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Ben Ford
Ben Ford
	Campanile - Los Angeles 1992 - 1995; The Farm of Beverly Hills, California 1996 - 1998
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Winkler (1994 - 2003, divorced); Emily Baretta (2009 - 2017)
Children	2
	Culinary career
Cooking style	Californian, Mediterranean
	Current restaurant(s) Los Angeles, California) 2014 to date;
	Television show(s) The Today Show - multiple appearances;
	Award(s) won * FIRST SECOND; ;
Website	www.chefbenford.com

Ben Ford is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. He studied under and worked with notable chefs including Marc Peel, Nancy Silverton, Eberhardt Muller, Diane Wegner, Alice Waters, Paul Bertolli, David Tannis, Serge Felastich and Julia Child.

Biography

Ben Ford was born in

Los Angeles, California, in 1966, the first son of Mary Marquardt and Harrison Ford

.

Awards and honors

Ford has received numerous awards, including three stars from the Los Angeles Times and four stars from Angelino Magazine and "Top 50 Restaurants in The World" from

Conde Nast (for "Chadwick"). Ford has won the Food Network Challenge (2007) and Cochon 555 (2012). He was chosen by the US Department of State to be a Culinary Ambassador with the American Chefs Corps

(2013 to 2017) and in that capacity traveled to Turkey, Hong Kong, Kazachstan, etc. representing the United States and preparing dinners at US embassies and consulates. In 2015 he was nominated ARP [what is this ?] Best Chef Driven Restaurant Concept for "Ford's Filling Station."

Restaurants

Los Angeles, California

) 2014 to date

Television and radio

He has made several public appearances as well as appearing on numerous tv and radio food shows and morning and daytime network shows, including multiple appearances on

Bizarre Foods

("Los Angeles").

Bibliography

Ford has authored a number of food-related magazine articles, including articles whch appeared in XYZ. He has also been active in food-related charities and social service events and organizations, such as XYZ.

Ford is the author of the award-winning cookbook "Taming The Feast" (2012).

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