Justin Warner

{{short description|American chef}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2016}} {{about|the American chef|the Canadian sprinter|Justyn Warner}} {{Infobox chef | name = Justin Warner | image = Justin Warner in Fort Collins, Colorado, 1996.jpg | caption = {{small|Warner in 1996}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|2|11}} | birth_place = Hagerstown, Maryland, US<ref name="herald2">[http://www.herald-mail.com/news/local/hm-former-hagerstown-native-shines-as-next-food-network-star-20120722,0,2440043.story Hagerstown native shines as next 'Food Network Star' – herald-mail.com]{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved October 4, 2012.</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = <br />Brooke Sweeten (2015–) | style = Fine Dining, Ramen<ref name="doordine">{{cite web |url=http://www.doordinebk.com/welcome/ |title=古くてボロボロになったマンションを売却することはできるのか／Baisyon |website=www.doordinebk.com |access-date=August 17, 2015}}</ref> | education = | ratings =  | restaurants = Bokujo Ramen, bb's natural Rapid City, SD | prevrests =  | television = ''Rebel Eats'' (2013) | awards = Michelin Bib Gourmand | website = https://www.instagram.com/eatfellowhumans http://www.twitch.tv/ChefShock }} '''Justin M. Warner''' (born February 11, 1984)<ref name="herald2"/><ref name="officialtwitter">[https://twitter.com/EatFellowHumans Justin M. Warner (EatFellowHumans) on Twitter]. Retrieved October 3, 2012.</ref><ref name="ibtimes">[http://www.ibtimes.com/next-food-network-star-justin-warner-wins-season-8-befittingly-voting-system-needs-axe-730368 The Next Food Network Star: Justin Warner Wins Season 8 Befittingly, But The Voting System Needs The Axe]. Retrieved October 4, 2012.</ref> is an American cookbook author and television personality. He is best known for his appearances on Food Network, including the eighth season of the series ''Food Network Star,'' which he won. He is the author of ''The Laws of Cooking: And How to Break Them'' (2015). He is also the host of ''Eat the Universe'' on marvel.com where he makes meals inspired by characters of the Marvel Universe.

== Early life == Warner was born on February 11, 1984<ref name="birthday">[https://www.facebook.com/EatFellowHumans/posts/338075989644652 Justin Warner Birthday Announcement on Facebook]</ref> in Hagerstown, Maryland. His mother, Jan, is a schoolteacher,<ref name="herald2" /> and his father was a psychiatrist. Warner was born when his father was 57 years old.<ref name="knox">[http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jul/23/justin-warner-winner-food-network-star Justin Warner named winner of 'Food Network Star' competition » Knoxville News Sentinel]. Retrieved October 4, 2012.</ref> In 1998 he was a finalist in the National Spelling Bee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/31/living/spelling-bee-experience/index.html|title=The agony and ecstasy of the National Spelling Bee|first=Kat |last=Kinsman|website=CNN|date=May 31, 2012 |access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref> His father died shortly after Justin graduated from South Hagerstown High School in 2002.

Warner has had no formal culinary training;<ref name="foodnetwork">[http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/justin-warner/index.html Justin Warner : Shows : Food Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020001237/http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/justin-warner/index.html |date=October 20, 2012 }}. Retrieved October 4, 2012.</ref><ref name="herald1">[https://archive.today/20130125043053/http://articles.herald-mail.com/2012-07-17/news/32718320_1_food-network-contestants-team-giada/2 Justin Warner closes in on victory with 'The Next Food Network Star' – Page 2 – Herald-Mail]. Retrieved October 3, 2012.</ref> he was inspired to learn to cook by his father.<ref name="knox" />

==Food Network== Warner appeared on ''24 Hour Restaurant Battle'' in August 2010 with his then-girlfriend J.J. Pyle.<ref name="mcall"/><ref name="villagevoice">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111001173134/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2011/09/do_or_dines_jus_1.php Do or Dine's Justin Warner On Why Brunch Sucks: Interview Part 2 – New York – Restaurants and Dining – Fork in the Road] . Retrieved October 4, 2012.</ref><ref name="eater">[http://eater.com/archives/2010/07/06/24hour-restaurant-battle-is-like-this-show-and-that-show-and-that-one-too.php 24-Hour Restaurant Battle Sort of Looks Like This Show and That Show and That One, Too – TV Watch – Eater National]. Retrieved October 4, 2012.</ref> They won the episode with their brunch restaurant concept,<ref name="villagevoice"/> but the restaurant itself never came to fruition.

