Awards & Recognition
★James Beard Foundation Award - Best Chef Great Lakes (2009)
★Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host - The Chew (2015)
★Winner of Food Network's The Next Iron Chef (2007)
★Three-time winner Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival Best Burger Award (2010, 2011, 2012)
Notable Facts
→Iron Chef on Food Network's Iron Chef America
→Co-hosted Emmy-winning ABC talk show The Chew for 7 seasons
→Owner of Symon Restaurant Group with restaurants in Cleveland, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Detroit
→Author of 9 cookbooks including NY Times bestseller
→Graduate of Culinary Institute of America
→Credited with helping to 'save' Cleveland's restaurant scene
→Has over 1 million Instagram followers