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she walked away from Food Network after 21 years as its star, citing burnout as a reason. “I would switch gears without knowing it every seven years,” the TV host and chef said on the recent episode of Rebecca Minkoff’s Superwomen podcast.

Valerie Bertinelli isn’t a foodie anymore.The 63-year-old “Hot in Cleveland” alum expressed her annoyance over Food Network’s recent slew of content, saying that the channel is no longer about cooking.She shared her thoughts on Threads Tuesday, blasting the network months after they fired her from hosting the series “Kids Baking Championship.”“I fell in love with Food Network two decades ago because of all the amazing ITK (in the kitchen) shows. 30-minute meals, Ina [Garten], Giada [De Laurentiis] … the list goes on,” Bertinelli penned. The “Touched By an Angel” star added: “I learned so much.

Valerie Bertinelli.The 63-year-old “Hot in Cleveland” alum’s final episode of “Kids Baking Championship” aired on Monday. Filmed in the summer of 2022 — which she would later call her “apex year of hell” — Bertinelli and co-host Duff Goldman, 49, dressed in outfits to match the finale episode’s themed spirit and science days.Goldman shared snaps of his co-host on Instagram, writing, “Watch as the kids make tie-dye doughnuts then prepare for a science fair!” he wrote on Instagram.

Valerie Bertinelli has left the kitchen. The actress was in talks to continue working on “Kids Baking Championship” before she was ultimately let go on Friday.Bertinelli, 63, cited “budget cuts” as the reason why she was axed from the program after 12 seasons.“I’ve been avoiding facing what I got confirmation last night and I didn’t want to talk about it last night [because] I wanted to sleep on it because it really hurt my feelings,” she said via Instagram Story on Saturday.

WHAS 11, a local ABC News affiliate, reported that Ferguson, 36, was booked and processed at a local corrections facility. The Post reached out to the Louisville police department for comment.

WISN 12 in Milwaukee, where Rivers earned the distinction of being the city’s first Black film critic on television in 1979, announced his death on Wednesday.The announcement applauded the Marquette University graduate for contributing “segments for the nationally syndicated PM Magazine, which he said helped Milwaukee go beyond stereotypes.”His sister, Betsy Rivers, later confirmed his death on Facebook.“Bobby passed away last night and is no longer in any pain,” she wrote on Wednesday.A cause of death has not been announced.The Post has reached out to Rivers’ reps for comment.Heralded as “Milwaukee’s Black, queer media pioneer” by Wisconsin LGBTQ news outlet Our Lives Wisconsin, Rivers worked as a VJ on VH1 in 1985 alongside Rosie O’Donnell. In 1988, he went on to host his own celebrity talk show on the cable music channel, “Watch Bobby Rivers.” He later hosted the late-night dating show “Bedroom Buddies.”In the early 2000s, Rivers hosted Food Network’s short-lived series “Top 5.”But fame was not without its drawbacks, and Rivers often received racist and homophobic attacks.“Nobody really knew this, but I did receive a lot of hate mail,” Rivers said in a July 2023 interview with Our Lives Wisconsin.

TMZ on Wednesday that the celeb chef’s anaphylactic shock then led to a heart attack. The insider said Chiarello was taken to the hospital last month where he was brought back to life, only to later die from hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, a brain dysfunction caused by a lack of oxygen and blood flow.

obtained by The Wrap. “His culinary brilliance, boundless creativity, and unwavering commitment to family were at the core of his being.

Bill Boggs is single and ready to mingle — and smoke weed — with Martha Stewart.The 82-year-old Emmy winner has known Stewart, 81, since her first book “Pies & Tarts” was released in 1992 — and has had a crush on her from the moment they met. “I thought, ‘She’s beautiful. She’s really funny.

a food-world punchline — Anthony Bourdain once described his shuttered Times Square restaurant, Guy’s American Kitchen, as a “terror dome” — Fieri is now embraced by high-end dining’s biggest names, and “killed” is foodie-speak for chefs over-indulging favored customers.His last dinner that turned figuratively fatal? “We were at Italian Graffiti in Salt Lake City,” Fieri told The Post. “You name it, chef Marc Marrone sent it out. Then, at meal’s end, came the bone-in pork chop and rabbit tortellini.

