Troy Johnson (born August 13, 1973) is a writer, food critic, and television personality from San Diego.
He also wrote and hosted a San Diego TV show about indie rock called Fox Rox, which ran from 2001 to 2007.
In 2007 as the senior editor of Modern Luxury’s Riviera magazine, working under James Beard Award winner Brad Johnson.
[1] In 2010, Johnson responded to a Food Network blog searching for hosts and submitted a six minute long audition tape.
After becoming a fan favorite on Crave and it being the number two show in reruns on Fridays, the Food Network asked Johnson to become a judge on Guy's Grocery Games which started in 2013.
[8] In 2016, Johnson started hosting another food related show for the Big Ten Network entitled Campus Eats which he has co-hosted with Jenny Dell.