Alton Brown
Chef
Carreer
Iron Chef America
Good Eats
The pilot for Good Eats first aired in July 1998 on the PBS member TV station WTTW in Chicago, Illinois. Food Network picked up the show in July 1999. In May 2011, Alton Brown announced an end to Good Eats after 14 seasons.[9] The final episode, "Turn on the Dark", aired February 10, 2012.
Many of the Good Eats episodes feature Brown building makeshift cooking devices in order to point out that many of the devices sold at conventional "cooking" stores are simply fancified hardware store items.
Good Eats was nominated for the Best T.V. Food Journalism Award by the James Beard Foundation in 2000.[10] The show was also awarded a 2006 Peabody Award.[11]
Feasting on Asphalt
Brown's third series, Feasting on Asphalt, explores the history of eating on the move. Brown and his crew crossed the United States via motorcycle in a four-part miniseries about the history of road food. Brown samples food all along his travel route. He includes a "history of food" segment documenting famous road trips and interviews many of the foodieshe meets en route.
The series premiered on Food Network on July 29, 2006. The mini-series was picked up for a second run, entitled Feasting on Asphalt 2: The River Run, in 2007. Six episodes were filmed during April and May 2007. The episodes trace the majority of the length of the Mississippi River through Brown's travels. The second run of episodes began airing onFood Network on August 4, 2007.
The third season uses the title Feasting on Waves and has Brown traveling the Caribbean Sea by boat in search of local cuisine.[citation needed]