Art Smith

The executive chef and co-owner of Table fifty-two and Art and Soul restaurants, Art Smith has received the culinary profession's highest awards and has cooked for some of the world's most famous celebrities. In 1997, Smith became the personal, day-to-day chef to Oprah Winfrey, a position that lasted ten years. Smith now coordinates and cooks for the headline-grabbing special events that...

Dave Lieberman

“America’s Naked Chef,” Dave Lieberman is one of the Food Network’s hottest new stars and a dynamic guide to preparing sophisticated, affordable and mouthwatering dishes.

Duff Goldman

Chef Duff Goldman started working for acclaimed Baltimore Chef Cindy Wolf while attending the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. After graduating with degrees in History and Philosophy, Duff left Baltimore to study pastries at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, California. While in Napa, Duff was a stagiere at the French Laundry, working under acclaimed pastry Chef...

Food Dudes: Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo

Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, two young renegade chefs who play by their own rules in the big time world of Hollywood catering, bring their chronicles to an all new show for Food Network,Two Dudes Catering. The new docu-series follows these two catering rebels as they try to make a name for themselves in Tinseltown's highly competitive food world. Whether it's catering for the ESPN X Games or...

Gary Vaynerchuk

The world of business is coming full circle. The rise of the Internet and the empowerment of the common consumer has created a fundamental shift in how businesses are expected to behave. To take advantage of this opportunity, businesses will need to look backwards and scale the caring their grandparents' businesses exhibited towards their customers or watch their competition pass them by...

Geof Manthorne

As one of the stars of the Food Network’s hit reality show Ace of Cakes, Geof Manthorne is known for his incredible cake creations and dry, sardonic sense of humor. Viewers of the show have likened Geof's skewed viewpoint and quick wit to watching the show with a close friend. Most recently, he contributed to Ace of Cakes: Inside the World of Charm City Cakes as both an author and a...

Georgetown Cupcake

Georgetown Cupcake was started by two sisters, Katherine Kallinis and Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne. The sisters started baking alongside their grandmother when Katherine was three and Sophie was four. The very first cake they baked was for their grandfather's birthday -- a vanilla cake with a milk chocolate frosting. They learned how to bake from their grandmother - by following her around and...

Gordon Ramsay

Scottish by birth, Gordon was brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, from the age of five. With an injury prematurely putting an end to any hopes of a promising career in soccer, he went back to college to complete a course in hotel management...

Grant Achatz

Grant Achatz is the James Beard Foundation’s Outstanding Chef of 2008. His restaurant, Alinea, was named “Best Restaurant in America” by Gourmet Magazine. After opening, Alinea rapidly garnered top ratings from Mobil, AAA, Zagat, the Chicago Tribune, Time Out, Gayot, and was named to the Top 50 Restaurants in the World by Restaurant Magazine, UK.

Ingrid Hoffmann

Ingrid Hoffmann is passionate about food and entertaining and spends each day sharing her enthusiasm and talent with an international audience. Ingrid launched Simply Delicioso (www.simplydelicioso.com) on Food Network in July 2007 and also hosts her own Spanish-language cooking and lifestyle show, Delicioso, since 2004, on Galavision/Univision. Following the success of both TV shows, Ingrid...

Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver is a phenomenon in the world of food. He is one of the world's best-loved television personalities and one of Britain's most famous exports. Jamie has had huge success with television series The Naked Chef (BBC), Jamie's Kitchen, Jamie's School Dinners, Jamie's Great Italian Escape, Return to School Dinners, Jamie's Chef, Jamie at Home, Jamie's Ministry of Food, Jamie Does...

Jeffrey  Saad

Jeffrey Saad is the star of United Tastes of America, which debuted on the Cooking Channel in November 2010. He is the executive chef and partner of The Grove, San Francisco's Living Room; the perfect place for gourmet comfort food, fabulous music and a breathtakingly cool vibe. Enamored with food and formally trained at the Culinary Institute of America and the California Culinary Academy...

