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Graham Kerr is an internationally known culinary and
television personality, award-winning author, and master of metaphorical
speaking. His focus is on serving people who want to make healthy,
creative, lifestyle changes and believes that the only lasting changes
are the ones that we enjoy. His life goal is “to help to convert
habits that harm into resources that heal.”
• 2003 Honorary Doctorate in “Culinary Nutrition”
from Johnson & Wales
University, Rhode Island.
• 2000 Awarded Honorary Membership to the American Dietetic
Association and Honorary Membership to the Food
& Culinary Professionals, a Dietetic Practice
Group of the ADA.
• 1999 Inducted into the American Culinary Federation Hall
of Fame
• 1997 Appointed, College of Diplomats, The Educational Foundation
of the National Restaurant Association
• 1997 James Beard Foundation Award
• 1994 Commissioners Special Citation. United States Department
of Health and Human Services and the United
States Food and Drug Administration
• 1993 Winner, International Association of Culinary Professionals,
Julia Child Cookbook Award for Graham Kerr’s
Minimax Cookbook, Best Health and Diet Cookbook
• 1970, 1971 Emmy Nomination for most Outstanding Achievement
Daytime Programming – USA
• 1965 Penguin Award Winner – Australia (Australia’s
“Emmy”)
• 1965 Personality of the Year – New Zealand Television
Awards
• 1964 Gold Medal for the Graham Kerr Cookbook (New
Zealand) International Culinary Olympics, Frankfurt,
Germany
• 1963 Personality of the Year – New Zealand Television
Awards
Television
Graham Kerr’s Gathering Place is
a series of 130 one-hour life-changing television programs. Production
was completed in February 2000 and the show has played internationally
in 2001 and was released on Public Television in the USA in Fall
2002. The program focuses on getting up front and personal by providing
the audience with healthy alternatives that will improve their quality
of life and sense of well-being. For the program, Graham and Treena
crossed the globe in search of a deeper knowledge of the health
and cuisine of many countries, including an understanding of the
nutritional need and goals of local people. Each episode includes
a health expert guest. His guest list includes over 100 physicians,
health professionals and researchers, chefs, government officials
and registered dietitians. Two books that will capture the topic
and primary focus points of each episode guest will follow the series.
Health Education
On January 1, 2003, Graham has became a member of the Advisory Board
for Partnership For Food Safety Education. A national organization
dedicated to educating consumers about the importance of food safety.
Graham serves on the American Dietetic Association Foundation/ConAgra
Foundation Home Food Safety Expert Panel. Consisting of eight leaders
in the food safety arena, Graham is honored and privileged to provide
strategic counsel for the American Dietetic Association’s
national public education initiative communication food safety at
home.
Graham has established an ongoing partnership with the American
Dietetic Association in order for the ADA to serve as nutrition
advisor for his programs and book recipes.
Graham has now completed 450 one-minute radio and television spots
as part of the National Cancer Institute’s 5-A-Day program.
The “Do Yourself a Flavor” spots give listeners creative
“recipe-tips” for fruits and vegetables and can now
be found on www.5aday.gov.
Menu 2 is a new initiative being tested with The Heart Institute
of Spokane and local restaurants. A National roll-out is expected
in 2003.
Publishing
From January 1996 through April 2000, Graham was an Editor at Large
for Cooking Light, the world’s most
widely circulated Epicurean magazine with a readership of 5.7 million.
Graham Kerr has been an established television personality since
1959. He has aired over 1,700 programs including broadcasts in the
United States, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Asia, Africa, United
Kingdom, and Europe. Many of his programs are still airing on PBS,
allfood.com
the Food Channel, and other locations throughout the world through
syndication.
The Gathering Place - 130 1-hour programs
airing internationally on major networks in 2000 and released as
30-minute ‘specials’ on Public Television in Fall of
2002.
Swiftly Seasoned with Graham Kerr - 26
30-minute programs; broadcast on PBS in the United States, began
airing January 1997.
The Best of Kerr - 26 30-minute programs;
broadcast on PBS in the United States, airing January 1996.
Graham Kerr's Kitchen - 78 30-minute programs;
broadcast Series I, II and III on PBS in the United States since
October 1992.
The Graham Kerr Show - 170 30-minute programs;
produced and broadcast in the United States in 1990-91; rebroadcast
by the Discovery Channel, twice daily, starting September 1992;
also broadcast in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Japan, Asia and
Africa.
Simply Marvelous - 39 30-minute programs;
produced in 1988; broadcast in the United States since January 1992.
Also broadcast in South Africa and Europe.
A Bite With Kerr - 130 30-second tips
on healthy eating; produced and broadcast during 1990 on syndicated
United States television stations.
Take Kerr - 260 4-minute programs on healthy
flavorful food; produced in 1974-75; broadcast by the Cable News
Network in the United States.
The Galloping Gourmet - 455 30-minute
programs; produced from 1969-1971; broadcast in the United States
and 37 other countries.
Entertaining with Kerr - 155 30-minute
programs; produced from 1959-1968 in New Zealand and Australia.
As an award-winning author, Graham Kerr has written 23 books with
over 14 million copies sold, including his latest creation, The
Gathering Place, Volume II.
