''Food Network Magazine'' is a bi-monthly food entertainment magazine founded by

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and

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based on the latter's popular television network

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. The magazine debuted in 2008, originally as two newsstand-only test issues to be followed by the first official issue in June 2009. , it reaches 5 million readers with each issue with a 1.35 million circulation. The magazine has its headquarters in New York City.

History

In October 2008, Hearst President Cathie Black announced that

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had partnered with

to develop ''Food Network Magazine''. Maile Carpenter, who was working at ''Everyday with

Rachael Ray Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968) is an American cook, television personality, businesswoman, and author. She hosted the syndicated daily talk and lifestyle program '' Rachael Ray''. Other programs to her credit include ''30 Minut ...

'', is the magazine's founding editor. The magazine started out with a 300,000 issue rate base guarantee to advertisers. Due to the significant growth of interest and subscribers generated by internet sales and television, that guarantee increased to 1.25 million after 9 issues in 2009-2010.

Editorial

Each issue features various

talent throughout its pages, plus a behind-the-scenes look at their shows and kitchens. The magazine also showcases kitchen tools, food products, new restaurants, recipes and food across the United States. Chefs that have been included in ''Food Network Magazine'' include

Alton Brown Alton Crawford Brown Jr. (born July 30, 1962) is an American television personality, food show presenter, food scientist, author, voice actor, and cinematographer. He is the creator and host of the Food Network television show '' Good Eats'' th ...

Guy Fieri Guy Ramsay Fieri (, ; Ferry; born January 22, 1968) is an American restaurateur, author, and an Emmy Award winning television presenter. He co-owned three now-defunct restaurants in California. He licenses his name to restaurants in cities a ...

Bobby Flay Robert William "Bobby" Flay (born December 10, 1964) is an American celebrity chef, food writer, restaurateur, and Television presenter, television personality. Flay is the owner and Chef de cuisine, executive chef of several restaurants and fr ...

Ina Garten Ina Rosenberg Garten ( ; born February 2, 1948) is an American television cook and author. She is host of the Food Network program '' Barefoot Contessa'' and was a former staff member of the Office of Management and Budget. Among her dishes are ...

Michael Symon Michael D. Symon (born September 19, 1969) is an American chef, restaurateur, television personality, and author. He is seen regularly on Food Network on shows such as ''Iron Chef America'', ''Burgers, Brew and 'Que, Food Feuds'', and ''The Bes ...

, Melissa d'Arabian,

Tyler Florence Tyler Florence (born March 3, 1971) is an American chef and television host of several Food Network shows. He graduated from the College of Culinary Arts at the Charleston, South Carolina, campus of Johnson & Wales University in 1991. He was la ...

, Ellie Krieger,

Ted Allen Edward Reese Allen (born May 20, 1965) is an American author and television personality. He was the food and wine connoisseur on the Bravo (U.S. TV network), Bravo network's television program ''Queer Eye (2003 TV series), Queer Eye'', and has b ...

, Morimoto,

Aida Mollenkamp Aida Marianne Mollenkamp (born April 15, 1980) is a cook, television personality, and food writer from Manhattan Beach, California. Early life Mollenkamp grew up in Southern California and attended Rolling Hills Country Day and Chadwick School i ...

Anne Burrell Anne W. Burrell (September 21, 1969 – June 17, 2025) was an American chef, television personality, and instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education. She was the host of the Food Network show '' Secrets of a Restaurant Chef'' and co-host ...

, Aarón Sanchez, Jose Garces,

Pat Neely Pat Neely (born July 20, 1964) is an American restaurateur, television personality, and author. He is the co-owner of Neely's Bar-B-Que restaurant in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. He and former wife Gina hosted two Food Network television program ...

Sunny Anderson Sunny Anderson (born April 9, 1975) is a Food Network personality. She began hosting '' How'd That Get On My Plate?'' in July 2008. She also hosts the Food Network program ''Cooking for Real'' (beginning in April 2008), and served as co-host wit ...

and

Nigella Lawson Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960) is an English food writer and television cook. After graduating from Oxford, Lawson worked as a book reviewer and restaurant critic, later becoming the deputy literary editor of ''The Sunday Times'' in ...

Accolades

Accolades earned by the magazine include being named "Launch of the Year" by ''Folio'', ''

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''Food Network Magazine Is Ad Age's Magazine A-List Launch of the Year
AdAge 2009 and ''Min''.
min, 2009 In April 2010, ''Food Network Magazine'' was listed as #1 on Adweek's Hot List "10 under 60" for their first eligible year.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Food Network Magazine Monthly magazines published in the United States Food and drink magazines published in the United States Hearst Communications publications Magazines established in 2008 Magazines published in New York City Ten times annually magazines 2008 establishments in the United States

History

Editorial

Accolades

See also

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