Chef Eliana Cooks up a Special Agenda for her Show on the Voice America Kid’s Channel

Dec. 7, 2012 - PRLog -- PHOENIX - Voice America Radio Network, Internet broadcasting pioneer, producing and syndicating online audio and video, is proud to announce on behalf of cookbook author and professional Kid Chef Eliana her exciting lineup for the end of the year.

Kid Chef Eliana has managed to work her way up to be one of the most popular shows on the VoiceAmerica Network, and her featured guests for the month of December are sure to help her stay at the top.

Eliana will be chatting with 7’ Chef, Jeff Goldfarb on December 10. Jeff was dubbed the “World’s Tallest Chef” according to the “Guinness Book of World Records”.  This is sure to be an exciting interview, as Jeff is soon to publish his own cookbook for children titled “Learn to Cook: Getting to Know the Kitchen with Fun Recipes”. The book is dedicated to help fight childhood obesity and teach chidren how to cook at home, and learn what a chef does through realistic kitchen illustrations. "The book is inspired by my volunteer work with Chicago Public schools in conjunction with Michelle Obama's healthy school campaign", Jeff mentions.

On December 17, Chef Eliana will meet with Chef Dan Coudreaut, who is also the Executive Chef of McDonald’s. Chef Eliana was recently contacted by marketing firm Golin Harris, and was asked to travel to McDonald’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois to meet with Chef Dan Coudreaut, the head chef for the McDonald’s franchise, to help with creating new healthy kids Happy Meal for 2013. Eliana and Chef Dan will discuss what everyone has to look forward to.

Learn how to make the perfect holiday cookies by tuning into Chef Eliana’s December 24 episode! Eliana will host cookbook author and television personality, Gale Gand. Gale was the winner of the 2001 James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef, as well as the host of Food Network show “Sweet Dreams”.

Kid Chef Eliana is expecting exciting guests on her show at the beginning of the New Year as well! Chef Leoard from Le Cordon Bleu culinary institute, and Chef Vaughn Trannon of Trannon Culinary, and manufacturer of world-class traveling chef cases and bags will be joining her in January, as well as Footitude.TV, the web-based TV Station that focuses on teaching kids about delicious, nutritious foods and food traditions. In February, White House Executive Chef Jose’ Andres that worked with First Lady Michelle Obama on the healthy lunch challenge will accompany Eliana, as well as Andrew Zimmerman, host of “Bizarre Foods” on the Travel Channel.

New episodes of “Cool Kids Cook” are aired every Monday at 4PM Pacific/6PM Central/7PM Eastern. All new and previous episodes can be found at http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2120/cool-kids-cook.

Kid Chef Eliana has harvested many accomplishments in her 12 years of life. Just this year, she appeared on the Wendy Williams Show in September of 2012, and won New Orleans’ Gambit Weekly’s “40 Under 40” award. Her first book Eliana Cooks! Recipes for Creative Kids was released in October 2010, and she is eager to release her second cookbook, Cool Kids Cook: Louisiana, in the Spring of 2013. She is named one of the “Top 10 Most Famous Kid Critics and Cooks” in the world by The Daily Meal and Fox News. Since she signed on with VoiceAmerica for her global radio show on the VoiceAmerica Kid’s Channel, she has risen to be to the #3 show on the network.

The VoiceAmericaTM Network offers the latest conversations in a talk radio format, providing education, interaction, and advice on key issues, on demand as well as through podcast download. If interested in hosting a talk show on VoiceAmerica Network, contact Jeff Spenard, President of Internet Radio at 480-294-6417 or at jeff.spenard@voiceamerica.com

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About Kid Chef Eliana:

12 year old Kid Chef Eliana grew up in a family of cooks. With grandparents from Cajun Louisiana, the Philippines, Cuba, and Honduras, Eliana’s recipes have international flair. She loves traveling and spending time in the kitchen with her family. Eliana says, “Cooking is so much fun. You can be creative and invent new recipes.” Eliana’s first cookbook, “Eliana Cooks! Recipes for Creative Kids” was released in October 2010. She is awaiting the publication of her second cookbook, “Cool Kids Cook: Louisiana.”

At ten years old, Kid Chef Eliana was chosen as one of 13 Latinos profiled in a museum exhibit at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum. She is featured in a book called The Parents’ Guide to Raising CEO Kids by Dr. Jerry Cook and Sarah L. Cook. She has been a guest chef on Eyewitness Morning News on WWL-TV in New Orleans and has cooked with Celebrity Chef John Besh. She was a featured chef at the New Orleans Seafood Festival and the Louisiana Book Festival. She does numerous media appearances, cooking demonstrations, and book signings.

In the future, Eliana plans to design cookware for kids, create a line of spices, and host her own TV cooking show. She also wants to teach kids that good food is more than chicken nuggets and French fries. Her motto is, “Cool kids cook and get creative in the kitchen!”

About Voice America Kids Radio Network:
In August of 2010 Perry Damone Founder and Chairman of the KidStar Radio Network met an incredible gentleman with an extraordinary vision by the name of Jeff Spenard. Mr. Spenard is the President of World Talk Radio LLC / Voice America. Perry Damone and Jeff Spenard sat down to discuss a new channel that Voice America was thinking of launching; Voice America Kids. This was the beginning of a collaborative effort between World Talk Radio/ Voice America and KDSTR Radio Corp. The KidStar team consulted with Jeff Spenard and his unbelievably talented staff for several months to create and launch the VAK network with a short term goal of twenty Voice America Kids network shows to expand to one hundred shows in the next twenty four months. We have now met that short term goal of 31 all kid run network shows covering topics from sports, to politics, to school issues, to fashion, travel and even a show that is hosted by two twelve year olds called “Life At Twelve” which started as “Life At Ten.” Currently we have shows that are focused on communities and critical issues that face our youth today such as “Purple Songs Can Fly” which originates from Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston hosted by kids going through life challenging treatments. VAK also collaborates with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children offering a 24/7 on air beacon that looks for missing kids across the country and around the world. “Our Future is Missing, Voice America Kids” is hosted by kids looking for missing kids; to date and as of this writing, “Our Future Is Missing Voice America Kids” alongside incredible nationwide efforts, there have been 14 kids recovered which have been on the VAK airwaves.

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