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Professional Chef, Author, and Radio and TV Host

"Mike Colameco’s Real Food" is one of the most popular and enduring cooking shows in the history on NYC’s iconic PBS Channel 13WNET, Public Television's largest affiliate, content creator, tastemaker and industry leader. In 2020 Mike Colameco's Real Food wrapped it’s 20th season on PBS / CREATE TV as one of the pioneers in food television programing. Since the show launched in 2000, the format has showcased the dynamic New York City restaurant scene, taking viewers behind the scenes in real time to visit with chefs, bakers, cooks, restaurateurs, stores, artisan producers and farms alike. Shot documentary style, it is not reality TV, but a real backstage look at how some of the most influential people in today's restaurant scene are transforming the way we think about food. The program has featured, Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller, Gabrielle Hamilton, Dan Barber, Alice Waters, Eric Ripert, Alain Ducasse, April Bloomfield, Daniel Humm, Missy Robbins, and countless other industry taste makers.

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About Mike Colameco

Mike Colameco is a professionally trained chef, author, radio, and TV host. He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, class January '82. After graduating from CIA he worked at the Four Seasons Restaurant, Windows On The World (Cellar in The Sky), The Maurice, Tavern On The Green and at the age of 31 he was the Executive Chef of The Ritz Carlton, New York City prior to opening his own seasonal restaurant, The Globe in Cape May, N.J. Along with being the host/producer of Mike Colameco's Real Food, he was the host/producer of the live call-in radio program Food Talk on New York's iconic radio station WOR710AM for six years and from 2012 to 2015 was the host/producer of Mike Colameco's Food Talk on The Heritage Radio Network. Mike is the author of Mike Colameco's Food Lover's Guide to New York City, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2009 and has written for Saveur, Guitar Aficionado, Edible Manhattan and Edible New Jersey.

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You can subscribe to Mike's YouTube channel, launched in November of 2015. You'll find all of the shows from the last three seasons plus archival episodes and some easy cooking demos and recipes as well.

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Michael "Mike" Colameco is the host of "Mike Colameco's Real Food," which airs weekly year-round on Sundays on channel 13WNET and NJTV and CREATE TV nationally; check your local listings. You can also screen his shows on his YouTube channel.
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