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KEITH
FAMIE's BIO as we first saw it on the CBS
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Born and raised in Farmington Hills, Michigan,
Keith Famie currently makes his home in West
Bloomfield, Michigan. While still attending high
school, he began working in restaurant kitchens
and after graduation,  traveled
the world working in hotels located in such exotic
locales as Brussels, Monte Carlo and New York.
In 1988 Famie opened his
own restaurant, Les Auteurs an American Bistro,
and in the same year was recognized in Food &
Wine as one of the "10 Best New Chefs"
and Les Auteurs was featured in Esquire Magazine's
"Best New Restaurants of 1988." During
1993, Famie began appearing in cooking segments
called "Famie's Adventures in Cooking"
for local Detroit television stations. The popular
segments ultimately led to several half-hour
specials airing in Detroit. In 1996 Famie opened
Forte and was selected yet again in Esquire's
yearly "Best New Restaurants" — this
time in 1997. Last year, he produced and hosted
his first one-hour prime time Emmy-nominated
special, From Hanoi to China Beach a Taste of the
Exotic, a documentary that was based on a journey
through Vietnam with three Vietnam veterans on
bicycles. Before it aired in Detroit, the special
previewed at the local Fox Theater. This spring
his cookbook, Famie's Adventures in Cooking, will
be published by Sleeping Bear Press.
Famie is a divorced
father of two children, Josh and Alicia, and
describes himself as creative, adventurous, and
just happy to be alive each day, or as he puts it
"everyday I wake up is a good Day". In
addition to spending time with his kids, Famie
enjoys biking, weight lifting, scuba diving, dirt
bike riding, wall climbing, herb gardening,
touring unusual markets, collecting art, tennis
and hiking in the mountains.
Famie was recently voted
President of the Rainbow Connection after a
two-year stint as Vice President. The Rainbow
Connection is a non-profit organization that helps
grant wishes for children with life threatening
illnesses in Michigan. In addition, he is in the
process of developing a new foundation, IKAN or
International Kid's Alliance Network, a special
internet-based program for children to be able to
develop pen pals and participate in live chat
sessions with each other. To date, he has
orchestrated two such chat sessions, one from
Sydney, Australia and the other from Guadalajara,
Mexico.
Keith on
Survivor 2: |
Born: 2/11/60 |
Single,
Chef & Restaurateur |
West Bloomfield,
MI |
Luxury Item:
Paella Pan |
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