Michael Symon

Michael D Symon born September 19 1969 is an American chef  restaurateur television personality and author He is seen regularly on Food Network on shows such as Iron Chef America Burgers Brew and Que Food Feuds and The Best Thing I Ever Ate as well as Cook Like an Iron Chef on the Cooking Channel and The Chew on ABC He has hosted appeared or competed on many other shows Symon was one of the rotating hosts of Food Networks show Melting Pot He appeared on Saras Secrets with Sara Moulton Ready Set Cook and FoodNation with Bobby Flay In 2005 he appeared on Iron Chef America cooking against Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto On August 27 2007 Symon appeared in the Cleveland OH episode of the television series Anthony Bourdain No Reservations On April 21 2008 the Food Network announced that Symon would take over as host of Dinner Impossible the networks third most popular show He hosted the show for ten episodes until host Robert Irvine was reinstated He appeared along with several other Food Network stars on Dear Food Network Thanksgiving Disasters a program dealing with dinner mishaps which first aired November 17 2008 He was in the very first episode of the networks The Best Thing I Ever Ate which featured his restaurant Lolita Cook Like an Iron Chef a Cooking Channel show starring Symon debuted in July 2010 and the show Food Feuds which featured Symon premiered October 10 2010 In September 2011 Symon began cohosting The Chew on ABC networks a daily talk show that is centered on foodrelated and lifestyle topics Symon has been the host of the television series Burgers Brew and Que since 2015 On December 14 2021 Symon became the new host of Throwdown on Food Network which previously starred Bobby Flay While competing in the reality competition TV series The Next Iron Chef he reported on his experiences for Fortune posted on CNN Money He has made numerous contributions to periodicals such as Bon Appétit Esquire Food Arts Gourmet Saveur and O The Oprah Magazine He has also written a number of cookbooks A native of Cleveland OH Symon is the chef and owner of a number of restaurants in the Greater Cleveland area including his flagship Lola Mabels BBQ and burger franchise BSpot He is credited with helping to save the restaurant scene in Downtown Cleveland He also owns Michael Symons Roast also known as Roast in Detroit Michigan On May 6 2017 he opened Angeline named after his mother Angel at the Borgata in Atlantic City New Jersey