Tyler-0173.jpg 20090227-tows-tyler-florence-qa-290x218.jpg 221a033b68bc4cb7941829c852923c9d.jpg Tyler Florence (born Kevin Tyler Florence on March 3, 1971) is a chef and television host of several Food Network shows. He graduated from the College of Culinary Arts at the Charleston, South Carolina campus of Johnson & Wales University in 1991. He was later given an honorary doctorate from the university for his culinary success.