Joe Bastianich

Beginning with almost Dickensian roots, working in his parents' Felice and Lidia's Italian restaurant in Queens, washing dishes, cleaning the sidewalk, and touring the jungle-like meat markets of the Bronx, Joe Bastianich's life charts a culinary adventure that ends with this nice Italian boy becoming one of America's premier restaurateurs - as well as a noted winemaker, bon vivant, street...

Kelly Choi

Kelly Choi is a die-hard foodie and former host of Bravo’s hit series, TOP CHEF MASTERS, one of the highest rated programs on the network, and highest rated show for that time slot in Bravo TV history, beating Project Runway and the original Top Chef. As an acclaimed food journalist, producer, creator and host of NYC’s restaurant show EAT OUT NY, Kelly won a New York Emmy from the New York...

Ludo Lefebvre

Long before introducing his wildly popular Ludo Bites to Los Angeles, the French-born Chef Ludovic Lefebvre made a name for himself as the executive chef at L’Orangerie and Bastide, for which he received the prestigious Mobil Travel Guide Five Star Award. Although only in his mid-30’s, Ludo has been named one of the world’s “50 Greatest Chefs” by Relais & Chateaux, was nominated by the James...

Mary Alice Yeskey

Mary Alice Fallon Yeskey is the Manager of Baltimore's Charm City Cakes - the wild, off the wall bakery featured on Food Network's hit series "Ace of Cakes"...

Michael Chiarello

Michael Chiarello is an award-winning chef and owner of critically acclaimed Bottega restaurant in the Napa Valley. From his earliest childhood experiences - created with his Italian family of butchers, cheese makers and ranchers - Michael Chiarello dreamed of becoming a chef one day. Decades later, he has made his mark, and then some. By combining his Southern Italian roots with the...

Rocco DiSpirito

Celebrated Chef Rocco DiSpirito's passion for cooking began at the very young age of 11 and he has never looked back. At 16 he entered the Culinary Institute of America, and at 18 began working for legendary chefs worldwide. After graduating from Boston University with a degree in business, Rocco immediately jumped into the New York restaurant scene working for such renowned chefs as Gray Kunz...

Sara Snow

Sara Snow is the bright and vibrant face of Discovery Health’s green-living primetime series Get Fresh with Sara Snow, and Discovery Home’s Living Fresh. As a green lifestyle expert, Snow has been able to share her knowledge through helpful tips, six nights a week, to over 68 million homes nationwide. Recently, Snow signed on to serve as an environmental expert for Discovery Network’s

Thomas Keller

Thomas Keller is internationally renowned for his innovation and dedication in his culinary pursuits. After apprenticing in France, he returned to New York and opened his first restaurant, Rakel. He then returned to California and eventually purchased The French Laundry, creating a three-star country French restaurant in the heart of the Napa Valley that has been showered with accolades and...

Todd English

One of the most decorated, respected, and charismatic chefs in the world, Todd English has enjoyed a staggering number of accolades during his remarkable career. He has been recognized by several of the food industry’s most prestigious publications, established one of the best-known restaurant brands in the nation, published three critically-acclaimed cookbooks, and was named...

Tyler Florence

For the past fifteen years, Chef Tyler Florence has delighted the masses by sharing the sights, sounds and flavors of his unique culinary vision to fans around the world. After graduating from the prestigious culinary program at Johnson and Wales University, Florence moved to New York and honed his skills under the tutelage premier chefs like Charlie Palmer at Aureole, Marta Pulini at Mad 61...

Warren Sapp

Seven-time Pro Bowler, and Future Hall of Famer, Warren Sapp currently serves as analyst for Inside the NFL on SHOWTIME, alongside Phil Simms, Cris Collinsworth and James Brown on the long-running, award-winning program...

Rory Freedman

For five years, Rory was an agent at Ford Models in New York—the most prestigious modeling agency in the world. Deciding to abandon her lucrative career and six-figure income to become an animal rights activist, Rory soon became a #1 New York Times best selling author. With her friend Kim Barnouin doing the research, Rory wrote and provided the “voice” for Skinny Bitch.