Todd Wilbur

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Todd Wilbur is an American author of the Top Secret Recipes series of cook books. [1] The books contain clone recipes for famous named restaurant or pre-processed foods, like McDonald's Big Mac, or Nabisco's Oreo cookies.Wilbur has sold over 5 million books. [2] Wilbur has appeared on Dr. Oz, Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, Today Show , The Oprah Winfrey Show and Steve Harvey.

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On October 7, 2011, CMT premiered the new series Top Secret Recipe , where Wilbur set out to recreate an iconic American brand name food in three days. [3]

Todd Wilbur is the creator of Hell Flakes , and a line of Top Secret Rubs that duplicate the taste of famous foods - "Just like the Pro Chefs Use".

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References

  1. "Who is this Todd Wilbur guy?". topsecretrecipes.com. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  2. "New Top Secret Recipes book is Out!". Copykat Recipe. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  3. "CMT CRACKS FAMOUS AMERICAN RECIPES WITH TODD WILBUR ON "TOP SECRET RECIPE" PREMIERING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7". cmtpress.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved September 30, 2011.