Christopher Kimball (born June 5, 1951) is an American editor, publisher, and radio and TV personality. He is one of the founders of America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country and the creator of Christopher Kimball's Milk Street.
Early life and education
Kimball was born and raised in Westchester County, New York, the son of Mary Alice White and Edward Norris Kimball.
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street
In 2016, Kimball created Christopher Kimball's Milk Street, located on Milk Street in Boston, Massachusetts. On October 31, 2016, Boston Common Press (the parent company of America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Illustrated) filed a lawsuit against Kimball in Suffolk Superior Court, claiming that Kimball "literally and conceptually ripped off" his former employer. In the lawsuit, Boston Common Press claims Kimball built his new venture while still on their payroll, using company resources in the form of recipes and databases to help shape Milk Street Kitchen into a direct competitor. The lawsuit was settled in August 2019. As part of the settlement, Kimball sold his remaining ATK stock back to the company.
He was further sued by his ex-wife Adrienne who alleged his departure from Cook's Illustrated devalued the company and affected his payments to her.
Other
He is the author of The Cook's Bible, The Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook, Dear Charlie, The Dessert Bible, and Fannie's Last Supper, and is a columnist for the New York Daily News and the Boston-based Tab Communications.
His other television appearances include This Old House and the morning shows Weekend Today and The Early Show.
He has been a regular contributor on National Public Radio. On January 8, 2011, Kimball began hosting WGBH-FM's America's Test Kitchen Radio distributed by PRX. In 2015, when he left the America's Test Kitchen TV shows, his association with the radio program also ended. He began hosting a new weekly radio cooking show in 2016, Milk Street Radio, also heard on WGBH-FM in Boston, airing Sundays at 3 p.m., and syndicated to other US public radio stations.
Personal life
He has been married three times. He has a son and three daughters with his second wife, Adrienne. They divorced in December 2012. She is now co-founder of Christopher Kimball's Milk Street. Their son, Oliver Kimball, was born on May 4, 2017. A daughter, Rike, was born in 2019.
References
Sources
Further reading
- Toasting Fannie Farmer With An Epic Victorian Feast, NPR, October 14, 2010
- Halberstadt, Alex, "The secret to Christopher Kimball's success", The New York Times Magazine, October 14, 2012.
External links
- Christopher Kimball's Milk Street