ARTS AND CULTURE

Jake Cohen

Chef and author

Top celebrity chef Jake Cohen describes himself as a “nice Jewish boy who loves food.” Cohen studied at the Culinary Institute of America, during and after which he spent time working the line at NYC institutions, DANIEL and ABC Kitchen. Eventually, he transitioned out of restaurants and into food media, first at Saveur Magazine, where he began recipe testing in the publication's test kitchen. Cohen has also been Food Editor of TastingTable.com, the Food Critic for Time Out New York, and the Editorial and Test Kitchen Director of The Feedfeed. Cohen recently published his first cookbook, JEWISH. (Photo: personal homepage, Wake and Jake)