Vivian Howard
- January 4, 2024
- Chef
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Vivian Howard |
| Occupation | Chef |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 8, 1978(1978-03-08) |
| Age | 46 |
| Birthplace | Deep Run |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | North Carolina |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Vivian Howard Biography
| Name | Vivian Howard |
| Birthday | Mar 8 |
| Birth Year | 1978 |
| Place Of Birth | Deep Run |
| Home Town | North Carolina |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
| Parents | Scarlett Howard, John C. Howard Jr |
| Siblings | Leraine Tolston |
| Spouse | Ben Knight |
Vivian Howard is one of the most popular and richest Chef who was born on March 8, 1978 in Deep Run, North Carolina, United States. Co- owner and head chef at the North Carolina-based restaurant Chef & the Farmer who will be featured in PBS The award-winning series A Chef’s Life.
The chef was also a She was a James Beard Foundation Award semi-finalist for Best Chef Southeast five straight years between 2011 and 2015. Foundation Award semi-finalist for Best Chef Southeast five straight years between 2011 and 2015.
Howard graduated from the Institute of Culinary Education in NYC in 2004. She completed an internship at Wylie Dufresne’s wd~50 and trained as Chef de Partie at Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Spice Market.
Chef & the Farmer has been given a AAA Four Diamond Award seven times (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence (2009), and was named an OpenTable Top 100 Restaurants in America (2011).
She was raised by her parents that were farmer in Deep Run, North Carolina. She was married Ben Knight with whom she established a business of delivery of soup. They have two kids named Theo as well as Flo.
Vivian Howard Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Chef |
| House | Living in own house. |
Vivian Howard is one of the richest Chef from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vivian Howard 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She travelled abroad to Argentina within a culinary program for a term as she earned her bachelor’s degree at North Carolina State University.
She worked for an advertising agency for the duration of 18 months following having completed her college education to become waitress. The school she graduated from was in 2003 from the Institute of Culinary Education in 2003.
At age 14, Howard attended an all-female Moravian boarding school, Salem Academy, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and then spent two years at Virginia Episcopal School. In 2001, she earned her BA in English Language from North Carolina State University. During her time at NCSU, she studied abroad for a semester in Argentina, as part of a culinary-themed program. After graduating, Howard moved to New York City and began working in advertising for Grey Worldwide. She quit after 18 months and started working as a waitress at Voyage restaurant. Scott Barton, the restaurant’s executive chef, became her early mentor.
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Who is Vivian Howard Dating?
According to our records, Vivian Howard married to Ben Knight. As of December 1, 2023, Vivian Howard’s is not dating anyone.
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A Chef’s Life is a 2014 Peabody winner for Excellence in Broadcasting, a 2015 Daytime Emmy winner for Best Directing of a Lifestyle/Travel/Culinary program, and was a 2016 James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Culinary Host.
Facts & Trivia
Vivian Ranked on the list of most popular Chef. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Vivian Howard celebrates birthday on March 8 of every year.
The restaurant creates modern interpretations of traditional southern dishes, often collected from members of her family’s Eastern North Carolina community. In 2018, Howard said “Older folks in our community teach me how to make something very simple. One of the things I like about A Chef’s Life and dislike about modern media, in general, is that [our culture is] very young- person-new-ideas driven, and I don’t think people call on the wisdom of older folks very much. To learn from them and share has been wonderful.”
Are Ben Knight and Vivian Howard still married?
Personal life. Howard is married to Ben Knight. The couple met while working together at Voyage restaurant in NYC. They live on Howard’s family homestead in Deep Run, North Carolina with their twin children.
What is Vivian from a chef's life doing now?
Vivian runs the restaurants Chef & the Farmer in Kinston, NC; Benny’s Big Time in Wilmington, NC; Handy & Hot and Lenoir (opening December 2020) in Charleston, SC. In October 2020, Vivian released her second cookbook, This Will Make It Taste Good: A New Path to Simple Cooking.
Does Vivian Howard still have a restaurant?
About Vivian I’m a mom, cook, author, occasional TV host, and restaurant owner from Deep Run, North Carolina. I work to blend family, food and storytelling in a way that touches people and reminds them of where they came from.
Who owns the Chef and the Farmer?
Chef Vivian Howard owns three restaurants in Eastern North Carolina, two of those are in Kinston, Chef & the Farmer and the Boiler Room. Howard launched a new TV series Friday night on PBS, but her restaurants and businesses are hurting.
Why did Chef's life end?
We had a huge following. But I wanted to be like Seinfeld. I wanted to end it while were still on top, and really take a broader look at what southern food is today. I just decided I couldn’t do a chef’s Life anymore , and I knew what I wanted to do, and I’m very bold-headed like that.”