Alton Crawford Brown Jr. is an American television personality, food show presenter, food scientist, author, voice actor, and cinematographer. He is the creator and host of the Food Network television show Good Eats that ran for 16 seasons, host of the miniseries Feasting on Asphalt and Feasting on Waves, and host and main commentator on Iron Chef America and Cutthroat Kitchen. Brown is a best-selling author of several books on food and cooking. A recap series titled Good Eats Reloaded aired on Cooking Channel, and a true sequel series, Good Eats: The Return, ran from 2019 to 2021 on Food Network.
Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a joint venture and general partnership between Warner Bros. Discovery Networks and Nexstar Media Group. Despite this ownership structure, Warner Bros. Discovery has operating control of the channel, and manages and operates it as a division of the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group. The channel airs both special and regular episodic programs about food and cooking.
Food Network Star is a reality television series that aired from June 5, 2005 to August 5, 2018. It was produced by CBS EYEtoo Productions for seasons 1–8 and by Triage Entertainment for seasons 9-14. It aired on the Food Network in the United States. Prior to season seven, the series was known as The Next Food Network Star.
Guy Ramsay Fieri is an American restaurateur, author, and an Emmy Award winning television presenter. He co-owned three now defunct restaurants in California. He licenses his name to restaurants in cities all over the world, and is known for hosting various television series on the Food Network. By 2010, The New York Times reported that Fieri had become the "face of the network", bringing an "element of rowdy, mass-market culture to American food television" and that his "prime-time shows attract more male viewers than any others on the network".
Emeril John Lagasse III is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, cookbook author, and National Best Recipe award winner for his "Turkey and Hot Sausage Chili" recipe in 2003. He is a regional James Beard Award winner, known for his mastery of Creole and Cajun cuisine and his self-developed "New New Orleans" style. He is of Portuguese descent on his mother's side, while being of French heritage through his father.
The fourth season of the American reality television series The Next Food Network Star premiered on Sunday, June 1, 2008. Food Network executives, Bob Tuschman and Susie Fogelson, were joined by Bobby Flay as the Selection Committee for this season, which was filmed early 2008 in New York, New York and Las Vegas, Nevada.
Melissa Donovan d'Arabian is an American cookbook author and television show host. She won the fifth season of Food Network Star in 2009. Following her victory, she went on to host Ten Dollar Dinners on Food Network.
Aarti Lucica Sequeira is an Indian American cook and television personality, best known as the winner of the sixth season of Food Network's reality television show, The Next Food Network Star. In 2010, after her victory, her show Aarti Party premiered on the network. Following Aarti Party, she went on to host Taste in Translation on Cooking Channel, in which she seeks out the most popular dishes from around the world. She had previously worked as a CNN news producer and in 2008 started the online cooking variety show Aarti Paarti.
Kelsey Nixon is an American cook and television personality. In 2008, she came in fourth place on the fourth season of the Food Network series Food Network Star. She hosted the Cooking Channel series Kelsey's Essentials, which ran for five seasons from 2010 to 2013. In 2015 she hosted the show Kelsey's Homemade, again on the Cooking Channel, which ran for one season.
Rachel Khoo is a British cook, author, and broadcaster who has hosted and co-hosted television cooking shows on the BBC, Food Network, and Netflix.
Unique Sweets is an American television series on Cooking Channel about various eating establishments across the United States and their signature or most popular desserts. The series features interviews with guest pastry chefs and food critics who give commentary about their favorite dessert dishes. Each episode features a different restaurant, bakery or specialty sweet shop, focusing on one theme, such as ice-cream, cakes or pies.
Nicolette "Nikki" Dinki is an American cook, cookbook author and blogger. She came to prominence as a contestant on the ninth season of the Food Network series Food Network Star, and she served as co-host of the Cooking Channel series Junk Food Flip, which aired from 2014 to 2016.
Kelsey's Homemade is an American cooking-themed television series that aired on Cooking Channel. It was presented by chef Kelsey Nixon. The series featured Nixon traveling to different eateries and then using the featured foods as inspiration for home-cooked meals for her family.
Bite This with Nadia G is an American food travelogue television series that aired on Cooking Channel. It was presented by chef and musician Nadia G. The series featured Nadia G traveling to different eateries and learning how to cook their signature items. The correspondents on the series had all appeared on Nadia G's previous series, Nadia G's Bitchin' Kitchen.
Brunch at Bobby's is an American cooking reality televisionseries that aired on Food Network and the Cooking Channel from 2010 to 2017. It is hosted by celebrity chef Bobby Flay, and it features Flay showcasing how to prepare different brunch recipes. The series aired on the Cooking Channel during its first five seasons, but was moved to the Food Network for first-run airings in seasons 6 and 7. As of June 2021, new episodes have not aired since 2017, though the show has not been formally cancelled.
Rock Shrimp Productions NY, LLC is an independent television production company, with headquarters in New York City. The company was founded in 2005 by Kim Martin and chef Bobby Flay, who serve as executive producers. Rock Shrimp Productions also operates Bread & Butter Post, an in-house post-production company.
The Real Girl's Kitchen is an American cooking television series that aired on Cooking Channel. The series was presented by actress Haylie Duff; and it featured Duff showcasing recipes inspired by her travels to New York City, as well as her hometown of Los Angeles.
