
Christopher Kimball founded
Cook’s Magazine, a national magazine for cooking hobbyists, in 1980 and served as publisher and editorial director through 1989. In 1984, Mr. Kimball founded the Who’s Who of Cooking in America, which was initiated to honor the leading American chefs, restaurateurs, vintners, food writers, and food producers. In 1993, Mr. Kimball relaunched
Cook’s Magazine as
Cook’s Illustrated; recently, he founded
Cook’s Country magazine. Mr. Kimball serves as publisher and editor of both magazines.
Mr. Kimball is also the host of
America’s Test Kitchen, a public television cooking show now in its eleventh season, and host and executive producer of
Cook’s Country from America’s Test Kitchen, which debuted in September 2008.
Mr. Kimball is a regular contributor to
The CBS Early Show and has been featured in many publications, including
The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal,
the New York Times,
People Magazine,
the New York Times Book Review,
the Washington Post, and
the Los Angeles Times.
He was inducted into the Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America in 1996. He is also the author of
The Cook’s Bible,
The Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook,
Dear Charlie (Christopher Award Winner),
The Dessert Bible, and
The Kitchen Detective.
He lives in Boston and Vermont with his wife, Adrienne, daughters Whitney, Caroline, and Emily, and son Charles.