John Shields (chef)

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John Shields
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Born1951 May 5
NationalityAmerican
Occupationchef

John Shields is an American chef, food writer, and host of the PBS television shows Chesapeake Bay Cooking with John Shields and Coastal Cooking with John Shields. [1]

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Life

He is a native of Baltimore, Maryland.

Shields studied at the Peabody Conservatory of Music; he moved to Provincetown / Cape Cod with aspirations of becoming a rock star, and played piano in local bars. One day an injured friend asked John to work his shift in the kitchen of a popular Cape Cod inn. This led to many years as a restaurant chef & owner, author, and host of two national public television series. [2] In the 1980s, Shields moved to Northern California, where he joined the New American Food revolution. He was executive chef at A La Carte, a French restaurant in Berkeley. Shields opened his first restaurant, Gertie's Chesapeake Bay Café, in 1983 [3] in Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto. In the late 1990s he returned to Baltimore, and opened Gertrude's at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Serving locally sourced food, Gertrude's received positive press in Food & Wine , Travel & Leisure , the Washington Post , Edible DC, the Baltimore Sun , and has been a multi-year winner of Baltimore Magazine ’s “Best of Baltimore,”.

Shields specializes in regional American coastal cuisine, and in particular the cuisine of his native Chesapeake Bay region. [4] He is a proponent of slow food and local food, and is active in related organizations such as the Chesapeake Sustainable Business Alliance, Slow Food, and the Chef's Collaborative.[ citation needed ]

Shields is openly gay and works with his husband, John Gilligan, at Gertrude's. [5]

Television

Books

References

  1. "Coastal Cooking with John Shields | Cooking Shows | PBS Food". PBS Food. 2011-10-17. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  2. "Who is this guy?". John Shields. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  3. "Redefining Chesapeake". Edible DC. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  4. Rodricks, Dan. "The care and handling of crab cakes". baltimoresun.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  5. Sun, Baltimore. "The stories behind some of Baltimore's most notable couples". baltimoresun.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  6. "MPT Classics | the Best of Chesapeake Bay Cooking with John Shields". PBS .
  7. "Coastal Cooking with John Shields | Cooking Shows | PBS Food". PBS Food. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012.