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AMERICA’S BEST COOK TALENT BIOS

Ted Allen (Host) Emmy® award winner is the host of Chopped and the author of “In My Kitchen: 100 Recipes and Discoveries for Passionate Cooks” which debuted in May 2012, and an earlier book, "The Food You Want to Eat: 100 Smart, Simple Recipes," both from Clarkson-Potter. Allen also has been a contributing writer to Esquire magazine since 1996. Previously, he was the food and wine specialist on the groundbreaking Bravo series Queer Eye, a judge on 's America and a judge on Bravo’s .

Cat Cora (South) In addition to being a celebrated chef, is an accomplished lifestyle entrepreneur, author, restaurateur, contributing editor and television personality. She made television history in 2005 when she became the first female Iron Chef on Food Network’s . Cora recently joined RWS Resorts to launch her Ocean by Cat Cora restaurant on Sentosa Island in Singapore. Prior to that, she opened Cat Cora’s Que, Cat Cora’s Kitchen, Cat Cora’s Kitchen Gourmet Market and collaborated with Disney to create Kouzzina by Cat Cora, located at Disneyworld Boardwalk in Orlando, Florida. In 2012, she launched the Cat Cora’s Kitchen iPad app, which simplifies meal preparation for at-home cooks of any skill level. Cora also collaborated with MOZO to design two women’s shoe collections, has two thriving Cat Cora’s Kitchen food lines with both Gaea and Grecian Delight, and also has a line of versatile cookware, Cat Cora by Starfrit.

Tyler Florence (West) Chef Tyler Florence graduated from the prestigious culinary program at Johnson and Wales University, and moved to New York where he honed his skills under the tutelage of premier chefs like Charlie Palmer, Marta Pulini and Rick Laakkonen, ultimately becoming executive chef at Cafeteria. Tyler is a veteran star of Food Network, and has starred in such series as Tyler's Ultimate, as well as The Great Food Truck Race, and can currently be seen in . In 2010, Tyler opened his restaurant Wayfare Tavern, in San Francisco followed by the historic El Paseo in Mill Valley, and has released multiple top-selling cookbooks.

Alex Guarnaschelli (East) Food Network personality Chef is a judge on Chopped and most recently won the title of Iron Chef as competitor on : Redemption. The daughter of esteemed cookbook editor Maria Guarnaschelli, after graduating college, Guarnaschelli decided to explore her culinary interests and began working under the tutelage of the acclaimed American chef and restaurateur Larry Forgione. Shortly after, Guarnaschelli moved to France to do a work study at La Varenne Culinary School in Burgundy. After school and successful years in France, Guarnaschelli returned stateside, working in acclaimed restaurants such as Daniel and in 2003 became the executive chef at Butter Restaurant. Chef Guarnaschelli released her cookbook “Old-School Comfort Food” in 2013.

Michael Symon (North) Chef cooks with soul. Growing up in a Greek and Sicilian family, the Cleveland native creates boldly flavored, deeply satisfying dishes at his award winning restaurants Lola, Lolita, Roast, Bar Symon and B Spot. He also shares his exuberant, approachable cooking style with viewers on Food Network’s Iron Chef America, ’s Symon’s Suppers and as a co-host on ABC’s The Chew. Michael is the author of three cookbooks, “Michael Symon’s Live to Cook – Recipes and Techniques to Rock Your Kitchen,” (Clarkson Potter) “Carnivore,” (Random House) and “5 in 5” (Random House).