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Justin M. Warner (born February 11, 1984)[1][3][4] 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.

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Justin Warner
Justin Warner
Born	(1984-02-11) February 11, 1984 (age 38) Hagerstown, Maryland, US[1]
Spouse(s)	Jessica Hinze (2004–2007) Brooke Sweeten (2015–)
Culinary career
Cooking style	Fine Dining, Circus Cuisine[2]
Current restaurant(s) Bokujo Ramen, Rapid City, SD
Television show(s) Rebel Eats (2013)
Award(s) won Michelin Bib Gourmand
Website	https://www.facebook.com/EatFellowHumans http://www.twitch.tv/ChefShock

Early life

Warner was born on February 11, 1984[5] in Hagerstown, Maryland. His mother, Jan, is a schoolteacher,[1] and his father was a psychiatrist. Warner was born when his father was 57 years old.[6] In 1998 he was a finalist in the National Spelling Bee.[7] His father died shortly after Justin graduated from South Hagerstown High School in 2002.

Warner has had no formal culinary training;[8][9] he was inspired to learn to cook by his father.[6]

Food Network

Warner appeared on 24 Hour Restaurant Battle in August 2010 with his then-girlfriend J.J. Pyle.[10][11][12] They won the episode with their brunch restaurant concept,[11] 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.[8] He did not watch the series before becoming a contestant, because he does not own a television.[10] 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.[4][13][14][6] Alton Brown announced on January 4, 2013, that he will "regrettably" not be producing Justin's show.[15] 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]}

Career

He was one of the co-owners of Do or Dine restaurant in Bed-Stuy, New York, before it closed in September 2015.[13][16]

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.[17] 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.[18]

Personal life

In 2004, Justin married his high school sweetheart, Jessica Hinze. They lived together in Colorado until their divorce in 2007. On June 29, 2015, Justin Warner married his fiancée Brooke Sweeten.[19]

Filmography

Television
Year	Series	Role	Notes
2010	24 Hour Restaurant Battle	Himself	Episode winner with partner J.J.
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 Writer, producer, director
2017	Cook vs. Cons	Himself	Recurring judge
2020–present	Tournament of Champions	Himself/Reporter

Bibliography

• The Laws of Cooking: And How to Break Them (ISBN 1-25006-513-5, 2015)

References

External links

• Official website
• Justin Warner on Facebook
• Justin Warner on Twitter

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