Chris Morocco
{{short description|American chef and YouTube personality}}
{{Notability|Biography|date=July 2023}}
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| education = Oberlin College
French Culinary Institute
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| television = Reverse Engineering
Making Perfect
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Christopher Morocco (born February 26, 1980){{cite web |last1=Morocco |first1=Chris |title=Chris Morocco on Instagram: "37 is definitely still mid-thirties as far as I am concerned." |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ_sYKXjVMF/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/moroccochris/1459079978737816325 |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|website=Instagram |accessdate=19 February 2020 |language=en}}{{cbignore}} is an American chef and YouTube personality. He is the test kitchen director at Bon Appétit and is known for his appearances in videos produced for the magazine's YouTube channel, most notably as the host of Reverse Engineering.
Early life and education
Morocco grew up in Newton, Massachusetts and attended Newton South High School.{{Cite web|title=Newton South High School Class of 1998|url=http://newtonsouthhighschool.org/class-of-1998.html|access-date=2020-08-12|website=newtonsouthhighschool.org}} After graduating from high school, he took a gap year before attending Oberlin College where he majored in French and worked as a cook at Pyle Inn.
After graduation, Morocco worked at Vogue as a production manager, before taking classes at the French Culinary Institute and being hired to work in the test kitchen at Bon Appétit. He left the magazine to work for the editorial department of Real Simple, before returning to Bon Appétit as the magazine's deputy food editor.
Career
Morocco first appeared in videos on the Bon Appétit YouTube channel in 2017, as part of a broader effort by the magazine to increase its YouTube presence. He would make regular appearances in instructional cooking videos and in Gourmet Makes hosted by Claire Saffitz, with Jezebel describing Morocco as the "most patient of the crew who possesses the most trustworthy taste buds."
In 2019, he became the host of Reverse Engineering, a web series on the Bon Appétit YouTube channel that follows Morocco as he uses his supertaster ability to reverse engineer a recipe by a celebrity chef from taste, touch, and smell alone. The recipes attempted by Morocco on Reverse Engineering include Gordon Ramsay's Beef Wellington{{cite web |title=Recreating Gordon Ramsay's Beef Wellington From Taste |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eVMgUrEazA |website=Bon Appétit |accessdate=November 12, 2019 |date=May 28, 2019}} and Jamie Oliver's insanity burger.{{cite web |title=Recreating Jamie Oliver's Insanity Burger From Taste |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlG_iUEybgM |website=Bon Appétit |accessdate=November 12, 2019 |date=July 16, 2019}}
Personal life
Morocco resides in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two children.
References
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{{cite web |last1=Zimmer |first1=Amy |title=Here's How Much It Will Cost You to Get an Apartment With More Bedrooms |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160607/ditmas-park/heres-how-much-it-will-cost-you-get-apartment-with-more-bedrooms |website=DNA Info |accessdate=November 11, 2019 |date=June 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111195417/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160607/ditmas-park/heres-how-much-it-will-cost-you-get-apartment-with-more-bedrooms/ |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web |last1=Fishman |first1=Kate |title=Chris Morocco, OC '03, Bon Appétit Food Editor |url=https://oberlinreview.org/19612/arts/chris-morocco-oc-03-bon-appetit-food-editor/ |website=The Oberlin Review |accessdate=November 11, 2019 |date=October 11, 2019}}
{{cite web |title=Bon Appétit, Now on Your TV |url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/bonappetit-free-streaming-channel-on-tv |website=Bon Appétit |accessdate=November 12, 2019 |date=February 21, 2019}}
{{cite web |last1=Rapoport |first1=Adam |title=Chris Morocco Is the Most Analytical Member of the BA Test Kitchen |url=https://www.bonappetit.com/story/analytical-chris-morocco |website=Bon Appétit |accessdate=November 12, 2019 |date=April 2, 2019}}
{{cite web |title=Chris Makes Kombu Cured Salmon |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlRl12drnls |website=Bon Appétit YouTube Channel |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=November 12, 2019 |date=September 4, 2017}}
{{cite web |last1=Finger |first1=Bobby |title=My Obsession With the Bon Appétit Cinematic Universe |url=https://jezebel.com/my-obsession-with-the-bon-appetit-cinematic-universe-1839497437 |website=Jezebel |accessdate=November 12, 2019 |date=November 4, 2019}}
{{cite web |last1=Barber |first1=Kayleigh |title=Bon Appétit is treating editors like influencers |url=https://digiday.com/media/bon-appetit-treating-editors-like-influencers/ |website=Digiday |accessdate=November 12, 2019 |date=October 9, 2019}}
{{cite web |title=Reverse Engineering |url=https://video.bonappetit.com/series/reverse-engineering |website=Bon Appétit |accessdate=November 12, 2019}}
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External links
- [https://www.bonappetit.com/search?contributor=chris%20morocco Chris Morocco] at Bon Appétit
- [https://video.bonappetit.com/series/reverse-engineering Reverse Engineering] at Bon Appétit
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Category:International Culinary Center alumni
Category:Oberlin College alumni
Category:YouTubers from Brooklyn