Logan Guleff

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Logan Guleff
Logan Guleff Teen Choice Winner 2019.jpg
Guleff at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards
Born (2002-07-23) July 23, 2002 (age 22)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation Chef
Known for Masterchef Junior
Style Southern American, pastry, dessert
Website www.loganguleff.com

Logan Guleff (born July 23, 2002) is a television personality, cookbook author, entrepreneur, [1] and owner of Logan's Underground Supper Club. In 2014, he became the winner of the second season of the American reality cooking competition MasterChef Junior . In 2016, Guleff was listed in Time Magazine's "30 Most Influential Teens" as "a rising star in the culinary world". [2]

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Early cooking career

Logan started cooking at the age of three. At the age of nine, his recipe for the "Jif Most Creative Sandwich" contest won him an appearance on Today on NBC. [3] "I went on TV a bunch with my recipe and it was really fun. I got so disappointed that I did not win the grand prize, so my Mom suggested that I enter another contest and I won (the Epicurious Healthy Challenge trip)." [4]

MasterChef Junior

On December 16, 2014, Logan won the second season of MasterChef Junior . [5]

Logan's winning meal included an appetizer of saffron spot prawns with olive tapenade and smoked aioli, an entree of salt-crusted branzino and a dessert of Meyer lemon madeleines with goat cheese mousse and a berry compote. [6]

He has also appeared on Season 4 (Cupcake Judge) & Season 5 (Show Clip) & Season 6 (Guest) of the show.

Recognition

Logan has won several food competitions including one which took him to the White House to meet the President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama. He visited the White House with President Barack Obama in 2012 at the Epicurious Kid's State Dinner Healthy Lunch Challenge. [7]

Logan Guleff shaking hands with President Barack Obama in August 2012 Logan Guleff Shaking Hands President Barack Obama.jpg
Logan Guleff shaking hands with President Barack Obama in August 2012

In 2013, Logan became the first and only child judge to complete the training course given by the Memphis World Championship BBQ committee as a certified judge.[ clarification needed ] [8] In 2015, Logan became the youngest certified judge (age 12) at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. [9] He also judged the International Young Chef Olympiad in India in 2017. [10]

In 2015, Logan became a finalist in Shorty Awards for recognition in producing real-time short form content in the FOOD category along his social media platforms. [11] At the same year, he was named as a presenter for the Reality Television Awards (Hollywood) along with MasterChef Junior winning best "New Cast". [12]

In the summer of 2015, Logan became a spokesperson for the "Get Kids Cooking" campaign and initiative, GetKidsCooking.ca (in Canada). [13]

In 2016, Logan Guleff was named the "Next Great Southern Cook in America" by Southern Living Magazine, [14] along with Forbes magazine naming him one of the Young Innovators Who Are Changing the World. [15] Winner of the James Beard Foundation 2016 Blended Burger Project™. [16]

At the age of 14, Logan inked a partnership deal with meal delivery kit service Chef'd to present several of his dishes, including his winning James Beard Sustainable Mushroom Monster Burger (2017). [17]

In 2018, Logan Guleff won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for the Best New Cookbook (US) for "Cooking Dreams", [18] and in May 2018 the book was announced as the winner of "The Best in The World First Cookbook" in Yantai, China. He was selected as a TEDx speaker on the subject of "The Art of The Flavor". [19]

In 2021, Logan becomes the first chef to offer an NFT virtual dining experience. [20] [21]

Television

Television
YearShowRoleNotes
2012 The Today Show HimselfContestant JIF Sandwich
2014 MasterChef Junior HimselfContestant/Winner
2015 MasterChef Junior HimselfCupcake Judge/Judge
2017 The Today Show HimselfGuest Chef - James Beard Winning Burger
2017 MasterChef Junior HimselfSpecial Edition Winner Interview
2017GalileoHimselfYoungest Chef in The World [22]
2017 Pickler & Ben HimselfAmazing Teens Edition [23]
2018 MasterChef Junior HimselfGuest

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for Logan Guleff
YearAwardCategory
2012JIF Peanut Butter Sandwich ChallengeNational Finalist
2012Epicurious - Healthy Recipe ChallengeA White House State Dinner Winner
2014 MasterChef Junior US Season 2Winner
2015Sixth Annual Shorty Awards Nominated for Food [24]
2015Reality TV Awards - MasterChef JrBest New Cast [25] MasterChef Jr Season 2
2016 Time 30 Most Influential Teen
2016 37th Young Artist Awards HollywoodPresenter & Nominee - Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor (11–13)
2016Space Camp Huntsville, AlabamaCommander's Cup Awardee
2016 James Beard Foundation Blended Burger Winner
2016Fortune Magazine18 Under 18 [15]
2016Southern Living MagazineThe Next Best Southern Cook
2017Chef WorksChef of January 2017 [26]
2018Gourmand World Cookbook Award [27] The Best New Cookbook US [28]
2018TEDx SpeakerThe Art of The Flavor Speech [19]
2018Gourmand World Cookbook Award [27] The Best New Cookbook in the World [28]
2019 Teen Choice Awards Winner-Teen Choice Take Note Award [29]
2020The SPARK AwardYouth Charity Award [30]

Bibliography

Logan Guleff (2017), Logan's Chef Notes & Half Baked Tales – Cooking Dreams, Memphis, Tennessee USA: Logan Guleff, OL   26233407M ISBN   9780971157613 [31]


Moshe Goldstein (2022), Starter Mindset, Chater 4 FOOD:LOGAN: New Degree Press{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location (link) ISBN   9798885049139

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