Elizabeth Chambers (television personality)

Elizabeth Chambers is an American television personality and entrepreneur.[1][2] Best known as the founder of the Texas-based Bird Bakery retail chain,[3] she has filmed holiday cooking on The Cooking Channel, Today, and The Food Network.[4][5][6] She is also known for a film role in The Game Plan and appeared in television series Shark and Criminal Minds.[7]

Elizabeth Chambers
Elizabeth Chambers in 2019
Born	Elizabeth Chambers August 18, 1982 San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Other names	Elizabeth Chambers Hammer
Occupation	Television personality, entrepreneur
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Armie Hammer ​ ​ (m. 2010; sep. 2020)​
Children	Harper Grace Hammer Ford Douglas Armand Hammer

Early life

Elizabeth Chambers was born in San Antonio, Texas. She is the oldest of four children, and her maternal grandmother, Maureen Carnathan, was of British descent and raised in India.[8][9] She studied journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.[10]

Career

Chambers’s first job was as a correspondent at Al Gore’s television network, Current TV.[11] She also was a news correspondent for Entertainment Tonight, E! News Now and Access Hollywood.[12][13] She acted in the film, The Game Plan and in the television shows Criminal Minds, 2 Broke Girls, and Shark.[14] In 2020, she was named to University of Texas - Austin "Outstanding Alumni" list.[15]

Chambers is the proprietor of Bird’s Bakery, which opened in San Antonio in 2012 and in Dallas, Texas in 2016.[14] Founded in 2012, its baked goods are based on recipes from her grandmother’s kitchen.[12][16]

Two employees of Bird's Bakery were charged for stealing $120k from the business over a period of several year to buy luxury goods [17]

Chambers was a guest judge on the Food Network’s “Best Baker in America” in June 2019.[18] and on Chopped Sweets for episodes 105 ("Tiny Treats"), 106 ("Tough Cookies") and 107 ("Million Dollar Desserts") in February and March 2020.[19]

In October 2020, Chambers launched Vision Visors, which makes face masks for children.[20]

Advocacy

She has raised money for the San Antonio Food Bank.[21] Chambers’ Bird Bakery also partnered with cancer non-profit, Salood, for whom she helped design a cookie to benefit pediatric cancer patients.[22][23] Food that is not sold at Bird Bakery is boxed and picked up by local non-profits, including churches, fire and police departments, Fisher House Foundation, the  Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation.[24]

Personal life

Chambers is married to actor Armie Hammer, and lives in Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, with her two children.[25][26] Chambers and Hammer separated in July 2020.[27]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Game Plan	Kathryn

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005-2006	Criminal Minds	Supporting role, 2 episodes
2007	The Shark	Episodes: Wayne's World 2: Revenge of the Shark
2015	Food Network’s The Kitchen	1 episode (First Taste of Fall)
2015-2017	Sugar Showdown	6 episodes
2016	Food Network’s Cupcake Wars	7 episodes
2019	Food Network’s Best Baker in America	1 episode
2020	Chopped Sweets	Episodes: 105 (Tiny Treats), 106 (Tough Cookies), and 107 (Million Dollar Desserts)

References

1. "Elizabeth Chambers Says Her Daughter Is 5 Going on 15: She Wants to Be 'Cool, Not Elegant'". people magazine. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
2. "Elizabeth Chambers Drops the Hammer". Vulture. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
3. Gardner, Chris. "Where to Find Monster Cookies From Elizabeth Chambers' Bird Bakery". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
4. "Elizabeth Chambers Hammer Feels Most Powerful Surrounded By Other Powerful Women". Refinery 29. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
5. "Elizabeth Chambers Hammer: What's in My Bag?". US magazine. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
6. "Elizabeth Chambers Explores The Culinary Scene Of The Cayman Islands While Under Quarantine". Forbes. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
7. "Who Is Elizabeth Chambers?". Bustle. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
8. "Elizabeth Chambers Hammer on Bird Bakery and the Instagram Life". Texas Monthly. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
9. "Birds of a Feather: Couple builds sweet nest in San Antonio". San Antonio magazine. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
10. "Elizabeth Chambers, Emerging Lifestyle Guru for the Instagram Generation". Vanity Fair. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
11. "Inside the Sweet Life of Elizabeth Chambers Hammer, BIRD Bakery Boss and Hollywood's Red Carpet Fave". DFW Child. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
12. "From Hollywood with Love". San Antonio Woman. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
13. "Who Is Armie Hammer's Wife? Elizabeth Chambers Is An Entrepreneur". Elite Daily. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
14. "Elizabeth Chambers: 5 Things About TheActress, 37, Splitting FromArmie Hammer". Hollywood Life. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
15. "Outstanding Alumni Awards". University of Texas. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
16. Wilson Jobe, Linden. "TV Host/Entrepreneur Opens a New Dallas Bakery With San Antonio Ties (and a Cult Following)". Paper City. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
17. "Bird Bakery makes statement on of employee theft investigation". The Middletown Press. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
18. Barney, Chuck. "'Best Baker in America': And the Bay Area winner is …". The Mercury News. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
19. "Elizabeth Chambers files for divorce from Armie Hammer". Page Six. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
20. "Elizabeth Chambers Is Launching Her Own Brand of Kids' Face Shields". The Bump. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
21. "Bird Bakery Owner and Fashion Designer Team Up to Raise $7,100 for San Antonio Food Bank". San Antonio Current. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
22. Booth, Georgina Lara Booth. "Interview with Elizabeth Chambers: BIRD Bakery, Salood and the special "Drew Monster Cookie" for brave 8 year old cancer fighter". Mashable. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
23. "Elizabeth Chambers of San Antonio's Bird Bakery Partners With Childhood Cancer Nonprofit". San Antonio Current. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
24. "BIRD Bakery: Made with Love, Just like Mom, Maybe even Better". Texas Living. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
25. "Elizabeth Chambers and Armie Hammer's Kids Start School in Cayman Islands as Actor Works in L.A." People magazine. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
26. "Armie Hammer Slides Into Hancock Park Traditional". Variety. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
27. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/armie-hammer-elizabeth-chambers-split_n_5f08da31c5b63a72c341b82e

External links

• Elizabeth Chambers Hammer at IMDb