British-born former champ of the Food Network’s “Chopped” and “Iron Chef” contests owes 28 months in back rent to the tune of $73,700 on a one-bedroom Boerum Hill apartment he and his family have occupied since October 2019, his landlord Gus Sheha claims.Sheha told The Post Cowan – whose website notes he’s catered posh events for former President Bill Clinton, actress Scarlett Johansson and other A-listers — hasn’t paid a cent of his rent since January 2020. The monthly rent ranged from $2,700 to $2,750 over the length of his now-expired two-year lease.Cowan took advantage of a pandemic-driven, state moratorium on evictions that stretched from March 2020 through Jan.

Eddie Jackson went from launching his own food trucks post-NFL career to starring as a host, judge or chef in multiple Food Network shows. The former cornerback recalled finding his footing in food after his stint in the NFL, and how Bobby Flay was a major inspiration. “I had a quick conversation with my dad when I retired at a fairly young age due to injuries, and he asked, ‘What else do you love to do?’ I loved cooking food, so I bought a food truck and started a catering company and the rest is history,” Eddie recalled in an EXCLUSIVE interview with HollywoodLife.

planned to part ways with Flay after 27 years amid his rumored demands of a $100 million payday.The fourth-generation Irish-American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author will be filming new episodes of his competition show “Beat Bobby Flay,” along with a new project, tentatively titled “Bobby and Sophie on the Coast” — featuring his 25-year-old daughter Sophie Flay, according to a statement received by The Post.“Although these talks to renew took a little longer than expected, the important

“engagement chicken” recipe can help seal the deal.A-listers such as Meghan Markle and Emily Blunt have used the juicy poultry recipe to help them get the rock from their men. The “Quiet Place” star, 38, seems to be following in the fowl royal footsteps of Markle, 40, and Prince Harry, 37.Blunt recently dished that she made the savory specialty when she first started dating her now-husband John Krasinski, 42, in 2008.

master the art of lemon bar- making and roast chicken. The 73-year-old’s show has been on the Food Network roster for 19 years.

People reported.The celebrity chef announced on Oct. 7 that he would be parting ways with Food Network after 27 years.

according to Variety.A source close to Food Network explained to the publication that the “decision has been made to move on as the sides were far apart on financial terms.”The Post has reached out to both the network and the celebrity chef, restaurateur and cookbook author for comment.Flay has been part of the popular cable cooking channel since its early days in 1994 — and became a household name while starring in a string of his own eponymous shows.The New York native has starred in series

announced Wednesday.“We are devastated after hearing about the loss of our ‘Top Chef Junior’ alum, Fuller Goldsmith,” the company wrote on Instagram. “He was an incredible chef and the strongest kid we’ve ever met.

US Supreme Court’s 5-4 vote to deny an emergency appeal filed by abortion providers in an attempt to block a Texas abortion bill that went into effect the same day. Josh Denny — self-proclaimed “cancelled” comedian, podcaster and TV host — took to Twitter to respond to Wednesday’s news that effectively outlaws abortion in the state.The 38-year-old former frontman of Food Network’s “Ginormous Food,” who describes himself as pro-life, posted a controversial thread celebrating the ban.

TMZ reported.Prosecutors charged Caleb with driving while impaired and for driving with an open container, according to TMZ. Cops say he dozed off in his car, which smelled like alcohol, and had ammunition and a 9mm handgun, according to reports.

Frontier Follies: Adventures in Marriage & Motherhood in the Middle of Nowhere” (out Nov. 17), the chef and mom famous for chronicling the life and food on her Oklahoma ranch delves into the realities of raising four children and a foster son.

dine-asty.His son, Hunter Fieri — the self-proclaimed “Prince of Flavortown” — is ready to rock the frosted-tipped crown and take his place as a veritable Food Network star.“I work side by side with my dad. We’re best friends, we do everything together at this point,” the 24-year-old told The Post.

Do pumpkins hold a special place in your heart, or was this more about the competitive element?Halloween holds a special place in my heart! So this was so much for me.

Americans stuck at home staring at fading furniture and wondering what to cook for dinner have been a boon for television networks like HGTV and the Food Network.

Amy Schumer and her chef husband Chris Fischer have landed their own cooking show.

Entertainers really will do anything to stay in the limelight during these coronavirus days, when we can’t go to the movies, theater or concerts. Some of their attempts reek of desperation, like an armpit on a subway platform in the middle of August.

Before Guy Fieri ever wrapped his mouth around the smoked-wing nachos or Nashville hot fried chicken he regularly nibbles on TV, he had to navigate the twists of the pretzel business.