Keith Famie

Survivor contestant
name = Keith Famie


birthdate = birth date and age|1960|2|11
location = West Bloomfield, Michigan, U.S.
season =
finish = 3rd Place (The Australian Outback)
tribe = colorbox|#A7FC00 Ogakor
colorbox|#FF7518 Barramundi

Keith Famie (born February 11, 1960) was a contestant on the CBS reality television series, "". He was the 14th person to be voted off. During an online chat on the show, he proposed marriage to his girlfriend and she accepted. Despite his experience as a chef, he was depicted as having difficulty preparing rice properly with the more primitive equipment available at their outback campsite. Keith is the Survivor that made it most days (41) and played the game only once. Colby and Tina (42 days each) returning in Survivor All-Stars

Keith was born and raised in Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States. As of 2007, he resides in West Bloomfield, Michigan, and is a divorced father of two children, Josh and Alicia. While attending high school, he began working in restaurant kitchens and after graduation, had traveled the world working in hotels located in such places such as Brussels, Monte Carlo and New York.

Famie opened his own restaurant in 1988, which was called "Les Auteurs: an American Bistro", and in the same year was recognized in Food & Wine magazine as one of the "10 Best New Chefs". "Les Auteurs" was featured in Esquire Magazine's "Best New Restaurants of 1988." In 1993, Famie began making television appearances in cooking segments for local Detroit television stations. The popular segments ultimately led to several half-hour specials airing in Detroit. In 1998, he wrote a cookbook, "Famie's Adventures in Cooking", which is published by Sleeping Bear Press.

Following his appearances on "Survivor", Famie continued his cooking-related writing and television appearances, albeit with a larger potential following. Famie hosted a television series, "Keith Famie's Adventures", for the Food Network, in which Famie traveled to various destinations to present local cuisine. According to the Food Network website, 30 episodes were produced. The pilot episode filmed in Kenya debuted Monday, November 12, 2001, when ' was being broadcast. Another 28 half-hour episodes, and a one-hour special filmed in Tahiti, near the home of ' were first broadcast in 2002. The title of his first post-Survivor cookbook, "Yes I Can Cook Rice and So Can You" referenced Famie's "Survivor" depiction.

In 2003, Keith Famie had another book published, titled "You Haven't Been There Until You've Eaten The Food." The book was published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers in New York. There are over 130 recipes in this book, covering his visits to six foreign countries and three U.S. states.

External links

* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor2/survivors/keith_b.html Keith's Survivor biography]
* [http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/episode_archive/0,1904,FOOD_9978_198,00.html Keith Famie's Adventures Episode Guide]
* [http://www.famie.com/about.htm Promotional biography and timeline at Famie.com]