Robert Blumer was born in Quebec, Montreal Canada in 1962, into a Jewish family. He is best known to the world for his culinary skills, which he has shown in numerous TV reality shows such as “Glutton For Punishment” (2007-2011), “Worlds Weirdest Restaurants” (2012-2013), and “The Surreal Gourmet” (2005-2006). His career has been active since 1991.
Have you ever wondered how rich Bob Blumer is? According to sources, it is estimated that Bob Blumer`s overall net worth is over $3 million, an amount mostly acquired through his TV shows, however, in adding to his net worth, Blumer has published several cook books, including “Off The Eaten Path: Inspired Recipes For Adventurous Cooks”, “Glutton For Pleasure: Signature Recipes, Epic Stories, and Surreal Etiquette” and others.
Bob Blumer Net Worth $3 Million
Blumer grew up in Montreal, where he attended the Richard Ivy School of Business, a program at the University of Western Ontario. He graduated in 1981 with a BA degree in business management.
Before he had become known as a cook, Blumer worked as the manager of the famous Canadian singer Jane Siberry, from 1983 to 1984.
After that Bob moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue a better life. He published his first cook book in 1991, entitled “The Surreal Gourmet: Real Food For Pretend Chefs”, which immediately gained commercial success, increasing Bob`s overall net worth through its sales. In 1995, Bob displayed another cook book to the world entitled “The Surreal Gourmet Entertains: High-Fun, Low-Stress Dinner Parties For 6-12”.In order to promote his book, Bob embarked on a tour, appearing in over 400 TV shows all over the world.
As of 2005, Bob started a production of his own cooking shows on Food Network. His first TV show was entitled “The Surreal Gourmet” which lasted one full season. In this show, Bob prepared food from his earlier cook books, which are intended for parties and other get-togethers.
Bob`s next TV show “Glutton For Punishment” began to air in 2007 and lasted until 2011. In this show, Bob put up against many professional cooks, trying to defeat them in their own field of expertize. The show spawned some of the most popular episodes in which Bob broke some of the world`s cooking records such as Onion Peeling Record, Largest Bowl Of Salsa and Egg Cracking Record.
His net worth increased further with his new TV show entitled “World’s Weirdest Restaurants”. In this show, Bob searched for the most unusual restaurants throughout the world, spawning episodes of restaurants in Taiwan, Japan and a nudist restaurant in New York.
Over the course of his career, Bob has been awarded numerous prestigious accolades including a Leo award, two Gourmand World Cookbook Awards and a Prism Award among others.
Bob has also been recognized for his philanthropic work; since 2010 he has become an ambassador for Second Harvest and also endorses several other organizations.
Regarding his personal life, other than the fact that he has dedicated himself to a lifelong career of a cook, and is apparently accompanied by long-time girlfriend Kate, nothing else is known about Bob’s private life.
