Editing Ted Allen (section)

{{Short description|American television personality (born 1965)}}
{{about|the TV food and wine expert|the Canadian-Italian-American author|Ted Allan}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Ted Allen
| image              = TedAllen2012.jpg
| caption            = Allen in 2012
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1965|05|20}}
| birth_place        = [[Columbus, Ohio]], U.S.
| alma_mater         = [[Purdue University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
<br/>[[New York University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
| occupation         = Television host, author
| spouse             = {{marriage|Barry Rice|2013}}
| website            = {{URL|tedallen.net}}
}}
'''Edward Reese Allen'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ted Allen on Twitter|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/thetedallen/status/1175560032706080768|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Twitter|language=en|archive-date=August 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824005438/https://mobile.twitter.com/thetedallen/status/1175560032706080768}}</ref> (born May 20, 1965)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/national/story/2023-05-08/celebrity-birthdays-for-the-week-of-may-14-20|title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 14-20|newspaper=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|date=2023-05-08|access-date=2023-10-26}}</ref> is an American author and television personality.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/queer-eye-for-the-straight-guy-bravo-fab-five-say-goodbye/ |work=TVSeriesFinale.com |date=January 18, 2012 |title=Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: Bravo Fab Five Say Goodbye |access-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref> He was the food and wine connoisseur on the [[Bravo (U.S. TV network)|Bravo]] network's television program ''[[Queer Eye (2003 TV series)|Queer Eye]]'', and has been the host of the TV cooking competition series ''[[Chopped (TV series)|Chopped]]'' since its launch in 2009, as well as ''[[Chopped Junior]]'', which began in mid-2015. On April 13, 2014, he became the host of another Food Network show, originally called ''[[America's Best Cook]]''. A retooled version of that show, retitled ''All-Star Academy,'' debuted on March 1, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/all-star-academy.html|title=All-Star Academy : Food Network|publisher=[[Food Network]]|access-date=March 1, 2015|archive-date=March 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302012642/http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/all-star-academy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In early 2015, he also hosted a four-part special, ''Best. Ever.'', which scoured America for its best burgers, pizza, breakfast, and barbecue. He is a longtime contributing writer to ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine, an author of two cookbooks, and regularly appears on the Food Network show ''[[Beat Bobby Flay]]'' and other television cooking shows.