PR Newswire (press release) - PITTSBURGH, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- StarKist® will kick-off its "HAVE YOU BEEN STARKIST?™" HEALTH & HAPPINESS TOUR with celebrity chef and television personality Sandra Lee on June 3 in New York City.  Created to educate consumers about the health benefits of tuna, the tour will visit Tampa, Houston, Pittsburgh and Chicago throughout the month of June.

"Getting 'Kist is all about discovering the taste and health benefits of incorporating StarKist Tuna into your everyday life by using delicious and healthy recipes.  We wanted to use this tour to educate consumers about these benefits in a fun, light-hearted way," said Joe Tuza,

CNN International - Every week CNN's African Voices highlights Africa's most engaging personalities, exploring the lives and passions of people who rarely open themselves up to the camera. This week the show profiles celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson.

New York (CNN) -- Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson is a gastronomic tour de force.

The Ethiopian-born chef has won three coveted James Beard Awards, an accolade described as "like winning the Olympic gold medal for chefs," and has been celebrated as one of "The Great Chefs of America" by the Culinary Institute of America.

With three restaurants and cookbooks to his name, Samuelsson, 39, is firmly established in the

By MARY FOSTER (AP), The Associated Press - NEW ORLEANS — As the thick oil from the BP spill bubbles through the Gulf of Mexico, threatening sea life and wetlands, foodies are taking up knife, fork and wine glass to defend the equally vulnerable reputation of the coast's seafood industry.

The New Orleans Wine and Food Experience, an annual celebration of the city's love of all things tasty, is pairing wines from around the world with the cooking of some of the city's best chefs to help deliver the message:

Louisiana seafood is still safe, available and delicious.

"What's at stake is a whole way of life," said John Besh, a

PR Newswire (press release) - HEALDSBURG, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Bella Sera wines, imported from renowned regions of Italy, is announcing a relationship with Emmy award-winning chef and cookbook author, Giada De Laurentiis, to celebrate good wine, good food and the good company of family and friends.

"I believe that delicious food deserves delicious wine, so Bella Sera and I have partnered to create food and wine pairings that bring a taste of Italy to home," said De Laurentiis. "Bella Sera means 'beautiful evening' and my hope is that Bella Sera and I can help people create those at home every day."

Bella Sera and De

Ecorazzi - Looks like the Savannah, Georgia public school system has hired a new “Deen.”

News broke this week that Paula Deen — the television chef known for her maniacal affinity for all things unhealthy — has partnered with Savannah’s public school system on a new culinary arts program.

According to SlashFood.com, Paula Deen Academy students
will follow a “curriculum based on state guidelines, American Culinary Federation standards and Deen’s recommendations” So basically: butter, cheese, lard, butter, fries, pork, beef, butter, sugar, butter, butter, butter.

A release issued by the school system says, “Paula Deen is an internationally recognized chef with the expertise and ability to

By MARY CLARE JALONICK (AP), The Associated Press - WASHINGTON — Celebrity chef Rachael Ray says she has a big mouth. And she used it Tuesday to ask lawmakers for more money to improve school lunches.

Ray's whirlwind one-day tour included a visit to a Washington elementary school where she talked to kids about how they can make better food choices and meetings with several members of Congress. She is also visiting the White House to take a peek at first lady Michelle Obama's kitchen garden.

"It's nice to see that everyone can have a voice here," Ray said between meetings. "It's a little Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

The legislation that

By Adrianne Pasquarelli, Crain's New York Business - Attention New Yorkers! By fall, there will be a new venue for eating the culinary creations of celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson. Mr. Samuelsson recently signed a 15-year deal at 310 Lenox Ave., between West 125th and West 126th streets.

The award-winning restaurateur and former executive chef at Scandinavian restaurant Aquavit and is also a contestant on Bravo’s Top Chef Masters, confirmed earlier this year that his next eatery would be in Harlem, but the address had yet to be announced.

The deal includes 3,300 square feet on the ground floor and a 4,000-square-foot basement, all of which will be used for retail

Detroit Free Press - On "Family Guy," Brian and Stewie are locked in a bank vault together and must find new ways to deal with each other. We sense the makings of a bloodbath. 9 p.m., Fox.

