Gena Knox

Gena Knox is an American food writer, cookbook author and entrepreneur. Her first cookbook, Gourmet Made Simple, was released in May 2008.[1] She is also the founder and CEO of Fire & Flavor, a company specializing in grilling planks and at-home cooking products. Knox's third book, Southern My Way: Food & Family, will be released October 15, 2013.

Career

Knox was born in Reynolds, Georgia, a small farming town in central Georgia. Her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother were all talented cooks, and she credits them for instilling a love for Southern cuisine and teaching her how to cook classic Southern dishes.[2]

Knox attended college at the University of Georgia, Athens, where she pursued a degree in landscape architecture and met her husband Davis Knox. After graduating college Gena started a catering business in Colorado and later completed a culinary program through Cooks Street Cooking School in Denver and Aspen. She then returned to Georgia to begin a career as a landscape architect in Sea Island Resort on the coast of Georgia.

While working as a landscape architect, Knox remained an avid cook and became interested in a technique called "plank grilling". She had a hard time finding retailers that offered the planks, so decided to make her own and officially founded Fire & Flavor with her husband in September 2003.[2][3]

In May 2008, Knox authored and published her first cookbook, Gourmet Made Simple. Also in 2008, she was chosen by Georgia Trend magazine as one of their 40 Under 40.[4] Knox has appeared numerous times on Good Day Atlanta and other morning shows, and is a grilling expert for AOL Food in the website’s ‘Summer Grilling’ Program.[5]

Knox currently resides in Athens, Georgia with her husband and business partner, Davis.

References

  1. ↑ Amazon.com Book Description
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Atlanta Homes Magazine article
  3. ↑ Today's Diet & Nutrition article
  4. ↑ Georgia Trend article
  5. ↑ AOL Food press release

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