Eddie Matney

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'''Eddie Matney''' is an American host [[chef]], restaurateur, and [[Celebrity|television personality]]. He is the owner and executive chef of Eddie's House in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]]. He and his family live in [[Paradise Valley, Arizona]].

== Business ==
Matney co-owned and operated the Stockbridge Cafe in [[the Berkshires]] of [[Massachusetts]]. In 1986, he moved to [[Arizona]] to open the restaurant Steamers in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]. His next restaurant, Eddie's Grill, opened in 1988.<ref name=iberkshires>{{cite news |title='Super' chef Matney helps NFL fight hunger |url=http://www.iberkshires.com/story.php?story_id=13359 |work=iBerkshires.com |date=2004-01-29 |accessdate=2008-09-02 }}</ref> In September 1998, with his wife Jennifer Blank-Matney as his partner, he opened another restaurant, Eddie Matney's.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dining in Arizona |last=Bush |first=Claire |year=2005 |publisher=Primer Publishers |isbn=978-0-935810-72-1 |pages=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mXx2ife3mMkC&dq=%22Eddie+Matney%22&pg=PA37 |accessdate=2008-09-02}}</ref> Matney then opened Wild Noodles, a fast casual restaurant which developed into a nationwide franchise with 20 outlets by 2007, but subsequently failed and is no longer in business.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fast-casual chain plans growth, noodles with multiethnic flavors.(Wild Noodles) |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21324919_ITM |work=Nation's Restaurant News |date=2004-05-10 |accessdate=2008-09-02 }}</ref> In 2006, Chef Eddie partnered with [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player [[Amar'e Stoudemire]] to open Stoudemire's Downtown.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stoudemire back in action |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=110A147C81EA3C00&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=[[Denver Post]] |date=2006-03-26 |accessdate=2008-09-02 }}</ref> Matney's restaurant, Eddie's House, opened in May 2008 in Scottsdale.<ref>{{cite news|title=Renowned Chef Matney Downtown Scottsdale |url=http://www.evliving.com/cities_news.php?action=fullnews&id=8754 |work=East Valley Living |date=2008-02-05 |accessdate=2008-09-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003230448/http://www.evliving.com/cities_news.php?action=fullnews&id=8754 |archivedate=2011-10-03 }}</ref> Matney owns and operates a catering company under the Eddie's House name.

== Television ==
Matney is a contributor to ''Your Life A to Z'', which airs daily on [[KTVK]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Chef Matney to open Eddie's House this spring |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/02/04/daily26.html?ana=from_rss |work=Phoenix Business Journal |date=2008-02-05 |accessdate=2008-09-02 |first=Lynn |last=Ducey}}</ref> He has also appeared on ''[[The Early Show]]'' on CBS and "[[The Today Show]]" on NBC.

== Books ==
Matney is the author of "Cooking With a Passion" and co-author of the cookbook ''Heartfelt Cuisine''.<ref name=iberkshires/>

== Recognition ==
Matney was named the “Number One Chef in the Valley” for five consecutive years by ''Phoenix Magazine'', he has been celebrated for his culinary style in a number of publications including ''[[Food & Wine Magazine|Food & Wine]]'', ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[Bon Appétit]]'', ''Food Arts'', ''Nation's Restaurant News'' and ''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=The cuisine of the melting pot Chef Eddie Matney's approach to food is a blend of America's delicious range |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=CSGB&d_place=CSGB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F6996AE39B07024&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=[[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|The Gazette]] |date=2002-10-02 |accessdate=2008-09-02 }}</ref>
As of February 2013, Matney was awarded "Most Influential In Valley Food" in the Best of Our Valley edition for ''Arizona Foothills''.<ref>[http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/best-of-our-valley-winners/940-best-of-most-influential-people.html?start=1/ "Best of Most Influential People"] ''Arizona Foothills''. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-03-17.</ref> He has also represented the Arizona Cardinals at the [http://www.tasteofthenfl.org/superbowlevent/chefs/104-arizona-cardinals-eddie-matney.html/ "Taste of the NFL"]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<ref>[http://www.azcentral.com/sports/superbowl/ent/articles/0203sb-0203tasteupdate-ON.html/ "Foodies find glory at Taste of the NFL"] ''The Arizona Republic.'' 2008-02-03. Retrieved 2008-09-02.</ref> for the past eleven years.

Matney has received many awards for his philanthropic work for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Arizona, the Sojourner Center, the Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix Theatre and Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.azeats.com/eddieshouse/ Eddie's House website]

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