Chefs and Hosts

Learn recipes and more from all the beloved PBS chefs behind your favorite PBS cooking and food shows.

  • Martha Stewart is an Emmy winning television show host, entrepreneur, and bestselling author. Martha Bakes returns to PBS in April 2016.
    Read more about Martha and their shows:

    About Martha Martha Bakes

  • Since her first cooking program aired on public television in 1963, Julia Child has inspired millions of amateur cooks and many professional chefs with her well-honed skills, easy kitchen spirit, and passion for learning.

    Read more about Julia and their shows:

    About Julia Dishing With Julia Child Baking with Julia In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs Julia Child: Cooking with Master Chefs The French Chef with Julia Child

  • Alejandra Ramos is an lifestyle and culinary expert and the host of The Great American Recipe.
    Read more about Alejandra and their shows:

    About Alejandra The Great American Recipe

  • Tiffany Derry is an acclaimed chef and judge on The Great American Recipe.
    Read more about Tiffany and their shows:

    About Tiffany The Great American Recipe

  • Francis Lam is the host of The Splendid Table and judge on The Great American Recipe Season 3.

    Read more about Francis and their shows:

    About Francis The Great American Recipe

  • Chef Timothy Hollingsworth is an award-winning chef and restaurateur in Los Angeles, and a judge on The Great American Recipe Season 3. 

    Read more about Timothy and their shows:

    About Timothy The Great American Recipe

  • Lidia Matticchio Bastianich is an Emmy award-winning public television host, best‐selling cookbook author, successful restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Most importantly, she has accomplished all of this by marrying her two passions in life—her family and food—to create multiple culinary endeavors alongside her two children, Joseph and Tanya.

    Read more about Lidia and their shows:

    About Lidia Lidia Celebrates America 25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee

  • Adrianna Adarme is an author, enthusiastic home cook and food blogger who lives in Los Angeles, California. In 2009 she started her blog, A Cozy Kitchen, which has become a place people visit to hear entertaining anecdotes about daily life and to find delicious, comforting recipes from Adrianna's kitchen. A Cozy Kitchen has garnered attention from various publications and blogs, including features and write-ups from The Los Angeles Times, Refinery29, Saveur Magazine, Oh Joy, Rachel Zoe's Zoe Report and NBC Latino.

    Read more about Adrianna:

    About Adrianna

  • Marc Matsumoto is one half of the Fresh Tastes food blog team.

    Read more about Marc:

    About Marc

  • Aube Giroux is a food writer and filmmaker who shares her love of cooking on her farm-to-table blog, Kitchen Vignettes. Aube is a passionate organic gardener and home cook who likes to share the stories of how food gets to our dinner plates. Her work has been shown on television and at international film festivals. 

    Read more about Aube and their shows:

    About Aube Kitchen Vignettes

  • Tori Avey explores the story behind the food why we eat what we eat, how the recipes of different cultures have evolved, and how yesterday's recipes can inspire us in the kitchen today. Learn more about Tori and The History Kitchen.

    Read more about Tori:

    About Tori

  • Savor the sights, sounds and flavors of the U.S.-Mexico border alongside acclaimed chef and James Beard Award-winning host Pati Jinich
    Read more about Pati and their shows:

    About Pati La Frontera with Pati Jinich

  • Beryl has been in the film and media industry for the past 13 years and has worked for companies including Great Big Story, ABC and CNN. She has launched multiple series and short form documentaries for both her own brand and outside companies. In 2020, she launched her YouTube channel and subsequent social platforms and has cultivated a community that is as curious about the world and food as she is.

    Read more about Beryl and their shows:

    About Beryl Pan Pals

  • Marcus Samuelsson is the host of No Passport Required on PBS and an accomplished chef.
    Read more about Marcus and their shows:

    About Marcus No Passport Required

  • With sixty years cooking experience, Mary Berry is considered to be the doyenne of baking. Mary learned the art of baking from her mother before training at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu in Paris at the age of just 17.  

    Read more about Mary and their shows:

    About Mary Mary Berry's Ultimate Christmas Mary Berry's Highland Christmas The Great British Baking Show

  • Alice Currah is the publisher of popular food blog, SavorySweetLife.com, and one of the food bloggers for PBS Parent's Kitchen Explorers. Her approachable everyday recipes are accompanied by beautiful step by step photos and have been featured online at Martha Stewart, Real Simple, The Pioneer Woman, Epicurious, Bon Appetit, Saveur, iVillage and many more. In March 2010, Forbes.com featured Alice as one of Eight of the Very Best Food Bloggers.

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    About Alice