Gordon Elliott
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Gordon Elliott is a British
-born Australia
n journalist and producer. He is the executive producer
of ABC's daytime program The Chew
, but is probably better known for his 1990s TV talk show program, The Gordon Elliott Show.
, in the United Kingdom
but grew up in Lewisham
, Australia
. Gordon was educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham
and attended the University of Sydney
for a law degree. While studying as a Sydney student, Elliott worked part time on a radio show and ended up on Good Morning Australia (breakfast TV)
.
After several jobs hosting morning news programs and landing work as the feature reporter on the Fox Television show A Current Affair (produced by New York's WNYW
) in 1987, Elliott appeared as the house-entering feature reporter on WNYW's morning news program Good Day New York.
for two months before being replaced by Lynn Swann
.
Recently he has hosted the TV Food Network
's programs Doorknock Dinners
and Follow That Food and the Fine Living
network's The Genuine Article, and was the TV pitchman for Campbell's Soup in the early 2000s.
He had a recurring role on Oz
as the host of a game show that was popular with the inmates.
He formed his own production company, Follow Productions in 1999. This company produces Paula Deen
's Home Cooking, Paula's Best Dishes
and Paula's Party
for Food Network. In 2007 he won a daytime Emmy for Best Lifestyle Series for his work on Paula's Home Cooking. Paula Deen
won an Emmy for Best Lifestyle Series Host.
His company has produced many other lifestyle series for cable networks including Simply Wine with Andrea Immer, Pairings with Andrea, Best For Less, the first four seasons of Sandra Lee's Semi Home Made, We Live Here and Pocket The Difference. He is executive producer of both Food Network shows hosted by Pat and Gina Neely
: Down Home with the Neelys
and Road Tasted with the Neelys
. In 2010, Elliot began producing Spice & Easy for Food Network. He is also the executive producer and off-screen announcer for the lifestyle show The Chew
which premiered on 26 September 2011 on ABC.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-born Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n journalist and producer. He is the executive producer
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
of ABC's daytime program The Chew
The Chew
The Chew is an American talk show/cooking show that airs in the United States on ABC as part of the network's weekday daytime lineup, centering on food-related and lifestyle topics. The program also airs in Canada on the stations of the Citytv television system.It premiered on September 26, 2011 ...
, but is probably better known for his 1990s TV talk show program, The Gordon Elliott Show.
Early life and early career
Elliott was born in Everton, Liverpool, EnglandEngland
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
but grew up in Lewisham
Lewisham, New South Wales
Lewisham is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lewisham is located 8 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Marrickville Council. The postcode is 2049...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Gordon was educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham
Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham
Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham , is a Roman Catholic, day school for boys, located in Lewisham, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
and attended the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
for a law degree. While studying as a Sydney student, Elliott worked part time on a radio show and ended up on Good Morning Australia (breakfast TV)
Good Morning Australia (breakfast TV)
Good Morning Australia from Network Ten was the name of two different programs. This article is for the breakfast TV show, not to be confused with Bert Newton's morning program....
.
After several jobs hosting morning news programs and landing work as the feature reporter on the Fox Television show A Current Affair (produced by New York's WNYW
WNYW
WNYW, virtual channel 5 , is the flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The station's transmitter is atop the Empire State Building and its studio facilities are located in the Yorkville section of Manhattan...
) in 1987, Elliott appeared as the house-entering feature reporter on WNYW's morning news program Good Day New York.
Mid-1990s to present
The 1990s saw him take turns hosting game and talk shows, including The Gordon Elliott Show from 1994–1997, in 1990, Elliot also hosted To Tell The TruthTo Tell the Truth
To Tell the Truth is an American television panel game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson-Todman Productions that has aired in various forms since 1956 both on networks and in syndication...
for two months before being replaced by Lynn Swann
Lynn Swann
-Collegiate:Swann attended the University of Southern California, where he was an All-American on the Trojans football team. He played under legendary coach John McKay, including the 1972 undefeated and national championship season. McKay said of Swann, "He has speed, soft hands, and grace." He...
.
Recently he has hosted the TV Food Network
Food Network
Food Network is a television specialty channel that airs both one-time and recurring programs about food and cooking. Scripps Networks Interactive owns 70 percent of the network, with Tribune Company controlling the remaining 30 percent....
's programs Doorknock Dinners
Doorknock Dinners
Doorknock Dinners is a program that aired on Food TV in the late 1990's. The program featured Gordon Elliot taking a guest chef into the home of a busy person/household and cooking the family a dinner using only the items they had in their home....
and Follow That Food and the Fine Living
Fine Living
Fine Living Network was an American specialty television network owned by Scripps Networks Interactive...
network's The Genuine Article, and was the TV pitchman for Campbell's Soup in the early 2000s.
