Burton Wolf ("Burt"), born 1938, is an American journalist, writer, entrepreneur, chef, and TV producer.

[7] The New York Times described his programs as “the best food, travel, and cultural history shows on television.”[citation needed] Wolf's programs are broadcast on public television to 90% of the television homes in the United States, then translated into Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Mandarin and Korean and syndicated to an international audience of over 100 million.

The programs describe which objects have been stolen, why they are valuable from a historical and cultural viewpoint, how the theft took place and what the public can do to help recover the items.

Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom explores 13 major American holidays and gatherings: the history, folklore and rituals that have become central to those events.

[4] He has worked on product development for a number of major companies including Procter & Gamble, General Foods, McCormick and the Origins division of Estee Lauder.

He developed the Waring Commercial Blender, the first anodized aluminum pots and pans for home use, as well as major lines of bakeware and cutlery.

Each year, Wolf spends four months hosting European river cruises to help raise funds for public television.

For the past forty years, Double Elephant has been publishing signed numbered portfolios containing the work of some of the world's greatest photographers including Walker Evans, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand and Helmut Newton.

In 2000, Wolf completed a project in which he worked with curators at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art on a PBS television program and companion book examining the relationship between photography and gastronomy and titled What Are They Eating In The Photograph?