York Times bestseller. This book also won a James Beard Foundation award in 2015. His second cookbook, South: Essential Recipes and New Explorations, was released in 2019. It was even featured in The New Yorker magazine as one of the best cookbooks of that year.
On Television
Sean Brock was one of the hosts for the second season of The Mind of a Chef. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the show. He was also a featured chef in the sixth season of Netflix's Chef's Table.
Family Life
In February 2019, Sean married his girlfriend, Adi Noe. They have a son and a daughter.
