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Justin Warner

Celebrity Chef Justin Warner knows no boundaries in the kitchen. In his world, the laws of cooking were meant to be broken! He is best recognized as the season 8 winner of Food Network Star. Since his big win, Chef Justin has carved his own lane in the culinary industry with his exciting, unconventional cooking style. In October of 2015, Chef Justin released his first cookbook titled The Laws of Cooking: And How to Break Them. The book introduces readers to a new way of thinking in the kitchen to create inventive and exciting recipes using familiar flavor combinations.

Celebrity Chef Justin Warner got his first taste of TV cooking competitions as a contestant on Food Network’s 24 Hour Restaurant Battle in 2010. 2 years later he won the right to his own Food Network series on Food Network Star under the tutelage of Celebrity Chef Alton Brown. Chef Justin’s Food Network show Rebel Eats debuted in 2013. In the fall of 2014, Celebrity Chef Justin Warner was 1 of 16 Celebrity Chefs chosen to compete on Cutthroat Kitchen Superstar Sabotage.

Chef Justin is completely self-taught, which accounts for his inquisitive nature when it comes to traditional recipes and cooking methods. He first started working in restaurants when he was 15 years old. He learned all he could about food, wine and fine dining and eventually opened his own restaurant called Do or Dine in New York. In May of 2015, he launched his own web series with Food Network called Foodie Call with Justin Warner. The exciting video series follows Chef Justin as he travels across the country to meet famous culinary personalities on the forefront of the latest food trends.

Contact Celebrity Chef Network today if you are interested in booking Celebrity Chef Justin Warner for an upcoming corporate entertainment event, conference, trade show or fundraiser.

Sue Zemanick

Celebrity Chef Sue Zemanick is a top culinary talent based in Louisiana. She is currently the executive chef of Gautreau’s Restaurant located in uptown New Orleans. She also oversees the food for Ivy, a private event space also located in the heart of uptown. In 2014, Chef Sue received the James Beard Award for Best Chef South, earning her a new title as one of the best Celebrity Chefs in the country. In October of 2015, she was named a featured judge for season 3 of Esquire Network’s hit cooking competition series Knife Fight.

Chef Sue attended the Culinary Institute of America and worked as a chef-instructor for the school’s seafood program after graduation. In 2003, Sue wanted to put her years of practice to use and moved to New Orleans. She got her start in the kitchen at the local favorite Commander’s Place before joining the staff at Gautreau’s. It didn’t take long for the culinary world to take notice of her impressive skills in the kitchen. In 2008, Celebrity Chef Sue Zemanick was named one of the Top 10 Best New Chefs by Food & Wine magazine. She was also nominated as a James Beard Award finalist for Rising Star Chef every year from 2009-2012.

As she continued to build her career in the industry, Chef Sue has made a number of celebrity chef appearances on several cooking competition series including Bravo’s Top Chef Masters season 3 in 2011 and returning for season 5 in 2013. That same year she also appeared as a guest judge on Top Chef New Orleans. When it comes to the best eats in the south, Chef Sue’s modern American cuisine has helped to shape the culinary landscape of New Orleans as we know it.

Contact Celebrity Chef Network today to book Celebrity Chef Sue Zemanick to make a celebrity chef appearance at your upcoming corporate event, trade show or fundraiser.

Kristin Sollenne

Celebrity Chef Kristin Sollenne is a New York-based Food Network judge, TV personality and nutritionist who continues to perfect the art of healthy Italian cuisine. Kristin embraces a healthy, nutritious approach to Italian food that places importance on farm-to-table and clean ingredients. In 2013, Celebrity Chef Kristin Sollenne was honored as one of Zagat’s Top 30 under 30. The annual list honors the top celebrity chefs, bartenders and innovative culinary minds. Kristin is also well-known for her chic style in the kitchen and has developed her own line of couture kitchen aprons.

Kristin currently works with the New York City Restaurant Group (NYCRG) to oversee 4 Bocca di Bacco locations in NYC. At Bocca di Bacco, her menu contains healthy Italian cuisine centered around farm fresh vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins. She has been working with the NYCRG since 2008. In the past, Kristin has cooked for a number of celebrities including pop star Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Seth Rogan.

In 2015, Celebrity Chef Kristin Sollenne released her first cookbook titled Domestic Chic: A Fashionably Fabulous Guide for Cooking & Entertaining By The Seasons. In it she shared favorite recipes and kitchen stories to inspire readers to entertain with a new sense of passion and flair! Kristin has gained notoriety in the industry after becoming a featured Celebrity Chef judge on several Food Network cooking shows including Beat Bobby Flay and Bill Rancic’s Kitchen Casino. Kristin has already been chosen as a Celebrity Chef judge for the season finale of Worst Cooks in America in 2016. She also makes regular celebrity chef appearances on daily talk shows and news programs including NBC’s Today show and Fox Business.

Your business or organization can hire Celebrity Chef Kristin Sollenne for cooking demonstrations, celebrity chef speaking engagements and other celebrity chef appearances.

Gregory Gourdet

Celebrity Chef Gregory Gourdet is best recognized as the runner-up on season 12 of Bravo’s Top Chef. His larger than life personality and signature Mohawk are reflective of his trendsetting cooking style and culinary expertise. He currently works as the executive chef at Departure, a pan-Asian restaurant located on the ninth floor of the Nines Hotel in downtown Portland. In 2015, Gregory was a semifinalist for the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef Northwest. That same year he was a featured Keynote Speaker at the TedxPortland Conference. During his speech, he talked about overcoming his past struggles with drug and alcohol addiction and reinventing himself in the kitchen.

Gregory is a Queens, New York native who fell in love with the creative process of cooking during pre-med. He decided to attend the Culinary Institute of America and scored an internship at the revered Jean-Georges Restaurant in New York. It was there that he learned the cutting-edge techniques that would earn him Sous Chef and Chef de Cuisine positions at the restaurant. Eventually his addiction got the best of him and he was forced to leave the restaurant.

He moved to Portland to look for new opportunities, but was still unable to reach his full potential thanks to his addiction. It was at that moment he realized he needed to make a change. He began taking the necessary steps to rebuild his life and set new goals for his life and career. Celebrity Chef Gregory Gourdet has now been clean since 2009. He began running marathons and competing in triathlons in addition to changing his diet. Gregory has carried this new healthy lifestyle with him into the Departure kitchen, offering guests a variety of gluten-free, vegan and paleo menu options.

Gregory was one of several featured Top Chef alums including Ash Fulk and Nina Compton chosen to provide cooking demonstrations and other interactive activities with passengers aboard Celebrity Cruises in the fall of 2015. He has also been featured in ad campaigns for Fiat.

Celebrity Chef Gregory Gourdet is an inspirational Celebrity Chef who can teach your audience about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and life lessons beyond the kitchen.

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.

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