Here is My Favorite Chefs

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Here is my Favorite Chefs:

BOB BLUMER

Bio:

Cookbook author, artist and professional bon vivant Bob Blumer,

host of The Surreal Gourmet, is one of today's most imaginative food

personalities. Whether he is poaching salmon in a dishwasher or

concocting recipes in his own Pee-wee's Playhouse-like kitchen, his

contagious enthusiasm helps transform everyday meals into a dining

adventures.

Bob's accidental culinary career began in 1991 when he wrote and

illustrated his first book, The Surreal Gourmet: Real Food for PretendChefs (Chronicle Books, 1992). Despite (or perhaps because of) a

lack of formal training, his unique approach to cooking and

entertaining, and his confidence-inspiring instructions quickly

endeared him to a loyal following. The San Francisco Chronicle

called the book "an instant classic and possibly the wittiest and most

sensible how-to cookbook of the decade". It was also a year-end

recommendation in The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times

Book Review, and picked by the Book of the Month Club and BetterHomes & Gardens Book Club.

Three years later, Bob proved that anyone with a dysfunctional

kitchen and mismatched place settings can throw a killer dinner

party with The Surreal Gourmet Entertains: High-fun, Low-Stress

Dinner Parties for 6 - 12 (Chronicle Books, 1995). Unceremoniously

thrust onto the talk show circuit, Blumer made over 400 TV

appearances on 3 continents, including all major US network

morning shows.

Blumer's third cookbook, Off TheEaten Path: Inspired Recipes for

Adventurous Cooks (Ballantine Books, May 2000) features his

trademark blend of practicality and eccentricity, packed with

recipes, anecdotes, culinary adventures, and his own whimsical


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food-related illustrations and objet's d'art. The book was awarded

"most innovative cookbook" at the prestigious World Cookbook Fair

in Perigueux, France. To promote it, Blumer embarked on an

ambitious thirty-city, three month odyssey in a Toastermobile-an

Airstream trailer customized with a $50,000 stainless steel industrialkitchen and topped with two eight-foot slices of toast. The tour was

covered extensively in both local and national media, including

features on CNN and in People magazine.

As the food flew, Blumerdove corkscrew first into the world of wine.

He has since written many wine-related stories, including his favorite

a first person account of running the Medoc marathon, a 26.2 mile

race in Bordeaux, France that winds past 24 picturesque chateaux.

Participants sample fine wine at each winery. Since 1999 Blumer has

been a judge at the Los Angeles County Fair and the San Francisco

wine competitions.


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Jamie Oliver

Bio:

Childhood:

Jamie Trevor Oliver was born May 27, 1975 in Clavering, Essex,

England. Jamie grew up in Cambridge where his parents, Trevor and

Sally, own a pub and restaurant called The Cricketers (still in

business). When he was 8 years old, Jamie began working in his

parent's restaurant. At age 11 Jamie could cut vegetables as well as

any of the kitchen staff. In 1989, at the age of 14, Jamie formed the

band Scarlet Division with composer/musician Leigh Haggerwood.

Culinary Career:

Jamie began attending the Westminster Catering College at the age

of 16. Later, he worked in France learning as much as he could

before returning to London. His first job back was working for

Antonio Carluccio as Head Pastry Chef at The Neal Street

Restaurant (one of the best Italian restaurants in England).

Here Jamie worked alongside GennaroContaldo, who Jamie

considers one of his mentors. After The Neal Street Restaurant,Jamie worked 3 1/2 years at the famous River Cafe in London. It was

here, Jamie says, where he learned "all about the time and effort that

goes into creating the freshest, most honest, totally delicious food."

The Television Star:

The River Cafe was also his big break into television. The day after

appearing in a documentary about the restaurant called Christmas

at the River Cafe, five television production companies contactedJamie about starring in his own show. He accepted an offer from

Optomen Television to produce his first show The Naked Chef. The

title is a reference to the simplicity of his recipes. Two seasons of the

show, which also aired in the U.S., were filmed in 1998 and 1999.


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Jamie's Kitchen was Oliver's second television series. The show,

produced by Channel 4, is a documentary that follows Jamie as he

mentors 15 unemployed youths (1000 applied for the position). Jamie

trains the youngsters to be professional chefs and help staff his first

restaurant, Fifteen, a not-for-profit endeavor. The restaurant is stillopen for business and on its third class of students.

Later, Jamie would film another charitable project, Jamie's School

Dinners. This four part series documents Jamie as he takes

responsibility of running the kitchen at Kidbrooke School, Greenwich.

It also showcases the Feed Me Better campaign, his crusade to

change the poor eating habits of children and improve school meal

systems. The campaign was directly responsible for the British

government's pledge of 280 million pounds (over 3 years) to improve

school dinners.

Curtis Stone

Bio:


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Recent Role:

Guest on Lopez Tonight

Born:

11-4-1975

Birthplace:

Melbourne, Australia

Birth Name:

Curtis Stone

Curtis Stone is a Melbourne born chef who is now currently based

out of Los Angeles but lives in London.

