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Jonathon Sawyer

Jonathon Sawyer

Actor

Chef Jonathon Sawyer is a James Beard Award-winning chef known for his empire of restaurants in Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois. After discovering his passion for cooking while working at a Dayton, Ohio restaurant, he dropped out of engineering school to attend culinary school. He honed his skills working for Chef Charlie Palmer in New York City and later opened Parea and Lolita for Michael Symon. In 2010, he won the Food & Wine "Best New Chef" award and in 2015 he won the James Beard Foundation Award Best Chef: Great Lakes. In 2020, Jonathon opened Adorn Bar & Restaurant in Chicago, Illinois and in 2023, he opened Kindling in Willis Tower, a live fire restaurant in partnership with The 50/Fifty Group. Chef Sawyer is also a television personality and cookbook author, known for his best-selling children's cookbook, Noodlekids Cookbook, and House of Vinegar. When he's not in the kitchen, he enjoys spending time with his family, foraging in the woods, and practicing hot yoga.

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Works as
Actor
Titles
2 on MovieCove
Links
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Known for

What are Jonathon Sawyer's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
45%
Society
42%
Survival
9%
Morality
4%
Ambition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Thrilling
3
Joyful
1
Warm
2
Triumphant
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Fun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jonathon Sawyer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 2 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Subscription and free streaming for Jonathon Sawyer's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

2 credits, 2 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • House of Knives(2025)

    Show Actor

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Chopped(2007)

    Show as Chef & Restaurateur

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles, 2 of them dated from 2007 to 2025.

Highest rated

Chopped (2007)

Midcredits 55th

By decade

2000s1 · acting2020s1 · acting

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Who does Jonathon Sawyer work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jonathon Sawyer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christian Petroni shares the most, 2.

Actors

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