Chef Brian Malarkey has created 15 wildly successful restaurants across the United States. He serves as the Partner of four concepts in Southern California, including San Diego's Herb & Wood, Herb & Sea, Animae, and Orange County's Herb & Ranch.
He was the founding executive chef/partner of Searsucker and Herringbone restaurants, which sold a majority stake to Hakkasan Group in 2014. Under his guidance, the brands expanded both across the country and internationally to 10 locations. Brian has been a contestant on Bravo's Top Chef All-Stars and past Top Chef finalist.
He has also appeared in Guy's Grocery Games, the Today Show, and Good Morning America.
He was a Top Chef season 3 finalist and winning mentor on ABC’s The Taste, which he co-hosted alongside Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Lawson and Ludo Lefebvre. Malarkey has judged a variety of television cooking programs, including Rachael vs. Guy: Kids Cook Off, Chopped All-Stars, and Cutthroat Kitchen, and can be seen headlining food and wine festivals around the country.
Launching August 1st, Chefs Life is a line of cooking oils custom blended for the home chef by celebrity chef and restaurateur, Brian Malarkey (Top Chef,
As a professional chef you never get much time working side-by-side with home cooks, so I learned a lot about their processes, from grocery shopping to cooking. It was fun to share pro-chef hacks and watch them experience ‘A-Ha’ moment, like when I told them EVOO is a no-go for sautéing because it burns at a much lower temperature than other oils, making your food bitter. I just thought, if pros know this, why are so many home cooks still wasting their high-quality olive oils to cook with. It’s time we shared our secrets with them!