Madison Cowan
{{short description|British-American chef|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox chef
| name = Madison Cowan
| birth_date =
| birth_place =Brixton, South London, UK
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| restaurants =
| prevrests = {{plainlist}}*Ashbells, London,
* Tavern on the Green, New York City,
* Avenue Inc., New York City,
* Slide, New York City (2013–2014)
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| television = {{plainlist}}* Chopped (2010, 2015),
* No Kitchen Required (2012),
* Guy's Grocery Games (2015),
* Tournament of Champions (2021–2022)
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| website = {{URL| http://www.madisoncowan.com/ }}
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Madison Cowan is a British-born American chef.{{Cite web |last=Turiano |first=Jennifer |date=September 22, 2018 |title=Celebrity chef, "Chopped" grand champion Madison Cowan coming to Integrace Copper Ridge on Wednesday |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/news/cc-integrace-copper-ridge-celebrity-chef-madison-cowan-20180910-story.html |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Baltimore Sun |language=en}} He was the first Grand Champion of Food Network's Chopped.{{cite web|author=Raphael Brion |url=http://eater.com/archives/2010/09/29/madison-cowan-wins-chopped-champions.php |title=Madison Cowan Wins Chopped Champions - Video Interlude - Eater National |publisher=Eater.com |date=2010-09-29 |accessdate=2013-07-21}} He co-stars in BBC America’s travel series No Kitchen Required,{{cite web |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/no-kitchen-required/contestants/chef-madison-cowan/ |title=Chef Madison Cowan | Contestants | No Kitchen Required |publisher=BBC America |date= |accessdate=2013-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805073659/http://www.bbcamerica.com/no-kitchen-required/contestants/chef-madison-cowan/ |archive-date=2013-08-05 |url-status=dead }} appeared as a judge on Food Network’s Extreme Chef and in cooking segments on NBC’s Today Show and CBS This Morning. Cowan resides in New York City.
Early life
Madison Cowan was born in Brixton, South London; his father is from Jamaica and his mother is African-American. He started cooking at age 14.{{Cite web |title=Get to Know Guy's Grocery Games Judge Madison Cowan |url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/shows/2015/09/get-to-know-guys-grocery-games-judge-madison-cowan |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Food Network |language=en}}
His father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which ran in their family, and was a catalyst for his own advocacy work for the disease.{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Augusta |date=November 1, 2018 |title=Chef Madison Cowan shares message of perseverance, encouragement to attendees of Butterfly Hope Luncheon |url=https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/chef-madison-cowan-shares-message-of-perseverance-encouragement-to-attendees-of-butterfly-hope-luncheon/article_327609c6-dd51-11e8-989a-8fcc8d6c78bf.html |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=TylerPaper.com |language=en}}
Restaurant and food career
Early in Cowan's career he worked at Tavern on the Green, under Patrick Clark. Cowan was an executive chef at Ashbells in London.{{Cite web |last=Zimmer |first=Andrew |date=March 3, 2013 |title=Cannoli, spiked milkshakes, and the best sliders you've ever had |url=https://www.thrillist.com/eat/new-york/west-village/10012/slide |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Thrillist |language=en}}
Cowan was a co-owner of Avenue Inc., a supper club and cater company in New York City. From March 2013 to 2014, Cowan was the consulting chef for the restaurant Slide, located at 174 Bleecker Street, New York City.{{Cite web |last=Morabito |first=Greg |date=2013-03-04 |title=The Single Item Menu Trend Is Alive and Well at Slide |url=https://ny.eater.com/2013/3/4/6473117/the-single-item-menu-trend-is-alive-and-well-at-slide |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Eater NY |language=en}}
In 2018, he was a participant in Michelle Obama's "Chefs Move to Schools" project.
Television appearances
In 2010, Cowan was awarded the first title of "Grand Champion" of the culinary reality television show Chopped (Food Network), which also had a cash prize of $50,000 USD.{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=C. Daniel |date=2013-03-05 |title=Iron Chef's Madison Cowan Opens Slide Restaurant in NYC |url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/madison-cowan-slide-restaurant-nyc/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Black Enterprise |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Brion |first=Raphael |date=2010-09-29 |title=Madison Cowan Wins Chopped Champions |url=https://www.eater.com/2010/9/29/6717227/madison-cowan-wins-chopped-champions |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Eater |language=en}}
In April 2012, he won "Battle: Kale" on Food Network's Iron Chef America (season 10, episode 3), with Amanda Freitag and his runner-up on Chopped Lance Nitahara serving as his sous chefs, defeating Iron Chef Jose Garces.{{cite web |url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/the-next-iron-chef-web-series-bios/package/index.html |title=The Next Iron Chef Web Series Bios : Shows |publisher=Food Network |date= |accessdate=2013-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210120451/http://www.foodnetwork.com/the-next-iron-chef-web-series-bios/package/index.html |archive-date=2013-02-10 |url-status=dead }}
Personal life
In May of 2024, Cowan was reported to have not paid rent in his New York City apartment for 4 1/2 years and faced eviction. {{cite news |title=Celebrity chef Madison Cowan evicted from Brooklyn apartment |url=https://abc7ny.com/videoClip/14822076/ |access-date=May 15, 2024 |agency=ABC}}
References
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External links
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Category:American television chefs
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Chefs from New York City
Category:BBC television presenters
Category:21st-century African-American people
Category:British people of Jamaican descent
Category:British people of American descent
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