Ted Allen
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Ted Allen (born May 20, 1965) is an American writer, cookbook author, and television personality. He was the food and wine connoisseur on the American Bravo network’s television program Queer Eye and has been the host of the TV cooking competition series Chopped since its launch in 2009. He regularly appears on the Food Network’s show The Best Thing I Ever Ate and other television cooking shows. He also will host another Food Network show, “America’s Best Cook,” debuting on April 13, 2014. He is a longtime contributing writer to Esquire magazine, the author of two cookbooks,
He is author of The Food You Want to Eat: 100 Smart, Simple Recipes (Clarkson Potter) — a collection of vibrant, all-natural dishes — and recently released In My Kitchen: 100 Recipes and Discoveries for Passionate Cooks. He also co-wrote the New York Times best-seller Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: The Fab Five’s Guide to Looking Better, Cooking Better, Dressing Better, Behaving Better, and Living Better.
Since 1997, Ted has been a contributing editor to Esquire magazine, where he writes about food, wine, style and everything else the American man needs to know. He was a finalist for a National Magazine Award for his Esquire feature on the little-known phenomenon of male breast cancer. Ted also writes for such publications as Bon Appétit and Food Network Magazine. Before joining Esquire, Ted was a senior editor and restaurant critic at Chicago magazine.
Ted volunteers his time to several national and local charities. The year 2011 marks his fourth year as spokesperson for Dining Out For Life, an annual fundraiser held on the last Thursday in April in which more than 3,000 restaurants donate a portion of the day’s proceeds to local AIDS service organizations. In 2010, Dining Out for Life raised more than $4 million in 50 cities in the United States and Canada. Ted also serves on the Culinary Council of the Food Bank for New York City and emcees GMHC’s annual Savor fundraiser.
Allen is openly gay and lives in New York City with his partner of 20 years, Barry Rice. On June 26, 2013, he announced that he was engaged to Rice. On July 30, 2013, the two were married in New York City.
Education:
-Purdue University
B.A. in Psychology (1987)
-New York University
Science and Environmental Reporting Program
M.A. in Journalism
In the Media:
Ted Allen, Chopped Host, Gets Engaged to Longtime Partner After DOMA Decision
7/27/2013 | US Weekly