Alton Crawford Brown (born July 30, 1962) is an American television personality, food show presenter, author, actor, cinematographer, and musician. He is the creator and host of the Food Network television show Good Eats (14 seasons), host of the mini-series Feasting on Asphalt and Feasting on Waves, and host and main commentator on Iron Chef America, Cutthroat Kitchen and Camp Cutthroat. Brown is a best-selling author of several books on food and cooking. On Alton's 2016 book tour, he stated Good Eats will have a "sequel", and it will be released in 2018 on the internet. He is the songwriter and lead performer for his CD Bitter Like Me.
Brown was born July 30, 1962, in Los Angeles and spent his youth in Georgia. Brown's father, Alton Brown, Sr., was a media executive in Cleveland, Georgia, owner of radio station WRWH and publisher of the newspaper White County News.
After studying film in the University of Georgia drama department, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Brown was the cinematographer for several music videos, including "The One I Love" by R.E.M.