- Alton Brown
Alton Brown is an American food personality, cinematographer, author, and actor. He is the creator and host of the Food Network television show "Good Eats", the miniseries "Feasting on Asphalt" and the main commentator on "Iron Chef America". Brown is also the author of several cooking how-to books and a regular contributor to "Bon Appétit" and "Men’s Journal" magazines. - Emeril Lagasse
Emeril John Lagasse is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and writer. He is of Québécois (paternal) and Portuguese (maternal) ancestry. He is a 1978 graduate of Johnson & Wales University's College of Culinary Arts, where he later received an honorary doctorate in 1990. He is married and has four children. Emeril is most well-known for his TV show "Emeril Live" on the Food Network, one of its highest-rated programs. - Mario Batali
Mario Batali Mario, whose original career path had him studying the golden age of Spanish theater at Rutgers University, took his first bite of culinary training at Le Cordon Bleu in London, from which he withdrew almost immediately due to a "lack of interest." - Rachael Ray
Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968 in Glens Falls, New York) is an Emmy-award winning television personality and author, who currently hosts the syndicated talk/lifestyle program "Rachael Ray" and two Food Network series, "30 Minute Meals" and "Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels". Ray has also written a series of cookbooks based on the "30 Minute Meals" concept, and launched a magazine, "Every Day with Rachael Ray", in 2005. - Giada de Laurentiis
Giada Pamela De Laurentiis (born August 22, 1970) is an Italian-American chef, writer and the current host of the Food Network programs "Everyday Italian", "Behind the Bash", "Giada's Weekend Getaways", and "Giada in Paradise". In addition to her regular shows, De Laurentiis has appeared on several Food Network specials and is the founder of a catering business called GDL Foods. She also appears regularly as a contributor on NBC's "Today". - Ming Tsai
Ming Tsai (born March 29, 1964) is an American fusion cuisine chef and restaurateur who currently hosts two cooking shows - "Ming's Quest" on the Fine Living television channel and "Simply Ming" on American Public Television - and formerly hosted "East Meets West" on the Food Network, for which he won an Emmy Award. - Bobby Flay
Robert William Flay is a fourth generation Irish-American celebrity chef and restaurateur. He is the owner and executive chef of six restaurants: "Mesa Grill", "Bolo Bar & Restaurant", and "Bar Americain" in New York City, "Mesa Grill" Las Vegas (Caesars Palace), "Mesa Grill" Bahamas (Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau), and Bobby Flay Steak (Atlantic City, New Jersey). Flay has hosted four Food Network television programs, … - Glenn Lindgren
Glenn Lindgren grew up in Minneapolis and first came to Miami in 1984, where he began his studies in Cuban and Latin cuisine. Lindgren has also been involved in the food, restaurant, and travel industries through the creation and management of four popular websites and his creation and marketing of the Three Guys From Miami, an entertainment partnership that promotes Cuban food and culture.. - Cat Cora
Cat Cora 's culinary aspirations began at an early age, and by 15, she had developed a business plan for her own restaurant. In 2005, she made television history on Food Network's Iron Chef America as the first and only female Iron Chef, and in November 2006 Bon Appetit Magazine bestowed her with their Teacher of the Year Award, an award she calls, "the greatest recognition she could achieve as a chef". - Jamie Oliver
James Trevor Oliver MBE (May 27, 1975), better known as Jamie Oliver and nicknamed The Naked Chef, is an English celebrity chef. He is well known for his role in campaigning against unhealthy, processed foods in British schools. Since his early years, his Essex accent has become infamous - particularly the use of the hindi word "pukka" (colloquially meaning "brilliant" or "solid", originally "cooked" or "ripe"). - Ina Garten
Ina Rosenberg Garten (born February 2 1948) is an American author, columnist, and host of the Food Network program "Barefoot Contessa". Known for demystifying fine cuisine with an emphasis on quality ingredients and timesaving tips, she has been championed by Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, and Patricia Wells as an authority on cooking and home entertaining. - Robert Irvine
Robert Irvine C.E.C. MCFA (C.G.) (born 1965) is a celebrity chef who stars in a show on Food Network called "Dinner: Impossible," which premiered January 24th, 2007. With no prior warning and no preparation, the show pits Irvine against seemingly impossible culinary challenges, including preparing a wedding for 200, including 1,000 hors doeuvres in only 10 hours, cooking in an authentic 18th century kitchen, on a cattle drive, in an Ice Hotel, … - Jeanette Jenkins
Jeanette Jenkins is the founder and president of the Hollywood Trainer fitness company. She studied human kinetics at the University of Ottawa. Jeanette Jenkins is also the host of Lifetime Television's "My Workout:Powered by Podfitness.com", and is one of 17 experts chosen for Nike Corp.'s Elite Athletes program. Some of her clients have included Queen Latifah, Terrell Owens, Taryn Manning, and Amy Weber. She is also an expert on the Food Network's weight-loss show, … - Paula Deen
