Chris Fischer

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Chris Fischer
Spouse
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(m. 2018)​
Children1
Culinary career
Previous restaurant(s)
  • Beach Plum Inn & Restaurant
Television show(s)
Award(s) won
  • 2014 StarChefs.com Coastal New England Rising Stars Award
2016 James Beard Award for best cookbook

Chris Fischer is an American chef and farmer from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He is the husband of stand-up comedian and actress Amy Schumer.

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Biography

A native of Martha's Vineyard, Fischer grew up on a farm and learned about food from his father, Albert, a former commercial fisherman, who taught him how to hunt, fish and farm. [1] Fischer spent much of his boyhood at Martha's Vineyard and went to a two-room schoolhouse that has since been converted into a police station. [2]

When he became a chef, he worked under Mario Batali at Babbo while living in Manhattan. [3] He also cooked in Europe, working at the American Academy in Rome and London's The River Cafe before returning to Martha's Vineyard to work there full-time in 2007. [4]

Fischer ran his family farm, Beetlebung Farm, a five-acre property that his grandfather purchased in the 1950s [5] or in 1961. [2] He was the executive chef at the Beach Plum Inn & Restaurant for several years and was awarded the 2014 StarChefs.com Coastal New England Rising Stars Award. [6] In 2016, he was awarded with the James Beard Award for his book The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook, which he wrote with co-author Catherine Young. He was also a part-time instructor at Boston University's Metropolitan College Programs in Food & Wine. [7]

Personal life

Fischer married comedian and actress Amy Schumer on February 13, 2018, in Malibu, California. [8] [9] On May 5, 2019, Schumer gave birth to their son, Gene. [10] Gene was initially given the middle name "Attell" as a nod to Dave Attell, but on April 14, 2020, Schumer announced in a podcast that his middle name had been changed to "David" after they realized "Gene Attell" sounded like "genital". [11] Schumer revealed in her Netflix special Amy Schumer Growing that Chris Fischer is on the autism spectrum. [12]

Filmography

YearTitleSummaryNotes
2020 Amy Schumer Learns to Cook A cooking show during the COVID-19 pandemic, filmed while quarantined at home.Chris teaches his wife Amy, also featuring son Gene, and nanny Jane. [13]

Awards

His cookbook, The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook, which memorialized a year of cooking and living on Martha's Vineyard, won the 2016 James Beard Award for American Cooking. [14]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Floyd, Alex (June 4, 2015). "Family, Food and Farming: Choice Ingredients to Live By". The Vineyard Gazette. Martha's Vineyard. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ Tang, Estelle; Morrill, Hannah (February 15, 2018). "Who Is Amy Schumer's Husband, Chris Fischer??????????". Elle. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ Floreak, Michael (June 30, 2015). "Q & A: Chris Fischer". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Farmer, chef, and Author Chris Fischer: Eating Together Matters More Than the Food". VoxCreative.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Rising Star Chef Chris Fischer of The Beach Plum – Biography". StarChefs.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/2016/chris-fischer-beetlebung-farm/ from the original on September 28, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  8. ↑ Melas, Chloe (February 15, 2018). "Amy Schumer marries chef Chris Fischer". CNN. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  9. ↑ Conrad, Marissa (February 15, 2018). "Amy Schumer Just Married a Farmer! Here Are 11 Make-You-Happy Facts About Chris Fischer". Modern Farmer . Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  10. ↑ Weinberg, Lindsay (May 6, 2019). "Amy Schumer Gives Birth to First Child". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Amy Schumer changes son Gene Attell's name after realizing first attempt sounded NSFW". USA Today . April 14, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
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