Introduction
Chris Fischer is an American chef and farmer who lives and works on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He is married to stand-up comedian and actress Amy Schumer.
Biography
A Martha's Vineyard Islander, Fischer grew up on a farm and learned about food from his father, Albert, a former commercial fisherman, who taught him how to hunt, fish and farm. In an interview, Fischer said that he spent much of his boyhood at Martha's Vineyardand went to a two-room schoolhouse that has since been converted into a police station.
When he became a chef, he worked under Mario Batali at Babbo while living in Manhattan. He also cooked in Europe, working at the American Academy in Rome and London's The River Cafe before returning to Martha's Vineyard to work there full time in 2007.
Fischer now runs the family farm, Beetlebung Farm, a five-acre (hobby farm) property that his grandfather purchased in the 1950s. He was the executive chef at the Beach Plum Inn & Restaurant for several years and was awarded the 2014 StarChefs.com Coastal New England Rising Stars Award.
Personal life
Fischer is married to Amy Schumer, with whom he had his first child on May 5, 2019. Schumer revealed in her Netflix special Amy Schumer Growing that Fischer is on the autism spectrum.
Awards
His cookbook, The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook, which memorialized a year of cooking and living on Martha's Vineyard, won the 2016 James Beard Award for American Cooking.