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Acclaimed chef Naomi Pomeroy, who competed on Top Chef Masters and served as a guest judge on Top Chef, has died at the age of 49.

Pomeroy drowned while inner-tubing on Portland’s Willamette River with her husband Kyle Linden Webster earlier this month, her family says. A fast-moving current flipped over their flotilla, and Webster made it safely back to shore, but Pomeroy did not. Her body has not yet been recovered.

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Join the culinary festivities on “Guy’s Ranch Kitchen” with Season 5 Episode 10 titled “Small Plates, Big Flavor,” airing at 12:00 Pm on Saturday, December 30, 2023, exclusively on Food Network. In this mouthwatering installment, the talented chefs showcase their skills, crafting delectable small plates that pack a punch.

Traci Des Jardins takes center stage, delighting taste buds with her tantalizing tuna tostadas. Meanwhile, Michael Voltaggio puts his spin on the classic pan con tomate, infusing it with his culinary expertise. Antonia Lofaso brings the heat, creating dishes that are both red-hot and utterly satisfying, and Marc Murphy adds a touch of elegance with his mini eggplant parmesan.

Tune in at 12:00 Pm for a flavorful journey as “Guy’s Ranch Kitchen” transforms the screen into a culinary haven. With small plates delivering big flavors, this episode promises a feast for both the eyes and the taste buds. Don’t miss the chance to savor...

Exclusive: Guy Fieri is cooking up another chapter of Tournament of Champions as Food Network renews the competition series for Season 3.

Set to return Sunday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, Tournament of Champions III will feature two-hour long episodes and 32 talented chefs vying for the $100,000 grand prize, the largest reward in the tournament’s history.

The skills and abilities of the best chefs from the East and West coasts will be pushed to the limit, as host Guy Fieri spins the dreaded 5-wheeled randomizer that determines each cook-off: the protein, produce, equipment, cooking style, and time. A panel of judges, including Scott Conant, Cat Cora, Dominique Crenn and Giada De Laurentiis will evaluate the dishes blind. Judges also include Traci Des Jardins, Rocco Dispirito, Lorena Garcia, Alex Guarnaschelli, Mashaharu Morimoto, Eric Ripert, Nancy Silverton, Ming Tsai, and Jonathan Waxman. Hunter Fieri will follow all the action backstage, capturing chefs...

“We’re going to make a lot of people happy today,” chef Tyler Florence promised recently on Instagram as he stirred a massive stock pot of Thai green curry. Florence and a team of World Central Kitchen volunteers were feeding first responders and evacuees of the Kincade Fire, which hit Sonoma Country, at the Santa Rosa County Fairgrounds. More than 6,000 hot meals were served daily during the firestorm’s peak.

Florence, who calls Northern California home, will launch the 11th season of “The Great Food Truck Race” this month, which he hosts. Hosting and being part of TV shows is only one of his responsibilities. He recently established a lifestyle content and production company, Monarch Collective, producing the behind-the-scenes extras for “Race” and other assignments. “The Extra Mile” provides bonus content surrounding “The Great Food Truck Race.”

Slated for a 2020 opening, Florence’s steakhouse Miller & Lux will adjoin San Francisco...

And then there were six. New York City chef and veteran of Season 8, Trevor McGrath, was put out of his misery last week on “Hell’s Kitchen” after his Red teammates Motto and Bret Hauser gave him the cold shoulder during another disastrous dinner service. Will we see if karma is on the menu for the last two male chefs still competing, especially this week when the coveted black jackets will be handed out? Below, check out our minute-by-minute recap of “Hells Kitchen” Season 18, Episode 12, titled “Break On Through.”

See‘Now, that is a tough bird’: 4 chefs tackle quail to earn a black jacket on ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Season 18 [Watch Exclusive Video]

9:02 p.m. Mia Castro answers Gordon Ramsay’s call for a volunteer to lead the men. She explains to Ariel Contreras-Fox that she “wants to step up” since her current teammate is the unofficial leader for the Blue Team.

Season 4 returnee Jen Gavin couldn’t stand the heat she was getting from Chef Gordon Ramsay last week on “Hell’s Kitchen” after their kerfuffle over missing duck garnish, and her mouthing off got her sent packing. That means both the Veterans and the Rookies have lost one chef-testant now.

