Timothy Hollingsworth
{{short description|American chef and restaurateur (born 1980)}}
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{{Infobox chef
| birth_name = Timothy Wayne Hollingsworth
| image = Timothy Hollingsworth.png
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|01|30}}
| birth_place = Houston, Texas
| nationality = American
| death_date =
| death_place =
| style = Contemporary American cuisine, French
| education = Apprenticeship
| spouse = Caroline Hollingsworth (2012-present)
| children = 4
| restaurants =
Chain (Co-Founder)
| television = Beat Bobby Flay, Tournament of Champions, Beachside Brawl, The Final Table, Chain Food: All-Star Dishes
}}
Timothy Hollingsworth (born, January 30, 1980) is an American chef. In 2012, he left his post as Chef de Cuisine at Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/12/FD1F26JG.DTL#ixzz0zTNfXIKk|title=How French Laundry's chefs reach for the stars|date=September 12, 2010|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|author=Sophie Brickman}} and moved to Los Angeles, where he opened Otium.{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/food/la-fo-gold-otium-20160213-story.html|title=Otium at the Broad museum is L.A.'s most ambitious new restaurant in years|website=Los Angeles Times|date=12 February 2016|access-date=2016-04-13}} He has won multiple awards throughout his career, including the 2010 James Beard Foundation's Rising Chef of the Year Award,{{Cite web|url=http://www.eater.com/2010/5/4/6734869/winners-2010-james-beard-restaurant-and-chef-awards|title=Winners: 2010 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards|website=Eater|date=4 May 2010|access-date=2016-04-13}} the 2010 San Francisco Chronicle Rising Star Chef,{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Rising-Star-Chefs-2010-3271036.php|title=Rising Star Chefs 2010|website=SFGate|date=7 March 2010|access-date=2016-04-13}} and the 2009 Bocuse d'Or, where he placed sixth.Sciolino, Elaine, The New York Times: Diner's Journal (January 28, 2009). [http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/the-american-chef-comes-in-sixth/?hp The American Chef Comes in Sixth]{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/chi-bocuse-dor-silver-usa-achatz-20150128-story.html|title=USA wins silver at Bocuse d'Or|last=Tribune|first=Chicago|website=chicagotribune.com|date=28 January 2015 |access-date=2016-04-13}} He was the winner of the 2018 cooking competition The Final Table.
Life and career
Timothy Hollingsworth was born in Houston, Texas. In 1980, his mother Karen Hollingsworth and father Quintin Hollingsworth took their five children and moved to Placerville, California. Being raised as a Southern Baptist in Texas, religion and family dinners were parts of his upbringing.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/restaurants/article/Timothy-Hollingsworth-High-profile-chef-from-the-5277336.php|title=Timothy Hollingsworth: High-profile chef from the foothills|website=SFGate|date=28 February 2014|access-date=2016-04-13}}
In 2001, Hollingsworth began as a commis at The French Laundry in Napa Valley, California. Hollingsworth learned from former chefs de cuisine Eric Ziebold and Corey Lee. In 2004, Keller selected Hollingsworth as part of a team that traveled to New York City to train and prepare for the opening of his new restaurant Per Se. After returning to The French Laundry, Hollingsworth was promoted to sous chef in 2005 and in 2009, to chef de cuisine.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} Throughout his career at The French Laundry, Hollingsworth staged in France, Germany and Englandsirha.com {{cite web |url= http://www.sirha.com/2009/images/stories/portraits%20bo2009_gb_07-01-09.pdf |title= Bocuse d'Or Candidates' Portraits |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716074635/http://www.sirha.com/2009/images/stories/portraits%20bo2009_gb_07-01-09.pdf |archivedate= 2011-07-16 }} {{small|(670 KB)}}Cowin, Diana, Food & Wine (February 2009). [http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/competing-at-the-bocuse-dor-team-usas-unbeatable-recipes Competing at the Bocuse d’Or: Team USA’s Unbeatable Recipes]Hallock, Betty, Los Angeles Times (January 26, 2009). [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fo-bocuse26-2009jan26,0,396808.story American chef preps for cooking fame at France's Bocuse d'Or] under European Chefs Gordon Ramsay, Michel Rostang and Alain Senderens.
In 2012, Hollingsworth left The French Laundry and moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue his own ventures.{{Cite web|url=http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2012/11/26/timothy-hollingsworth-on-leaving-the-french-laundry-and-whats-next/|title=Timothy Hollingsworth on leaving the French Laundry and what's next|website=Inside Scoop SF|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-13}} He began consulting in the United States, South Korea, and Lebanon. In 2015, he partnered with The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to open Otium in Downtown Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=http://hauteliving.com/2014/02/timothy-hollingsworth-to-helm-restaurant-at-the-broad-museum/449900/|title=Timothy Hollingsworth to Helm Restaurant at The Broad Museum|website=Haute Living|date=11 February 2014|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-13}}
On September 8, 2024 Otium closed permanently, citing challenges due to COVID-19 that made operations unsustainable.{{Cite web|url= https://la.eater.com/2024/8/9/24216879/otium-downtown-los-angeles-closure-2024|title= Landmark Downtown LA Restaurant Otium Will Close in September|date= 9 August 2024}} Following its closure, some Otium employees took to the streets to protest after weeks had passed with no final checks in hand.{{Cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2024-09-26/los-angeles-restaurant-workers-at-celebrated-otium-protest-over-unpaid-wages|title= Otium opened to great acclaim. Now workers of the shuttered restaurant say owners won't pay them|website= Los Angeles Times|date= 26 September 2024}} According to an HR statement posted to the company's Instagram account, payments were issued on the 27th.{{Cite web|url= https://www.instagram.com/otiumla/p/DAcIrlhSPHW/?img_index=1 | title=Instagram }}{{better source needed|date=November 2024}}
Awards
- Sixth Place Winner: Bocuse d'Or, 2009
- Rising Star Chef of the Year: California, James Beard Foundation, 2010{{Cite web|url=http://www.eater.com/2010/5/4/6734869/winners-2010-james-beard-restaurant-and-chef-awards|title=Winners: 2010 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards|website=Eater|date=4 May 2010|access-date=2016-04-14}}
- Rising Star Chef: SF Chronicle, 2010{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Rising-Star-Chefs-2010-3271036.php|title=Rising Star Chefs 2010|website=SFGate|date=7 March 2010|access-date=2016-04-14}}
- Winner of the 2018 The Final Table{{Cite web|url=https://www.eater.com/2018/11/21/18104992/final-table-chefs-timothy-hollingsworth-alex-haupt-shin-takagi-mark-best|title=Who Are The Chefs on Netflix's 'The Final Table'?|website=Eater|date=21 November 2018|access-date=2018-11-21}}
Television appearances
- Top Chef, season 6 episode 12 (guest judge){{Cite web|url=http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef/season-6/episode-12-culinary-olympics|title=Episode 12: Culinary Olympics|website=Bravo TV Official Site|date=18 November 2009|access-date=2016-04-14}}
- Guilty Pleasures, Food Network, season 1{{Cite web|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/guilty-pleasures/100-series/youre-bacon-me-crazy.html|title=You're Bacon Me Crazy : Guilty Pleasures : Food Network|website=www.foodnetwork.com|access-date=2016-04-14}}
- The Final Table, Netflix, season 1
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, NBC
- Tournament of Champions, Food Network, Season 3
- Beat Bobby Flay, Food Network, Season 35 Ep 13
- The Great American Recipe, PBS, Season 3 (judge)
- Chain Food: All-Star Dishes, Roku Original
- Beachside Brawl, Food Network, Season 1 Ep 6
References
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