Chef Billy Strynkowski

As Executive Chef for Cooking Light magazine, and resident “celebrity chef,” Chef Billy Strynkowski has gained followers with his positive attitude, healthy and delicious recipes, and helpful cooking tips. His natural performance skills, engaging personality and well-rounded culinary experience have made him the unassuming culinary go-to guy for millions of Americans.

Chef Billy, as he is commonly known, is a regular guest on CNN and has appeared on dozens of other TV shows including ABC’s The View and Good Morning America as the face of Cooking Light. When he’s not developing recipes in the Cooking Light Test Kitchens, Chef Billy is traveling around the country hosting Supper Clubs and other Cooking Light events.

Since 2005, Cooking Light readers have enjoyed a monthly helping of Chef Billy with his column “Kitchen Tips with Chef Billy.” Featured in the First Light section of the magazine, “Kitchen Tips” offers basic suggestions and facts every cook should know.

A member of the Cooking Light team since 2001, Chef Billy also supervises the Food Village at the U.S. Open Tennis Center every September, making certain his cooks serve high-quality food to over a half million tennis fans. Prior to joining Cooking Light, he was the Executive Chef for Restaurant Associates at the Time Inc. headquarters in New York.

Chef Billy is a culinary graduate of Johnson and Wales University in Providence, R.I. A resident of New Jersey, Billy spends his spare time cooking for friends.

Cooking Light, is the nation’s largest food and healthy lifestyle title, can be accessed online at www.cookinglight.com.