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    Can Snoop Dogg And Martha Stewart Make Food Fun Again?

    I have shared weed with Snoop Dogg and waited on line for food at a glitzy Miami party next to Martha Stewart, so I feel more qualified than most people to hypothesize about what to expect from this unlikely duo's new show, which premieres tonight on VH1. Martha and Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party seems so bizarre…

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    Massimo Bottura To Guest Star In Season 2 Of Aziz Ansari's "Master Of None"

    Following his restaurant's meteoric rise to no. 1 on the prestigious World's 50 Best list this year, charismatic Italian chef Massimo Bottura is getting more time in the spotlight. The artsy proprietor of Osteria Francescana in Modena — check out Food Republic's 2015 interview with the acclaimed chef — will play a role in the second season of comedian Aziz Ansari's popular Netflix series…

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    A Chef's Life: Vivian Howard On Slathers, Snobs And Muscadine

    Chef and TV host Vivian Howard's friendly, introspective and thoroughly enjoyable PBS series, A Chef's Life, won the 2016 James Beard Award for Outstanding TV Personality. It will presumably make a great addition to her Peabody Award, her Emmy, her slew of culinary accolades and her pile of JBF Best Chef Southeast nominations. While gearing up for…

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  • Adam Richman Is Apologetic, Back On Television And...Vegan?

    [caption id="attachment_76330" align="alignnone" width="700" ] TV host Adam Richman has lost over 70 pounds in the past couple of years.[/caption] Adam Richman made a name for himself by eating ridiculously massive portions of meaty restaurant dishes on TV. His gregarious personality engaged millions through his hosting of popular shows like Man vs. Food and Amazing…

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  • Eric Ripert's Emmy-Winning Show Avec Eric Is Back With A New Focus, New Channel

    [caption id="attachment_75851" align="alignnone" width="700" ] Chef Eric Ripert in Australia on the set of his Cooking Channel show, "Avec Eric"[/caption] Celebrity chef Eric Ripert is back on TV, with a new season of his old show on a new channel. Previously on PBS, Ripert's Emmy-winning program, Avec Eric, makes its Cooking Channel debut at 9:30…

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  • Get Ready For 'The Getaway,' Season 2, Premiering Oct. 15 On Esquire Network

    If you happen to follow swimsuit model and food blogger Chrissy Teigen's Instagram feed — and, really, you should — you might have caught a glimpse of some highlights from the upcoming season of The Getaway, which premieres on Oct. 15. The Esquire Network program, from executive producer Anthony Bourdain and Food Republic parent company…

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  • Video: Hank Shaw Hunts It Down On The 'Meat Eater' Season Finale

    We got our hands on an exclusive clip from the season finale of MeatEater, this Sunday at 9 p.m. EST on the Sportsman Channel. Check out famed hunter/gatherer/angler/gardener/cook Hank Shaw as he joins Steven Rinella on a Columbia Blacktail and wild pig hunt that ends in wild hare stew, a Hank Shaw specialty. [embed=//www.youtube.com/embed/U-Rzbyh9PCc] More…

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  • The Food Network Was Announced 20 Years Ago Today

    It was 20 years ago today that Schonfeld taught the band to play... This is the press release from Nov 1, 1993 announcing a forthcoming new cable network, then called TVFN, which would debut November 23, 1993 under president Reese Schonfeld. I found it while researching my new book From Scratch: Inside the Food Network.…

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  • Here's A Typewritten List Of The Original Food Network Show Concepts

    Twenty-one years ago, when Food Network was just an idea sketched out in a typewritten business plan moldering at a Rhode Island cable company, the writers of the plan threw in a rather hilarious set of ideas for potential shows on the network. It's interesting to see how some of these did eventually land on…

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  • Video: Eddie Huang's Fresh Off The Boat Is Returning This Month

    Chef, writer and speaker Eddie Huang is returning to VICE with a second season of his critically acclaimed food and travel series Fresh Off the Boat. Season Two will take viewers on a cavernous dive into cities around the world undergoing rapid transitions. The Taiwanese personality – and chef/owner of New York’s popular Baohaus –…

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    Why Michael Chiarello Went Spanish In San Francisco

    Michael Chiarello strolls into the sixth floor lounge at NYC's Soho House looking more like he's about to appear on a TV show than meet for coffee in a shabby-chic private club. Dressed in an immaculately ironed (yet untucked) button-down, and flashing his trademark half-smile, the chef, entrepreneur and TV star has in fact just…

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  • 'Knife Fight' With Ilan Hall Set To Debut In September And We're Excited

    When we spoke with Los Angeles chef and recovering Top Cheftestant Ilan Hall in April, he was readying the debut of his Esquire Network cooking competition show, Knife Fight. Having been given an advanced screener of the first episode, we were fans of the show then, as we are now. Filmed on location at his…

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  • The Time Spike Mendelsohn Took Out A Pregnant Lady To Win A Ping Pong Title

    The Time Spike Mendelsohn Took Out A Pregnant Lady To Win A Ping Pong Title

    [caption id="attachment_69364" align="alignnone" width="700" ] Spike Mendelsohn is planning to open a Good Stuff Eatery location in Philadelphia this year.[/caption] Chefs love to travel — for inspiration, to experience the cuisines of other cultures or just to get away from the heat of their own kitchens. When they return, we hit them with some questions…

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  • Video: Joe Rogan, Certified Badass Dude, Went Hunting For The First Time

    [embed=https://www.youtube.com/embed/5el4LPGPILc] Steven Rinella is host of the TV show MeatEater on Sportsman Channel. He likes to take celebrities to places like Alaska, New Zealand and the Missouri Breaks in Montana to teach them all about the art of hunting, and cooking, wild game. On the season finale, Rinella hangs out with Joe Rogan (host of…

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  • NYC: Casting For New Restaurant Reality Show This Week

    Here's a dinner reservation that might end up with you being on TV. Leopard Films is working on a show for an unnamed "major cable food channel" starring an unnamed celebrity chef as host, and focusing on the opening of a new restaurant in Long Island City (Queens). The first episode films this Thursday, and…

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  • Ilan Hall Takes The Knife To Food TV, His Boys At Top Chef Included

    If you didn’t fall asleep in the middle of Sunday’s sluggish Mad Men premiere (Don, NO!), you might have caught a commercial for Knife Fight, a new cooking competition show created by Ilan Hall, who is best known for wining Season 2 of Top Chef. The commercial makes it look nothing like a cable cooking…

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  • Top Chef Adds Two New Countries To Roster

    The next most exciting incarnation of Top Chef may not be in Portland or at the Jersey Shore after all. NBC Universal announced yesterday that they've sealed deals to expand the Top Chef franchise to Spain and Indonesia (NBC's first deal in Southeast Asia). Sounds like the cast just got potentially better-looking and the ingredients…

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