slides: Johnson & Wales Dominates Food TV

Monday, October 10, 2011

GoLocalProv Food Team

Johnson & Wales alum Paul Niedermann '07 was just crowned the latest winner of FOX's Hell's Kitchen featuring celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. Niedermann's victory includes being named head chef of the world-renowned BLT Steak in New York City.

A survey of food-related programming on TV shows that Niedermann is part of a JWU dynasty. See who else among your favorite TV chefs has a JWU diploma.

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Emeril Lagasse

Graduated JWU Providence 1978, also awarded Honorary Doctorate.

One of the all-time pioneers of food television, Lagasse has hosted Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril.

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Tyler Florence

Graduated JWU South Carolina 1991, also awarded Honorary Doctorate.

One of food's most branded chefs, Florence has hosted Food 911, How to Boil Water, currently hosts Tyler's Ultimate, on the Food Network.

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Kevin Sbraga

Graduated JWU both Providence and later North Miami.

Season 7 winner of Bravo's Top Chef, Washington D.C. Since August of 2009, Sbraga has worked at Rat's Restaurant at Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey.

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Michelle Bernstein

Graduated JWU North Miami.

Co-hosted Food Network series Melting Pot and battled Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America, where she emerged victorious. A guest judge on Top Chef and the host of Check Please!

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Lorena Garcia

Graduated JWU North Miami.

Garcia has served as host or investor on a variety of shows including, Vida Gourmet, Co/cine Mun2, NBC's The Biggest Loser, and America's Next Great Restaurant.

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Shehu Fitzgerald

Graduated JWU 1994.

Winner of the Food Network's Chopped in May 2011, Fitzgerald is the Ritz Carlton Hotel Chef of 2WEST Restaurant at Battery Park in New York City.

The self-named Illchef has also opened a wine shop in Staten Island called Wine Life.

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Rahman "Rock" Harper

Graduated JWU, 1996.

Winner of Season 3 of FOX's Hell's Kitchen, Harper currently teaches at Stratford University and has been the National Celebrity Chef for the March of DImes since 2008.

He has also released a new book, 44 Things Parents Should Know About Healthy Cooking for Kids.

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Chris Cosentino

Graduated JWU Providence, 1994.

Rhode Island's homegrown star of Food Network's Chefs vs. City and competitor on The Next Iron Chef,
Cosentino is executive chef at Incanto in San Francisco.

An offal afficianado, Cosentino is writing a book on offal cookery and maintains a Web site devoted to the topic called Offal Good.

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Ben Roche

Graduated JWU Providence, 2000.

Host of Future Food on Planet Green, Roche is currently Executive Pastry Chef for Moto in Chicago. He worked at Pastiche on Federal Hill while attending the Baking & Pastry program at JWU.

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Scott Leibfried

Graduated JWU Providence.

Host and participant on FOX's Hell's Kitchen and Food Network's Challenge, appeared on Kitchen Nightmares and Party Starters. Leibfried evaluates and consults with Gordon Ramsay on all of the restaurants on Kitchen Nightmares.

Leibfried is well renowned in the culinary industry and has been invited as a guest Chef at the James Beard House, Crystal Cruise Lines, Compass Group and at Nationwide Food and Wine Expos.