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About Ted
Emmy Award-winner Ted Allen is host/narrator of the new PBS series “Uncorked,” a show that takes viewers into the heart of the vineyard and the mind of the winemaker, debuting summer 2007. Ted is also the food and wine specialist on the NBC/Bravo hit “Queer Eye,” where he helps guests and viewers sharpen their cooking and entertaining skills. He is author of The Food You Want to Eat: 100 Smart, Simple Recipes (Clarkson-Potter), a cookbook that features easy, all-natural recipes for everything from steak to cocktails to crème brulée, and appears frequently as a judge on Food Network’s “Iron Chef America” and Bravo’s “Top Chef.”
Along with his castmates, Ted 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 regularly for such publications as Bon Appétit and Epicurious.com. Before joining Esquire, Ted was a senior editor and restaurant critic at Chicago magazine.
Ted holds an M.A. in Journalism from New York University and a B.A. in Psychology from Purdue University. He lives in New York with his longtime partner, Barry Rice.
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