Food Wishes

John Armand Mitzewich (born: ), better known online as Chef John, is an American chef and food blogger who runs the food blog and video recipe series Food Wishes.
== Culinary Experience ==
John graduated from Paul Smith's College in 1983 with a degree in Applied Science and honors in Culinary Arts and Chef Training. While in college he was honored as 1983's "Outstanding Chef Training Student". After college he worked at a variety of restaurants and positions: he was Executive Sous Chef at the Carnelian Room, Sous Chef at Ryan's Café, and Garde Manger at the San Francisco Opera. John was also the Chef Instructor at the California Culinary Academy before he started to focus on teaching people to cook online. 
In 2007 he started to make video recipes and blogs under the brand Food Wishes. His channel grew after his 2010 viral recipe Inside-Out Grilled Cheese. In 2011 Food Wishes partnered with the culinary social networking service Allrecipes, later in 2011 John published his first and only cookbook America's Family Favorites: The Best of Home Cooking.
In 2021 he started the Chef John Podcast with co-host Andrew Scrivani. 
== Video & Culinary Style ==
John's recipes are split between his blog posts and videos. The exact written ingredient amounts and background information about the recipe being posted on the blog, and the method for preparing the recipe not being written but instead explained through the video. John claims that he does this to "get paid twice" from the advertising on both his blogs and videos. 
John himself is never featured in his videos. He only films utensils, ingredients, and his own hands. In his channel trailer he claims that he wants the food to star instead of himself. John's narration is humorous with his use of rhyming and wordplay. He also enunciates his words in a wandering and almost singing tone, most notably in the start of his videos when he says "Hello this is Chef John from Foodwishes . com!" 
An unique aspect of John's recipes is the frequent inclusion of cayenne pepper even in recipes that don't normally use it. John describes it as giving an "extra touch of heat that helps bring out the unique flavors." 
 
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