Simon Majumdar
Birthday: Born in 1964-04-07 in England
Deathday: Alive
Simon Majumdar (born April 7, 1964) is a British-American world-renowned broadcaster, author, chef, and well-recognized TV personality, regularly appearing on Food Network and Cooking Channel shows such as Guy Fieri's Tournament of Champions, Guy's Grocery Games, Cutthroat Kitchen, Beat Bobby Flay, Iron Chef America, The Next Iron Chef, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, and Extreme Chef. He has also appeared as an expert commentator on National Geographic's major series “EAT: The Story of Food" and as a competitor on Superchef Grudge Match. He is a restaurant critic and has written other articles for such outlets as The Guardian and The Times of London. He is the creator and host of the food history podcast, Eat My Globe: Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Food. He has written three books: Eat My Globe (2009), Eating for Britain (2011), and Fed, White, and Blue, which catalogs his journey to American citizenship. He is of Welsh and Indian heritage.
TV Credits
Superchef Grudge Match
Character: Self
Darnell "Superchef" Ferguson invites superstar chefs to settle their disputes in a one dish, winner-takes-all heavyweight battle. The victors leave with $10,000, a prized knife from the losing chef's knife roll and bragging rights for life!...
Alex vs America
Character: Judge
Brave and talented chefs attempt to take down Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, the most feared and accomplished competition cook in America. Chef Alex goes up against three chefs in two rounds of cooking, and anyone -- even Alex -- can be sent home after a blind tasting by the judges....
Supermarket Stakeout
Character: Guest
Alex Guarnaschelli hosts as chefs square off in a competitive pop-up kitchen outside a grocery store. To make their challenge dishes, the chefs must size up shoppers as they exit the store and negotiate for their grocery bags....
Tournament of Champions
Character: Self - Culinary Correspondent
Host Guy Fieri gathers the world's greatest chefs for the most-intense culinary competition ever held. Emotions run high in the single-elimination, sudden-death bracket tournament as the competitors face off in head-to-head battles to stay alive. As the pressure mounts, shocking surprises unfold both inside and outside the arena. All the chefs have the talent and skill to walk away with the ultimate championship title in food, but only one will win the Tournament of Champions....
The Next Iron Chef
Character: Self - Judge
The world's greatest culinary artists come together to compete for the prestigious title of Iron Chef America in this Alton Brown-hosted series. Catch all the yummy intensity on the Food Network....
Alex vs America
Character: Self - Guest Judge
Brave and talented chefs attempt to take down Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, the most feared and accomplished competition cook in America. Chef Alex goes up against three chefs in two rounds of cooking, and anyone -- even Alex -- can be sent home after a blind tasting by the judges....
Cutthroat Kitchen
Character: Self - Guest Judge
Just how far is a chef willing to go to win a cooking competition? Cutthroat Kitchen hands four chefs each $25,000 and the opportunity to spend that money on helping themselves or sabotaging their competitors. Ingredients will be thieved, utensils destroyed and valuable time on the clock lost when the chefs compete to cook delicious dishes while also having to outplot the competition. With Alton Brown as the devilish provocateur, nothing is out of bounds when money changes hands and we see just ...
Beat Bobby Flay
Character: Self
Two talented chefs go head-to-head for the chance to Beat Bobby Flay. To get to Bobby the chefs must first face off against each other, creating a spectacular dish with a secret ingredient of Bobby's choice. Judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Jeff Mauro know Bobby's strengths and his weaknesses. Their goal: Pick the chef who has the skills to take down Bobby Flay in his own arena. The winning chef gets to challenge Bobby with his or her surprise signature dish. If Bobby goes down, the winner can tell...
Iron Chef Gauntlet
Character: Self - Guest Judge
Seven chefs from across America face each other in culinary battles each week until only one is left standing. This chef will battle the three iron chefs: Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto and Michael Symon....