Rock Harper

Rahman "Rock" Harper (born December 17, 1976) is an American chef, television personality and restaurateur who won the third season of Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen.

Rock Harper
Harper in 2007
Born
Rahman Harper

(1976-12-17) December 17, 1976
Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia
EducationJohnson & Wales University
Spouse(s)Tamara Harper
Culinary career

Biography

Rahman Harper discovered his love of cooking in his early teens and earned a culinary degree at Johnson & Wales University (JWU).[1]

Harper has held positions at Café Calliope, Burke Station Restaurant, Planet Hollywood, and BET on Jazz Restaurant, and was executive chef at B.Smith's Restaurant, Ben's Next Door, and The Carlyle Club.[2] He later became an instructor at Stratford University.[3][2] In 2010, he published the book 44 Things Parents Should Know about Healthy Cooking for Kids.[4] He has been the National Celebrity Chef for the March of Dimes since 2008.[1]

In 2007, Harper won season three of the Fox reality-television show Hell's Kitchen.[5]

In 2013, he appeared on Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell and won the executive chef position at The Precinct, a steakhouse in Cincinnati, Ohio; however he did not ultimately accept the job.

Charity work

References
  1. "Chef Rahman "Rock" Harper '96, President of Chef Rock, Inc. & Head Chef, Terra Verde Restaurant at Green Valley Ranch Resort, Spa and Casino". Johnson & Wales University. Archived from the original on June 7, 2010.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-02-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Press Release, Chef Rock Harper hosts book signing in Woodbridge, "Inside Nova", November 18, 2010
  5. Jane Black, TV Chef Brings Heat To Chili Bowl Venture, The Washington Post, December 26, 2008
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