• The Gathering Place, Volume II, Quarry Press, January
2002
• The Gathering Place, Camano Press, October 1997
• Swiftly Seasoned with Graham Kerr, G.P. Putnam's
Sons, January 1997
• Graham Kerr's Best, G.P. Putnam's Sons, January
1996
• Graham Kerr's Kitchen, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Fall
1994
• Graham Kerr's Creative Choices, G.P. Putnam's Sons,
Fall 1993
• Graham Kerr's Minimax Cookbook, Bantam Doubleday
Dell, Fall 1992
• Graham Kerr's Smart Cooking,
Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1991
• Step by Step Cookbook, David C. Cook, 1981
• The Love Feast, Simon and Schuster, 1977
• The New Seasoning, Simon and Schuster, 1975
• The Complete Galloping Gourmet Cookbook, Grossett
and Dunlap, 1973
• The Television Cookbooks Seven Volumes, Fremantle
International, USA, 1970, 72
• The Graham Kerr Cookbook, (USA)Doubleday, 1970
• The Graham Kerr Cookbook, (UK) Lion Publishing
and AH & AW Reed, Wellington, New Zealand,
1964
• The Galloping Gourmets, AH & AW Reed,
Sydney, Australia, with Len Evens, 1965
• Entertaining with Kerr, AH & AW Reed, Wellington,
New Zealand, 1963
Graham has been a speaker at conferences and events for countless
organizations, hospitals, health programs and cardiac rehab centers.
Some of his highlights include:
• Keynote speaker, Alaska Providence Hospital, 2001
• Keynote speaker, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
2001
• Keynote speaker, National Restaurant Association, 2001
• Keynote speaker, MultiCare Regional Cancer Center, 2001
• Keynote speaker and presenter, Heart Institute of Spokane,
2001
• Keynote speaker, American Dietetic Association meeting,
2000
• Keynote speaker, American Heart Association meeting 1998
• Keynote speaker, Cardiac Therapy Foundation, 1998
• Guest speaker, 1997 Hoechst Marion Roussel CardiSense cruise.
• “Pull Up a Chair… With Graham Kerr”, healthy
living seminar series sponsored by Hoechst Marion Roussel
and Dannon Yogurt, 1996
• Presenter, American Dietetic Association 77th Annual Meeting
and Exhibition 1994. Science and Senses: Synergizing
Between the Gourmet and Registered Dietitian
• Speaker, American Heart Association, National Cancer Institute
and the American Diabetic Association
• The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
• The Late Show with David Letterman
• Network morning shows and dozens of local television and
radio ‘events’
• International Association of Culinary Professionals
• American Culinary Federation
• Culinary Institute of America
• American Heart Association
• Research Chefs Association
1996 – Present First Visiting Professor, Culinary Institute
of America, Hyde Park, NY
1997 - Present Visiting Professor, Art Institute of Seattle (Culinary
Arts Department), Seattle, WA
1998 Master Classes, International Association of Culinary Professionals,
Portland, OR
1998 & 1996 La Varenne Signature Series, The Greenbrier, WV
1996 Lecturer, Great Chefs Lecture Series, Culinary Institute of
America, Hyde Park, NY
1996 Great Chefs Lecture, Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park,
NY
1996 Master Classes, International Association of Culinary Professionals,
Philadelphia, PA
1995 Master Classes, International Association of Culinary Professionals,
San Antonio, TX
1973 Adjunct Professor, Cornell University Hotel School, Ithaca,
NY
Haggen/Top Foods: A Pacific Northwest grocery chain for which Graham
does consultation and development for new foods and services at
the supermarket level.
Impact Marketing: Producers of the Graham Kerr signature barbeque
tool set.
Kitchen Art: Producers of the salt and pepper/spice dispensers.
National Cancer Institute: To date, Graham has produced over 400
one-minute radio and television spots as part of the 5-A-Day program.
The “Do Yourself a Flavor” spots give listeners creative
“recipe-tips” for fruits and vegetables.
Life Scan: A home blood monitoring system for diabetics (Johnson
& Johnson).
Eggbeaters™: ConAgra Food
Kerr Corporation is the management and production company for Graham
Kerr television programs, books, personal appearances and other
outreach, ranging from radio, Internet, corporate meetings, educational
fundraisers and bookstore signings. Additional products are under
development.
Residence: Mt. Vernon, Washington; naturalized
U.S. citizen.
Family: Married in 1955; three children, six grandchildren.
Birth Date: January 22, 1934, London, England.
• Introduce “Food Preference Sheet” to culinary,
nutrition education programs.
• Help to increase US consumption of fruit and vegetables
by 300% to 9 servings per day.
• Help to reduce portion sizes to safe “reasonable”
levels.
• Promote the idea of converting habits that harm into resources
that heal.
Treena Kerr, Graham Kerr's wife, has served as co-creator for all
television activities since 1969, when she was twice nominated for
the Emmy's "Daytime TV Producer of the Year." Treena is
also a published poet and has published a new book, “Substance
In Shadow” that is also available in a musically scored CD.
More on Treena>>
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