As Food Network show hosts go, Marsh Mokhtari of "Extreme Chef" has the most intriguing resume yet.
Born in the U.K. to an English mother and a food-loving Persian dad, Mokhtari has lived on four continents, earned a degree in medical physics, worked in finance, guest starred on "Passions" and "The Young and the Restless," and combined his love of performing and travel by hosting adventure-based series around the globe.
So when the network approached him to audition for its first extreme cooking show, "Extreme Chef," now airing its second season on Thursday nights, Mokhtari knew he'd found his next TV home.
"They said, 'We want someone that can handle a chef -- and chefs are not the easiest people to get along with," Mokhtari tells Zap2it of the tryout, in which he discovered a natural affinity for the flinty personalities who sign on to have their physical,...
Born in the U.K. to an English mother and a food-loving Persian dad, Mokhtari has lived on four continents, earned a degree in medical physics, worked in finance, guest starred on "Passions" and "The Young and the Restless," and combined his love of performing and travel by hosting adventure-based series around the globe.
So when the network approached him to audition for its first extreme cooking show, "Extreme Chef," now airing its second season on Thursday nights, Mokhtari knew he'd found his next TV home.
"They said, 'We want someone that can handle a chef -- and chefs are not the easiest people to get along with," Mokhtari tells Zap2it of the tryout, in which he discovered a natural affinity for the flinty personalities who sign on to have their physical,...
- 8/30/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Some of the most fearless chefs in America are leaving the kitchen and are exploring some of the most extreme locations in the upcoming second season of Food Network’s ‘Extreme Chef.’ The new season of the reality show, premieres Thursday, August 16 at 10pm Et/Pt, will feature five episodes of chefs testing their physical prowess, mental toughness and culinary skills. The contestants on ‘Extreme Chef,’ which will be hosted by TV veteran Marsh Mokhtari, will compete in grueling and seemingly impossible culinary challenges. Each episode will also feature the chefs being judged by a rotating panel of notable guest judges. The judges include ‘Next Iron Chef’ judge Simon Majumdar, ‘Hook [ Read More ]...
- 7/12/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
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