- Ted Allen
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name = Ted Allen
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birth_name = Edward R. Allen
birth_date = Birth date and age|1965|5|20|mf=y
birth_place =Columbus, Ohio , U.S.
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occupation = TV host and writer.
website = [http://www.tedallen.net TedAllen.net]Ted Allen (born Edward R. Allen on
May 20 ,1965 inColumbus, Ohio ) is an American writer andtelevision personality. He was the food and wine connoisseur on the American Bravo network's Emmy-winning television program "Queer Eye ." He now is host of the Food Network series "Food Detectives", which uses scientific experiments to test myths about food. He is a frequent guest on TV cooking shows and author of magazine articles and books.Biography
Allen was born in
Columbus, Ohio , but grew up inCarmel, Indiana . His Southern-born mother instilled in him a love of food and cooking.He currently lives in
Brooklyn ,New York with long-time partner Barry Rice, a former professor atColumbia College Chicago . [ [http://www2.colum.edu/echo/back/winspr02/contact.html :Echo Magazine ] ]Career
Education and early years
Allen received a degree in
psychology fromPurdue University in 1987. Subsequently he enrolled in Purdue's Krannert Graduate School of Management, but left to accept a job as a copy editor at theLafayette, Indiana "Journal and Courier ."He later returned to grad school, gaining an M.A. in journalism from the Science and Environmental Reporting Program at
New York University . He then moved toChicago , where he worked as a reporter for Lerner Newspapers, a now-defunct chain of community weekly newspapers. He got his start in restaurant criticism there as one quarter of a bi-weekly group-review team called "The Famished Four," along with his boyfriend, Barry Rice, then the chain's entertainment editor, who initiated the concept.Allen then became a freelancer for "Chicago" magazine, eventually becoming a senior editor, and often writing about food, wine and luminaries of the culinary world. He joined "Esquire" in 1997 as a contributing editor. He contributed to an "Esquire" food series, profiled many celebrities and co-authored the magazine's popular "Things a Man Should Know" series. He has written for a variety of other magazines and continues as a contributing editor for "Esquire."
Television
Allen gained great visibility in 2003, when he became a cast member of the reality TV program originally titled "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy". Allen portrayed the "Food and Wine connoisseur." He continues to make TV appearances as a
gourmet , including as a frequent guest judge onFood Network 's "Iron Chef America ". Allen hosted a six-part documentary, "Uncorked: Wine Made Simple," onPBS startingMay 7 ,2007 .cite web | title=TV.com | work=UnCorked | url=http://www.tv.com/uncorked/show/30445/summary.html | accessdate=February | accessyear=2007] BeginningJune 13 ,2007 , Allen appeared as a regular judge on seasons 3 and 4 of Bravo'sreality television program "Top Chef ",cite web
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accessdate = 2007-05-11 ] following several guest judge appearances during the previous two seasons. His new series, "Food Detectives ", debuted on Food Network onJuly 29 ,2008 .Books
*"Esquire's Things A Man Should Know About Style" (Riverhead Books, 1999) with
Scott Omelianuk
*"Esquire's Things A Man Should Know About Marriage" (Riverhead Books, 2000) with Scott Omelianuk
*"Esquire's Things A Man Should Know About Sex" (Riverhead Books, 2001) with Scott Omelianuk
*"Esquire's Things A Man Should Know About Handshakes, White Lies and Which Fork Goes Where: Easy Business Etiquette for Complicated Times" (Riverhead Books, 2001) with Scott Omelianuk
*Co-author, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: The Fab Five's Guide to Looking Better, Cooking Better, Dressing Better, Behaving Better, and Living Better" (Clarkson Potter, 2004).
*"The Food You Want To Eat: 100 Smart, Simple Recipes" (Clarkson Potter, 2005).Awards
*In 2004 the cast and producers of "
Queer Eye " won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Reality Program" from theAcademy of Television Arts and Sciences . The show was also nominated again for that category in 2005.
*In 2001 Allen was nominated for aNational Magazine Award for an article on male breast cancer in "Esquire".
*He contributed to an "Esquire" food series that was a finalist in theNational Magazine Award 2003 awards.References
External links
* [http://www.tedallen.net/ Ted Allen Official Website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1388270/ Internet Movie Database: Ted Allen]
* [http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Chef/season/4/bios/index.php?cat=judge&p=ted_allen Top Chef bio]
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