Cheryl Forberg

Celebrity Chef Cheryl Forberg is a trusted nutritionist and James Beard Award-winning chef who is best recognized as the head nutritionist on NBC’s hit weight loss competition series The Biggest Loser since 2004. On the show, Cheryl helps teach the contestants about the importance of a healthy diet and shares her own cooking and nutrition tips to help the contestants maintain a healthy lifestyle long after their time on the show has ended. She has also been the lead author and/or co-wrote all of the New York Times bestselling Biggest Loser diet and exercise books. In August of 2015, American Pistachio Growers (APG) hired Celebrity Chef Cheryl Forberg as a new brand ambassador to educate consumers on the benefits of pistachios as a healthy snack.

After graduating from the California Culinary Academy, Cheryl worked abroad in France before returning to California to help open Celebrity Chef Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant Postrio in San Francisco. After several years spent in commercial kitchens, Cheryl began working as a private chef for Star Wars director George Lucas and his family. During this time she went back to school to dig deeper into the world of nutrition and proper dieting. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics and certification as a registered dietician.

Before finding her way onto the set of The Biggest Loser, Celebrity Chef Cheryl Forberg worked as a research dietician at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. She also helped with recipe development for the UCLA Department of Clinical Nutrition. Cheryl has dedicated her life to better understanding the scientific facts behind properly engineered diets. In addition to The Biggest Loser book series, Cheryl co-athuored the James-Beard Award-winning New Mayo Clinic Cookbook released in 2005. She is now a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and the Washington Post.

Celebrity Chef Cheryl Forberg is available for a variety of Celebrity Chef appearances including Celebrity Chef speaking engagements and cooking demonstrations.

Michael Chernow

Celebrity Chef Michael Chernow is a celebrated member of the culinary community. Michael learned the ins and outs of the restaurant business growing up as a bartender in New York City and Los Angeles. His debonair style is now a signature element in the creation and development of his own restaurants, The Meatball Shop, which he co-owns with his friend Daniel Holzman, and Seamore’s seafood restaurant. Michael opened Seamore’s in the summer of 2015 while the Meatball Shop has now expanded to 6 locations in NYC since its inception in 2010. In August of 2015, Celebrity Chef Michael Chernow was one of several Celebrity Chefs including Amanda Freitag hired to headline the Champions of the Course VIP event hosted by Bon Apetit magazine. He is now the host of Food Porn airing on FYI Network. The show is partly inspired by the Instagram hashtag #foodporn that has populated over 50 million posts to date using the hashtag.

Celebrity Chef Speaker Michael took a little different path to superstardom than most celebrity chef speakers in the industry. He grew up under the lights of the exciting NYC nightlife. His first bartending gig was at the popular nightclub Life as well as its sister club The Tavern in East Hampton. Michael spent 2 years at these fine establishments before jumping on board to help open Woo Lae Oak’s at its former location on Mercer Street. It was in 2001 that Celebrity Chef Speaker Michael Chernow hit the west coast chasing a new culinary adventure at Woo Lae Oak’s original location in West Hollywood. A year later he returned to New York to work under Frank Prizanzano at his signature restaurant Frank. It was here that Michael truly began to understand what it would take to open a successful restaurant on his own.

After 7 years at Frank, Michael decided to enroll at the French Culinary Institute. He graduated in 2008 with a degree in the culinary arts and restaurant management and the rest is history! Michael’s first successful venture, The Meatball Shop, spawned a signature cookbook that was released in 2011. He has been involved in promotional material for several well-known brands including Coach, Equinox and Chase Ink. He is also a regular in GQ magazine, offering his style tips and tricks for the changing seasons.

In early 2016, Celebrity Chef Chernow launched his own juice brand, WellWell Juice. He has collaborated with Sagan Schultz, Collin Hughes and Larry Prauger to develop this new brand. On top of devoting time to grow his own brand Michael Chernow also does work with Lululemon’s men’s brand.

Would your organization like to hire a chef for your upcoming event or marketing campaign? Let a qualified celebrity chef booking agent help find the perfect celebrity chef for you! A celebrity chef speaker can create a dynamic event and add energy and excitement to your event. Celebrity chef appearances can consist of a cooking demonstration, personal appearances or a keynote speech.  If you would like to hire Celebrity Chef Michael Chernow or are interested in exploring other celebrity chefs please call Celebrity Chef Network at 212-410-9870 or email booking@celebritychefnetwork.com to speak with a celebrity chef agent to discuss top celebrity chefs available for your organization and event.

Dale Talde

Celebrity Chef Dale Talde is New York-based chef who rose to fame after several appearances on Bravo’s Emmy-award winning cooking competition series, Top Chef. A native of Chicago, Dale participated in Top Chef: Chicago (season 4) which aired in 2008. He went up against the likes of Spike Mendelsohn, Richard Blais and Stephanie Izard and came in 6th place out of 14 renowned Celebrity Chefs. 2 years later, Celebrity Chef Dale Talde was back for more on Top Chef: All-Stars (season 8). Dale won 4 quick-fire challenges during that season and showed flashes of brilliance in merging Asian and American flavors.

