Chef Rick Bayless was born on November 23, 1953 in Oklahoma City. He grew up in a food-oriented family, his parents owned Hickory House for 36 years, which is a barbeque restaurant and his grandfather also owned a burger and milkshake drive-in. He attended the University of Oklahoma, and graduated with a bachelor degree on Spanish and Latin American culture. Afterwards, he attended the University of Michigan pursuing doctoral work in anthropological linguistics, but he never graduated. He then moved to Mexico and lived there for about 6 years with his wife Deann Groen Bayless, there he wrote his first book Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico.
Rick Bayless and his wife open Frontera Grill in 1987 located in Chicago, Illinois specializing in Mexican Cuisine and received the James Beard Foundation’s highest award, outstanding restaurant in 2007. He also owns a few other restaurants all located also in Chicago Illinois with a few awards like Toplobampo, which is a 4 star restaurant that opened the doors to their customers in 1991, receiving Best New Restaurant the same year. Xoco opened after 18 years, in 2009 receiving Best New Restaurant in 2010. Frontera Fresco having Worlds Top Fast Food Restaurants in 2009, and finally Tortas Frontera won Top 10 Best Airport Restaurants in 2011 all serving Mexican food.
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He is the host of the Show Mexico-One Plate at a time, which is already on season