Aaron McCargo Jr.
{{Short description|American chef}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Aaron McCargo Jr.
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|birth_place = Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
|occupation = Chef, television personality, television host
|years_active = 1993-present
| television = The Next Food Network Star
Big Daddy's House
Bar Rescue
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|website = {{URL|http://www.chefaaronmccargo.com}}
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Aaron McCargo Jr. is an American chef, television personality, and television show host who is best known as the winner of the fourth season of the Food Network's reality television show, Food Network Star.{{Cite web|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/chefs/aaron-mccargo-jr/index.html|title=Aaron McCargo Jr. Bio|work=Food Network|access-date=21 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901063920/http://www.foodnetwork.com/chefs/aaron-mccargo-jr/index.html|archive-date=2010-09-01|url-status=dead}}
Early life and education
McCargo was born 22nd July, 1971{{Cite web |last=xwhos.com |date=2019-03-12 |title=Aaron McCargo Jr. - American chef - Whois |url=https://www.xwhos.com/person/aaron_mccargo_jr-whois.html |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=xwhos.com |language=en}} and he grew up in Camden, New Jersey, and is one of six children. He became interested in cooking at age four, when he began baking cakes in his sister's Easy-Bake Oven. He began cooking in his family's kitchen at age seven. He was encouraged by his father, Aaron McCargo Sr., who is a cook, and his mother, Julia, who has a preference for food with a great deal of flavor. He first studied cooking in a home economics class at Pyne Poynt Middle School in Camden and began cooking as a junior volunteer in the kitchen of Cooper University Hospital in Camden at age 13. He took further cooking classes at Camden High School, graduating in 1989.{{Cite news|url=http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080608/NEWS04/806080305|last=Callahan|first=Kevin| title=Competitor stirs love of cooking|work=Courier-Post|date=8 June 2008}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- {{official website|http://www.chefaaronmccargo.com}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080805043203/http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_am/0,3201,FOOD_32117,00.html Big Daddy's House on FoodNetwork.com]
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Category:Camden High School (New Jersey) alumni
Category:People from Camden, New Jersey
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