Chadwick Boyd

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Title: Contributor
Education: University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Culinary Institute of America
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Expertise: Modern home cooking, Biscuits, Food writing/journalism, Television

Chadwick has been a food media entrepreneur for more than 30 years. He started his first food business at the age of 7, selling hand crafted brownies and fresh lemonade. Today, his company, Chadwick Boyd Lifestyle, is a multi-media enterprise that collaborates with magazines, television networks, publishing houses and consumer brands.

Highlights:

• Host of “Reel Food,” the first food entertainment series in movie theaters, “Chadwick Has it Made” on CNN.com.
• Judge on Hallmark's “Christmas Cookie Matchup”
• Regular on the Hallmark “Home & Family Show”
• Written and collaborated on 15 food and lifestyle books with many familiar household names
• Published “Entertaining with Vegetables” with foreword written by Nathalie Dupree.
• James Beard Foundation journalism judge
• Travels internationally with Chef Carla Hall teaching home cooks how to make biscuits with their “Biscuit Time” class
• Board member International Association of Culinary Professionals and Heritage Radio Network

Experience

Chadwick Boyd is a food media entrepreneur. He started his first food business at the age of 7, selling hand crafted brownies and fresh lemonade. Today, Boyd’s company, Chadwick Boyd Lifestyle, is a multi-media enterprise that collaborates with magazines, television networks, publishing houses and consumer brands.

Chadwick is a longtime fixture on daytime television and in movie theaters. He is the host of “Reel Food,” the first food entertainment series shown on 15,000 movie screens nationwide every month. He also has cooking episodes on CNN Airport Network and CNN.com called, “Chadwick Has it Made.” Chadwick is a judge on “Christmas Cookie Matchup” on Hallmark Drama. In addition, he is a regular on the Home & Family Show, and can be seen on the CBS show, The Doctor & The Diva, among others.

Chadwick contributes to Better Homes & Gardens, The Kitchn, Food52, Serious Eats and more. He regularly writes for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has been featured in Southern Living, MyRecipes, Rachael Ray Every Day, Real Simple and many more publications. Chadwick has written and collaborated on 15 food and lifestyle books with many familiar household names, including his recipe collection, “Entertaining with Vegetables” with a foreword written by Nathalie Dupree. He is a James Beard Foundation journalism judge and travels internationally with Chef Carla Hall teaching home cooks how to make biscuits with their “Biscuit Time” class. Chadwick sits on the Board of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and Heritage Radio Network.

Chadwick has offices in New York City and Atlanta with a team of experts in brand sales and partnerships, brand communications & marketing, content creation and production. He travels frequently around the country, making appearances and studying emerging food trends.

Education

University of North Carolina, Charlotte - B.A. English with minors in French, Communications, & Architecture
Culinary Institute of America - Hyde Park - Bootcamp Certification

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