Ted Allen's Dining Out Event

Ted Allen, television personality and host of Food Network’s “Chopped” talks about Dining Out For Life the HIV/AIDS fundraiser with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™. Dining Out For Life hosted by Subaru® takes place in 60 cities across North America on Thursday, April 24th. The event was conceived 23 years ago in Philadelphia and the concept is quite simple. More than 3,000 participating restaurants donate a generous percentage of that day’s proceeds to support service providers in their region to fund care, prevention, education, testing, counseling and other essential HIV/AIDS services. An estimated $4 million will be raised in just one day of dining. We talked to Ted about being a spokesperson for this fabulous event and his spin on our LGBT issues.

When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Allen stated, “Well you know I’m living this life. I’m a member of this team. I don’t profess to be any sort of hero. I think there are a lot of activists who devote their whole lives and work a lot harder than I do and I’m grateful for all of those folks. The one thing that all of us can do is just the fact of being out. That’s one thing that the “Queer Eye” boys and I were able to do. Just that even today has an impact on young people. It’s a nice first step.”

Ted Allen is host of the hit primetime Food Network series “Chopped” which received two James Beard Awards; one for the show itself, the other for Ted as host. Previously Ted was a judge on the first four seasons of Bravo’s “Top Chef” and Food Network’s “Iron Chef America”. He first appeared on the reality TV scene as the food and wine specialist on the groundbreaking Bravo series “Queer Eye,” which was nominated twice for an Emmy Award and took the prize in 2004. 2014 will mark his seventh year as spokesperson for Dining Out For Life. He’s joined by three other celebrity spokespeople for this fabulous fundraiser including actor Pam Grier (Foxy Brown, The L Word), designer Mondo Guerra, winner of Project Runway All-Stars and chef Daisy Martinez from Food Network’s “¡Viva Daisy!”
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