Art Smith
Keynote Speaker: Celebrity Chef, Author & Humanitarian; Served as the Personal Chef of Oprah Winfrey
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Art Smith Biography
He is the executive chef and co-owner of BlueDoor Kitchen and Garden, Southern Art and Bourbon Bar, Homecomin’: Florida Kitchen and Southern Shine at Disney Springs at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, and his newest restaurant, Art Bird & Whiskey Bar at Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
Art Smith has received the culinary profession’s highest awards and has cooked for some of the world’s most famous celebrities. In 1997, Smith became the personal, day-today chef to Oprah Winfrey, a position that lasted ten years. Smith now coordinates and cooks for special events all around the world.
Most recently Smith has made several television appearances including ABC’s Lady Gaga Thanksgiving Special, Top Chef a nd returned to Top Chef Masters (for the second time), where he quickly became an audience favorite. Smith was also featured in an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition where he lent a hand to a deserving family that has devoted their lives to providing meals for the less fortunate members of their community.
Smith has made regular television appearances on programs such as Iron Chef America, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Nightline, Fox News, Extra, Entertainment Tonight, BBQ Pitmasters, The Talk, The Dr. Oz Show and The Oprah Winfrey Show. He has appeared on the cover of Parade magazine, and has been featured in Cooking Light magazine. He is a regular contributor to Standup magazine, whose proceeds benefit The Ben Cohen Standup Foundation, which raises awareness of the long-term, damaging effects of bullying.
Smith is the author of three award-winning cookbooks: Back to the Table; Kitchen Life: Real Food for Real Families; and Back to the Family. He contributed recipes and cooking advice to The Spectrum, the newest book by ground-breaking cardiologist and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Dean Ornish. In May of 2013 his latest cookbook was released, Art Smith’s Healthy Comfort, with a focus on healthy cooking and healthy living, (published by Harper One 2013).
Smith is the founder of Common Threads, a non-profit organization teaching low-income children to cook wholesome and affordable meals since 2003. He believes that through hands-on cooking and introducing children to fresh foods we can help prevent childhood obesity, reverse the trend of poor eating habits, and learn about diversity and tolerance through the celebration of our cultural differences and our commonalities.
Smith was honored by Chicago Magazine as a Chicagoan of the Year in 2007. That same year, the prestigious James Beard Foundation named him Humanitarian of the Year. In 2008 Chef Art Smith received an Honorary MBA Degree, awarded by the Dedman School of Hospitality at Florida State University.
Smith was inducted into the Chicago Culinary Museums Hall of Fame in 2010. September 30th, 2010 was proclaimed by Richard M. Daley, Mayor of The City of Chicago as Chef Art Smith Day in Chicago. May 19, 2012 Chef Art Smith received an Honorary Doctorate of Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University, North Miami Campus. In 2018, Smith was the first ever recipient for the Dream Maker Humanitarian award by the Ed Asner Family Center Foundation.
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Art Smith Speaking Topics
Chef Art's travels around the world being a good diplomat for the US State Department
Healthy Comfort
How to eat delicious food and be healthy
How as a Chef I can work and live and help people with diabetes
Chef Art is known for his Advocacy for LGBTQ
Art Smith Videos
Art Smith's Healthy Comfort: How America's Favorite Celebrity Chef Got it Together, Lost Weight, and Reclaimed His Health!
Back to the Family: Food Tastes Better Shared With Ones You Love
Kitchen Life: Real Food For Real Families -- Even Yours!
Back to the Table: The Reunion of Food and Family
How to book Art Smith?
Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Art Smith for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers. Fill out a booking request form for Art Smith, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Art Smith or any other celebrity of your choice.
How much does it cost to book Art Smith?
Booking fees for Art Smith, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Art Smith, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
Who is the agent for Art Smith?
All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Art Smith for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Art Smith for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service talent booking agency?
All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Art Smith or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Art Smith or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
Art Smith is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Celebrity Chef, Entertainers and Fitness. The estimated speaking fee range to book Art Smith for live events is $10,000 - $20,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Art Smith generally travels from Jacksonville, FL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Darren McGrady, Aarti Sequeira and Michael Solomonov. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Art Smith for an upcoming event.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Art Smith Speaking Topics
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Food Diplomacy
Chef Art's travels around the world being a good diplomat for the US State Department
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Celebrity Chef Art Smith to US Ambassador of Portugals
Healthy Comfort
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Big Chef Little Chef
How to eat delicious food and be healthy
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Being a Chef with Type 2 Diabetes
How as a Chef I can work and live and help people with diabetes
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Using Food as Platform to Create Change
Chef Art is known for his Advocacy for LGBTQ
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Art Smith Videos
BOOKS
Art Smith's Healthy Comfort: How America's Favorite Celebrity Chef Got it Together, Lost Weight, and Reclaimed His Health!
