Govind Armstrong
{{short description|American chef|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox chef
| name = Govind Armstrong
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| birth_place = Encino, California, U.S.
| style = California cuisine
| education = Culinary training under Wolfgang Puck, Mark Peel, and Juan Mari Arzak
| restaurants =
* Post & Beam (Los Angeles)
* The Lobster (Santa Monica Pier)
* 8 Oz. Burger Bar (former locations in Los Angeles and Miami; current locations in Seattle and Horseshoe Casinos)
| television =
* Top Chef (guest judge)
* Iron Chef America (contestant)
| works = Small Bites, Big Nights: Seductive Little Plates for Intimate Occasions and Lavish Parties
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Govind Armstrong is an American chef who specializes in California cuisine. He has appeared on the Bravo series Top Chef as a guest judge as well as the Food Network series Iron Chef America as a contestant.{{ cite news |author=Maria de los Angeles |title=Top Chef 3 Miami: Episode 7 - Sayonara Sara |url=http://www.miamibeach411.com/news/index.php?/news/comments/top-chef-3-miami-episode-6-sayonara-sara/ |date=August 16, 2007 }}{{cite news |title=Flay vs. Armstrong |url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/iron-chef-america/flay-vs-armstrong/index.html |access-date=2009-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129100851/http://www.foodnetwork.com/iron-chef-america/flay-vs-armstrong/index.html |archive-date=2009-01-29 |url-status=dead }} He is also the author of the cookbook Small Bites, Big Nights: Seductive Little Plates for Intimate Occasions and Lavish Parties.{{ cite news |author=Armstrong, Govind |title=Small Bites, Big Nights: Seductive Little Plates for Intimate Occasions and Lavish Parties |date=April 10, 2007 |publisher=Clarkson Potter |isbn=978-0307337931 }}
Early life
Armstrong grew up Encino, California (in a home originally owned by F. Scott Fitzgerald) with one older brother, an older sister, and two younger sisters. His mother is from Costa Rica, his father was African American, and his grandfather was from India.{{cite news |last1=Kims |first1=Katherine |title=Time Out with Govind Armstrong |url=https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/restaurants/time-out-with-govind-armstrong |accessdate=6 May 2019 |publisher=Time Out}}
Career
Armstrong began his culinary training at the age of 13 at Wolfgang Puck's Spago restaurant in West Hollywood.{{ cite news |author=Goldstein, Marianne |title=Small Plates, Big Flavors |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/small-plates-big-flavors/ |work=CBSnews.com |date=July 21, 2007 }} He also worked under Mark Peel of Campanile in Los Angeles,{{cite web |title=Six degrees of Campanile chefs |url=https://www.latimes.com/food/la-fo-gold-box-20120929-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=29 September 2012 |accessdate=23 March 2019}} and Juan Mari Arzak of Arzak in San Sebastián, Spain.
Currently, Armstrong is the chef and co-owner of Post & Beam restaurant in Los Angeles{{cite web |last=Kang |first=Matthew |date=Aug 9, 2012 |title=ROFL Cafe Serves Melrose, Menu by Govind Armstrong |url=https://la.eater.com/2012/8/9/6556723/rofl-cafe-serves-melrose-menu-by-govind-armstrong |accessdate=2019-11-06 |work=Eater}}{{cite web |last=Tomicki |first=Hadley |date=Aug 9, 2012 |title=ROFL Cafe Now Open on Melrose, With Menu by Govind Armstrong |url=http://www.grubstreet.com/2012/08/rofl-cafe-opens-west-hollywood-melrose-govind-armstrong.html |accessdate=2019-11-06 |work=New York Grub Street}}{{cite web |last=Almendrala |first=Anna |date=Sep 3, 2012 |title=Govind Armstrong Back On Melrose Avenue With ROFL Cafe (PHOTOS) |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/govind-armstrong-rofl_n_1845091 |accessdate=2019-11-06}} while also serving as Executive Chef for The Lobster on the Santa Monica Pier.{{Cite web |last=SCATTERGOOD |date=2019-03-11 |title=Chef Govind Armstrong is still cooking — at the beach |url=https://www.latimes.com/food/la-fo-govind-armstrong-the-lobster-20190311-story.html |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
Restaurants
- Post & Beam in Los Angeles
- 8 Oz. Although the Los Angeles and Miami locations are closed, there are 8 Oz. Burger Bars in Seattle, and within Horseshoe Casinos in Mississippi and Louisiana.
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.chefgovindarmstrong.com/}}
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/dining/reviews/29rest.html Review of Table 8] from the New York Times
- [http://www.8ozburgerbar.com/ 8 Oz. Burger Bar]
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