Thursday, March 23, 2006

CELEBRITY COOKING SHOWDOWN

NBC'S "CELEBRITY COOKING SHOWDOWN" NAMES PARTICIPATING STARS FOR EXCITING WEEK-LONG EVENT SERIES PREMIERING APRIL 17-21; ANNOUNCES TELEVISION FAVORITE ALAN THICKE AND SEMI-HOMEMADE COOKING CHEF SANDRA LEE AS HOSTS

Celebrity Event Planner Colin Cowie and New York Magazine Restaurant Critic Gael Greene Slated as Judges for New Cooking Competition Series from Reveille and Sean "Diddy" Combs

BURBANK, Calif. -- March 23, 2006 -- NBC's "Celebrity Cooking Showdown," from Reveille and Sean "Diddy" Combs, has revealed its celebrity participants in the week-long cooking competition series premiering April 17-21 (8-9 p.m. ET) and has announced the series will be hosted by television favorite Alan Thicke ("Growing Pains") and celebrity cook/author Sandra Lee (Food Network's "Semi Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee").

Celebrity participants facing off in the kitchen include: supermodel Naomi Campbell, Allison Sweeney (NBC's "Days of our Lives"), Big Kenny (country music's superstar duo, Big and Rich), comedic actor Tom Arnold ("True Lies"), football star Tony Gonzales (Kansas City Chiefs), rapper/actor Ja Rule ("Assault on Precinct 13"), professional volleyball player/model Gabrielle Reese, musician/reality star Ashley Parker Angel (MTV's "There and Back") and the reigning Miss USA 2005 Chelsea Cooley.

Event planner Colin Cowie ("Everyday Elegance") and New York magazine restaurant critic Gael Greene have also been named as in-studio judges. Previously announced celebrity chefs include world-renowned chef Wolfgang Puck, Cat Cora (Food Network's "Iron Chef America") and Govind Armstrong (executive chef/owner, Table 8, Los Angeles).

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Source: http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/pr.cgi?id=20060323nbc03



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