Paula Ann Groover, better known as Paula Deen (born Paula Ann Hiers on January 19, 1947), is an American cook, restaurateur, writer, and TV personality. Deen owns The Lady & Sons restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, where she resides, and runs it with her sons, Jamie and Bobby. She has also published four cookbooks. She is known for her bubbly, "down-home" personality, which makes her a favorite among TV viewers. - Rick Bayless
Rick Bayless (born 1953) is an American chef who specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations. He is, perhaps, best known for his PBS series "Mexico: One Plate at a Time" and the Food Network series "Iron Chef America". Bayless was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, into a family of restaurateurs specializing in the local barbecue. Having begun his culinary training as a youth, … - George Mavrothalassitis
George Mavrothalassitis is a chef and restauranteur known as one of the cofounders of Hawaii Regional Cuisine in the early 1990s. Mavrothalassitis is particularly known for exquisite individual pairings of wines with each dish in a multicourse meal. Mavrothalassitis was born in Provence, and moved to the United States in 1985. In 1988 he came to Hawaii when he was recruited to be the executive chef of "La Mer" at the Halekulani Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. - Robin Leach
Robin Douglas Leach (born August 29, 1941 in London, England) is an English celebrity writer famous for hosting his first show, "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" in the 1980s, which focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars, and other materialistic accoutrements. His voice is often parodied by other actors with his signature phrase, "champagne wishes and caviar dreams." During grammar school at Harrow County School for Boys, … - Raúl Musibay
Raúl Musibay is a chef and internet entrepreneur. Musibay was a Cuban political prisoner who was arrested by the Cuban government for belonging to an outlawed political organization. Pressure from international human rights organizations led to his release to Spain in 1979. Musibay was allowed entrance to the United States that same year. He became involved in preserving Cuban culture in North America through his writings and his work in developing Cuban cuisine. - David Adjey
David Adjey is the consulting chef of many restaurants in Toronto He is known for his appearances on the hit Food Network show "Restaurant Makeover", which is seen in over 16 countries worldwide. He can be contacted through his work with The Chef Network Inc company based in Toronto. Adjey is one of the most searched chefs in North America based on the rating system at the Chef and Restaurant Database. - Dave Lieberman
Dave Lieberman is the host of "Good Deal with Dave Lieberman" on the Food Network; he also works as a personal chef in and around New York City. (His hometown is Philadelphia.) "Campus Cuisine", Lieberman's first cooking show at Yale University, was a public-access show that combined "sophisticated and accessible cooking with crazy college adventures." In many recent news articles, he is described as the Food Network's new, … - Michael Chiarello
Michael Chiarello (born January 26, 1962 in Red Bluff, California, USA) is an American celebrity chef specializing in Italian-influenced California cuisine. He hosts the cooking show, "Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello", on the Food Network and hosts "NapaStyle" on the Fine Living Network. Chiraello owns a winery, Chiarello Family Vineyards, and NapaStyle, a purveyor of food, cookware, and furniture. - George Duran
George Duran (born January 13 1975) is an American chef and entertainer who currently presents the cooking show "Ham on the Street" on the Food Network. He took over hosting duties from Jim O'Connor for the Food Network show "The Secret Life Of..." on April 2, 2007. It is unclear if "Ham of the Street" is still in production because of this. - Warren Brown
Warren Brown is the host of the Food Network show, Sugar Rush. He was a lawyer until he decided to become a pastry chef, and is the founder and owner of bakery CakeLove and Love Café in Washington, DC and attended Brown University and The George Washington University Law School. - Gordon Elliott
Gordon Elliott (Born September 30, 1956, Everton, Liverpool) is a reporter and actor who grew up in Australia. Gordon was educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham and attended the University of Sydney for a Law Degree. - Reese Schonfeld
Reese Schonfeld is a television journalist and co-founder of CNN and the Food Network. He began his career with United Press Movietone News in 1956, advancing to managing editor before becoming Vice President of United Press International Television News. In 1975, Schonfeld founded the Independent Television News Association, the first satellite-delivered television news service. - Wilo Benet
Wilo Benet is a Puerto Rican celebrity chef. He is the chef owner of the Pikayo and Payá restaurants as well as the president & owner of Museum Restaurant Group. Benet was introduced to the restaurant business when his father decided he should work for a living instead of doing nothing with his life. He first worked as a dishwasher at the Caribe Hilton Hotel. There he learned how to make salads, peel shrimps and make other simple kitchen chores. - Marc Summers
Marc Summers (born Marc Berkowitz November 11, 1951 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American television personality, popular game show host, producer, and a two-time talk show host, perhaps best known for hosting the children's game show "Double Dare" on Nickelodeon. He currently hosts "Unwrapped." - Jeremy Davenport
