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DATE: Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Food Network Signs Top SA Chef Jenny Morris

Food Network, the 24/7 food entertainment channel broadcast in South Africa on DStv, has signed one of South Africa’s most well-known and respected chefs, Jenny Morris, to develop and host Food Network’s first commissioned show in South Africa.

Jenny Morris, also known as The Giggling Gourmet, is an author, magazine writer, radio and TV presenter, celebrity chef, teacher, caterer and culinary tour guide who has had an ongoing love affair with food since she was a child.

For the past 14 years, Jenny has operated a catering and recreational cooking school business in Cape Town. She has also broadcast on more than 1000 radio shows, and three local TV series on SABC, E-TV, DStv Home-channel.

She continues to host regular radio shows on 567 CapeTalk on Thursdays at 14h00 (GMT 12h00) where she gives tips and advice to young couples on creating a first kitchen, having a first dinner party and keeping the honeymoon going.

Jenny wrote the best selling cookbook "Rude Food, Nude Food, Good Food" in 2004, her second book “More Rude Food" was published in 2006, and her third book “Cooking with Jenny Morris” is due out during the last quarter of this year. She also writes a weekly column for the Next48Hours paper, and often contributes to various other magazines.

Nick Thorogood, Managing Director at Food Network EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) says the channel is delighted to have Jenny Morris on board. “It’s great to be collaborating with someone as knowledgeable and talented as Jenny for our first SA commissioned show. She is well established and respected in the industry and we’re really looking forward to developing a great show with her that will inspire foodies and non-foodies alike.”

Asked about the challenge to develop and host Food Network’s first commissioned show in South Africa, Jenny says she’s up for it. “I am delighted and incredibly excited to be working with Food Network to develop its first SA show. It’s such a vibrant channel, I feel really passionate about the brand and the direction it’s heading in, and I can’t wait to get started.”

Later this month, Jenny will be the MC at Food Network’s National Potjie Day Challenge which will be held at Sun City on Saturday 27^th August. For more information about National Potjie Day visit www.foodnetworktv.com   

For further information please contact:

David Morris

Cell: +27 (0)83 744 0744

Tel: +27 (0)21 425 3000

+27 (0)21 424 7775

Email: davidm@gigglinggourmet.com 

EDITOR’S NOTES

About Food Network

Food Network delivers a fresh approach to food programming and celebrates everything that is bold, fun and entertaining about the genre. It is not your typical ‘how to’ cooking channel.

The channel is available 24/7 to all DStv Premium and Compact subscribers on Channel 185 and offers a combination of credible cooking, new culinary ideas and high-energy entertainment to inspire foodies and non-foodies alike. Packed with award-winning cooking and competition shows, Food Network is fast becoming the preferred lifestyle and entertainment brand on DStv.

Foodnetworktv.com is the 24/7 companion to the TV channel. Find daily TV listings, episode guides, chef biographies, recipes featured on air, blog posts and more. Recipes are organised by season, ingredient, chef, course, and cuisine make meal planning easy.

Food Network is owned by Scripps Networks Interactive (SNI), one of the leading developers of lifestyle content for the television and internet worldwide. Its sister brand in the US, Food Network, is one of the most popular networks on US television and www.foodnetwork.com is the leading food website in the US.

About Scripps Networks Interactive

Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) is a leading developer of lifestyle-oriented content for television and the Internet, where on-air programming is complemented with online video, social media areas and e-commerce components on companion Web sites and broadband vertical channels. The company's media portfolio includes Lifestyle Media, which comprises popular lifestyle television and Internet brands HGTV, DIY Network, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel and country music network Great American Country; and Interactive Services, with leading online search and comparison shopping services bizrate and beso.

More facts here http://www.scrippsnetworks.com/newsitem.aspx?id=91

About Jenny Morris

Jenny Morris - AKA The Giggling Gourmet - is one of SA's most-loved food personalities and is regularly in demand as the first choice SA celebrity chef to make appearances at various functions, food festivals, product launches and events. She has broadcast on various radio and TV shows throughout the last 14 years and has also cooked for dozens of celebrities including Prince Charles, Thabo Mbeki, Kenneth Kaunda, Charlize Theron, Al Gore and many more.

Jenny lives with her family in Cape Town, South Africa.

More info here http://www.jennymorris.co.za  www.gigglinggourmet.com