Gordon Elliott (journalist)

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Gordon Elliott
Born (1956-09-30) 30 September 1956 (age 67)
Everton, Liverpool, UK
Education University of Sydney
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • reporter
  • TV personality
  • radio personality
  • producer
Notable credits

Gordon Elliott (born 30 September 1956) is a British Australian journalist and producer, radio and television personality and producer, based now in the United States. [1]

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Elliott was the executive producer of ABC's former daytime cooking related talk show The Chew , and had his own eponymous TV talk show program, between 1994 and 1997 The Gordon Elliott Show and Door Knock Dinners .

Early life and early career

Elliott was born in Everton, Liverpool, England, but grew up in Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia. He was educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham and attended the University of Sydney for a law degree. While studying as a Sydney student, Elliott worked part-time on a radio show and ended up on Good Morning Australia [2] He also appeared as the Australian anchorman for the 1984 Olympic Concert Gala. [3] The gala marked his third trip to Los Angeles, as he had earlier flown to Los Angeles to fill in as host of American Top 40 first in 1979 and again in 1980. At the time of his first AT40 appearance, which introduced him to American audiences, he was the youngest substitute host in the program's history.

After several jobs hosting morning news programs and landing work as the feature reporter on the Fox Television show A Current Affair (produced by New York's WNYW) in 1987, Elliott appeared as the house-entering feature reporter on WNYW's morning news program Good Day New York .

Mid-1990s to present

The 1990s had him take turns hosting game and talk shows, including The Gordon Elliott Show from 1994 [4] [5] to 1997. In 1990, Elliott also hosted To Tell the Truth for two months before being replaced by Lynn Swann. In 1991 he was the presenter for the Australian TV show, Hard Copy. [6] In 2000, he hosted It's Your Chance of a Lifetime .

Recently he has hosted the TV Food Network's programs Doorknock Dinners, Follow That Food, and the Fine Living network's The Genuine Article, and was the TV pitchman for Campbell's Soup in the early 2000s. He had a recurring role on Oz as the host of a game show that was popular with the inmates. He formed his own production company, Follow Productions, in 1999. [7] This company produces Paula Deen's Home Cooking, Paula's Best Dishes, and Paula's Party for Food Network. In 2007, he won a daytime Emmy for Best Lifestyle Series for his work on Paula Deen's Home Cooking.

His company has produced many other lifestyle series for cable networks, including Simply Wine with Andrea Immer , Pairings with Andrea, Best For Less, the first four seasons of Sandra Lee's Semi Home Made, We Live Here, and Pocket The Difference, and Pati Jinich's "Pati's Mexican Table" beginning with season three. He is executive producer of both Food Network shows hosted by Pat and Gina Neely: Down Home with the Neelys and Road Tasted with the Neelys .

In 2010, he began producing Spice & Easy for Food Network. He was also the executive producer and off-screen announcer for the lifestyle show The Chew , which aired from 2011 [8] to 2018 as a part of ABC's daytime lineup. [9]

Filmography

Preceded by
Robin Ward in 1980
 Host of To Tell The Truth
1990		Succeeded by

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References

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  3. ↑ "TIMESTYLE". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995). 15 July 1984. p. 14. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Moore, Frazier (10 January 1994). "Goofy Gordon". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995). p. 23. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Elliott tackles The Big Apple". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995). 19 September 1994. p. 38. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Wallace, Mark (31 August 1992). "'Sewer voyage' becomes a mainstream cruise". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926–1995). p. 31. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. ↑ Fleming, Jack (23 March 2018). "Gordon Elliott of 'The Chew' finds a home that hits the spot in Hollywood Hills". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  8. ↑ Wallenstein, Andrew (7 August 2011). "Gordon Elliott bites off more than 'The Chew'". Variety. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  9. ↑ Maynard, Micheline (17 June 2018). "As ABC's 'The Chew' Goes Away, How Networks Have Been Burned By Celebrity Chefs". Forbes. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
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