Adam Roberts created his award-winning food blog, “The Amateur Gourmet,” in January 2004 while he was a third-year law student at Emory University. After a day of law school classes, he found the programs on Food Network “soothing,” and decided to blog about his experiences as he learned to cook.

Since then, he's published two books (The Amateur Gourmet from Bantam Dell, 2007, and Secrets of the Best Chefs, Artisan, 2012), and he has hosted several shows for Food Network online ("The FN Dish," "The Amateur Gourmet Show," "The Taste Test"). He currently writes for Food & Wine Magazine, the epicurious.com “epi-log,” “The Huffington Post,” and “Serious Eats”. He divides his time between Los Angeles and New York City.