Lex Taylor is a grill master who has catered BBQ events and run pop-up restaurants for a variety of retailers, bars, and eateries in New York City for 15 years, serving up classic American BBQ and epic grilled meats inspired by techniques he learned while traveling in the Americas, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—and from cooking just about everywhere, from Mexican fishing villages to the floe edge of Inuit hunting camps. Lex's interests also include curing, pickling, sausage making, knife making, and camping. Lex recently won Esquire TV's The Next Great Burger contest with his New Orleans-inspired deep-fried beignet burger. Lex lives in Ossining, NY.