Food Network Magazine
Encyclopedia
Food Network Magazine is a monthly food entertainment magazine founded by Hearst Corporation
and Scripps Networks Interactive
based on the latter's popular television network Food Network
. The magazine debuted in 2008, originally as two newsstand-only test issues to be followed by the first official issue in June 2009. As of 2010, it reaches 5 million readers with each issue with a 1.35 million circulation. It is now published 10 times a year.
to develop Food Network Magazine . Maile Carpenter, who was working at Everyday with Rachael Ray, is the magazine's founding editor. The magazine started out with a 300,000 issue rate base guarantee to advertisers. Due to the tremendous growth of interest and subscribers generated by internet sales and television, that guarantee increased to 1.25 million after only 9 issues in 2009-2010.
. Each issue features various Food Network
talent throughout its pages, plus a behind-the-scenes look at their shows and kitchens. In addition, the magazine showcases great kitchen tools, food products, new restaurants, original recipes and the best food across America. Food Network Magazine appeals to food lovers and Food Network fans of all ages and culinary abilities, offering pages of accessible recipes and tips on entertaining.
Chefs that have been included in Food Network Magazine include Alton Brown
, Guy Fieri
, Bobby Flay
, Ina Garten
, Michael Symon
, Melissa d'Arabian
, Rachael Ray
, Tyler Florence
, Ellie Krieger
, Ted Allen
, Morimoto
, Aida Mollenkamp
, Anne Burrell
, Aaron Sanchez
, Jose Garces
, Pat Neely
, Sunny Anderson
and Nigella Lawson
.
and min . In April 2010, Food Network Magazine was listed as #1 on Adweek
's Hot List "10 under 60" for their first eligible year.
Hearst Corporation
The Hearst Corporation is an American media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower, Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media...
and Scripps Networks Interactive
Scripps Networks Interactive
Scripps Networks Interactive is an American media company formed on July 1, 2008 as a spin out of the E.W. Scripps Company. Since launching HGTV in 1994, Scripps has become a leader in lifestyle media, developing relevant content for television, the Internet satellite radio, books, magazines, and...
based on the latter's popular television network 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....
. The magazine debuted in 2008, originally as two newsstand-only test issues to be followed by the first official issue in June 2009. As of 2010, it reaches 5 million readers with each issue with a 1.35 million circulation. It is now published 10 times a year.
History
In October 2008, Hearst President Cathie Black announced that Hearst Magazines had partnered with Scripps Networks InteractiveScripps Networks Interactive
Scripps Networks Interactive is an American media company formed on July 1, 2008 as a spin out of the E.W. Scripps Company. Since launching HGTV in 1994, Scripps has become a leader in lifestyle media, developing relevant content for television, the Internet satellite radio, books, magazines, and...
to develop Food Network Magazine . Maile Carpenter, who was working at Everyday with Rachael Ray, is the magazine's founding editor. The magazine started out with a 300,000 issue rate base guarantee to advertisers. Due to the tremendous growth of interest and subscribers generated by internet sales and television, that guarantee increased to 1.25 million after only 9 issues in 2009-2010.
Editorial
Food Network Magazine is the only magazine in the epicurean category to offer unprecedented access to many of America's favorite TV chefs and reflects the fun, playful sensibility of the Food NetworkFood 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....
. Each issue features various 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....
talent throughout its pages, plus a behind-the-scenes look at their shows and kitchens. In addition, the magazine showcases great kitchen tools, food products, new restaurants, original recipes and the best food across America. Food Network Magazine appeals to food lovers and Food Network fans of all ages and culinary abilities, offering pages of accessible recipes and tips on entertaining.
Chefs that have been included in Food Network Magazine include Alton Brown
Alton Brown
Alton Crawford Brown is an American television personality, author, actor, and cinematographer. He is the creator and host of the Food Network television show Good Eats and the mini-series Feasting on Asphalt and Feasting on Waves, and he is the host and main commentator on Iron Chef America...
, Guy Fieri
Guy Fieri
Guy Fieri is an American restaurateur, author, television personality, and game show host. He co-owns five restaurants in California and is widely known for his television series on the Food Network....
