'Today Show' Booker: We're Looking for Chefs With Personality

[Left to right: New York “Grub Street” blog editor Daniel Maurer, Wine Spectator/Cigar Aficionado‘s Jack Bettridge, Carla Spartos, Food Writer, New York Post, “Today Show” Producer and Chef Booker Deb Kosofsky, “Good Day New York” Segment Producer Linda Simidian. Picture courtesy Peter Himler.]

This post was written by Nancy Lazarus, consultant and new contributor to PRNewser.

At the Publicity Club of New York’s ‘Food Beat’ panel lunch on Thursday, the producers of the ‘Today Show’ and ‘Good Day New York’ both agreed that chefs with charismatic personalities are the most sought after talent to appear on their shows’ food segments.

Deb Kosovsky, Producer and Chief Booker on the ‘Today Show,’ said:


“We want chefs with great personalities since it is a personality driven segment.”

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