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Marcela Valladolid

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Birthday: Jul 19, 1978

Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA

Celebrity chef Marcela Valladolid built her love of food into a high-profile television career. Her career in food got underway when she began helping at her aunt's cooking school in Baja, Mexico. She later studied at the Los Angeles Culinary Institute and the Ritz-Escoffier Cooking School in Paris, before starting her own catering business in Tijuana. She began working as a writer and editor for the magazine Bon Appetit, which brought her to the attention of television producers. After appearing on "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart" (NBC, 2015), she starred in the Spanish-language cooking show "Relatos con Sabor" (Discovery en Espanol, 2008). She published a well-received cookbook, Fresh Mexico: 100 Simple Recipes for True Mexican Flavor, which reinforced her appeal. She soon starred in the cooking show "Mexican Made Easy" (Food Network, 2010-12). This led to a string of appearances on other Food Network properties, including "Throwdown! With Bobby Flay" (Food Network, 2006-10) and "Iron Chef America" (Food Network, 2005-). She also served as a judge on "The American Baking Competition" (CBS, 2013). Valladolid became one of the hosts of "The Kitchen" (Food Network, 2014-), an informal cooking talk show. She joined fellow celebrity chefs Sunny Anderson, Katie Lee, Jeff Mauro, and Geoffrey Zakarian in hosting duties until she left the show in 2017. She continued working with the Food Network, though, acting as a judge on "The Best Baker in America" (2017-).

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Filmography

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Kitchen Host,
Self
2014-2025
No Score Yet No Score Yet ¡Qué delicioso! Host 2022
No Score Yet 11% The View Guest 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2011 2013-2015 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Best Baker in America Judge 2017-2019 2021
No Score Yet 93% Selena + Chef Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Home & Family Guest 2018 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Holiday Gingerbread Showdown Host 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dr. Oz Show Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beat Bobby Flay Guest 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kitchen Sink Host 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chopped Junior Judge 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The American Baking Competition Judge 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mexican Made Easy Host 2010-2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Nate Berkus Show Guest 2011-2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Best Thing I Ever Ate Unknown (Character) 2010