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Andy Ticer

Chef Andy Ticer dreamed of opening a restaurant and his dream were realized when he teamed up with fellow chef and friend Chef Michael Hudman in 2008. Their first restaurants, Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen and Hog and Hominy in Memphis, Tennessee, both made it onto the list of Southern Living Magazine’s 100 Places to Eat Now. They were also featured in GQ Magazine when Hog and Hominy was named as a Best New Restaurant of 2013.

Chef Andy’s American Southern-Italian style is derived from time spent under French Chef Jose Guitierrez, at Chez Philippe in Memphis, and also at the Italian Culinary Institute in Calabria, Italy. His time spent in Italy including living in Lyon, the food capitol of the world, and gave him a firm foundation of the true Italian culinary arts. Chef Andy and his skills have been recognized by the James Beard Foundation twice as a semi-finalist for Best Chef of the Southeast. He was also named by Food & Wine Magazine as one of the Best New Chef’s of 2013 alongside talented chefs such as Chef Danny Bowien, Chef Michael Voltaggio, and Chef Alex Stupak.

One of Chef Andy’s greatest accomplishments besides his two thriving restaurants is his cookbook with Chef Michael called Collards and Carbonara. The cookbook is simple with one page recipes alongside beautiful photos of the finished product, but the recipes are rich with ingenious flavor combinations from both of their restaurants. The cookbook also features spotlight recipes from their celebrity chef friends including Top Chef Masters season four winner Chef Chris Cosentino.

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Michael Hudman

Growing up in an Italian-American family sitting around large family dinners of classic Italian dishes inspired Chef Michael Hudman to become one of today’s up and coming American-Italian chefs. Food & Wine Magazine named Chef Michael along with his partner and friend Chef Andy Ticer both to the list of Best New Chefs in 2013. They were also semi-finalists two years in a row for the James Beard Foundations Best Chef of the Southeast.

Chef Michael and his friend Chef Andy both studied culinary arts at Chaz Philippe under French Chef Jose Guitierrez and spent time in Italy at the Italian Culinary Institute. Their time spent in Italy including the food capitol of the world Lyon, continues to have a heavy impact on their cooking style today. The cooking duo brought their dreams of owning a restaurant to live in the form of two restaurants Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen and Hog and Hominy. The restaurants are only improving and Southern Living Magazine placed both on the list of 100 Places to Eat Now in 2013. Hog and Hominy was featured in GQ Magazine as one a Best New Restaurant of 2013 as well.

Chef Michael also co-wrote a cookbook, Collards and Carbonara, with Chef Andy which includes recipes from their restaurants. The cookbook contains single page recipes accompanied by a picture of the finished product and a paragraph introduction of the dish. Perfect for wowing guests at dinner parties, the recipes range from grilled vegetable salads to exquisite pastas and veal osso buco.

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Debi Mazar

Debi Mazar, an American Actress and newly minted TV food star, is known for her outgoing personality in roles showing her wit and thick northern, jersey-like accent. She is widely recognized for her role as Vinny Chase’s public relations Agent in the HBO Series Entourage with famous celebrity actors Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, and Kevin Connolly.

Celebrity Chef Debi Mazar came on to the culinary scene in 2007 when she and her husband, Tuscany native Gabriele Corcos, started their popular blog and website Under the Tuscan Gun. The site features internet cooking shows, recipes, and even a store where you can order hard-to-find, true Tuscan ingredients. Their online series spurred the idea for their new television cooking show, Extra Virgin, which was booked and premiered in 2011 on the Cooking Channel. In its second season, the show takes place in Debi Mazar’s home where she and Corcos invite viewers in to share their family’s love for Tuscan food and cooking heart-felt Italian cuisine.

Mazar is passionate about bringing attention to poverty around the world, which causes hunger for over a billion people every day. She has gone periods of time surviving solely on what $1.50 could buy, the amount so many people are forced live off of. Her support for the cause is a huge part of her culinary career as she continues to raise awareness through blogging and personal appearances.

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Lidia Bastianich

Lidia Bastianich is a best-selling cookbook author, television chef favorite, and owner of four New York City restaurants.  Her specialty is in Italian and American-Italian style cooking.  Bastianich is no stranger to the television scene.  She began lining up cooking shows in 1998 and makes regular appearances on numerous television networks.

Bastianich launched Lidia’s Italy in America in 2011; her fourth television series.  She launched the series through Tayola Productions; an entertainment company that produces high quality broadcast productions, of which Bastianich is both founder and president.  Bastianich and her daughter are now business partners and own several Italian restaurants including Felida, Esca, Becco and New York Times four-star award winning, Del Posto’s in New York.  She also owns restaurants in Pennsylvania and in Missouri; both are a version of Lidia’s and all serve her famous Italian cuisine.

Bastianich has several cookbooks, and has gained recognition as a best selling author for some of her cookbook contributions.  Bastianich’s books include Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy, Lydia’s Italy, Lidia’s Family Table, Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen, Lidia’s Italian Table and La Cucina di Lidia. Restaurants, books, and television are not Bastianich’s only specialty.

Lidia is the mother of Joe Bastianich who stars as a judge alongside Gordon Ramsay and Graham Elliot on ABC’s hit series, MasterChef.  In 2010,  Bastianich and her son Joe opened Eataly, the largest artisanal Italian food and wine marketplace in the New York City area.

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Zakary Pelaccio

Hire Zakary Pelaccio through Celebrity Chef Network. Booking a celebrity chef requires an expert team. Let the booking agents at Celebrity Chef Network help you hire the best one for your brand or event. To contact Celebrity Chef Network, call 212-410-9879 or email booking@celebritychefnetwork.com

CUISINE: Asian, French

SHOWS: Chopped

SPECIALTIES: Corporate Appearances, Endorsements, Speaking Engagements & Autograph Signings, Cooking demonstrations, Hosting, Mommy Blogger Events, SMTS, Public Relation Campaigns, Team Building Events and Corporate Hospitality

BIO: After graduating first in his class at the French Culinary Institute, Chef Zakary Pelaccio worked at The French Laundry under Thomas Keller and at Daniel with Daniel Boulud.

Zakary is now the Executive Chef at 5 Ninth and Fatty Crab in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. 5 Ninth’s menu consists of classic French, where Fatty Crab has a Southeast Asian menu showcasing his time spent traveling in Asia and cooking at Seri Melayu in Kuala Lumur as well as the Thai Kitchen of the Westin Hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Before Zakary Pelaccio opened 5 Ninth, he earned much recognition from NY foodie insiders at the Chickenbone Café in Brooklyn. Zakary is a proud supporter of Slow Food, which focuses on preserving rare breeds of animals indigenous to the U.S.

Zakary wasn’t always a chef, after he graduated from the University of Vermont, he ran his own food software business, trained as a manager and purchasing agent with the Myriad Restaurant Group and a scriptwriter and field producer for the Food Network. Currently, Zakary Pelaccio is also the consulting chef for 230 Fifth, a rooftop bar lounge in the Flatrion District.

APPEARANCES: Food Network

WHO REPRESENTS ZAKARY PELACCIO: Celebrity Chef Zakary Pelaccio can be hired for endorsements and events in roles such as culinary consultant, event planner, public speaker, autograph signings, cooking demonstrations, hosting, Mommy Blogger events, SMTS, public relation campaigns, team building events and corporate hospitality.

To hire Zakary Pelaccio for an endorsement, personal appearances, or book signing contact the experts at Celebrity Chef Network at booking@celebritychefnetwork.com  or 212-410-9879.

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