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Jon Taffer teams up with acclaimed celebrity chef John Besh and 'Top Chef All-Star' Tiffany Derry to vet competing restaurants and decide which is worthy of a significant investment in Spike TV's new series 'Hungry Investors.'

DOLE Fruit Bowls and Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) are excited to announce that Washington DC's School Within School is the Grand Prize Winner of the DOLE Fruit Bowls & Captain Planet Foundation's Learning Garden Challenge. School Within School at Goding will receive $5,000, a one-year supply of DOLE Fruit Bowls and a variety of Learning Garden tools from Captain Planet Foundation.

Spike TV will premiere the new original series HUNGRY INVESTORS on Sunday, May 4 at 10 PM ET/PT.

Bravo Media announced today in partnership with the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau that the Emmy and James Beard Award-winning culinary competition series “Top Chef” will travel to Bosto

Dive headfirst into summer with Travel Channel's annual 'We Are Summer' multi-platform programming event!

Delta Air Lines has completed the installation of full flat-bed seats with direct-aisle access in BusinessElite across its entire international widebody fleet, making it the only U.S. carrier to offer full flat-bed seats and the convenience of direct-aisle access on all overseas flights.

The stars of the wine and culinary worlds will descend upon South Walton, Florida this week as Cristina Mariani-May and dozens of major winemakers, along with one of the world's most prolific chefs, Emeril Lagasse, gear up to participate in the South Walton Beaches Wine and Food Festival April 24-27. This four-day extravaganza features more than 800 wines, an extensive culinary village, wine dinners, tasting seminars, a craft beer and spirit event and live entertainment over four days.

Spike TV will premiere the new original series HUNGRY INVESTORS on Sunday, May 4 at 10 PM ET/PT.

Muse of Fire Theatre Company today announced a unique fundraiser - a gourmet dinner and reading of Romeo and Juliet where the roles are auctioned off to the general public. No acting experience required! The event, catered by two-time James Beard Award winning Chef Sarah Stegner of Prairie Grass Cafe in Northbrook, is co-hosted by beloved local children's librarian Martha Meyer and Board Member Julie Fenton.

On Wednesday, April 9, more than 270 friends of God's Love We Deliver gathered at the 11th Annual Authors In Kind. This literary luncheon, held at the Metropolitan Club, was emceed by Board Member, author extraordinaire and Authors In Kind founder, Linda Fairstein. Linda introduced each guest author, who then took the podium to share anecdotes and remarks about their work to the delight of our many guests. The authors signed books before and after the event, meeting and greeting guests and fans. Scroll down to see some photos from the event!

Authors In Kind is a literary luncheon that features famed authors who sign and speak about their work during an intimate luncheon. The event was created by God's Love We Deliver Board member and Linda Fairstein eleven years ago. Guests can meet the authors, have books signed and enjoy lunch all while supporting God's Love We Deliver.

Authors In Kind is a literary luncheon that features famed authors who sign and speak about their work during an intimate luncheon. The event was created by God's Love We Deliver Board member and Linda Fairstein eleven years ago. Guests can meet the authors, have books signed and enjoy lunch all while supporting God's Love We Deliver.

Jon Taffer teams up with acclaimed celebrity chef John Besh and 'Top Chef All-Star' Tiffany Derry to vet competing restaurants and decide which is worthy of a significant investment in Spike TV's new series 'Hungry Investors.'

Powered by its high-quality original programming and digital innovations, Bravo Media is on pace to earn its best quarter in network history among all key demos, according to Nielsen. Bravo ranks #9 in the highly coveted P18-49 and P25-54 demos and maintains the #1 ranking for most engaged viewers for P18-49 in primetime. After eight consecutive years of growth in total viewership, the network averaged 1.1 million total viewers and 629,000 adults 18-49 this past quarter, up 7 percent and 1 percent respectively vs. Q1 2013. Driven by the strength of its Sunday night lineup with “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,”“Blood, Sweat & Heels” and “Thicker Than Water,” Bravo earned its best night ever among all key demos (1/5/14). In addition, the week of February 3 marked the network's most-watched week ever in primetime and delivered its best week among P18-49 since the week of 4/16/12.

Thirteen former chef'testants of Bravo's Emmy Award-winning series 'Top Chef' will set sail on four exclusive Celebrity Cruises vacations beginning in July 2014 as part of the 'Top Chef at Sea' experience.

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Chef Luciano DelSignore and the team at Bigalora Wood Fired Cucina in Royal Oak, Michigan (711 S. Main St.) team up with over 20 downtown chefs and restaurants for Royal Oak Restaurant Week 2014! This special dining week celebrates Royal Oak's culinary prowess. For a limited time, top restaurants feature three-course lunch and dinner prix fixe menus at excellent prices, kicking off on Friday, March 28 and runs through Sunday, April 6.

Ty Pennington (Trading Spaces, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) is heading to the kitchen to host TNT's new series On the Menu, with legendary Chef Emeril Lagasse (Emeril Live, Top Chef, Emeril's Florida) signing on as Menu Master.

It's time to cross the border with Andrew Zimmern, the three-time James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, food writer and culinary explorer, and sample grilled octopus in Vancouver, Canada; fried tail of caiman (an alligator-like creature) in Cartagena, Columbia;