To cool things off, this week’s episode is titled “When Hell Freezes Over,” which could also be the answer to the question of when Jen might be invited back. As Rookie Chris Mendonca says, “That’s loony tunes at its finest, bro. Jen had an opportunity that people would kill for. To come back and she spits on Chef Ramsey’s face like that? What the (bleep) were you thinking?” Below, check out our “Hells Kitchen” recap for Season 18, Episode 4 that aired Friday, October 19 on Fox.

Jen soon becomes stale news, however, as Chris and his Red Team mates...

Break out your special Daryl Dixon-themed calendar, 'cause it's time to mark down some premiere and return dates. Winter schedules were recently released for multiple networks, including AMC, Bravo, Crackle, Starz, and WEtv. On the AMC side, you'll get the 2016 return date for "The Walking Dead" Season 6, after its midseason break. Over on Bravo, we have reminders on premiere dates for "Top Chef" Season 13 and "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" Season 6, among others.

Here are highlights from the networks's winter schedules:

AMC

o. "The Walking Dead" Season 6B Premieres Sunday, February 14th at 9:00Pm Et/Pt

Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, "The Walking Dead" reigns as television's most watched drama for Adults 18-49. "The Walking Dead" tells the story of the months and years that follow after a zombie apocalypse, and follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes,...

Actor Stanley Tucci will be hosting the 2013 James Beard Awards. This year's theme is "Lights! Camera! Taste! Spotlight on Food and Film."

The award ceremony's reception will feature food inspired by memorable movie moments. Chefs like Grant Achatz, Christina Tosi, Gabriel Rucker, Michael Mina, Nate Appleman and Traci Des Jardins will be cooking up the dishes. 

"The James Beard Awards have often been called the 'Oscars of the food world,' and this year they are giving memorable culinary moments in cinema a starring role," reads a statement from the James Beard Organization. "Participating gala reception chefs have been asked to create dishes inspired by a favorite food moment in a film of their choice. The multifaceted role that food has played in America's most iconic films -- a reflection of family, love, pop culture, nostalgia, and, above all, the catalyst for bringing people around the table -- will be showcased throughout the night's festivities,...

Who: Elizabeth Falkner: San Francisco celebrity chef, Citizen Cake and Orson founder and "The Next Iron Chef" runner-up.

Years in Sf: 25 years

Current Gig: Falkner became "The Next Iron Chef" runner-up on Sunday night, focusing the spotlight squarely on San Francisco. But with the sudden closure of both of her restaurants -- Citizen Cake and Orson -- the local dining scene is wondering what's next for our culinary star.

Elizabeth, on Sunday, you competed in the finale of "The Next Iron Chef," with Geoffrey Zakarian taking the prize. What's it like competing on a show like that? It's totally fun, but it's insane at the same time. It's a completely different environment than working in a restaurant. In the kitchen, if one of your chefs is going down in flames, you're not going to let them just burn up in the corner -- you're going to help them get it together.

Who: Elizabeth Falkner: San Francisco celebrity chef, Citizen Cake and Orson founder and "The Next Iron Chef" runner-up.

Years in Sf: 25 years

Current Gig: Falkner became "The Next Iron Chef" runner-up on Sunday night, focusing the spotlight squarely on San Francisco. But with the sudden closure of both of her restaurants -- Citizen Cake and Orson -- the local dining scene is wondering what's next for our culinary star.

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Elizabeth, on Sunday, you competed in the finale of "The Next Iron Chef," with Geoffrey Zakarian taking the prize. What's it like competing on a show like that? It's totally fun, but it's insane at the same time. It's a completely different environment than working in a restaurant. In the kitchen, if one of your chefs is going down in flames, you're not going to let them just burn up in the corner -- you're going...

Getty From left to right, chefs Traci Des Jardines, Anita Lo, Amanda Cohen, and Carla Hall in New York City.

“Are you the pastry chef?”

That’s the question that catering company owner and television personality Carla Hall (ABC’s The Chew, Bravo’s Top Chef) says she dreads hearing the most as a female culinary professional. And apparently, she’s not alone among women chefs in facing such stereotypes.

Hall’s observation helped fuel a lively hour-long panel, dubbed...

During the finale of Top Chef Masters 3 last night, Floyd Cardoz beat Traci Des Jardins and Mary Sue Milliken to claim the $100,000 prize for his charity, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Young Scientist Cancer Research Fund. But he told one of the show's new judges, Ruth Reichl, that early in the competition, he wanted to leave because it wasn't fun thanks to the fighting between the chefs. In other words, the show's...

