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Jeffrey Saad (born c. 1967) is an American chef, author, restaurant owner, and television personality from Chicago, Illinois. He is currently the host of ''United Tastes of America'' on the Cooking Channel. ==Career== Saad became interested in the culinary business when he was a teenager working at a diner behind his junior high school. Later in his life, he enrolled in the Hotel Restaurant Management Program at Iowa State University. There he earned the title of chef de cuisine during his sophomore year. He continued studies at the Culinary Institute of America and the California Culinary Academy. He performed his internship in London, with Anton Mosimann.〔(Jeffrey Saad Bio ) on Cooking Channel〕 In 1993 Saad traveled to Mexico looking to expand his knowledge of the Mexican cuisine. This led him to open a Mexican-influenced restaurant called Sweet Heat in San Francisco. After that, he opened two more restaurants and started his own signature line of bottled chutneys. Among his culinary and business ventures, he became a partner of California's Pasta Pomodoro Italian Restaurants. After that, Saad moved to Los Angeles with his wife and they both started running a real estate company. In 2009 Saad auditioned for the fifth season of the show ''The Next Food Network Star''. He ended up as the first runner-up, losing to Melissa d'Arabian in the finale.〔(Food Network's Jeffrey Saad Spices Things Up ) on LAist; William-Ross, Lindsay (November 23, 2009)〕 However, Food Network gave him the opportunity to host his own web series called ''Spice Smuggler'', where he highlighted spices and foods from other countries.〔(Spice Smuggler ) on Food Network〕 The web series ran for a year, and then Cooking Channel asked him to be the host of the show ''United Tastes of America''. Saad is a partner and executive chef of "The Grove" restaurants in San Francisco. He also distributes his own collection of spice blends. In 2012, Saad released his first cookbook titled ''Jeffrey Saad's Global Kitchen: Recipes Without Borders''.〔(Jeffrey Saad's Global Kitchen ) on Amazon.com〕 On December 9, 2013, he opened the restaurant, La Ventura in Studio City, California. 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「Jeffrey Saad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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