Editing Ted Allen (section)

==Career==
Allen got his start in restaurant criticism there as one-quarter of a bi-weekly group-review team called "The Famished Four," along with Barry Rice, then the chain's entertainment editor (and now Allen's husband), who initiated the concept with Lerner food editor Leah A. Zeldes.

Allen then became a freelancer for ''[[Chicago (magazine)|Chicago]]'' magazine, eventually signing on as a senior editor and often writing about food, wine, and luminaries of the culinary world. He joined ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' in 1997 as a contributing editor, where he wrote features, food pieces, and profiles and co-authored the magazine's popular "Things a Man Should Know" series. Allen wrote for Esquire for more than a decade and was nominated for a National Magazine Award for his 2007 story "This Man Survived Breast Cancer." He also has written for ''[[GQ]]'', ''[[Bon Appétit]]'', ''[[Food & Wine]]'', and ''[[Epicurious]]''.

===Television===
[[File:Tedallen.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Allen in 2006]]
Allen gained great visibility in 2003 when he became a cast member of the television makeover series ''[[Queer Eye (2003 TV series)|Queer Eye for the Straight Guy]]'', serving as its food and wine specialist. He continued to make television appearances as a [[gourmet]], including as a frequent guest judge on [[Food Network]]'s ''[[Iron Chef America]]''. Allen hosted a six-part documentary, ''Uncorked: Wine Made Simple'', on [[PBS]] starting May 7, 2007.<ref name="uncorked">{{cite web |publisher=TV.com |title=UnCorked | url=http://www.tv.com/uncorked/show/30445/summary.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929160148/http://www.tv.com/uncorked/show/30445/summary.html |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |access-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref> Beginning June 13, 2007, Allen appeared as a regular judge on seasons 3 and 4 of [[Bravo (U.S. TV network)|Bravo]]'s [[reality television]] program ''[[Top Chef]]'',<ref name="season3annc">{{cite web
 | title = Bravo Announces Contestants for ''Top Chef 3 Miami''
 | publisher = MovieWeb
 | date = May 9, 2007
 | url = http://www.movieweb.com/tv/news/76/19676.php
 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514002040/http://www.movieweb.com/tv/news/76/19676.php |archive-date=May 14, 2007 |access-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref> following several guest judge appearances during the previous two seasons. In 2008, he left Bravo when Food Network offered him the host job on two shows: ''[[Food Detectives]]'', which debuted on July 29, 2008, and ''[[Chopped (TV series)|Chopped]]'', which launched a 13-episode season on January 13, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://washblade.com/2009/1-9/arts/feature/13882.cfm |title=On the Chopping Block&nbsp;– Washington Blade |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121145139/http://washblade.com/2009/1-9/arts/feature/13882.cfm |archive-date=January 21, 2009 |access-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref> "Detectives" returned for a second season of 13 episodes, also in January 2009. "Chopped" was renewed for 26 episodes and went back into production in March 2009 in New York. The show took off with viewers and was renewed for another 33 episodes, which were shot in January and February 2010. Now one of the highest-rated prime-time shows on the network, as of May 2022, ''Chopped'' has shot some 850 episodes, and "Chopped Junior" has shot 100.

In an interview with the [[Food Network]] about his favorite moments on [[Chopped (TV series)|''Chopped'']], Allen stated, "My favorite mystery basket ingredient remains the whole chicken in a can, not so much because I love the food, [but because] I love the sound it makes when it plops out of the can."<ref>{{cite web |title=Talking with Ted Allen: 18 Things You Didn't Know About the Chopped Host |url=http://www.foodnetwork.com/chefs/ted-allen/all-the-things-you-didnt-know-about-chopped-host-ted-allen.html |publisher=The Food Network |date=September 2016 |access-date=September 9, 2016 |archive-date=September 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909141614/http://www.foodnetwork.com/chefs/ted-allen/all-the-things-you-didnt-know-about-chopped-host-ted-allen.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Since moving to the Food Network, Allen has made appearances on many of that channel's programs, including ''[[Beat Bobby Flay]]'', ''Best Ever'', ''[[Cutthroat Kitchen]]'', multiple episodes of ''[[The Best Thing I Ever Ate]]'', ''Dear Food Network'', and ''[[Food Network Star|The Next Food Network Star]]''. On November 16, 2008, Allen returned to ''Iron Chef America'' as a co-floor reporter for the show's Thanksgiving special. Allen reprised the role as a co-floor reporter for the Thanksgiving special on November 20, 2011. On December 2, 2012, Allen served as a sous chef to Iron Chef [[Masaharu Morimoto]] and chef Robert Irvine in a special "Holiday Battle," pitting the Food Network stars against reps of the sister network Cooking Channel, Ben Sergeant, Nadia G, and Michael Symon. Morimoto's team won.

In 2011, Allen played a "celebrity chef" parody of himself on an episode of ''[[Onion News Network]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-11-07 |title=Celebrity Chef Ted Allen Cooks His Favorite Pretentious Foodie Bullshit Meal |url=https://www.theonion.com/celebrity-chef-ted-allen-cooks-his-favorite-pretentious-1819595112 |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=The Onion |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brion |first=Raphael |date=2011-11-07 |title=Watch Ted Allen Cook a Pretentious Foodie Bullshit Meal |url=https://www.eater.com/2011/11/7/6638813/watch-ted-allen-cook-a-pretentious-foodie-bullshit-meal |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=Eater |language=en}}</ref>

===Books===
*''Esquire's Things A Man Should Know About Style'' (Riverhead Books, 1999) with Scott Omelianuk ({{ISBN|1573227633}}, {{ISBN|978-1-57322-763-6}}, OCLC 42310518)
*''Esquire's Things A Man Should Know About Marriage'' (Riverhead Books, 2000) with Scott Omelianuk ({{ISBN|1573227773}}, {{ISBN|978-1-57322-777-3}}, OCLC 42462917)
*''Esquire's Things A Man Should Know About Sex'' (Riverhead Books, 2001) with Scott Omelianuk
*''Esquire's Things A Man Should Know About Handshakes, White Lies and Which Fork Goes Where: Easy Business Etiquette for Complicated Times'' (Riverhead Books, 2001) with Scott Omelianuk ({{ISBN|1588160688}}, {{ISBN|978-1-58816-068-3}})
*Co-author, ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: The Fab Five's Guide to Looking Better, Cooking Better, Dressing Better, Behaving Better, and Living Better'' (Clarkson Potter, 2004) ({{ISBN|140005446X}}, {{ISBN|978-1-4000-5446-6}}, {{ISBN|1-4000-9784-3}}, {{ISBN|978-1-4000-9784-5}})
*''The Food You Want To Eat: 100 Smart, Simple Recipes'' (Clarkson Potter, 2005) ({{ISBN|1400080908}}, {{ISBN|978-1-4000-8090-8}})
*''In My Kitchen: 100 Recipes and Discoveries for Passionate Cooks'' (Clarkson Potter 2012)