Damaris Phillips
Damaris Phillips | |
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L-R: Stacey Poon-Kinney, Phillips and Chris Hodgson at Veggie U (Milan, OH); July 13, 2013 (2013年07月13日) | |
Born | Damaris Lennon Phillips[1] (1980年12月08日) December 8, 1980 (age 44)[2] Lexington, Kentucky, United States[3] |
Education | Jefferson Community and Technical College [5] |
Spouse |
Darrick Wood (m. 2015) |
Culinary career | |
Cooking style | Southern cooking |
Website | www |
Damaris Lennon Phillips (born December 8, 1980) is an American chef and television personality. In 2013 she won the ninth season of the Food Network television series Food Network Star . She hosted the Food Network show Southern at Heart for five seasons from 2013 to 2016. In 2018, she began co-hosting The Bobby and Damaris Show on Food Network with Bobby Flay.
Personal life
[edit ]Phillips was born in Lexington, Kentucky. On June 13, 2015, she married Darrick Wood in Louisville, Kentucky.[4]
Education
[edit ]Damaris Phillips graduated from Jefferson Community and Technical College, where she earned a degree in Culinary Arts.[5] She has stated that she decided to attend culinary school because she "didn't know what to do in life".[6] Phillips later went on to become a culinary instructor.[7]
Food Network
[edit ]Food Network Star
[edit ]In early 2013, Phillips was a contestant on the ninth season of the Food Network series Food Network Star .[6] As one of the final three contestants, she filmed a pilot for a potential series called Eat, Date, Love.[8] Phillips was announced as the winner of the competition on August 11, 2013.[5]
Southern at Heart
[edit ]As a reward for winning Food Network Star, Phillips got her own show on Food Network, Southern at Heart . The show premiered on October 27, 2013.[9] The first season aired on Sundays at 10:30 am/9:30c and consisted of six episodes.[10] The show ultimately ran for five seasons, from 2013 to 2016, with most seasons consisting of 13 episodes. Phillips posted regular show reviews and updates to her Facebook page.[11] An episode airing on April 19, 2015, was watched by 816,000 viewers.[12]
The Bobby and Damaris Show
[edit ]Since September 2017, she has co-hosted The Bobby and Damaris Show on Food Network with her former Food Network Star co-judge Bobby Flay.
Southern and Hungry
[edit ]In October 2017, she began co-hosting Southern and Hungry with Rutledge Wood (her brother-in-law) on Cooking Channel.[13]
Guy's Grocery Games
[edit ]Damaris frequently appears on Guy's Grocery Games as both a judge and as a competing chef.
She often raises money for charity when competing, most frequently for the story program in Louisville, Kentucky.
References
[edit ]- ^ damaris phillips [@ChefDPhillips] (August 15, 2013). "@middlenamegame Lennon" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ damaris phillips [@ChefDPhillips] (December 8, 2013). "Thank you!!! RT "@Meleia1: @ChefDPhillips Happy birthday, Damaris Lennon Phillips!"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Free Family Tree, Genealogy, Family History, and DNA Testing".
- ^ a b "Damaris Phillips Got Married over the Weekend".
- ^ a b c "Local chef wins "Food Network Star" - WDRB 41 Louisville News" . Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ a b "'Food Network Star' Hopeful: Damaris Phillips (VIDEO) - Huffington Post" . Retrieved August 12, 2013.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Damaris Phillips, Season 9 Food Network Star Finalist" . Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ "Eat Date Love – YouTube". YouTube . Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ^ "Food and Love: Better Together on Damaris Phillips' Southern at Heart". Food Network . Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- ^ "Damaris Phillips Show - Southern at Heart". Food Network . Retrieved November 3, 2013.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Damaris Phillips Facebook Page". Facebook . Retrieved November 3, 2013.
- ^ Metcalf, Mitch. "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 25 Sunday Cable Originals (& Network Update): 4.19.2015". ShowBuzzDaily. Archived from the original on April 22, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ^ Southern and Hungry , retrieved October 17, 2017