He had a recurring role on Oz
Oz (TV series)
Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes . It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons...
as the host of a game show that was popular with the inmates.
He formed his own production company, Follow Productions in 1999. This company produces Paula Deen
Paula Deen
Paula Deen American cook, cooking show host, restaurateur, author, actress and Emmy Award-winning television personality.Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates...
's Home Cooking, Paula's Best Dishes
Paula's Best Dishes
Paula's Best Dishes is a cooking show hosted by Paula Deen on Food Network- Background :Debuting on June 8, 2008, the show stars Paula Deen as she helps rescue viewer recipes, prepare dishes and shares stories....
and Paula's Party
Paula's Party
Paula's Party is a show on the Food Network hosted by Paula Deen. Unlike her other show on the Food Network, Paula's Home Cooking, Paula's Party was originally taped in front of a small audience at Uncle Bubba's Oyster House in Savannah, Georgia, and Deen herself frequently interacts with members...
for Food Network. In 2007 he won a daytime Emmy for Best Lifestyle Series for his work on Paula's Home Cooking. Paula Deen
Paula Deen
Paula Deen American cook, cooking show host, restaurateur, author, actress and Emmy Award-winning television personality.Deen resides in Savannah, Georgia, where she owns and operates...
won an Emmy for Best Lifestyle Series Host.
His company has produced many other lifestyle series for cable networks including Simply Wine with Andrea Immer, Pairings with Andrea, Best For Less, the first four seasons of Sandra Lee's Semi Home Made, We Live Here and Pocket The Difference. He is executive producer of both Food Network shows hosted by Pat and Gina Neely
Pat Neely
Patrick "Pat" Neely is a restaurateur, television personality, and author. He is the co-owner of Neely's Bar-B-Que restaurant in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. He and wife Gina host two popular Food Network television programs named Down Home with the Neelys and Road Tasted with the Neelys. The pair...
: Down Home with the Neelys
Down Home with the Neelys
Down Home with the Neelys is a Food Network show hosted by Patrick and Gina Neely. In the show, they share the secrets behind their favorite dishes and their passion for food. Videotaped in their Memphis home surrounded by family and friends, the show now airs seven days a week on Food Network...
and Road Tasted with the Neelys
Road Tasted
Road Tasted is a television program airing on Food Network. The show originally featured hosts Jamie Deen and Bobby Deen, the sons of popular Food Network host Paula Deen, as they drove around the United States searching for the best in family-run food businesses...
. In 2010, Elliot began producing Spice & Easy for Food Network. He is also the executive producer and off-screen announcer for the lifestyle show The Chew
The Chew
The Chew is an American talk show/cooking show that airs in the United States on ABC as part of the network's weekday daytime lineup, centering on food-related and lifestyle topics. The program also airs in Canada on the stations of the Citytv television system.It premiered on September 26, 2011 ...
which premiered on 26 September 2011 on ABC.
Filmography
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(substitute host, 9/8/1979 & 9/6/1980) - Good Morning Australia (breakfast TV)Good Morning Australia (breakfast TV)Good Morning Australia from Network Ten was the name of two different programs. This article is for the breakfast TV show, not to be confused with Bert Newton's morning program....
(1980–1986) - A Current Affair (1987–1991)
- To Tell the TruthTo Tell the TruthTo Tell the Truth is an American television panel game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson-Todman Productions that has aired in various forms since 1956 both on networks and in syndication...
(1990) - Hard CopyHard CopyHard Copy is an American tabloid news television show that ran in syndication from 1989 to 1999. Hard Copy was aggressive in its use of questionable material on television, including gratuitous violence....
/Hard Copy Australian Edition] (1991) - Good Day New YorkGood Day New YorkGood Day New York is a weekday morning news and entertainment feature show which airs on WNYW, the New York City flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company...
- CBS This Morning (1993)
- Ryori no tetsujinIron Chefis a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1992, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended...
(Iron Chef) (1993) (in the 2000 special "New York Battle") - The Gordon Elliott Show (talk show) (1994–1997)
- World's Dumbest Criminals (1997)
- Rencontre à New York (1998)
- Trifling With Fate (2000)
- It's Your Chance of a LifetimeIt's Your Chance of a LifetimeIt's Your Chance of a Lifetime was an American game show that aired on Fox in June 2000. Australian TV personality Gordon Elliott hosted the show, with Mark Thompson serving as announcer ....
(2000) - OzOz (TV series)Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes . It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz premiered on July 12, 1997 and ran for six seasons...
(2001) - Follow That Food (2002)
- The Genuine Article (2004)
- The Next Food Network Star (2005)
- Gordon Elliott's Door Knock DinnersDoorknock DinnersDoorknock Dinners is a program that aired on Food TV in the late 1990's. The program featured Gordon Elliot taking a guest chef into the home of a busy person/household and cooking the family a dinner using only the items they had in their home....