1. Dan Barber was born on October 2,1969 and is the chef and co-owner of Family Meal at Blue Hill in Manhattan and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, New York, United States.
11 Facts About Dan Barber
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Dan Barber is the author of The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food.
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Around 2009, Dan Barber was involved in developing a miniature butternut squash.
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In May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dan Barber launched the resourcED program at both Blue Hill restaurants, which packaged ingredients from the Stone Barns farm and included directions for customers to cook themselves.
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Dan Barber has received several James Beard Foundation awards, including the 2006 award for Best Chef: New York City and the 2009 award for Outstanding Chef.
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Dan Barber was appointed by the President of the United States Barack Obama to serve on the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition and is a member of the advisory board to the Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment.
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Dan Barber was featured in episode two of the first season of Netflix's Chef's Table series in 2015.
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Dan Barber was mentored by notable California cuisine chefs, Mark Peel at Campanile in Los Angeles and Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley.
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In 2010, Dan Barber gave a talk at the TED Conference, where he outlined his discovery of extensively farmed fish at Veta La Palma, Spain.
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Dan Barber spoke about how ecological and sustainable farm systems affect the flavor of agricultural products.
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Dan Barber is married to Aria Beth Sloss, with whom he has two daughters.