Women it's okay to envy
While women chefs are still rather rare, women in food TV, whether it is on the Food Network, Cooking Channel, streaming or on other networks, have a vivid presence.
Some are trained chefs, others are home cooks, plus there are plenty of food writers or bloggers, and there are even some hosts who are simply skilled at talking about food.
Each of these fascinating women has their own unique culinary point of view and they are all fun to watch. In fact, even though the first person on our list can be polarizing, she has a huge following and people who don't like her actively enjoy disliking her.
Food TV is typically a purely positive viewing experience. Even with challenge shows like Chopped or Cutthroat Kitchen, you are still seeing people battle it out making usually yummy dishes.
Seeing someone make delicious food, or even visiting places where it is made, is pure joy. It is the pinnacle of food porn.
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Michelle Tompkins http://www.mediamichelle917.com Michelle Tompkins is an award-winning media, PR and crisis communications professional with more than ten years experience with coverage in virtually every traditional and new media outlet. She is currently a communications and media strategist and writer, as well as the author of College Prowler: Guidebook for Columbia University. She served as the Media Relations Manager for the Girl Scouts of the USA where she managed all media and talking points, created social media strategy, trained executives and donors and served as the organization’s primary spokesperson, participating in daily interviews with local, regional, and national media outlets. She managed the media for the Let Me Know internet safety and Cyberbullying prevention campaign with Microsoft, as well as Girl Scouts’ centennial Year of the Girl To Get Her There celebration in 2012, which yielded more than 800 million earned media impressions. In addition to her extensive media experience, Michelle worked as a talent agent in Los Angeles, California, as well contracting as a digital content developer and her writing has appeared in newspapers and online. She is passionate about television, theater, classic movies, all things food and in-home entertaining. While she has lived and worked in NYC for more than a decade, she is from suburban Sacramento and gets back there often to watch the San Francisco Giants on TV with her family.