, Bobby Flay
Bobby Flay
Robert William "Bobby" Flay is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur and reality television personality. He is the owner and executive chef of 12 restaurants: Mesa Grill in Las Vegas, New York City, and the Bahamas ; Bar Americain in New York City and Uncasville, Connecticut; Bobby Flay Steak...
, Ina Garten
Ina Garten
Ina Rosenberg Garten is an American author, host of the Food Network program Barefoot Contessa, and former White House nuclear policy analyst...
, Michael Symon
Michael Symon
Michael D. Symon is a James Beard Foundation Award-winning American chef, restaurateur, television personality, and author. He is seen regularly on Food Network on shows such as Iron Chef America, Food Feuds, and The Best Thing I Ever Ate, as well as Cook Like an Iron Chef on the Cooking Channel...
, Melissa d'Arabian
Melissa d'Arabian
Melissa Donovan d'Arabian is an American television personality from Tucson, Arizona. She is best known for being the winner of the fifth season of The Next Food Network Star, and is the host of Food Network's Ten Dollar Dinners....
, Rachael Ray
Rachael Ray
Rachael Domenica Ray is an American television personality, businesswoman, celebrity chef and author. She hosts the syndicated talk and lifestyle program Rachael Ray and three Food Network series, 30 Minute Meals, Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels and $40 a Day...
, Tyler Florence
Tyler Florence
Tyler Florence is a chef and television host of several Food Network shows. He graduated from the College of Culinary Arts at the Charleston, South Carolina campus of Johnson & Wales University in 1991...
, Ellie Krieger
Ellie Krieger
Ellie Krieger, born September 26, 1965, is the host of a show on the Food Network called Healthy Appetite. She is also an author and has written several books on healthy eating.- Biography :...
, Ted Allen
Ted Allen
Ted Allen is an American writer and television personality. He was the food and wine connoisseur on the American Bravo network's Emmy-winning television program Queer Eye. He now is the host of the prime-time series on Food Network Chopped, a culinary competition in which four chefs per episode...
, Morimoto
Morimoto
Morimoto is a family name in the Japanese language and the meaning is near the forest’, or ‘also may refer to:*Pedro Ken Morimoto, a Brazilian football midfielder*Carlos Morimoto, a Brazilian software engineer and author...
, Aida Mollenkamp
Aida Mollenkamp
-Early life:Aida grew up in Southern California and attended Rolling Hills Country Day and Chadwick School in Los Angeles. Before she got interested in cooking, she played soccer, did classical ballet, and other extracurricular activities including music and volunteering...
, Anne Burrell
Anne Burrell
Anne W. Burrell is an American chef, TV personality, and instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City. She is the host of the Food Network show Secrets Of a Restaurant Chef and co-host of Worst Cooks in America, where she is currently undefeated thus far...
, Aaron Sanchez
Aarón Sanchez
Aarón Sanchez is an American chef, the executive chef and part-owner of the restaurant Centrico. He has appeared on Iron Chef America, and is one of the few chefs whose battles have ended in a draw, tying with Masaharu Morimoto in "Battle Black Bass" in Season 2...
, Jose Garces
Jose Garces
Jose Garces is an Ecuadorian American chef, restaurant owner, and Iron Chef. He was born in Chicago to Ecuadorian parents. He won in the second season of The Next Iron Chef....
, Pat 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...
, Sunny Anderson
Sunny Anderson
Sunny Anderson is an African American Food Network personality. She began hosting How'd That Get On My Plate? in July 2008...
and Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lucy Lawson is an English food writer, journalist and broadcaster. Lawson is the daughter of Nigel Lawson, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Vanessa Salmon, whose family owned the J. Lyons and Co. empire...
.
Accolades
In a relatively short amount of time, the magazine has received a number of accolades, including being named "Launch of the Year" by Folio, Advertising AgeAdvertising Age
Advertising Age is a magazine, delivering news, analysis and data on marketing and media. The magazine was started as a broadsheet newspaper in Chicago in 1930...
and min . In April 2010, Food Network Magazine was listed as #1 on Adweek
Adweek
Adweek is a weekly American advertising trade publication that was first published in 1978....
's Hot List "10 under 60" for their first eligible year.