Floyd Cardoz is feeling pretty darn good today. The NYC-based executive chef outcooked fellow cheftestants Mary Sue Milliken and Traci Des Jardins, taking the top spot on last night's Top Chef Masters finale. So does Cardoz think he deserved to take home the $110,000 in prizes? And would he ever do it again? Read on for our exclusive interview... Congratulations! So when you started Masters, did you ever think you would make it all the way? No. You know, they were all very, very talented chefs. To go into a competition saying "I'm going to win no matter what" always takes you away from who you truly are, and that's something that I wasn't going to do. Do you think...

Restaurants are notoriously difficult businesses, and less than half make it past their third birthday. The handful of chefs who not only stay afloat but rise to the very top rely as much on business savvy as knife skills. Traci Des Jardins, a finalist in this season's Top Chef Masters and host of the 2011 James Beard Awards, tells Fast Company how to make it work.

Restaurants are a notoriously difficult business, and less than half make it past their third birthday. The handful of chefs who rise to the very top rely as much on business savvy as cooking skills. One such chef is Traci Des Jardins, the co-owner of the San Francisco fine dining restaurant Jardiniére and Mexican joint Mijita. She is also a chef and partner in a ballpark pub at San Francisco's At&T Park, and Manzanita at the Ritz-Carlton in Lake Tahoe. Des Jardins, a finalist...

It’s the finals of “Top Chef Masters”! Someone ring the bell, it’s time for the death match to begin! Okay, it’s not a death match, but everyone’s so polite and friendly on this show that we need to spice things up a little. In one corner, we have Mary Sue Milliken of Border Grill of Los Angeles and Las Vegas. She’s playing for Share Our Strength. In the other corner, we have Traci des Jardins of Jardiniere in San Francisco. She’s playing for La Cucina. And… in a third corner, I guess it’s more a triangle-shaped ring, Floyd Cardoz of North...

Bravo Host Curtis Stone

What’s the secret to success for a Top Chef Master? Apparently, it all comes down to Kiss. As in Keep It Simple, Stupid.

On Wednesday night, Floyd Cardoz, the New York chef behind the contemporary Indian restaurant, Tabla, took home the top prize of $100,000 in the third season of Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters.” And his winning meal included an utterly simple dish that divided the prestigious panel of judges – namely, upma, a breakfast and...

Top Chef Masters is serving up something new this season — actually, several new things. In last night’s premiere, we learned that Australian chef and Celebrity Apprentice contestant Curtis Stone has replaced pretty charisma vacuum Kelly Choi as the show’s host, while judges Gael Greene and Jay Raynor have been succeeded by former Gourmet editrix Ruth Reichl. Perhaps most importantly, the series has also traded its old, tournament-style format for a more conventional reality show scheme — all of the contestants started competing at the same time, and one of them will be eliminated each episode. That’s a lot of change to stomach,...

Los Angeles, CA, United States (Ahn Entertainment) - Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the kitchen following that awesome, nail-biting season of "Top Chef All-Stars," there's already a brand new "Top Chef" season premiering this week: "Top Chef Masters."

This time, "Top Chef Masters" is being changed up for the better: gone are the Tournament-style first rounds which saw four or five chefs pitted up against another until the finalists competed for the title. Instead, like "Top Chef," all the cheftestants are starting out together from the start and battling it out for the title each week.

Also in as host this time is unnecessarily good looking chef and restaurateur Curtis Stone, who's can also be currently seen on NBC's "America's Next Great Restaurant." If you know anything about Curtis Stone, he's likable, affable, but judges as hard as the best of them. Longtime food...

Los Angeles, CA, United States (Ahn Entertainment) - Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the kitchen following that awesome, nail-biting season of "Top Chef All-Stars," there's already a brand new "Top Chef" season premiering this week: "Top Chef Masters."

This time, "Top Chef Masters" is being changed up for the better: gone are the Tournament-style first rounds which saw four or five chefs pitted up against another until the finalists competed for the title. Instead, like "Top Chef," all the cheftestants are starting out together from the start and battling it out for the title each week.

Also in as host this time is unnecessarily good looking chef and restaurateur Curtis Stone, who's can also be currently seen on NBC's "America's Next Great Restaurant." If you know anything about Curtis Stone, he's likable, affable, but judges as hard as the best of them. Longtime food...