Benjamin Sargent
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Benjamin F. W. Sargent the “Brooklyn Chowder Surfer” (born October 26, 1977) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality and artist. Chef, designer and previous owner of Hurricane Hopeful and Surf Bar both in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
, New York City.
Sargent has appeared on Food Network
television program Throwdown! with Bobby Flay
, as well as Martha Stewart
American Chefs segment on The Fine Living Network. Sargent also hosted Art Race, a twelve-part series airing on the Sky Arts Channel in the UK.
Ben Sargent was born to Claudia and William Sargent in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he was raised through high school. Sargent attended the Commonwealth School in Boston, Massachusetts and later Skidmore College
where he studied Fine Arts.
Sargent graduated Skidmore with a Bachelor of Science and a concentration in studio art. He opened Hurricane Hopeful in 2001 a seafood restaurant specializing in his famous chowder
s and lobster rolls. The restaurant was based on his upbringing in Cape Cod and a love for fishing, surfing and cold water. Sargent opened another restaurant just two years later called Surf Bar also with his Surf inspired menu.
Sargent lived in Puerto Rico and St. John for some time where he worked in a Chinese Restaurant and taught surfing to children. Sargent attended the French Culinary Institute in Restaurant Management in 2007. The Brooklynchowdersurfer.com was launched soon afterward as a home to Sargent’s culinary adventures out on the road. In 2009 Ben founded the Brooklyn Fishing Derby: a competitive fishing derby in Brooklyn New York that runs every October for a month and a half. Sargent is also the host of a radio show on Heritage Radio Network called Catch IT, Cook IT, & Eat IT. Currently Ben hosts a number of food events such as the National Chowder Cook Off in Newport, Rhode Island. He has taken his love of food and travel and displayed his many food-inspired images throughout NY galleries, including a solo show at the George Billis Gallery, on July 8, 2008.
In 2010, he is hosting a show on Cooking Network called Hook, Line, and Dinner.
Sargent is currently working on a book of images and chowder recipes inspired by his travels and his Catch It, Cook It, & Eat It approach to life! He lives in Brooklyn, New York in his studio where you can visit for a lobster roll on most days.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint to the north, Bedford-Stuyvesant to the south, Bushwick to the east and the East River to the west. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 1. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 90th ...
, New York City.
Sargent has appeared on Food Network
Food Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
television program Throwdown! with Bobby Flay
Throwdown! with Bobby Flay
Throwdown! with Bobby Flay is a Food Network television program in which celebrity chef Bobby Flay challenges cooks renowned for a specific dish or type of cooking to a cook-off of their signature dish....
, as well as Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart is an American business magnate, author, magazine publisher, and television personality. As founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she has gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing publishing, broadcasting, and merchandising...
American Chefs segment on The Fine Living Network. Sargent also hosted Art Race, a twelve-part series airing on the Sky Arts Channel in the UK.
Ben Sargent was born to Claudia and William Sargent in Cambridge, Massachusetts where he was raised through high school. Sargent attended the Commonwealth School in Boston, Massachusetts and later Skidmore College
Skidmore College
Skidmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students. The college is located in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York State....
where he studied Fine Arts.
Sargent graduated Skidmore with a Bachelor of Science and a concentration in studio art. He opened Hurricane Hopeful in 2001 a seafood restaurant specializing in his famous chowder
Chowder
In North America Chowder is a generic name for a wide variety of seafood or vegetable stews and thickened soups, often with milk or cream. Some varieties are traditionally thickened with crushed ship biscuit instead of flour, which is more usual...
s and lobster rolls. The restaurant was based on his upbringing in Cape Cod and a love for fishing, surfing and cold water. Sargent opened another restaurant just two years later called Surf Bar also with his Surf inspired menu.
Sargent lived in Puerto Rico and St. John for some time where he worked in a Chinese Restaurant and taught surfing to children. Sargent attended the French Culinary Institute in Restaurant Management in 2007. The Brooklynchowdersurfer.com was launched soon afterward as a home to Sargent’s culinary adventures out on the road. In 2009 Ben founded the Brooklyn Fishing Derby: a competitive fishing derby in Brooklyn New York that runs every October for a month and a half. Sargent is also the host of a radio show on Heritage Radio Network called Catch IT, Cook IT, & Eat IT. Currently Ben hosts a number of food events such as the National Chowder Cook Off in Newport, Rhode Island. He has taken his love of food and travel and displayed his many food-inspired images throughout NY galleries, including a solo show at the George Billis Gallery, on July 8, 2008.
In 2010, he is hosting a show on Cooking Network called Hook, Line, and Dinner.
Sargent is currently working on a book of images and chowder recipes inspired by his travels and his Catch It, Cook It, & Eat It approach to life! He lives in Brooklyn, New York in his studio where you can visit for a lobster roll on most days.