My interview about the new ABC Daytime show ‘The Chew’

The Chew stars Mario Batali, Michael Symon, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly and Daphne Oz. Mario Batali is co-owner of 17 restaurants across the country, including his flagship New York City restaurant Babbo.  He has hosted a variety of television shows for Food Network, including Ciao America and Molto Mario.  Batali is also the author of eight cookbooks, including the James Beard Award Winning, Molto Italiano: 327 Simple Italian Recipes.Michael Symon is a star of the Food Network series Iron Chef America.  Symon is the owner of five restaurants, including the critically-acclaimed Lola and Lolita, cornerstones of his hometown’s dining scene in Cleveland, OH. In 1998, Symon was named Best New Chef by Food & Wine Magazine.  He is known for his infectious laugh and is an avid tattoo enthusiast who has a “Got Pork” tattoo emblazoned on his chest. Symon enjoys spending time with his wife, Liz, and their two dogs, Ruby and Ozzy.

Carla Hall is best known as a competitor on Bravo’s Top Chef, where she won over audiences with her fun catch phrase “Hootie Hoo” and philosophy to always cook with love.  She is the owner of Alchemy by Carla Hall, an artisan cookie company that specializes in creating sweet and savory “petite bites of love.”  Hall is a true believer that, “If you’re not in a good mood, the only thing you should make is a reservation.”

Clinton Kelly is a familiar face to fashionistas around the country as style host of the TLC series What Not to Wear.  He has also appeared in several specials for TLC, including: The Miss America Pageant; Fashioning a Home with Clinton Kelly; and Mind Your Manners and Redo My Spouse.  Kelly is also the author of Freakin’ Fabulous: How to Dress, Speak, Behave, Eat, Drink, Entertain, Decorate and Generally Be Better Than Everyone Else and Oh No She Didn’t: The Top 100 Style Mistakes Women Make and How to Avoid Them.  In December 2010, Kelly launched the style app Stylerx for the iPhone and web.

Daphne Oz is The Chew‘s fresh face of healthy living and resident practical tipster.  In 2006, she wrote her national bestseller The Dorm Room Diet, sharing the healthy lifestyle plan she developed at school that helped her permanently shed thirty pounds. Oz also helped to found HealthCorps, a non-profit organization that equips teenagers with educational information in the areas of nutrition, exercise and stress management.  She is a newlywed who will celebrate her first wedding anniversary later this month.

Produced by Gordon Elliott’s Chew Productions for the ABC Television Network, The Chew is an innovative and groundbreaking new lifestyle series.