Ted Allen Biography
Ted Allen is an author and television personality from the United States. He was the food and wine expert on Bravo’s television show Queer Eye, and he has hosted the TV cooking competition series Chopped since its inception in 2009, as well as Chopped Junior, which debuted in mid-2015.
How old is Ted Allen? – Age
He is 57 years old as of 20 May 2022. He was born in 1965 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. His real name is Edward Reese Allen.
Ted Allen Edcuation
Allen graduated from Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana, in 1983, and in 2011 he was inducted into the school’s Alumni Hall of Fame. In 1987, he graduated from Purdue University with a degree in psychology. He then enrolled at Purdue’s Krannert Graduate School of Management before leaving to work as a copy editor at the Lafayette Journal & Courier in Indiana. He later returned to graduate school, earning an MA in journalism from New York University’s Science and Environmental Reporting Program. He then relocated to Chicago to work as a reporter for Lerner Newspapers, a community weekly newspaper chain.
Does Ted Allen have a husband? – Does Ted Allen have a wife?
Allen proposed to Barry Rice in 2013 after 20 years of dating. They got married in the same year.
Ted Allen Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Ted Allen Chopped
In 2008, he left Bravo to host two Food Network shows Food Detectives, which premiered on July 29, 2008, and Chopped, which began a 13-episode season on January 13, 2009. In January 2009, “Detectives” returned for a second season of 13 episodes. “Chopped” was renewed for 26 episodes and returned to production in New York in March 2009. The show was so popular that it was renewed for another 33 episodes, which were shot in January and February of 2010. Chopped has 850 episodes and “Chopped Junior” has 100 as of May 2022, making it one of the network’s highest-rated prime-time shows. In an interview with the Food Network, he stated that his favorite mystery basket ingredient remains the whole chicken in a can, not because he likes the food, but because he likes the sound it makes when it plops out of the can.
Is Ted Allen sick? – Health
The news about Allen’s Health, on the other hand, is completely false; it is a rumor. He is in good health.
Ted Allen Queer Eye
Allen rose to prominence in 2003 when he was cast as the food and wine expert on the television makeover show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
Ted Allen Weight Loss
According to reports, the foodie has not made any public claims about losing weight. He appears thin and in good shape because the Italian-American author values a healthy lifestyle. His weight loss and workout routines are not documented. If he eats healthy foods, he will most likely be fit and healthy. He may be aware of the importance of protein-rich foods because he is the cooking host.
Ted Allen Career
Allen got his start in restaurant criticism there as a member of “The Famished Four,” a bi-weekly group-review team founded by Barry Rice, then the chain’s entertainment editor, who came up with the idea with Lerner food editor Leah A. Zeldes.
Allen then worked as a freelancer for Chicago magazine, eventually becoming a senior editor and frequently writing about food, wine, and culinary luminaries. He became a contributing editor at Esquire in 1997, where he wrote features, food pieces, and profiles, as well as co-authored the magazine’s popular “Things a Man Should Know” series. He has also contributed to GQ, Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, and Epicurious.
He continued to appear on television as a gourmet, most notably as a frequent guest judge on Food Network’s Iron Chef America. Uncorked: Wine Made Simple, a six-part documentary hosted by Allen, premiered on PBS on May 7, 2007. Following several guest judge appearances during the previous two seasons, Allen became a regular judge on Bravo’s reality television show Top Chef beginning on June 13, 2007. In 2008, he left Bravo to host two Food Network shows: Food Detectives, which premiered on July 29, 2008, and Chopped, which began a 13-episode season on January 13, 2009. In January 2009, “Detectives” returned for a second season of 13 episodes.
“Chopped” was renewed for 26 episodes and returned to production in New York in March 2009. The show was so popular that it was renewed for another 33 episodes, which were shot in January and February of 2010. Chopped has 850 episodes and “Chopped Junior” has 100 as of May 2022, making it one of the network’s highest-rated prime-time shows.
Allen has appeared on numerous Food Network shows since joining the network, including Beat Bobby Flay, Best Ever, Cutthroat Kitchen, and multiple episodes of The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Dear Food Network, and The Next Food Network Star. Allen returned to Iron Chef America as a co-floor reporter for the show’s Thanksgiving special on November 16, 2008.
On November 20, 2011, Allen returned as a co-floor reporter for the Thanksgiving special. Allen assisted Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto and chef Robert Irvine in a special “Holiday Battle” on December 2, 2012, pitting the Food Network stars against representatives from the sister network Cooking Channel, Ben Sergeant, Nadia G, and Michael Symon. Morimoto’s team triumphed.
Ted Allen Movies and TV Shows
♦ 2020 – The Rocketeer
♦ 2019 – Modern Love
♦ 2015–2019 – Chopped Junior
♦ 2014 – America’s Best Cook
♦ 2009–present – Chopped
♦ 2006 – Top Chef
♦ 2003–2007 – Queer Eye