Bob Blumer

Bob Blumer
Blumer in 2014
Born	1962 (age 54–55) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Website	bobblumer.com
Culinary career
Television show(s) The Surreal Gourmet Glutton for Punishment World's Weirdest Restaurants
Award(s) won Leo Award for Best Host in an Information or Lifestyle Series 2008 Glutton for Punishment Galaxi Award for Best Information Program 2005 The Surreal Gourmet Gemini Award for Best Information Series 2004 The Surreal Gourmet 2003 The Surreal Gourmet Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best U.S. Cookbook Accompanying a TV Show 2004 Surreal Gourmet Bites 2000 Off the Eaten Path International Galaxy Award for Best of Show 2001 Best of Grilled Pizza Prism Award for Excellence in Photographic/Graphic Illustration 2001 Mrs. Dash Can Can Chicken

Bob Blumer is the host of Food Network's The Surreal Gourmet, Glutton for Punishment, and World's Weirdest Restaurants. He is also a cook book author and illustrator. Blumer was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, but now calls Los Angeles, California his home. Bob serves as an Ambassador to Second Harvest in Toronto spreading the word about food rescue and hunger relief.

Blumer was born in Montreal, Quebec. He's Jewish.

In 1981, Blumer graduated from the HBA program at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. From 1984 to 1993 he was business manager for Canadian singer-songwriter Jane Siberry. Although his official website states he is a chef, Blumer has never worked as a chef in a professionally recognized setting.

Books written by Blumer include:

As part of an episode of Glutton for Punishment shot during the 2008 Calgary Stampede, Blumer set a Guinness World Record on July 10, 2008 by flipping 559 pancakes in one hour. This record has since been broken in 2009 by Steve Hamilton, who flipped a record 956.

Due to Blumer's success in Calgary, the next season of Glutton for Punishment featured attempts to break other world records. On June 12, 2010, Blumer broke the Guinness World Record for making the largest bowl of salsa at the 26th Tomato Fest in Jacksonville, Texas. Blumer and a crew of Jacksonville volunteers made a bowl weighing in at 2,672 pounds. The feat was filmed for Season 5 of his show Glutton for Punishment, which recorded Blumer's attempts to break six world's records.

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