Aarón Sánchez
With almost a literal lifetime of experience in the kitchen, it was no surprise that Aarón Sanchez became a prominent figure in the world of celebrity chefs. Born in El Paso, Texas in 1976, Sanchez's mother Zarela Martinez was a successful chef herself, teaching her son about the traditions of Mexican cooking when he was old enough to hold a wooden spoon. By the time he was eight, their family was relocating to New York so his mother could open the popular Café Marimba, where he began helping in the kitchen before he was even a teenager. At 16, Sanchez's mother arranged the opportunity for him to spend the summer in New Orleans where he could work with celebrity chef Paul Prudhomme. He would return to work with Prudhomme for two years again after graduating from high school before returning to New York to study at Johnson & Wales University in Providence. He eventually opened Erizo Latino with Alex Garcia in 1996 before running the Award winning pan-Latin restaurant Paladar on New York's Lower East Side from 2001 to 2010. Sanchez became a judge on the hugely popular series "Chopped" (Food Network, 2007-) in 2009, and became a regular presence on food-centric reality shows throughout the 2010s, notably co-hosting the travel food series "Heat Seekers" (Food Network, 2011-12) and "Taco Trip" (Cooking Channel, 2014-15). In 2014, Sanchez opened the taqueria Johnny Sanchez in Baltimore, Maryland.
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | MasterChef |
Guest, Judge |
2016-2019 2021-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Talking Sabor | Self | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chopped | Judge | 2009-2017 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | MasterChef Junior: Home for the Holidays | Judge | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 36% | The Good Dish | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Selena + Chef | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime Scene Kitchen | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2012 2014 2016 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dr. Oz Show | Guest | 2015 2019 |
No Score Yet | 55% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home & Family | Guest | 2018-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Best Thing I Ever Ate |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2010 2017-2019 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simply Ming | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chopped Junior | Judge | 2015-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eat the World With Emeril Lagasse | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chopped After Hours | Contestant | 2015-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Food Fight | Contestant | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All-Star Academy | Unknown (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Guilty Pleasures | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Taco Trip | Host | 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Taste | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heat Seekers | Host | 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chefs vs. City | Host | 2009-2010 |