Aarón Sánchez (born February 12, 1976) is a celebrity chef, television personality, cookbook author and philanthropist. He is the executive chef and part-owner of the Mexican restaurant Johnny Sánchez with locations in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Baltimore, Maryland. He is a co-star of Food Network’s hit series Chopped and the host of Cooking Channel's Emmy-nominated Taco Trip. He has appeared on Iron Chef America, and is one of the few chefs whose battles have ended in a draw, tying with Masaharu Morimoto in "Battle Black Bass" in Season 2. He was also a contestant on The Next Iron Chef. As of 2017, he is one of the judges/co-hosts of Fox’s hit culinary competition series Masterchef US. Since Season 8, he co-hosts alongside Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich, and Christina Tosi.
