Working in his parents' Italian restaurant as a child, Joe Bastianich's life charts a culinary adventure that ends with becoming one of America's premier restaurateurs - as well as a noted winemaker, bon vivant, street-level philosopher, and marathon runner. After college Joe bought a one-way ticket to Italy, where he spent a year traveling, working in restaurants and vineyards, digging... read full bio
Author of La Technique and La Methode earned him a place in the James Beard Foundation's Cookbook Hall of Fame. Founder of the American Institute of Wine and Food. He has won numerous awards for instructional videos and books. Writes a column in Food & Wine magazine. In 1996 created a line of kitchen linens,currently available in gourmet specialty stores.... read full bio
Catherine McCord is a American Chef. She is best known for being the founder of Weelicious. It makes cooking accessible by using few, but fresh ingredients. As a model, McCord appeared on numerous magazine covers, in the Victoria's Secret catalog, and on runways for countless world-renowned designers. While traveling the world she cultivated an obsession with learning about local cuisines.... read full bio
Kwame Onwuachi is an American-Nigerian chef based in Washington, D.C. He was recently featured in Food & Wine magazine as one of it’s Best New Chefs and he has been a contestant on the series “Top Chef”. Onwuachi started his career in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he became the head chef on a boat serving crews that were cleaning up... read full bio
Dennis Prescott is a Canadian cookbook author and chef who is best known for his cookbook, “Eat Delicious”. Prescott began his career as a struggling musician trying to find his way in Nashville, Tennessee, but he found a passion for cooking once he began learning cooking through Jamie Oliver cookbooks. Prescott then decided to pursue a career in cooking and... read full bio
Kristen Kish is a Korean-American chef who is best known for winning the 10th season of the competition television series “Top Chef”. Kish was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to the United States at four months old after being adopted by a family in Kentwood, Michigan. Kish had a love for cooking since a young age and went... read full bio
Alvin Cailan is a Filipino-American chef, author, and is the host of First We Feast’s The Burger Show, which can be found oh both YouTube and Hulu. Cailan is best known for launching the restaurant, Eggslut, which started as a food truck that specializes in egg sandwiches and has gone on to have restaurant locations in Los Angeles, Tokyo, London,... read full bio
Magnus Nilsson is an internationally celebrated chef who began cooking at the age of 3. The Swedish native has been ranked as one of the top ten young chefs in Europe and has been two international tv documentary series. Magnus' early career includes working in two Michelin star restaurants in France before moving back home to Sweden to open his... read full bio
Ferran Adria is a Spanish chef who is best known for being the head chef of the elBulli restaurant in Roses. Adria was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and his brother, Albert Adria, is also a well-known pastry chef whom he collaborates with often. Adria began his career first working as a dishwasher at Hotel Playafels in Castelldefels. While washing... read full bio
Adam Melonas is a chef who is the founder and CEO of Chew LLC, and founder and CEO of The Nursey, the latter of which is a food and beverage incubator which builds new food and beverage products. Melonas has been head chef at Maida Vale, a London fine dining restaurant when he was only 19 years old. He has... read full bio
Anna Olson is an American professionally trained pastry chef who is best known for being the host of shows which include “Fresh with Anna Olson,” “Sugar,” “Kitchen Equipped,” and “Bake with Anna Olson.” She also hosts a short show on Twitter which is entitled “Sweet Something,” and hosts videos through her YouTube channel, Oh Yum with Anna Olson. Olson was... read full bio
Ben Roche is currently the Culinary Innovation Director and Executive Chef for Joywell Foods, where he is responsible for creating new product concepts and formulating and commercializing food products. Roche has earned his A.A.S. in Baking and Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef from Johnson and Wales University. He then went on to begin working for Charlie Trotter’s where he was the Chef... read full bio
Upstate New York's Catskills-based recipe developer Alexis deBoschnek worked as the Senior Test Kitchen Manager at BuzzFeed's Tasty before turning freelance, where her program, Chef Out of Water, frequently went viral. She has submitted recipes to Tasting Table, Chowhound, The Kitchn, Food52 and The Kitchn. To the Last Bite, her debut cookbook from Simon & Schuster, was hailed by publications including TIME,... read full bio
For Kimi Werner, the water has always been a source of nutrition, creativity and adventures. She floated after her father while he spear fished for their main source of food as a small child growing up in rural Maui. It wasn't until she regained her love for freediving as an adult that she realized the crucial part the water would play... read full bio
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Art Smith is an American chef with high-profile clients such as Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, The King of Sweden, and former Florida governors Bob Graham and Jeb Bush. The Southern cuisine expert attended Florida State University while completing culinary internships with The Greenbrier and the Walt Disney Magic Kingdom College Program. He has since published three award-winning cookbooks, “Back to... read full bio
Dynamic young chef Danny Boome brings his passion for with fresh perspectives and unique quick-fix ideas. This energetic chef offers viewers creative culinary solutions and a true understanding of the basics necessary to guarantee continued success in the kitchen. Danny launched his television career in 2004 on UKTV Food's co-production Wild and Fresh where he travelled across Canada seeking out... read full bio
Eddie Osterland is regarded as a unique character in the field of culinary expertise because he provides audiences with innovative, lively presentations that have a lasting impression. He has a lively, unpretentious, and humorous attitude to entertaining, whether it is for business or pleasure, which fosters an environment of enjoyment and knowledge. He has an unmatched capacity to meet the... read full bio
One of the most decorated, respected and charismatic chefs in the world, Todd English has enjoyed a staggering amount of accolades during his remarkable career. His accomplishments include recognition by several of the food industry’s most prestigious publications, establishing one of the best-known restaurant brands in the nation, publishing four critically acclaimed cookbooks, and being recognized as one of People... read full bio
Faith Ford is an actress. She was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards for role in Murphy Brown. Ford gained her first television role on ABC's One Life to Live. She executive produced her own short-lived sitcom Maggie Winters. Ford starred with Kelly Ripa in Hope & Faith as Hope Shanowski. The show was pulled from the ABC lineup after... read full bio
