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Claire Robinson is a television host, author and cook. She graduated from the French Culinary Institute in 2005 and was a
television host A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces or hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. It is common for people who garnered fam ...
of the
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series '' 5 Ingredient Fix''. On April 4, 2010, she debuted as the new host of
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replacing
Keegan Gerhard Keegan Gerhard (born December 2, 1969) is an American pastry chef and the former host of the Food Network series Food Network Challenge. As of the tenth season, he has been replaced by Claire Robinson. Instead of being the host, he serves as a ...
who hosted the program from 2005 to 2010. As of 2012, she is currently the co-host with Richard Corrigan of '' Chef Race: UK vs. US'' on
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.


Personal life

Robinson was born in
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to an ethnically diverse family. As a child her family moved frequently but eventually settled in
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. Her grandparents held PhDs in education and her grandfather was a former president of the
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. Robinson herself graduated from the University of Memphis with a degree in communications.


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Claire on the Food Network
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