Ted Allen

TED ALLEN is the host of the top Food Network show "Chopped," now in its seventh season (and which to date has taped a network record 174 episodes in just three years), and frequently appears on "The Best Thing I Ever Ate." The food and wine specialist on Bravo s Emmy award-winning "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," he was also a judge on the first four seasons of Bravo s "Top Chef" and of Food Network s "Iron Chef America." A contributing editor to "Esquire" magazine, Ted lives in Brooklyn, New...See more

TED ALLEN is the host of the top Food Network show "Chopped," now in its seventh season (and which to date has taped a network record 174 episodes in just three years), and frequently appears on "The Best Thing I Ever Ate." The food and wine specialist on Bravo s Emmy award-winning "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," he was also a judge on the first four seasons of Bravo s "Top Chef" and of Food Network s "Iron Chef America." A contributing editor to "Esquire" magazine, Ted lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his longtime partner, interior designer (and serious baker) Barry Rice. This is his second cookbook. Visit Ted at ... or on Facebook at ... See less