Timothy Hollingsworth
Timothy Hollingsworth is an American chef. In 2012, he left his post as Chef de Cuisine at Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry and moved to Los Angeles. He has won multiple awards throughout his career, including the 2010 James Beard Foundation's Rising Chef of the Year Award, the 2010 San Francisco Chronicle Rising Star Chef, and the 2009 Bocuse d'Or, where he placed sixth. He was the winner of the 2018 cooking competition The Final Table, hosted the Roku special Chain Food: All-Star Dishes, and serves as a judge on the PBS series The Great American Recipe.
Life and career
Timothy Hollingsworth was born in Houston, Texas. In 1980, his parents, Karen and Quintin Hollingsworth, relocated with their five children to Placerville, California. Raised in a Southern Baptist household, his upbringing emphasized both religion and family meals.Hollingsworth began his culinary career in 2001 as a commis at The French Laundry in Napa Valley, California. He trained under chefs de cuisine Eric Ziebold and Corey Lee. In 2004, Thomas Keller chose him to help open the New York restaurant Per Se. He was promoted to sous chef at The French Laundry in 2005, and later to chef de cuisine in 2009.
During his tenure, Hollingsworth staged at several top European kitchens in France, Germany, and England, working under chefs such as Gordon Ramsay, Michel Rostang, and Alain Senderens.
In 2012, he left The French Laundry and moved to Los Angeles to pursue independent ventures. He began consulting in the United States, South Korea, and Lebanon.
Currently, Hollingsworth is based in Los Angeles and serves as chef partner at Hundredfold, a brasserie in Belmont Park Village developed with Delaware North’s Patina Group that "joyfully reinterprets the classic French brasserie through an American lens." He also co-founded Chain, a pop-up dining concept developed with B. J. Novak and Hollingsworth, which presents upscale reinterpretations of nostalgic American chain-restaurant dishes.
Awards
- Sixth Place Winner: Bocuse d'Or, 2009
- Rising Star Chef of the Year: California, James Beard Foundation, 2010
- Rising Star Chef: SF Chronicle, 2010
- Winner of the 2018 ''The Final Table''