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

Palmer trained at the
Culinary Institute of America
Culinary arts are the cuisine arts of food preparation, cooking and presentation of food, usually in the form of meals. People working in this field – especially in establishments such as restaurants – are commonly called chefs ...
, 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.
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
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series, ''
Cooking with Master Chefs: Hosted by Julia Child'' and is included in the cookbook derived from the series. 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.
Palmer's support of his alma mater earned him a seat on
The Culinary Institute of America's board of trustees
where he served as chairman of the board from 2013 to 2016.
The school presented him with an honorary doctorate in April 2018.
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.
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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Living people
American chefs
American male chefs
Culinary Institute of America people
James Beard Foundation Award winners
Date of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)