Lazarus Lynch is a 23-year old Multi-Artist, the host of Food Network's original digital series, Comfort Nation, and the face behind the brand, Son of a Southern Chef. New York City born and raised, Lazarus stepped into the kitchen at an early age under the tutelage of his father, Johnny Ray Lynch, a southern chef from Bessemer, Alabama. Together, they created a special bond in the kitchen that would soon launch into a successful media enterprise.
When Lazarus was ten, his parents opened Baby Sister's Soul Food, a popular fish and chips and soul food restaurant in Laurelton, Queens. Ray's fried fish sandwiches, and open-mic nights were big hits at the restaurant. Ray built a loyal fan-base and loved bringing smiles to customer's faces at the taste of his food.
Lazarus took after his father's passion for cooking and studied culinary arts at the Food and Finance High School in New York City. His high school blog, Keeping-it-Healthy, built him a following, gaining the attention of television networks like Food Network and the Cooking Channel. In his senior year of high school, Lazarus interned at the Food Network headquarters in New York City where he cooked in the test kitchens, and at the acclaimed James Beard House twice. He was also a recipe developer and recipe tester for the New York City Green Carts Cookbook, and Virgin Vegan: The Meatless Guide to Pleasing Your Palate cookbook.
Lazarus was a World Food Prize Borlaug~Ruan International Recipient in 2011 where he was selected to study food and agricultural sciences in Beijing, China for three months. He also studied theater and conflict resolution abroad in Kigali, Rwanda with the Anne Frank Project his freshman year of college. In 2013, Lazarus worked at the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. directly for Secretary Tom Vilsack and frequented the White House twice by invitation of President Barack Obama.
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When Lazarus was ten, his parents opened Baby Sister's Soul Food, a popular fish and chips and soul food restaurant in Laurelton, Queens. Ray's fried fish sandwiches, and open-mic nights were big hits at the restaurant. Ray built a loyal fan-base and loved bringing smiles to customer's faces at the taste of his food.
Lazarus took after his father's passion for cooking and studied culinary arts at the Food and Finance High School in New York City. His high school blog, Keeping-it-Healthy, built him a following, gaining the attention of television networks like Food Network and the Cooking Channel. In his senior year of high school, Lazarus interned at the Food Network headquarters in New York City where he cooked in the test kitchens, and at the acclaimed James Beard House twice. He was also a recipe developer and recipe tester for the New York City Green Carts Cookbook, and Virgin Vegan: The Meatless Guide to Pleasing Your Palate cookbook.
Lazarus was a World Food Prize Borlaug~Ruan International Recipient in 2011 where he was selected to study food and agricultural sciences in Beijing, China for three months. He also studied theater and conflict resolution abroad in Kigali, Rwanda with the Anne Frank Project his freshman year of college. In 2013, Lazarus worked at the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. directly for Secretary Tom Vilsack and frequented the White House twice by invitation of President Barack Obama.
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In 2014, Lazarus created Son of a Southern Chef, dedicated to his father's southern cooking, and building the next generation of soulful cooks in the world. His fun, charismatic, and down-to-earth approach to food and cooking connects him with thousands across the globe daily. He is a co-host on the ABC Network digital series, Tastemade Get Cookin'. He is a featured host on the Webby awarded mobile site and app, Tastemade, and appears on the Tastemade Snapchat Discover Channel. He also appears on Amazon and Apple TV where he shares original and family inspired recipes, and unfolds stories of food around the country.
Food Network host, Ingrid Hoffmann, named Lazarus "the next big food star." He is a two-time Chopped Champion winner, and has been a guest on several shows including the Emmy-nominated, The Kitchen, and The Kitchen Sink, The Today Show, and judges for Chopped Junior, and Beat Bobby Flay. He was also a season seven co-host on Cooking Channel's, Unique Sweets. He has appeared as a guest on several radio shows including NPR’s Science Friday, WPR's Food Friday, and Heritage Radio Network's Feast Yr Ears. He has an active YouTube channel with nearly 10,500 subscribers where he shares both original and sponsored content. He created popular series on YouTube including My College Kitchen, Laz's Comfort Kitchen, and Soul Food Talks. He has worked with a range of industry leading brands including Kelloggs, Hidden Valley, Wells Fargo, 4-H, AT&T, Honda and more.
Lazarus holds a Bachelors of Science degree from the State University of New York College at Buffalo. He is a proud 4-H alumus and serves as a trustee on the National 4-H Council. He is an advocate for hunger awareness, healthy living activist, and visits schools throughout the year to share his positive message with the next generation. He loves to travel and experience foods and people of different cultures. In his free time, he loves to walk through his favorite neighborhoods, paint, play piano, watch interviews, and films about art and food, and hang out with friends at their favorite NYC restaurants and bars. In other news, Lazarus is working on his first cookbook (Penguin Random House/Avery/Pam Krauss Books). He lives in New York City.
Food Network host, Ingrid Hoffmann, named Lazarus "the next big food star." He is a two-time Chopped Champion winner, and has been a guest on several shows including the Emmy-nominated, The Kitchen, and The Kitchen Sink, The Today Show, and judges for Chopped Junior, and Beat Bobby Flay. He was also a season seven co-host on Cooking Channel's, Unique Sweets. He has appeared as a guest on several radio shows including NPR’s Science Friday, WPR's Food Friday, and Heritage Radio Network's Feast Yr Ears. He has an active YouTube channel with nearly 10,500 subscribers where he shares both original and sponsored content. He created popular series on YouTube including My College Kitchen, Laz's Comfort Kitchen, and Soul Food Talks. He has worked with a range of industry leading brands including Kelloggs, Hidden Valley, Wells Fargo, 4-H, AT&T, Honda and more.
Lazarus holds a Bachelors of Science degree from the State University of New York College at Buffalo. He is a proud 4-H alumus and serves as a trustee on the National 4-H Council. He is an advocate for hunger awareness, healthy living activist, and visits schools throughout the year to share his positive message with the next generation. He loves to travel and experience foods and people of different cultures. In his free time, he loves to walk through his favorite neighborhoods, paint, play piano, watch interviews, and films about art and food, and hang out with friends at their favorite NYC restaurants and bars. In other news, Lazarus is working on his first cookbook (Penguin Random House/Avery/Pam Krauss Books). He lives in New York City.