===''Food Network Star''=== Later in 2012 Warner became a contestant on the eighth season of ''Food Network Star'', mentored by Alton Brown.<ref name="foodnetwork"/> He did not watch the series before becoming a contestant, because he does not own a television.<ref name="mcall">[http://www.mcall.com/lifestyle/hm-hagerstown-native-justin-warner-competes-on-the-next-food-network-star-20120508,0,4055938.story?page=1 Hagerstown native Justin Warner competes on 'The Next Food Network Star' – mcall.com]{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved October 3, 2012.</ref> He eventually became one of the final four contestants, and he filmed a pilot for a potential series called ''Rebel with a Culinary Cause''. He won the competition.<ref name="ibtimes"/><ref name="blackbook">[http://www.blackbookmag.com/restaurants/do-or-dine-s-justin-warner-wins-food-network-star-1.51047 Do or Dine's Justin Warner Wins 'Food Network Star' – Restaurants – Blackbook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615205834/http://www.blackbookmag.com/restaurants/do-or-dine-s-justin-warner-wins-food-network-star-1.51047 |date=June 15, 2013 }}. Retrieved October 3, 2012.</ref><ref name="rickey">[http://www.rickey.org/interview-with-justin-warner-food-network-star-season-8-winner Justin Warner – Food Network Star Season 8 Winner – Interview {{!}} Rickey.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130415170119/http://www.rickey.org/interview-with-justin-warner-food-network-star-season-8-winner |date=April 15, 2013 }}. Retrieved October 3, 2012.</ref><ref name="knox"/> Alton Brown announced on January 4, 2013, that he will "regrettably" not be producing Justin's show.<ref name="AB">{{cite web |url=http://www.thebraiser.com/alton-brown-pulls-out-of-justin-warner-show/ |title=Alton Brown | Mediaite |website=www.thebraiser.com |access-date=January 4, 2013}}</ref> In March 2013, Justin Warner debuted a one-hour pilot special on Food Network titled ''Rebel Eats''. In 2014, he was a judge on ''Guy's Grocery Games''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}

== Career == He was one of the co-owners of Do or Dine restaurant in Bed-Stuy, New York, before it closed in September 2015.<ref name="blackbook" /><ref name="brooklynink">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120120014603/http://thebrooklynink.com/2012/01/16/40276-fun-with-food-how-do-or-dine-does-it/ Do or Dine, Brooklyn Restaurant {{!}} Local Brooklyn News and Features {{!}} The Brooklyn Ink]}}. Retrieved October 4, 2012.</ref>

In 2021, Justin and his wife Brooke opened "Bokujo Ramen", in Rapid City, South Dakota. It combines their love of Japanese food, with local ingredients.

Starting October 31, 2016, Warner, along with a few others acting as staff, created a new cooking show on Twitch.tv known as Chefshock, "Shockingly Real, Shockingly Live, and just plain Shockingly Delicious.", where he cooks live from his home kitchen from completely raw ingredients with viewers encouraged to cook along and ask questions.<ref>[https://www.twitch.tv/chefshock Justin Warner's Twitch Livestream Cooking Show]</ref> Questions are often presented to Warner by a moderator who shares in eating the finished results, while those that cook along and post their own progress pictures are featured throughout the show during lulls in the cooking process. Ingredients required to cook along at home are shared a week in advance, usually through the use of google documents to allow those that wish to participate time to gather them.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QUKu9oaIAkifFQ3LLxGaZSsNCTtQy50wnStLo25f5ec/edit Chefshock Ingredients Document List]</ref>

== Personal life == On June 29, 2015, Justin Warner married his fiancée Brooke Sweeten.<ref>[http://www.foodnetworkgossip.com/2015/06/justin-warner-got-married-today.html Justin Warner Got Married Today {{!}} Food Network Gossip]. Retrieved August 19, 2015.</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" ! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Television |- ! Year ! Series ! Role ! Notes |- |2010 |''24 Hour Restaurant Battle'' |Himself |Episode winner with partner J.J. |- | rowspan=2|2012 | ''Food Network Star'' | Himself | Contestant: Season 8 |- | ''Unique Eats'' | Himself | Season 4 episode 7: "Comfort Food" |- | 2013 | ''Rebel Eats'' | Himself/host | |- | 2014 | ''Unique Sweets'' | Himself | |- | 2014–present | ''Guy's Grocery Games'' | Himself | Recurring judge/competitor |- | 2015 | ''Breaking the Rules: Chocolate'' | Himself/host | "Superstar Sabotage" |- | 2015 | ''Cutthroat Kitchen'' | Himself | Competitor |- | 2015–2016 | ''Guilty Pleasures'' | Himself | |- | 2016–2017 | ''ChefShock'' | Himself/co-host | 11 episodes<br/> Writer, producer, director |- | 2017 | ''Cook vs. Cons'' | Himself | Recurring judge |- | 2020–present | ''Tournament of Champions'' | Himself/Reporter | |- |2023 |''Superchef Grudge Match'' |Himself |vs Simon Majumdar |}

==Bibliography== * ''The Laws of Cooking: And How to Break Them'' ({{ISBN|1-25006-513-5}}, 2015)

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links==  *{{official website|http://www.eatfellowhumans.com/}}

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