Brendan Walsh

{{short description|American chef (born 1959)}} {{about||the Irish Gaelic football manager and player|Brendan Walsh (Gaelic footballer)|the American comedian|Brendon Walsh}}

'''Brendan Walsh''' (born 1959) is an American chef known for southwestern cuisine. He was the original chef of Arizona 206 in New York City (from 1985 to 1988) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chefdb.com/nm/5574/|title=Brendan Walsh : ChefDb: The Chef and Restaurant Database}}</ref> and won the "Who's Who of Cooking in America" James Beard Foundation Award.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} As of 2020 he is Dean of the School of Culinary Arts at the Culinary Institute of America.<ref name="moc">{{cite web |title=Brendan Walsh '80, CHE |url=https://www.menusofchange.org/advisory-councils/biographies/brendan-walsh |publisher=Menus of Change |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="cci">{{cite news |last1=Cicchiello |first1=Christopher |title=Learn the 'right way' to make scrambled eggs with this French technique |url=https://www.today.com/food/learn-right-way-make-scrambled-eggs-french-technique-t186109 |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=TODAY |date=14 July 2020}}</ref>

==Early life== Walsh grew up in the Bronx, New York City. He later moved to Ridgefield, Connecticut and attended Ridgefield High School.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

==Career== Walsh graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York in 1980.<ref name="cia">{{cite web |title=Faculty Bio: Brendan R. Walsh '80 |url=https://www.ciachef.edu/brendan-walsh/ |publisher=Culinary Institute of America |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> From there, he moved to Los Angeles<ref name="syc">{{cite news |last1=Sucato |first1=Sabrina |title=The Rock and Roll History of Chefs in America |url=https://hvmag.com/uncategorized/the-rock-and-roll-history-of-chefs-in-america/ |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=Hudson Valley Magazine |date=13 April 2018}}</ref> and subsequently worked at Stars restaurant in San Francisco. He later{{when|date=January 2018}} moved back to New York City as executive chef at Arizona 206. There he appeared on magazines such as ''Food & Wine'' and ''USA Today''. He worked as consulting chef in 1989 to Wet Paint, and eventually as chef at the Coyote Grill in Island Park from 1990 to 1991. 1991 to 1993, he was the co-owner and chef of the North Street Grill in Great Neck.

In 1996, he moved to Ridgefield, Connecticut, opening the Elms Restaurant and Tavern (now called Brendan's at the Elms). The Elms Restaurant was featured in the Thanksgiving special of Martha Stewart.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

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