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Charlie Palmer is an American chef, hospitality entrepreneur, hotelier, and author.[1] He has built hotels and restaurants throughout the USA.

This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. (May 2021)

Career

Palmer trained at the Culinary Institute of America, and started his executive chef career at The River Café.

The Charlie Palmer Collective encompasses a collection of restaurants and hotels throughout the USA. In 1988, Palmer opened his restaurant Aureole in Manhattan, where he showcased regional American ingredients. In 1999, he opened Aureole in the Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas as well as a modern American steakhouse, Charlie Palmer Steak in The Four Seasons. In 2003, Palmer built the 55-room Hotel Healdsburg in Sonoma County, California. In April 2006, he announced plans for the Charlie Palmer Hotel, to be constructed in Las Vegas.[2] In 2018 Palmer co-founded Makr Hospitality.

In 2020, Palmer launched a video series titled American Artisan where he highlights artisans in Wine Country and beyond. Palmer was one of sixteen chefs in the 1993 PBS series, Cooking with Master Chefs: Hosted by Julia Child and is included in the cookbook derived from the series.^{[citation needed]} He is also a guest on NBC's Today Show, Bravo's Top Chef, and The Rachael Ray Show.

Awards

The James Beard Foundation named him "Best Chef in America" in 1997 and incorporated him as a member of their "Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America" in 1998.[3]

Palmer's support of his alma mater earned him a seat on The Culinary Institute of America's board of trustees[1] where he served as chairman of the board from 2013 to 2016.[1] The school presented him with an honorary doctorate in April 2018.[1]

Personal life

Palmer was born and raised in upstate New York. He is father to four sons (Courtland, Randall, Eric and Reed) and husband to Lisa. He splits his time between Sonoma and New York City.^{[citation needed]}

Cookbooks

• Great American Food (Random House, 1996)
• Charlie Palmer's Casual Cooking (Harper Collins, 2001)
• The Art of Aureole (Ten Speed, 2002)
• Charlie Palmer's Practical Guide to the New American Kitchen (Melcher, 2006)
• Remington Camp Cooking by Charlie Palmer (Charlie Palmer Group, 2013)
• Charlie Palmer's American Fare (Grand Central Life & Style, 2015)

References

External links

• Charlie Palmer

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