Gordon Elliott
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This article refers to the Australian TV personality: for the Irish trainer see Gordon Elliott (racehorse trainer)
| Gordon Elliott | |
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 Gordon Elliott hosting To Tell The Truth |
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| Occupation | Reporter TV Personality |
Gordon Elliott (b. September 30, 1956, Everton, Liverpool) is a reporter and producer who grew up in Australia. Gordon was educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham and attended the University of Sydney for a Law Degree. Whilst studying as a Sydney law student, Elliott worked part time on a radio show and ended up on Good Morning Australia.
After several jobs hosting morning news programs and work as the feature reporter on the Fox Television show A Current Affair (produced by New York's WNYW), Elliott appeared as the house-entering feature reporter on WNYW's morning news program Good Day New York.
The 1990s saw him take turns hosting game and talk shows.
Recently he has hosted the TV Food Network's programs Doorknock Dinners and Follow That Food and the Fine Living network's The Genuine Article, and was the TV pitchman for Campbell Soups 2003, 2004 and 2005.
He formed his own production company, Follow Productions in 1999. This company produces Paula Deen's Home Cooking and Paula's Party for Food Network. In 2007 he won a daytime Emmy for Best Lifestyle Series for his work on Paula's Home Cooking. Paula Deen won an Emmy for Best Lifestyle Series Host.
His company has produced many other lifestyle series for cable networks including Simply Wine with Andrea Immer, Pairings with Andrea, Best For Less, the first four seasons of Sandra Lee's Semi Home Made, Road Tasted, We Live Here and Pocket The Difference.
He is the national spokesperson for The Campbell’s Soup Company.
[edit] Family
He lives in Millbrook, New York with his second wife and two sons. His first wife was from France, his current wife is American.
[edit] Shows and Movies
- Casey Kasem's American Top 40 (substitute host, 9/8/1979 & 9/6/1980)
- Good Morning Australia (1980-1986)
- A Current Affair (1987-1991)
- To Tell the Truth (1990)
- Hard Copy/Hard Copy Australian Edition (1991)
- Good Day New York
- CBS This Morning (1993)
- Ryori no tetsujin (Iron Chef) ((1993) (in the 2000 special "New York Battle")
- The Gordon Elliott Show (talk show) (1994-1997)
- World's Dumbest Criminals (1997)
- Rencontre à New York (1998)
- Trifling With Fate (2000)
- It's Your Chance of a Lifetime (2000)
- Oz (2001)
- Follow That Food (2002)
- The Genuine Article (2004)
- The Next Food Network Star (2005)
- Gordon Elliott's Door Knock Dinners
| Preceded by Robin Ward in 1980 |
Host of To Tell The Truth 1990 |
Succeeded by Lynn Swann |
