Robert Fair

A San Franciscan since birth, Robert Fair first started his culinary endeavors at the young age of 8 years old. Growing up in an Italian-Irish family, working with food and wine was just part of the daily docket. Half way through college in San Diego, Robert soon realized that his professional future didn't lie in the books of his classrooms, but rather in the sauté pans of his dinner parties. After graduating from the California Culinary Academy, he found a calling in the area of recipe development. He won the CCA Iron Chef Competition in 2000, and went on to work in some of the Bay Area's top fine dining establishments. Following a burgeoning desire to teach, Chef Robert took an instructor position in Scottsdale, Arizona as the Culinary Director for the gourmet culinary company, Sur La Table. During his classes at Sur La Table, Chef Robert quickly picked up on the constant complaints of his female students and their culinary- incompetent significant others. Realizing that this was