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Anyway, whatever happened to Craig Wollam – his apprentice and co-author on a number of his books. He seems to have completely fallen off the radar. I can’t find anything on him anywhere.
Once the show hired chef Craig Wollam in its fourth season, the recipes on the show were less hit-or-miss. Wollom also co-authored two cookbooks with him, but Smith's name remains.
The chef that the show hired in 1986 to be Smith's assistant was Craig Wollam. Wollam joined in the show's fourth year. Once he started collaborating with Smith, the recipes on the show...
In 1991, Smith moved The Frugal Gourmet to PBS station KQED in San Francisco. The show aired for 11 seasons, with a total of 261 episodes produced. Smith with his long-time assistant and co-author Craig Wollam at Fante's Kitchen Shop (1992)
Yes, too bad. Anytime someone helped me in the kitchen, they were named Craig. Wonder whatever happened to Craig? One of the shows featured his home kitchen. I was so envious. Edit: Hard to find anything about Craig Wollam, his assistant but found a newish article Behind the scenes of The Frugal Gourmet
In 1989, during the "Three Ancient Cuisines" run, Smith was joined by Craig Wollam, a professionally trained Chef. [11] Smith met Wollam by accident in a Chicago restaurant and he was hired the next day. [12] He stayed until the show was cancelled in 1997. [13] For the first seven seasons, the show was produced by WTTW in Chicago. [14]
Although PBS filmed "The Frugal Gourmet" in Chicago, Smith would travel back and forth between the two cities. "Seattle is the center of wonderful foods!" In 1966, University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, also known as UPS, hired Smith to teach religion and act as the campus chaplain.
