Oprah's chef brings charm to the table

Laurie O'Bryant(cq) of Roxbury samples a waffle

Laurie O'Bryant of Roxbury samples a waffle during Art Smith's cooking demonstration at Boston Convention Center in South Boston, Saturday, October 7, 2006. (Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff) Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff

By Emily Schwab

Globe Correspondent / October 18, 2006

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Art Smith is Oprah Winfrey's personal chef, but he is not exactly a television celebrity chef. Smith occasionally appears alongside ``Ms. Winfrey," as he calls her, on the Oprah Winfrey Show and that -- with his rotating stint as guest judge of the Food Network's ``Iron Chef America" -- has been enough to raise his status from kitchen-bound cook to ... (Full article: 647 words)