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| Born | April 9, 1975 Lawton, Oklahoma, US |
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| Website | http://www.sunnyanderson.com |
Sunny Anderson (born April 9, 1975) is a Food Network personality. [1] She began hosting How'd That Get On My Plate? in July 2008. She also hosts the Food Network program Cooking for Real (beginning in April 2008), and served as co-host with Marc Istook of the Food Network program Gotta Get It (beginning in April 2007).
Sunny Anderson was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, and grew up as an Army brat, which allowed her to travel the world (living in Germany and other places) and sample many local cuisines with her parents, who were food enthusiasts. [2] She attended Madison High School in San Antonio, Texas, and upon her graduation, she joined the United States Air Force in June 1993, where she earned the rank of Senior Airman and worked as a military radio host in Seoul, South Korea. She then worked for Air Force News Agency radio and television in San Antonio from 1993 to 1997. Anderson was honorably discharged from the Air Force in June 1997. She went to school in New Orleans at Loyola University. At age 19, Anderson was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. [3] in 2014, she teamed up with the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America to raise awareness of this disease. [4]
Between 1995 and 2001, Anderson worked as a radio personality at KCJZ and KONO-FM in San Antonio, WYLD-FM and KUMX in Fort Polk, Louisiana, WJWZ in Montgomery, Alabama, and WDTJ in Detroit, Michigan.
Anderson settled in New York City in 2001 at the age of 26, and worked as a radio personality for HOT 97 (WQHT) in New York City from 2001 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, she was the owner of Sunny's Delicious Dishes, a catering company based in Jersey City, New Jersey.
She first appeared on the Food Network in October 2005 (as a guest on the Emeril Live program) and began hosting How'd That Get On My Plate? in July 2008. She also hosts the Food Network program Cooking for Real (beginning in April 2008), and served as co-host with Marc Istook of the Food Network program Gotta Get It, beginning in April 2007.
In 2006 and 2007, she served as Food and Lifestyle Editor for Hip Hop Weekly magazine.
In January 2014, Anderson became a co-host on the Food Network's series The Kitchen along with Jeff Mauro, Katie Lee, Marcela Valladolid, and Geoffrey Zakarian. [5]
Anderson was a contender for the 44th Daytime Emmy Awards for the Outstanding Talk Show/Informative award with the cast of The Kitchen, but lost. [6]
Anderson has been a guest chef on several talk shows and morning news programs including The Rachael Ray Show, Good Morning America , The Early Show , The View , The Talk , and The Wendy Williams Show.
In 2022, Anderson hosted NFL Tailgate Takedown along with New England Patriots Hall-of-Famer Vince Wilfork. [7]
In October 2022 she hosted Season 3 of Outrageous Pumpkins on Food Network. [8]
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2007 | Gotta Get It: Grilling | Host |
| 2008-2011 | Cooking For Real | Host, 113 episodes |
| 2014-2025 | The Kitchen | Cohost, 345 episodes |
| 2015-2016 | Top 5 Restaurants | Co-host, 34 episodes |
| 2019 | Thanksgiving Pie Fight | Host |
| 2021 | Chocolate Meltdown: Hershey's After Dark | Host, 4 episodes |
| Easter Basket Challenge | Host, 5 episodes | |
| Outrageous Pumpkins | Host, 4 episodes | |
| 2022 | Spring Baking Championship: Easter | Host, 6 episodes |
| 2023 | NFL Tailgate Takedown | Host, 6 episodes |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2008 | How'd That Get On My Plate | |
| Dear Food Network | 3 episodes | |
| 2008, 2014 | The Wendy Williams Show | 2 episodes |
| 2008-2018 | Rachael Ray | Cohost/guest, 68 episodes |
| 2009-2018 | Food Network Star | Guest Judge, 5 episodes |
| 2010 | Food Network Challenge | Competitor, 1 episode |
| 2010-2011 | The Best Thing I Ever Ate | 14 episodes |
| 2010, 2014 | The View | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | The Nate Berkus Show | |
| Paula's Best Dishes | ||
| Thanksgiving Live! | TV Special | |
| 2011-2012 | The Best Thing I Ever Made | 9 episodes |
| The Perfect 3 | 3 episodes | |
| 2011-2022 | Good Morning America | Guest, 8 episodes |
| 2012 | Thanksgiving Live! | TV Special |
| Iron Chef America Countdown | 6 episodes | |
| Iron Chef America: The Series | Judge, 2 episodes | |
| Katie | 1 episode | |
| Home Made In America | 6 episodes | |
| 2012-2025 | Today | Cohost/guest, 36 episodes |
| 2013 | The Chew | 1 episode |
| David's Food Court | ||
| The Queen Latifah Show | ||
| 2013, 2014 | Bethenny | 2 episodes |
| Melissa Harris-Perry | ||
| 2013-2017 | The Talk | Cohost/guest, 11 episodes |
| 2013-2023 | Chopped | Judge, 10 episodes |
| 2014 | Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off | Judge, 1 episode |
| Rewrapped | ||
| The Doctors | Co-host, 1 episode | |
| 2014-2025 | Beat Bobby Flay | Judge & Mentor, 48 episodes |
| 2015 | Fox and Friends | 1 episode |
| Rachael Ray's Kids Cook-Off | Judge, 1 episode | |
| Thanksgiving at Bobby's | 1 episode | |
| Christmas as Bobby's | ||
| 2015-2018 | Weekend Today | Guest, 3 episodes |
| Home & Family | 6 episodes | |
| 2016 | Brunch at Bobby's | 1 episode |
| 2016-2017 | The Kitchen Sink | Cohost, 9 episodes |
| Cooks vs. Cons | Judge, 4 episodes | |
| 2017 | Chopped Junior | Judge, 1 episode |
| Pickler & Ben | 2 episodes | |
| Steve | 5 episodes | |
| 2017, 2018 | Bakers vs. Fakers | Judge, 2 episodes |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need To Know | 1 episode |
| All-Star Best Thing I Ever Ate | 4 episodes | |
| Turkey Day Sunny's Way | ||
| 2021 | Live with Kelly and Mark | Guest, 1 episode |
| 2023 | Sesame Street: Oscar's Handmade Halloween | |
| Tamron Hall | 1 episode | |
| 2024 | Name That Tune | 1 episode |
| GMA3 | Guest, 1 episode | |
| 2023-2024 | BBQ Brawl: Flay v. Simon | Captain, 12 episodes |
| 2024-2025 | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest, News Contributor, 40 episodes |
| Year | Organization | Award | Nominated work | Result |
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| 2017 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host | The Kitchen (shared with Katie Lee, Jeff Mauro, Marcela Valladolid, and Geoffrey Zakarian | Nominated |
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