TV Chef Brown is Alton Brown, an American television personality, celebrity chef, author, actor, cinematographer, and musician. He is the host of the Food Network television show Good Eats, which ran for 14 seasons from 1999 to 2012. He is also the host of the mini-series Feasting on Asphalt and Feasting on Waves, and the author of several cookbooks. He has appeared on Iron Chef America and Cutthroat Kitchen, and is a frequent guest judge on Chopped.