Jeremy Davenport (born 1970) is a jazz trumpetist and singer from St. Louis, Missouri. His parents were both musicians, his father a trombonist in the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Davenport was already playing the trumpet when he met jazz great Wynton Marsalis, and then studied under his father, Ellis Marsalis, in New Orleans. He also played with Harry Connick Jr.'s band before beginning a solo career. Davenport left St. - Sara Moulton
Sara Moulton is the executive chef of "Gourmet magazine" and was host of the Food Network show "Sara's Secrets" and "Cooking Live". After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1974 with no plans for a career, Moulton attended the Culinary Institute of America. She then worked in restaurants in Boston and New York City and as an apprentice in Chartres, France. - Anna Pump
Anna Pump (born 11 April, 1934) is a chef, cookbook author, baker, and innkeeper famous for her Hamptons bakery, Loaves & Fishes. She is the author of three bestselling cookbooks and the owner of the Bridgehampton Inn. Notably, Pump was mentored largely by Ina Garten, of Food Network fame. She can often be seen as a guest on Garten's "Barefoot Contessa". - Gentleman Gourmand
The Gentleman Gourmand is the nom de plume and alter-ego of Andrew Baber, a food blogger and critic. He has appeared as a guest on the Food Network TV show The Hungry Detective with Chris Cognac, episode DC0109, taking place in Boston, MA. The Gentleman Gourmand and Chris Cognac ate lunch at Mary Chung's Chinese restaurant in Cambridge. He recommended many tasty dishes including Suan La Chow Show. He went on record saying that Mongolian beef, … - Yukio Hattori
Yukio Hattori (服部 幸應 "Hattori Yukio", (born December 16, 1945) is best known as an expert commentator on the Japanese television show "Iron Chef". Hattori is also the fifth president of the Hattori Nutrition College; the "Iron Chef" end credits mention that the program is "produced in cooperation with" the College. Hattori received a Ph.D. in medicine from Showa University. - Sandra Lee
Sandra Lee (born July 3, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author and television presenter. Lee is most well-known for her "semi-homemade cooking" concept. - Big City Bob
Big City Bob is the nickname of Creative Writer, Independent Recording Artist and Entertainer Bobby Rivers, born Roberto Glen Alicea in Green Bay to Cruz Rivera Alicea of Puerto Rico and Sandra Jean Peters of Green Bay, Wisconsin. As a child attending St. Paul Lutheran in Green Bay, WI he was was a huge fan of the rock band KISS. He began writing material with school mate Jef Jaeger at Fox Valley Lutheran High School in 1982 at age 15. - Chad Taylor
Chad Taylor (born November 24, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is the lead guitarist of the band Live. He is a founding member of the band, and co-writes and co-produces their output. Live has sold over 25 million records. He has been involved in the entertainment industry for most of his life. At the age of 13, he met his future band mates in middle school in York, Pennsylvania. Outside Live, he has produced records for other artists, … - Kenji Fukui
Fukui Kenji was the commentator for the FujiTV show "Iron Chef" for the program's entire run. He is known for his frequent jokes towards actors and guests on the show, and has a comical attitude on the show. He is the almost constant narrator on the show and talks about the food being used, the chefs, and explains the finished dishes to the home audience before they are judged. - Jorge Castillo
Jorge G. Castillo is a Cuban-American chef and television personality. Born in Cayo la Rosa near Bauta, Cuba, Castillo came to the United States in the Mariel Boatlift of 1980). Castillo is a member of the Three Guys From Miami, a group that promotes Cuban culture and cuisine throughout the United States and Canada. The Three Guys From Miami have appeared in "Keith Famie's Adventures", in "Tyler's Ultimate" with Tyler Florence, … - Juan-Carlos Cruz
Juan-Carlos Cruz (born ?) is a celebrity chef on Food Network. He hosts Calorie Commando and Take it Off (now titled "Weighing In") on the network. Juan-Carlos lost 43 pounds on a Discovery Health show called Discovery Health Body Challenge, which made him change directions from being a pastry chef to do low-calorie cooking. Cruz graduated in 1993 from the California Culinary Academy. In 1994 he started working at the Stanford Park Hotel, as a pastry chef. - Alex Garcia
Alex Garcia is a Nuevo Latino chef who helped popularize a version of Cuban food at several New York City restaurants and on the Food Network. After spending a few years working as a waiter, Alex attended Northeastern University in Massachusetts where he earned a degree in hotel and restaurant management. He later attended the Culinary Institute of America, and Florida International University. - Bobby Rivers
Bobby Rivers was the host of the now-defunct "Top 5" show on the Food Network. Rivers' television career began in 1985 as an entertainment reporter for New York television station WPIX. In 1987, Rivers was hired as a veejay by the American cable television channel VH1, which led to his own show on the network ("Watch Bobby Rivers") the following year. On this program, he interviewed the likes of Paul McCartney, Kirk Douglas, Meryl Streep, Mel Gibson, …
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