Aarón Sánchez

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Restaurateur • Personality

Birth Date: February 12, 1976

Age: 48 years old

Birth Place: El Paso, Texas

With almost a literal lifetime of experience in the kitchen, it is no surprise that Aarón Sanchez became a prominent figure in the world of celebrity chefs. Born in El Paso, Texas in 1976, Sanchez's mother Zarela Martinez was a successful chef herself, teaching her son about the traditions of Mexican cooking when he was old enough to hold a wooden spoon. By the time he was eight, their family was relocating to New York so his mother could open the popular Café Marimba, where he began helping in the kitchen before he was even a teenager. At 16, Sanchez's mother arranged the opportunity for him to spend the summer in New Orleans where he could work with celebrity chef Paul Prudhomme. He would return to work with Prudhomme for two years again after graduating from high school before returning to New York to study at Johnson & Wales University in Providence. He eventually opened Erizo Latino with Alex Garcia in 1996 before running the Award winning pan-Latin restaurant Paladar on New York's Lower East Side from 2001 to 2010. Sanchez became a judge on the hugely popular series "Chopped" (Food Network, 2007-) in 2009, and became a regular presence on food-centric reality shows throughout the 2010s, notably co-hosting the travel food series "Heat Seekers" (Food Network, 2011-12) and "Taco Trip" (Cooking Channel, 2014-15). In 2014, Sanchez opened the taqueria Johnny Sanchez in Baltimore, Maryland.

Credits

MasterChef USA Junior Kerst

Judge
Show
2023

MasterChef Junior: Home for the Holidays

Judge
Special
2023

El toque de Aarón

Host
Show
2023

El sabor de Aarón

Host
Show
2022

The Good Dish

Guest
Series
2022

FOX TV Latinx Anthem No Limits

Actor
Show
2021

Crime Scene KitchenStream

Guest
Reality
2021

Las noticias con Alba González y Aaron Sánchez

Anchor
Show
2021

The Drew Barrymore ShowStream

Guest
Talk
2020

Selena + ChefStream

Guest
Reality
2020

The Kelly Clarkson ShowStream

Guest
Talk
2019

Tamron Hall

Guest
Talk
2019

MasterChef Celebrity Family Showdown

Judge
Special
2019

MasterChef Junior: Celebrity Showdown

Judge
Show
2018

Today 3rd Hour

Guest
Show
2018

Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and BackStream

Guest
Reality
2018

Live with Kelly and Ryan

Guest
Talk
2017

Pork Chops in Green Chili

Actor
Show
2017

Chicken & Chiles

Actor
Show
2016

Pork & Chili Sauce

Actor
Show
2016

Snapper in Coconut

Actor
Show
2016

Chayote Soup

Actor
Show
2016

Eat the World With Emeril Lagasse

Guest
Show
2016

Ceviche

Actor
Show
2016

Celebrity Food Fight

Contestant
Show
2015

Chopped JuniorStream

Judge
Reality
2015

Chopped After Hours

Contestant
Reality
2015

Chopped After Hours

Host
Reality
2015

Chopped After Hours

Judge
Reality
2015

Guilty Pleasures

Guest Star
Show
2015

All-Star Academy

Actor
Show
2015

Taco TripStream

Host
Reality
2014

Hollywood Today Live

Guest
Show
2014

3 minutos: Aarón

Host
Show
2014

MasterChef: Extras

Actor
Show
2014

MasterChef: Extras

Judge
Show
2014

Motochefs

Host
Show
2013

The TasteStream

Guest
Reality
2013

Home & Family

Guest
Talk
2012

Chopped: Grill Masters

Judge
Show
2012

Finding Your RootsStream

Guest
Reality
2012

CBS This Morning: Saturday

Guest
Show
2012

LIVE with Kelly

Guest
Talk
2011

Dish Nation

Guest
Talk
2011

Heat Seekers

Host
Show
2011

Overheard With Evan Smith

Guest
Show
2010

The Talk

Guest
Talk
2010

MasterChefStream

Guest
Reality
2010

MasterChefStream

Judge
Reality
2010

The Dr. Oz Show

Guest
Talk
2009

Chefs vs. City

Host
Show
2009

The Best Thing I Ever AteStream

Actor
Reality
2009

The Best Thing I Ever AteStream

Guest Star
Reality
2009

ChoppedStream

Actor
Reality
2009

ChoppedStream

Judge
Reality
2009

The Wendy Williams Show

Guest
Talk
2008

Rachael Ray ShowStream

Guest
Talk
2006

American Latino TV

Guest
Show
2004

Simply Ming

Guest
Show
2003

The View

Guest
Talk
1997

Good Morning America

Guest
News
1975

Today

Guest
News
1952

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