Back to the Family: Food Tastes Better Shared With Ones You Love
Kitchen Life: Real Food For Real Families -- Even Yours!
Back to the Table: The Reunion of Food and Family
REVIEWS
Art Smith Reviews
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Art was great! Everyone loved his presentation. people were engaged the whole time and people who weren't there wanted the recording!
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals - Nov 11 2021 -
Chef Art was fantastic, the attendees and client were thrilled with his demo. Though he had some tech difficulties, but was very accommodating and understanding with the extra time needed to get him set-up. AAE was fabulous. They were so communicative and helpful with all of our requests, we couldn't have asked for better partners in this event!
INVNT o/b/o Merck & Co. - May 25 2021 -
Great experience from start to finish, and Art's personal knowledge of issues associated with domestic violence made a huge difference. Plus he got us Las Vegas Lady Gaga tickets to auction off!
Safe Place of the Permian Basin - Aug 29 2018
NEWS
Art Smith News
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First Look: Chef Art Smith's Homecoming Florida Kitchen & Southern ...
After 5 years in the making, Chef Art Smith¿s Homecoming Florida Kitchen & Southern Shine is on the last legs of preparations.
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Jameson: Celebrity chef Art Smith on what every kitchen should have
Celebrity Chef Art Smith, Oprah's personal chef for 10 years, came home to Florida to open his newest restaurant, Homecoming – Florida Kitchen & Southern ...
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Chef Art Smith Talks Gay Marriage, Husband Jesus Salgueiro On ...
Chef Art Smith, who has served the likes of President Barack Obama, Jeb Bush, Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey, recently stopped by Huff Post Live to discuss his ...
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World Chefs: Art Smith shares weight-loss tips in latest book - Yahoo ...
From Yahoo News: By Richard Leong NEW YORK (Reuters) - Celebrity chef Art Smith, who shed 100 pounds (45 kg) after being diagnosed with diabetes three ...
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Chef Art Smith: Healthy Eating, Weight Loss And When You Can Eat ...
Art Smith, the cookbook author and former personal chef to Oprah Winfrey, Jeb Bush and others, is out with a new book -- but this time he's talking healthy eats.
FAQ
How to book Art Smith?
Our booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure talent like Art Smith for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment for over 15 years. The team at All American Entertainment represents and listens to the needs of organizations and corporations seeking to hire keynote speakers, celebrities or entertainers. Fill out a booking request form for Art Smith, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get pricing information and check availability for Art Smith or any other celebrity of your choice.
How much does it cost to book Art Smith?
Booking fees for Art Smith, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. Pricing often varies according to the circumstances, including the talent's schedule, market conditions, length of presentation, and the location of the event. Speaker fees listed on this website are intended to serve as a guideline only. In some cases, the actual quote may be above or below the stated range. For the most current fee to hire Art Smith, please fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak with an experienced booking agent.
Who is the agent for Art Smith?
All American Entertainment has successfully secured celebrity talent like Art Smith for clients worldwide for more than 15 years. As a full-service talent booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Fill out the booking request form or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Art Smith for your next private or corporate function.
What is a full-service talent booking agency?
All American Speakers is a "buyers agent" and exclusively represents talent buyers, meeting planners and event professionals, who are looking to secure celebrities and speakers for personal appearances, speaking engagements, corporate entertainment, public relations campaigns, commercials, or endorsements. We do not exclusively represent Art Smith or claim ourselves as the exclusive booking agency, business manager, publicist, speakers bureau or management for Art Smith or any other speaker or celebrity on this website. For more information on how we work and what makes us unique, please read the AAE Advantage.
Art Smith is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Celebrity Chef, Entertainers and Fitness. The estimated speaking fee range to book Art Smith for live events is $10,000 - $20,000, and for virtual events Below $10,000. Art Smith generally travels from Jacksonville, FL, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Darren McGrady, Aarti Sequeira and Michael Solomonov. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Art Smith for an upcoming event.
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