Curtis loves the outdoor life and is not only a keen surfer but a keen

skier and at one time was a professional Australian Rules football

player.

Curtis started stydying for a Bachelor of Business but half waythrough decided his heart wasn't in it, but in food.

He debuted his cooking career when he was 18 at the Savoy Hotel.

Curtis has now appeared in a number of cooking shows which

include Dinner in a box, Good Food Live, More Saturday Kitchen,

My Restaurant Rules and can curretnly be seen on Take Home Chef.

Less

Curtis Stone is a master chef, best selling author, TV host and

entrepreneur.

When it comes to cooking, Curtis Stone's philosophy is to cook as

Mother Nature intended: keep it simple and cook with naturally


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produced ingredients. In his cooking, Curtis likes to concentrate on

flavors with a modern European edge.

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Curtis left Victoria University in 1994 to

follow his passion for food and began cooking at The Savoy Hotel atthe young age of 18. With family ties in Yorkshire, Curtis traveled to

London and secured a hard to come by position with the legendary

Marco Pierre White, the youngest chef in the world to be awarded

three Michelin stars, at his restaurant The Grill Room at the Caf

Royal.

From Marco's Grill Room, Curtis advanced to Sous Chef at the

Mirabelle, where he remained for 2 years and played a large part in

putting together the 'Mirabelle Cookbook.' During his time there, therestaurant was awarded a Michelin Star. After winning Marco's trust

and respect Curtis was handed the reigns at Quo Vadis where he

received critical acclaim. The restaurant has been a Soho institution

since 1926.

In 2003, after achieving critical success in the kitchen, Curtis filmed

Surfing the Menu, his first major TV series with a tie-in book for ABC

in Australia. He went on to film three seasons which air in 26

territories worldwide including the UK and US. In 2004 Curtis hosted

the hit Australian TV series My Restaurant Rules.

For the past 18 months Curtis has been based in America hosting

TLC's hit show Take Home Chef. The show has sold to territories

across Europe and Asia.


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With his popularity on the rise, Curtis is set to launch his exclusive

range of kitchen solutions products with retail partner Williams-

Sonoma. The line will begin its roll out in the U.S. in November.

Curtis is currently based in Los Angeles and working betweentelevision commitments. His latest cookbook is Relaxed Cooking with

Curtis Stone: Recipes to Put You in My Favorite Mood.

Anthony Bourdain

Bio:

The Chef:


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Anthony Bourdain, executive chef of Brasserie Les Halles in New

York City, is the anti-celebrity chef. Hes crass, offensive, and

doesnt wear starched, white jackets or fancy hats. He is, however, a

great cook, a great writer, and has an infectious passion for food of

every kind. His passion and adventurous spirit are what havecreated millions of gourmet fans around the world. Chef Bourdain

may have turned more people onto good food than any five-star,

fancy-hat chef out there.

Anthony Bourdain was born in New York in 1956. After high school,

he spent two unproductive years at Vassar College before attending

the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. Following

graduation from the C.I.A., Bourdain was the chef at New York Citys

Supper Club, One Fifth Avenue, and Sullivans before coming to Les

Halles.

The Writer:

Bourdain has written several books including the crime thrillers

Bone in the Throat (1995), Gone Bamboo (1997), the Bobby Gold

Stories (2002), and the nonfiction work Typhoid Mary: An UrbanHistorical (2001).

Chef Bourdain came to many peoples attention with his expos of

New York restaurants, Dont Eat Before Reading This, published in

the New Yorker (1999). He expanded this behind-the-scenes look at

the not so glamorous world of restaurants and his own personal

history with the hugely successful bestseller, Kitchen Confidential

(2000).

The Television Star:

The success of Kitchen Confidential led to a Food Network television

series, A Cooks Tour. Chef Bourdain travels around more than a

dozen countries in a search for the perfect meal. Some of his most

memorable episodes include dining with gangsters in Russia,


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swallowing the still-beating heart of a cobra, and revisiting the tiny

fishing village of La Teste, France where he experienced his first raw

oyster as a boy.

Anthony Bourdain remains the executive chef of Les Halles, whichhas expanded to five restaurants, including locations in Washington,

D.C. and Miami. Chef Bourdain is also capitalizing on the success of

A Cooks Tour with a new traveling culinary program, Anthony

Bourdain: No Reservations, on the Travel Channel (2005).

My Favorite Shows on TLC(Discovery Travel and Living

Channel)

Take Home Chef


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In each episode, Stone introduces himself to a stranger in a grocery

store, typically an attractive woman in her 20s or 30s, and asks if she

is cooking a meal for someone that night. When the person responds

affirmatively, Stone offers his services to help cook dinner. They

drive to the participant's house, cook the meal, and then surprise theparticipant's partner or guest upon their arrival.

