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Christopher Kimball (born June 5, 1951) is an American chef, editor, publisher, and radio/TV personality. == Education and career == Kimball was born and raised in Westchester County, New York. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and then Columbia University (1973) with a degree in Primitive Art.〔〔 After graduating from Columbia, he went to work with his stepbrother in a publishing company. Soon after, he worked for The Center for Direct Marketing in Westport, Connecticut and also started taking cooking courses.〔 After securing $100,000 in angel investments from friends and family, he started ''Cook’s Magazine'' from a tiny office in Weston, Connecticut in 1980 when he was 29 years old.〔 He sold the magazine to the Bonnier Group in 1989 and moved on to other publishing ventures. In 1993, he launched ''Cook's Illustrated'' magazine.〔 Kimball is the founder, editor, and publisher of ''Cook's Illustrated'' and ''Cook's Country'' magazines, and former publisher of the now-defunct ''Cook's Magazine''. 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. Kimball also hosts the syndicated PBS cooking shows ''America's Test Kitchen'' and ''Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen''. Other television appearances include This Old House and the morning shows ''Weekend Today'' and ''The Early Show''. He is a regular contributor on National Public Radio. On January 8, 2011, Kimball began hosting WGBH-FM's ''America's Test Kitchen Radio'' in Boston. On November 16, 2015, a news release from Boston Commons Press, parent company of Cooks Country/Cooks Illustrated/America's Test Kitchen, announced the departure of Christopher Kimball over a contract dispute. The 2016 TV programs had already been filmed and Kimball will appear as host, but his direct participation in the company was ending immediately. He remains a minority stockholder in the closely-held company. 〔(Kimball to Leave America’s Test Kitchen )〕 There had been signs of a dispute between the corporate leadership and Kimball ever since September 2015 when David Nussbaum was appointed from outside the company as CEO, above Kimball. 〔http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-christopher-kimball-americas-test-kitchen-20151116-story.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Kimball」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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