Celebrity Chef Jordan Urnovitz

AZ ENTREPRENEUR

calls Arizona home

By Allison Mintz

Jordan Urnovitz (aka Nomad, by food) is a culinary artist in the kitchen. As a self-taught chef, Jordan has hit the culinary scene by storm. In 2016, Jordan was named Top Home Chef in the fourth annual cooking competition by the Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, propelling Jordan's culinary career to new heights. From catering small dinner parties, fundraisers, and most recently appearing on Guy’s Grocery Games, Jordan has dazzled the media world and has become a local celebrity. Although he is very humble and does not consider himself to be a celebrity, he has shown that a home chef can accomplish anything through hard work, determination, and a love of cooking.

In looking back at the past six years, Jordan reflected on all that has changed in his life. He has gotten married, has a 3 ½-year-old son, and has another child due in the summer. He looks at the opportunities he has been given and feels that through his cooking he has the ability to better connect to his family, community, and Jewish roots. Jordan has lived in six states, hailing from his home of Detroit Michigan. According to Jordan, Arizona is the first place besides Detroit that feels like a true home. Being connected to the Jewish community and being able to participate in

Left: Jordan and his family.

Right: Mouth-watering dishes as seen on Jordan’s Instagram account (Jordan Urnovitz@jordanur). Sweet potato, beet & roasted poblano hash poblano, hollandaise and poaced egg; warm Israeli couscous with orange-mint vinaigrette; Turkish Manti dumplings, over roasted garlic and lemon labneh, zaatar and garlic tomato sauce. Dusted with dried mint, aleppo and sumac and Corn and ricotta triangoli, arugula and sunflower shoot pesto.