08-02-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Who is Chris Fischer, the autistic author-chef husband of Amy Schumer?
Comedian Amy Schumer and her husband, chef Chris Fischer, who married in 2018. Photo: @amyschumer/Instagram Fame and celebrity
In a January appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , Amy Schumer had this to say about her husband of almost seven years: 'I love him, I'm married, Chris is his name,' the stand-up comedian told the audience, before hilariously adding, 'he's a rescue.' Schumer , 43, married Chris Fischer in 2018 and the couple have a son, Gene. Over the years, Schumer has regularly shown her love and support for her husband, who was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder shortly after their wedding.
In her 2019 Netflix special, Growing , Schumer talks about her husband's diagnosis. 'I knew from the beginning that my husband's brain was a little different than mine,' she says. 'And once he was diagnosed, it dawned on me how funny it was, because all of the characteristics that make it clear that he's on the spectrum are all of the reasons that I fell madly in love with him.' Comedian Amy Schumer with chef husband Chris Fischer. Photo: @amyschumer/Instagram
Here's everything to know about the Kinda Pregnant star's husband, Chris Fischer. Chris Fischer is primarily a chef Amy Schumer's husband Chris Fischer is a chef and farmer. Photo: @amyschumer/Instagram Chris Fischer, 44, a Martha's Vineyard native, is a chef. He once ran the Beach Plum Inn and Restaurant in Menemsha, Massachusetts, frequented by the likes of former president Barack Obama and wife Michelle .
Fischer also took over running his family's Beetlebung Farm when his aunt retired in 2010.
'I got into farming partly because I came back from NYC broke and I realised that it only made sense to start using what I was growing,' he said in an interview with Esquire in 2013.
In 2015 Fischer co-wrote The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook: A Year of Cooking on Martha's Vineyard , which won the 2016 James Beard Award.
