Joanne Weir is a James Beard Award-winning cookbook author, international cooking teacher and chef. In her award-winning PBS series, Joanne Weir's Cooking Class, Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence and her new series Joanne Weir Gets Fresh, Joanne's love of teaching students how to cook is shared with a national TV audience. In 2012, Weir opened Copita, a critically-acclaimed Mexican restaurant and tequileria in Sausalito, California. She launched her online wine business, Joanne Weir Wines in 2011, garnering medals in Sunset's International Wine Competition. She is the author of 17 cookbooks, 10 of which were created in collaboration with Williams-Sonoma. Joanne has been featured on numerous television shows including The Today Show and Good Morning America, and writes for many national magazines including
Cooking Light,
Bon Appetit,
Better Homes and Gardens,
Food & Wine,
AARP The Magazine and
Sunset Magazine. She spends several months of the year touring the globe sharing her extensive knowledge and love of food. Among her many honors Joanne was one of 20 American women chefs appointed to the American Chef Corp whose assignment is to promote world relations through food. She won the Julia Child IACP Cooking Teacher Award of Excellence as well as Tour Operator of the Year Award from the IACP for her highly acclaimed Culinary Journeys.