Al Roker loves his TASTE AWARD
Celebrity TV personality Al Roker enjoying his TASTE AWARD for shows produced by Al Roker Entertainment.
Industry Updates – May 2014
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Cable’s Bio Channel to rebrand as “FYI” in July. New A&E lifestyle lineup with food, fashion, home programs. - Celebrity TV Chefs G. Garvin Ingrid Hoffmann, and Devin Alexander partner with Lynx Grills (Cuisine Noir)
- New Glamour Series Takes You Behind the Scenes with High-Profile Women (VideoInk)
- Short list of TV channels with new food, fashion, and travel series: Food Network, Cooking Channel, Bravo, OWN, WeTV, Public Television, NHK, MTV, Travel Channel, RLTV, TLC, DYI, Discovery, Esquire, CNN, Pivot, …
- CEO Rida Khan Leaves Fashion TV to re-launch Style Network Channel
- Glam Media rebrands as “Mode Media”
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Aziz Ansari launches ‘Food Club‘ web series, bestows plaques upon favorite chefs. - At the Hulu NewFront, TV and Food Are on Demand [Video]
- Create TV’s Pati’s Mexican Table talks about her leap from political analyst to Mexican chef (Forbes)
- Food Network’s Robert Irvine’s Advice for Aspiring Restaurateurs (WSJ VIDEO)
- Foodbeast video Showing 10 Food Hacks That Greatly Improve Your Desk Lunch
- Award Winner Zagat: Dining Etiquette Fails – How NOT to Order Wine video
- Video is growing! (AdAge) BuzzFeed at theNewFronts: ‘Video is the biggest shift in our business’
- Eddie Huang’s MTV Show Snack-Off Premieres in July (Eater)
Industry New – Part 1, May 2014
- HGTV Adds ‘Ellen’s Design Challenge“
- MTV prepares for series launch “House of Food“.
- Jon Favreau’s new movie, ‘Chef’ (LA Times)
- New Orleans chef John Besh & Bar Rescue TV to costar in Spike network’s ‘Hungry Investors’
- Past Nominee Conde Nast launches new digital brand with video partners including Variety
- Glam Media rebrands as Mode Media, launches streaming video push
- 2013 Online Digital Video Ad Revenues Climbed to $2.8B
- Vice and Fremantle Media to Serve Food-Loving Millennials with Munchies
- Discovery’s TLC renews “Something Borrowed Something New” for Season 3
- Top 5 Emerging Style Channels on YouTube
TASTE Hall of Fame 2014 Inductees Announced
The TASTE AWARDS Committee, celebrating the best in food, fashion, and lifestyle programming on television, film, online and on radio, are pleased to announce the inductees in the second class of the TASTE HALL OF FAME.
Second year Inductees were selected based on either having received numerous TASTE AWARDS and finalist nominations over the years, or having made a significant impact in the world of taste and broadcast entertainment.
- Babette’s Feast (film)
- Cake Boss
- Chocolat (film)
- Chopped
- Cool Hunting
- Evan Kleiman
- Fashion TV
- Gordon Ramsay
- Jack LaLanne
- Jeff Lewis
- Jolene Sugarbaker
- Marcus Samuelsson
- Martha Stewart
- New Scandinavian Cooking
- Say Yes to the Dress
- Sideways (film)
- Slow Living Radio
- The Culinary Institute of America
- The Devil Wears Prada (film)
- Tyler Florence
- Without Borders
- Wolfgang Puck
Chef Eric Greenspan Leaves the Next Iron Chef Redemption; Gives Great Hot Toddy Recipe
Chef Eric Greenspan (executive chef and owner of The Foundry on Melrose) may be now gone from “The Next Iron Chef Redemption” program, but he still has a new partnership with gourmet gift retailer Harry & David for a Seasonal Chef Program.
As part of the program, Chef Greenspan designed the Hot Apple Toddy – focusing on Harry & David ‘s Honeycrisp Apples.
Try it here:
Serves: 4
For Hot Apple Toddy:
Juice of 18 Harry & David Honey Crisp Apples (about 8 oz)
1 C. Laird¹s Applejack, or a comparable apple brandy
1 cinnamon stick
1 clove
1/2 cup of honey
1 lemon
1/2 cup fine loose-leaf green tea
Add the Harry & David Honey Crisp Apple juice, cinnamon, clove, and tea to a small saucepot and heat until simmering. Remove from heat and allow to steep for 10 minutes. Strain and return to heat until just boiling.
To Serve:
In separate coffee mugs, add 2 oz. Applejack, 1/8 cup of honey, a squeeze of 1/4 lemon. Slowly pour in 1 1/2 oz. hot apple tea, mix and serve.