Tim Anderson (chef)

Tim Anderson is an American-British cook and writer who was named the winner of 2011's MasterChef competition broadcast on BBC One.[1]

Tim Anderson
Born
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
OccupationChef
Years active2011–present

Life and career

Anderson was born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in Racine, Wisconsin. He moved to Los Angeles in 2002, where he studied Japanese food history at Occidental College. After graduating in 2006, he moved to Kitakyushu, Japan,[2] to further his interest in Japanese cuisine. He moved to London with his British wife in 2008 and started his career as a craft beer bar manager. He opened his first restaurant, Nanban Brixton in 2015.[3] His second restaurant, Nanban Central, opened in 2019.[4] He has published four books on Japanese cuisine and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s culinary panel show, The Kitchen Cabinet.

Publications
  • Nanban: Japanese Soul Food (2015)[5][6]
  • Japaneasy: Classic and Modern Japanese Recipes to Cook at Home (2017)[7]
  • Tokyo Stories: A Japanese Cookbook (2019)[6]
  • Vegan Japaneasy: Classic and Modern Vegan Japanese Recipes to Cook at Home (2020)[8]

References
  1. "Tim Anderson was winner of MasterChef in 2011". BBC. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. "Fascination with Japanese food drove Racine native's career, 14 December 2019". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  3. "Nanban: MasterChef winner Tim Anderson to open his first restaurant in Brixton, 5 May 2015". Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. "MasterChef winner Tim Anderson to double up with second Nanban, 23 July 2019". Big Hospitality. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  5. "Nanban - Japanese Soul Food: A Cookbook, published 26 April 2016". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. "Tim Anderson's new cookbook is a love letter to Japan's capital city, 6 March 2019". Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  7. "Japaneasy: Classic and Modern Japanese Recipes to Cook at Home, published 26 September 2017". Hardie Grant. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  8. Times, The New York (2020-04-20). "11 New Cookbooks Worth Buying, Even in Quarantine". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
Preceded by
Dhruv Baker		 MasterChef UK champion
2011		 Succeeded by
Shelina Permalloo
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