While Chef Stone is a tall attractive man, the surprised shopper is

usually a woman (typically a younger and attractive woman), so the

show relies on faux sexual tension for part of its entertainment value.

Chef Stone must "pick up" the woman at the supermarket and

convince her to take him home. Jokes about what the woman's

husband/partner or neighbors will think when she brings home a

strange man are common. There have been a few episodes of men

surprising their partners.

Olivers Twist

Oliver's Twist is a television series featuring chefJamie Oliver, the

name of the programme is a pun on the title of Charles Dickens'

novel Oliver Twist. Following the popularity of his first TV series, TheNaked Chef, he began producing Oliver's Twist to be aired outside

the UK.[1] The show became a success, being aired in over 70

countries and helping to establish Oliver's global popularity.

Production

The show was produced by Oliver's own production company, Fresh

One Productions, and there are 52 episodes in total. The Series


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Producer was Simon Willis and the show was filmed in London. All

music for the show was composed by Leigh Haggerwood. The theme

song was performed by Scarlet Division, the band for which Oliver

has been drummer since 1989.

Contents

The show typically opens with an introduction which tells the story

behind the episode: usually why and for whom Jamie will be cooking.

After the intro sequence, Jamie is usually seen riding about London

on his trademark scooter, gathering food for the meal he will be

preparing. This part of the show set to a different song in each

episode. After arriving back at his flat, the rest of the episode is

dedicated to his preparation of the meal, sometimes accompanied bythe guests he is cooking for. The end of the show is, naturally,

everybody eating the meal, although on occasion it includes a music

performance if he is cooking for a band.

Unlike in The Naked Chef where he frequently speaks to a person off-

camera and acts as though he were not being filmed, Oliver presents

the show directly to the camera, or speaks with guests he has with

him.

Cake Boss

Cake Boss is an American reality television show, airing on the cable

television network TLC, set at Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken, New


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Jersey. The show stars Buddy Valastro, the shop's owner, and his

family, specifically his retired mother, four sisters and three

brothers-in-law, and depicts their everyday lives running the bakery.

Season one of the show premiered on April 19, 2009, and season twopremiered on October 26, 2009. Season three premiered on May 31,

2010 and returned on October 11, 2010. The show's fourth season

began on January 31, 2011.

The popularity of the show has resulted in increased business for

Carlo's Bake Shop, and increased tourism to the Hoboken area.

Man vs. Food

Man v. Food is an American food reality television series. It

premiered on December 3, 2008, on the Travel Channel. The

program is hosted by actor and food enthusiast Adam Richman.[1] In

each episode, Richman explores the "big food" offerings of a

different American city before facing off against a pre-existing eating

challenge at a local restaurant. The program currently airs at varioustimes during the week, with new episodes every Wednesday at 9 pm

Eastern Time.

Man vs. Food (Season 2)

The second season of Man v. Food, an American food reality

television series hosted by Adam Richman on the Travel Channel,

premiered on August 5, 2009. First-run episodes of the series aired

in the United States on the Travel Channel on Wednesdays at 10:00


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PM Eastern time. Man v. Food was executive produced by Matt Sharp,

in association with the Travel Channel. The season contained 20

episodes and finished airing on December 16, 2009.[1] On February

3, 2010, a special "Live" episode aired.

Man v. Food is hosted by actor and food enthusiast Adam Richman.[2]

In each episode, Richman explores the "big food" of a different

American city before facing off against a pre-existing eating

challenge at a local restaurant. Not counting the "Live" episode in

Miami, the final second season tally was: 13 wins for "Man" and 7

wins for "Food".

You look you could be a Tyra

Or an Amanda

All that I know is that youre beautiful

You look like you should be a Tina


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Or a Selena

So why you alone girl I just wanna know

Girl I dont know what your name is

But I see you looking down

I really dont know what your man did

But he left you with a frown

I know it might sound a little crazy

But please let me inside

I really dont know what the case is

But I want you to dry your eyes

No woman, no cry (no cry)

Cause tonight is gonna be alright

You gonna be ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok


Cause tonight Im gonna make it right

We gonna be ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok

Everythings gonna be ok

No woman, no cry

You look like you could be a Lisa

Or a Theresa

I dont think you know but you should be with me

You look like you could be a Lindsay


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Maybe an Ashley

Im in no hurry, Im waiting patiently

Girl I dont know what your name is

But I see you looking down

I really dont know what your man did

But he left you with a frown

I know it might sound a little crazy

But please let me inside

I really dont know what the case is

But I want you to dry your eyes



You gonna be ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok



We gonna be ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok


Oh every time he breaks your heart

Ill take your pain away

Dont you cry, dont you dont you cry

I just want to chase those clouds and bring you brighter days


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Dont you cry, dont you dont you cry [x4]

Dont you cry

Because

Its ok

No woman, no cry

(baby dont you cry no more)


You gonna be ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok

No woman, no cry

(baby dont you cry no more)


We gonna be ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok,


No woman, no cry

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