Eric Greenspan is popular in the cooking world as the King of Comfort food and processed cheese dishes. He is the celebrity chef and the restaurant owner, host of National Geographic’s Eric Greenspan Is Hungry, winner of Iron Chef America and author of two cookbooks named The Great Grilled Cheese Book: Grown-Up Recipes for a Childhood Classic and Cook Up Comfort with Eric Greenspan.
He was named as one of Angeleno Magazines Eight Hot Chefs. His kitchen has been successful to be rated 27/30, and he is recognized as one of the Most Buzzworthy Chefs in America by 944 Magazine. He is famous for creating a unique kind of dish that has become legendary among his clients.
Eric Greenspan Age, Birthday, Parents, Ethnicity
Born in the year 1975 in New Jersey USA, Eric Greenspan is 46 years old now. Greenspan, who was brought up in California, celebrated his 46th birthday on 18th April 2021. His family moved to California when Eric was just 9 years of age. He was raised in Fullerton and he completed his high school education in Calabasas.
His mother is Marilyn Springer and his elder brother Jason Greenspan is an ER doctor. Eric graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from UC Berkeley’s prestigious Haas School of Business.
Upon graduation his parents offered him to buy a car, he instead urged his parents to send him to Paris where he attended Le Cordon Bleu culinary school. During college, he worked as a dishwasher then turned to a head cook at a breakfast joint. He gt the opportunity to get training from celebrated chefs including Alain Ducasse, David Bouley, and Joachim Splichal.
Eric Greenspan Career Wikipedia
From a dishwasher to a head cook, restaurant owner celebrated chef, and the host of the show, Eric has achieved it all. He worked at Union Pacific for Rocco DiSpirito, and for David Bouley at Bouley Bakery, for Paul Leibrandt for a short period of time. In 2000, he worked as a line cook for Alain Ducasse. At the time of the 9/11 attack, he had to left New York and move to Los Angeles for a better opportunity. He became the sous chef at Patina. Later he became the executive chef.
In 2004, Eric decided to own up his own restaurant and never t work for anybody else. Therefore for a while, he worked as a teacher at a culinary school. He worked there for two years and one of his students is the investor in his first restaurant. He opened The Foundry on Melrose in 2007 which was the runner-up for Los Angeles Magazine’s Best New Restaurant. It made Los Angeles Magazine’s Top 75 and became the Essential 99 restaurants of then LA Weekly’s Pulitzer-winning food critic Jonathan Gold. It was also the semi-finalist for the best new restaurant in America for The James Beard Foundation.
Eric also participated in numerous TV shows such as Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen All-Stars, Chopped All-Stars, Guy’s a Grocery Games All-Stars, The Next Iron Chef, The Next Iron Chef: Redemption, Iron Chef America Countdown, and Iron Chef America. In Iron Chef America he became the winner by defeating Bobby Flay. In 2014, he also hosted National Geography show Eric Greenspan is Hungry.
Eric is the proud owner of his own restaurants The Foundry on Melrose, Greenspan’s Grilled Cheese, and The Roof on Wilshire. He is also the brand ambassador of WW(Weight Watchers) and 505 Southwestern. Moreover, he is also the author of his two cookbooks The Great Grilled Cheese Book: Grown-Up Recipes for a Childhood Classic and Cook Up Comfort with Eric Greenspan.
Eric Greenspan Weight Loss
Eric is the brand ambassador for WW(Weight Watchers) as he himself has lost 50 pounds following the WW Freestyle. Previously being overweight, he lost complete interest in eating food but WW came to his rescue.
With the help of WW, he could now enjoy food freely as he doesn’t have to watch his diet for calories and weight increase. As the foods that he develops are balanced, rich in nutrition and flavor at the same time. He comes up with the cookbook Cook Up Comfort which emphasizes flavor as well as healthy eating.
Eric Greenspan Wife, Married, Children
Eric married his long-time sweetheart Jamie Molever in May 2012. Together the couple has two sons and lives in LA. Jamie has celebrated her birthday on November 22.
She has been the supportive wife and mother of his children. They celebrated their 8th wedding anniversary last year in 2020. Eric’s Instagram posts are full of pictures of his beautiful wife and his sons.
Eric Greenspan Net Worth, Earnings
Eric is a rich man, his passion for cooking, his skill in creating new and unique recipes and then turning them into legendary food have certainly paid him back.
He is the restaurant owner, author, and celebrity chef. Eric has competed in numerous TV shows. And all these efforts and tireless works have helped Eric Greenspan to earn a net worth of 3.5 million dollars as of 2021.
Eric Greenspan Social Media
Eric has joined Instagram as chefgreeny with 46.7k followers. He has defined himself as the Creator and curator of delicious foods. His Instagram posts are filled with pictures of his wife and children. He has also posted pictures of his restaurants.
As @ChefGreeny his Twitter account, he joined Twitter in May 2009 and he has to date 10.9k followers. His Twitter account is filled with glimpses of his shows.
Eric has also created the Facebook account as Eric Greenspan where he has defined himself as Chef-Owner at Alt Grub Faction delivery only concepts Chino, 2 on a Roll, Bubu’s Finest Birds & Burg. He is followed by 12k followers.
Quick Wiki Bio Facts on Eric Greenspan
| Full Name/Real Name | Eric Scott Greenspan |
| Date of Birth/Birthday | 18th April 1975 |
| Age | 46 |
| Born Country | USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Hometown | New Jersey, USA |
| Ethnicity | Multiracial |
| Parents | Marilyn Springer mother |
| Siblings | 1 elder brother Jason Greenspan |
| Profession | Chef and Restaurant owner |
| Education(college/university) | UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and Le Cordon Bleu culinary school |
| Marital status | Married |
| Wife | Jamie Greenspan |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Social Media | Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter |
| Net worth | $3.5 million dollars |
| Hair color | Greyish black |
| Eye color | Black |