MONDAY

Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito guest-stars as himself in an episode of "Castle" that finds our crew investigating the murder of a chef found frozen to death. Brrrr. 10 p.m., ABC.
TUESDAY

"Glee" just keeps getting, well, more gleeful. Tonight, Olivia Newton-John drops by for what sounds like a fun cameo appearance. She performs a version of "Physical" with coach Sue Sylvester. 9 p.m., Fox.
WEDNESDAY

If you're not visiting "Cougar Town" on

Hotel Interactive, Inc. - Crown’s third hotel, Crown Metropol, will open on Wednesday 21 April. The new 658-room, $300 million AUD hotel reflects the urban and metropolitan context of the hotel’s design and location. The hotel was built over 27 months and employed over 5000 people during the building phase, with up to 700 employees working at any one time.

One of the world’s most famous chefs, Gordon Ramsay, has opened his first two Australian restaurants; maze and maze Grill at Crown Metropol. Ramsay and his chef de cuisine, Josh Emett are also responsible for the hotel’s room service offering and spa cuisine.

Crown is now

Denver Post - NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice" is a masterful bit of what magicians call misdirection. While you're focused on the game, the action is elsewhere. The reality is, it's a stroke of product-placement genius, disguised as a competition.

It's a vanity project that wraps itself in respectability by raising money for charity.

It's the video equivalent of "Us" magazine, pretending to be a business-school text.

"The Celebrity Apprentice" holds on to a core audience of 6.6 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings, even against the powerhouse Country Music Awards special on CBS last week. With all the masquerading, it's doing something right.

The all-American concept balances

Michael Zennie, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Sandra Lee remembers standing in the checkout line as a young girl, using food stamps and welfare money to buy groceries and diapers for her four younger siblings. Behind her in line was the most popular student in class and her mother.

It was that moment, Lee said, when she decided that she was going to make something of herself and ensure no one in her family would have to experience what she did.

Lee was the keynote speaker Friday at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne’s Tapestry: A Day for Women.

Now the author of several best-selling cookbooks and the host of the

By Daily Mail Reporter - Nigella Lawson is officially a domestic iGoddess after her first iPhone application soared straight to the top of the charts.

The culinary queen's 'Quick Collection' was ranking as the UK's top-selling lifestyle app for Apple devices,  just hours after it was launched yesterday.

It has heated up competition among the celebrity chefs who are usually  competing for TV airtime and bookshelf space.

However, it is unlikely Essex-born Mr Oliver has lost any sleep over the matter. His cookery app became Apple's top-grossing UK app just days after its October release and has remained in the top five ever since.

Jamie's app features 50 recipes

By MICHELLE LOCKE, The Associated Press - BERKELEY, Calif. — Alice Waters is unlikely to become the next Food Network Iron Chef. But with sustainable eating hot fodder for celebrity chefs, the woman many credit with planting the seeds of the movement may make the jump to her own television program.

The California-based food activist says she's exploring new ways of spreading her message about the importance of fresh, local food and supporting the farmers who grow it, including a possible TV show, though talks for that still are in the early stages.

"I want so much for this message about food to reach people," Waters said in an

By Jane Black, Washington Post - It's happy-ending time for Huntington, W.Va.: Six-year-olds can now distinguish between tomatoes and potatoes. Cooks are tossing apple-cucumber salads with honey dressing for the lunch line. College students and parents are learning to make omelets and soups in free cooking classes. And Jamie Oliver, the crusading British chef who arrived last fall to help change habits in "the unhealthiest town in America," has apparently won the hearts, minds -- and stomachs -- of the locals.

With the finale of his ABC program this Friday, "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" has officially been televised. But can the six-part, prime-time series help a real

The Milk Processor Education Program, PR Newswire (press release) - Celebrity Chef Invites Moms To Share How They 'Milk the Moment' To Win Exclusive Family Dinner Experience
 
Download image NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Experts agree that sharing time together around the dinner table does double duty for building strong families – forging emotional bonds and helping kids develop healthy habits that can last a lifetime.