Dale derives his culinary style from his Filipino heritage and his experiences growing up in Chicago. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America, Dale worked at several notable restaurants in the Chicago area including Celebrity Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Vong-Chicago. After working under Chef Carrie Nahabedian, Dale learned the value and importance of utilizing local ingredients. In 2005, he worked alongside esteemed Celebrity Chef Masaharu Morimoto to open his signature restaurant Morimoto in New York City.

Following his celebrity chef appearances on Top Chef, Dale had dreams of opening his own signature eateries. Soon enough, his dreams turned into reality. 2012 was a huge year for Celebrity Chef Dale Talde. He opened his first restaurant, TALDE, before partnering with several other chefs to create Pork Slope. Both restaurants are located in Brooklyn, New York. TALDE has an exquisite Asian-American menu while Pork Slope is Dale’s take on classic American bar food. In 2013, Food & Wine magazine named Dale Talde as the People’s Best New Chef. A year later, he opened his second TALDE location in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Celebrity Chef Dale Talde is a pioneer in Asian-American cuisine available for a variety of celebrity chef appearances including cooking demonstrations.

Antonia Lofaso

Celebrity Chef Antonia Lofaso gained notoriety in the culinary industry as a fan favorite on season 4 of the popular Bravo cooking competition series Top Chef in 2008. Since then, she has made celebrity chef appearances on major TV programs such as the Hallmark Channel and ABC’s The Chew. In 2010, Antonia returned to Bravo to participate in Top Chef: All-Stars. Antonia came in 3rd place behind esteemed Celebrity Chefs Richard Blais and Mike Isabella. Most recently, Antonia has opened her own restaurants Black Market in Studio City, California as well as Scopa Italian Roots in Venice, California. In 2015, Antonia was a featured Celebrity Chef on the second season of NBC’s high-stakes culinary competition series Food Fighters.

Celebrity Chef Antonia Lofaso is the author of her own signature cookbook that hit shelves in 2013 called The Busy Mom’s Cookbook: 100 recipes for Quick, Delicious, Home-Cooked Meals. The cookbook covers a variety of quick and easy dishes for parents and families who are always on the go.

Antonia attended the acclaimed French Culinary Institute. After graduation, she was hired at world class Celebrity Chef Wolfgang Puck’s renowned eatery, Spago in Beverly Hills. She worked at the restaurant for six years before taking her culinary skills to the next level at Foxtail supper club in Los Angeles. It was during her time at Foxtail that she was chosen to be a contestant on Top Chef season 4. In addition to her commercial work, Celebrity Chef Antonia Lofaso has been a private chef to some of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

As a single mother to daughter Xea, Antonia has mastered the art of multi-tasking. She is a fulltime mom while acting as owner and executive chef of her two popular restaurants. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication, but Antonia maintains the perfect work/life balance.

Celebrity Chef Antonia Lofaso is an endearing Celebrity Chef personality available for cooking demonstrations and other Celebrity Chef appearances.

John Tesar

Restaurateur and Celebrity Chef John Tesar is well-known for putting his own personal flair on modern American cuisine with help from classic European techniques. His experience in the restaurant industry spans 20+ years and has seen John create and consult menus ranging from seafood fine dining to traditional American steakhouses. John currently owns and serves as executive chef at Spoon Bar & Kitchen, a fine dining seafood restaurant in Dallas, TX. He also owns and operates Knife, a modern concept that is reinventing the steakhouse experience. In 2015, John hosted a series of five consecutive dining experiences with five different celebrity chefs in a fundraising effort to benefit EAT (RED) DRINK (RED) SAVE LIVES, a nonprofit organization devoted to the research and treatment of HIV/AIDS.

Studying classical French training at La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in Paris, Celebrity Chef John Tesar began his culinary career at Club Pierre in Westhampton. John would continue to cook in some of the finest kitchens in the country, cooking at restaurants such as 13 Barrow Street, Vine, and the Supper Club alongside Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain. Leaving New York to venture into other culinary projects, John headed to Las Vegas to join Celebrity Chef Rick Moonen at RM Seafood.

Celebrity Chef John Tesar would then head to Dallas where he would soon become one of the most influential culinary experts in all of Dallas fine dining. In 2007, John became the executive chef of the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek. His innovative culinary style at the esteemed restaurant brought upon two five-star reviews as well as one of John’s two semi-finalist nominations for the James Beard Foundation’s “Best Chef Southwest” Award. John has also generously shared his culinary proficiency, helping mastermind menus all across Dallas restaurants such as The Cedars Social, The Commissary, Dallas Chop House, and Dallas Fish Market.

John’s prowess for American cuisine has earned him spots on cooking television shows Top Chef, Extreme Chef, and Cooking with Legends. In 2006, John emerged as the victorious chef on the inaugural season of Extreme Chef. His resilient personality and cutting-edge style has earned him praise in Food & Wine, Esquire, New York Magazine, and The New York Times.

Celebrity Chef John Tesar is a celebrated culinary artist who has succesfully transformed the food landscape in Texas.

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