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Corwin Hemming Biography – Corwin Hemming Wiki
Corwin Hemming is a private chef and contestant on Season 22 of Top Chef. Originally from Augusta and currently based in New York City, Corwin describes his cuisine as “contemporary Caribbean” that leans into fine dining.
Corwin is an Augusta native whose cooking is inspired by his Jamaican heritage and experiences living aboard with his U.S. Army parents’ where he eagerly tried local dishes and expanded his palate through many culinary adventures.
While attending Howard University to pursue a degree in marketing, it was his part-time jobs working at restaurants that fueled his drive to pursue training to become a chef. As a post-graduate student in 2013, he enrolled in culinary school at the Art Institute of Washington and hasn’t looked back since.
Over the last 10 years, he has worked in many notable Michelin-starred restaurants across the country, including Black Salt Restaurant, 1 Hotels, Le Coucou, The NoMad Hotel New York and Acadia, Chicago.
As a result of the pandemic in the fall of 2020, Corwin pivoted to the drastically changed industry and launched his own business as a private chef working around the country and focusing on pop-ups.
An aviation aficionado, Corwin describes his cuisine as “contemporary Caribbean” and is eager to bring the taste of the islands into the fine-dining space and open his own brick and mortar.
Corwin Hemming Age
Chef Corwin Hemming was born in June 1991.
Corwin Hemming Top Chef
Augusta native Corwin Hemming is competing on season 22 of Top Chef, set in Canada. From Toronto to Calgary, Montreal, and Prince Edward Island, Season 22 will highlight much of the rich cooking scene in Canada, and it will feature many familiar faces. Host Kristen Kish is returning, as are long-standing judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons.
Other contestants for the season include Anna “Anya” El-Wattar, Paula Endara, Tristen Epps, Vincenzo Loseto, Katianna Hong, and Lana Lagomarsini, among others.
The winner will take home the grand prize of $250,000 and a $125,000 flight credit to spend on travel with Delta Air Lines; a feature in Food & Wine magazine, and an appearance at the annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. They’ll also headline their own dinner at the James Beard House in New York and have the opportunity to present at the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards in Chicago.
Corwin Hemming Ethnicity
Chef Corwin Hemming is of Jamaican heritage.
Corwin Hemming’s Instagram handle is @chefcorwinhemming.
