About Matt Timms
Born 1901. Matt Timms was an American actor.
Matt Timms (born c. 1974, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American promoter of food events, in particular a series of casual "takedown" competitions in which local amateur chefs compete to cook a particular ingredient. Timms is credited as one of the first of a wave of promoters to launch public amateur food contests in New York City and throughout the United States in the early 2000s.
Food contests Timms' first "Takedown" was a "Chili Takedown" in New York City in 2004. and Grits Takedowns followed, as well as a "Lamb Takedown", the "Brooklyn Beer Experiment", and the "Park Slope Pork Off". and San Francisco, California.
Matt Timms has been featured in Food & Wine Magazine's 40 Big Food Thinkers 40 and Under, and Chowhound.com's annual awards- The Chow 13
Other details Timms is also an actor and filmmaker. He shot the film, Up With Me, which was distributed by the Independent Film Channel.
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American filmmaker
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Matt Timms was born in 1901.
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