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Moms agree on the value of dinner. According to an online survey of 1,000 moms by the National Milk Mustache "got milk?"® Campaign, the majority of moms recognize dinner is an important time to connect as a family (88%), and value it as

By Michele Laudig, Phoenix New Times (blog) - Iron Chef Cat Cora  will be the star of our next Chow Bella event, on June 23 at 7 p.m.

We're thrilled to team up with our favorite local bookstore, Changing Hands, for a special night of cooking and chatting with Cora, who'll give a food demonstration and will sign copies of her latest cookbook, Cat Cora's Classics With a Twist. We'll also have prizes and giveaways throughout the night.

As the first female Iron Chef on the popular Food Network show, Cora's demonstrated her finesse with creating elegant, creative dishes from random ingredients.

In her new book, she shows readers how to

By NATALIE MIKLES World Scene Writer, Tulsa World - He knows it's a job too big for one man, but he's tackling it head-on in a new ABC show, "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution," which airs at 8 p.m. Fridays.

"I can't tell you how big the mountain is that I've got to climb," he said in a teleconference Wednesday. "I'm not saying I'm bloody Superman, but I'm ready to help a country that needs change."

In the six-episode series, Oliver descends on Huntington, W.Va., statistically the unhealthiest city in America. His primary focus is the school cafeteria, where processed food rules and french fries pass as vegetables.

He's met with plenty of

Casino City Times - LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Three-time James Beard Award-winning celebrity chef Todd English debuts his latest culinary eatery, Todd English P.U.B. inside Crystals, CityCenter luxury retail and entertainment district. Todd English P.U.B. (an acronym for Public Urban Bar) is a modern interpretation of an authentic English pub.

"I am pleased to announce the opening of my newest concept and to bring a Public Urban Bar to the heart of Las Vegas," said Chef Todd English. "CityCenter is a state-of-the-art, innovative destination and it was an obvious location choice for Todd English P.U.B. I look forward to helping locals and

WRCB-TV - ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Food Network star chef and author Alton Brown will be the graduation speaker at the University of Georgia this spring.

Brown, a UGA alum and Georgia resident, is the creator of TV show "Good Eats," which just celebrated its 10th anniversary, and hosts "Iron Chef America." He attended UGA in the 1980s and eventually graduated from UGA in 2004 with a degree in drama.

He also graduated from the New England Culinary Institute in 1997.

He is the first Food Network host to win a Peabody Award and has written six books on food, one of which won the

Red and Black - Nationally recognized chef and television personality Alton Brown will be the speaker at the University of Georgia’s spring undergraduate Commencement exercises at 6:30 p.m. May 8 in Sanford Stadium.

Thomas Lauth, dean of the university’s School of Public and International Affairs, will deliver an address at the graduate exercise the same day at 10 a.m. in Stegeman Coliseum.

“We are pleased to welcome UGA alumnus and Peabody Award winner Alton Brown back to campus to deliver the undergraduate commencement address as we celebrate the 225th anniversary of the University of Georgia,” said UGA President Michael F. Adams. “He has shown that a

By Lisa Respers France, CNN - (CNN)   Season three of "The Real Housewives of New York City" begins Thursday, and Bethenny Frankel is already over it.

"It was a very crazy season," Frankel said. "The craziest by far."

That's saying something, given all the past drama involving the women of the hit Bravo series. An original cast mate, Frankel early on became one of the show's breakout stars, known for her quick wit and willingness to tell it like it is -- consequences be damned.

So it's no surprise that Frankel is quite open about her desire to move on to the next chapter of her life, which includes

by Richard Guzmán, City Editor,LA Downtown News Online - DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck will add to his L.A. Live presence with a new restaurant set to open inside the Ritz-Carlton, the hotel announced today.

The chef, who also runs the Wolfgang Puck Bar and Grill at the $2.5 billion L.A. Live in South Park, will open WP24 by Wolfgang Puck on the 24th floor of the hotel. The restaurant will feature Asian fare, a wine cave and two private dining rooms.

“Given my longstanding relationship with the city of Los Angeles, it is an honor to continue my involvement with the renaissance of Downtown, especially L.A. Live,”