Simon Majumdar

April 07, 1964

Simon Majumdar (born April 7, 1964) is a British-American world-renowned broadcaster, author, chef, and well-recognized TV personality, regularly appearing on Food Network and Cooking Channel shows such as Guy Fieri's Tournament of Champions, Guy's Grocery Games, Cutthroat Kitchen, Beat Bobby Flay, Iron Chef America, The Next Iron Chef, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, and Extreme Chef. He has also appeared as an expert commentator on National Geographic's major series “EAT: The Story of Food" and as a competitor on Superchef Grudge Match. He is a restaurant critic and has written other articles for such outlets as The Guardian and The Times of London. He is the creator and host of the food history podcast, Eat My Globe: Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Food. He has written three books: Eat My Globe (2009), Eating for Britain (2011), and Fed, White, and Blue, which catalogs his journey to American citizenship. He is of Welsh and Indian heritage.