Devin Alexander
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Devin Alexander is an American
celebrity chef
, New York Times Bestselling author
, media personality and weight loss expert. She is the Host of Healthy Decadence on Fit TV
, and her unique approach to healthy cooking and motivational personal story have landed her regular appearances on numerous weight loss and fitness shows on TV. Having maintained her 70-pound weight loss for over 16 years, she lives and eats her message: you don’t have to deprive yourself to be fit and healthy
Devin is the author of eight current and forthcoming cookbooks, including “The Biggest Loser Cookbook” series (to accompany the hit NBC show)
Devin travels the country lecturing and consulting for major U.S. food and cookware companies. She’s on the Advisory Board of the American Culinary Federation’s Chef Child Foundation, Larry King Foundation’s Go-To-Chef to speak on “Obesity in America,” and she recently returned from the White House as part of Michelle Obama’s, Chefs Move To Schools Program.
, followed by her Professional Chef Certification from the Westlake Culinary Institute.
USA, Style Network and others, and through over 300 magazine features including Prevention, Women’s Health, Men’s Health and Shape. She has served as Culinary Advisor to Men’s Fitness Magazine and Cooking Expert to Women’s Health.
United States
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celebrity chef
Celebrity chef
A celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become famous and well known. Today celebrity chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations via mass media, especially television. Historically, celebrity chefs have included Antoine Carême and Martino da Como.-External...
, New York Times Bestselling author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, media personality and weight loss expert. She is the Host of Healthy Decadence on Fit TV
Fit TV
Fit TV is a French television channel which is part of the AB Groupe. The channel was originally only shown on AB Sat, but is now available via a contract through certain cable channels and on digital television. The channel deals with fitness and staying in shape. It ceased broadcast on 15 October...
, and her unique approach to healthy cooking and motivational personal story have landed her regular appearances on numerous weight loss and fitness shows on TV. Having maintained her 70-pound weight loss for over 16 years, she lives and eats her message: you don’t have to deprive yourself to be fit and healthy
Devin is the author of eight current and forthcoming cookbooks, including “The Biggest Loser Cookbook” series (to accompany the hit NBC show)
Devin travels the country lecturing and consulting for major U.S. food and cookware companies. She’s on the Advisory Board of the American Culinary Federation’s Chef Child Foundation, Larry King Foundation’s Go-To-Chef to speak on “Obesity in America,” and she recently returned from the White House as part of Michelle Obama’s, Chefs Move To Schools Program.
Early life
Alexander received her BA in Theater from Smith CollegeSmith College
Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is the largest member of the Seven Sisters...
, followed by her Professional Chef Certification from the Westlake Culinary Institute.
Appearances
Alexander has appeared on- The Today ShowThe Today ShowToday is an iconic American morning news and talk show airing every morning on NBC. Debuting on January 14, 1952, it was the first of its genre on American television and in the world. The show is also the fourth-longest running American television series...
- Good Morning AmericaGood Morning AmericaGood Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
- The Biggest LoserThe Biggest LoserThe Biggest Loser is an American reality game show that debuted on NBC October 19, 2004. The show features obese people competing to win a cash prize by losing the highest percentage of weight relative to their initial weight....
- Access HollywoodAccess HollywoodAccess Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and...
- Dr. Oz
- Dr. Phil
- The DoctorsThe DoctorsThe Doctors is a soap opera which aired on NBC Daytime from April 1, 1963, to December 31, 1982. There were 5280 episodes produced, with the 5000th episode airing in November 1981...
- Dr. Drew
- The View
- Celebrity Fit ClubCelebrity Fit ClubCelebrity Fit Club is a reality television series that follows eight overweight celebrities as they try to lose weight for charity. Split into two competing teams of four, each week teams are given different physical challenges, and weighed to see if they reached their target weights...
- Discovery Health’s National Body Challenge
- FoxFox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
- CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
- HGTVHGTVHGTV , is a cable-television network operating in the United States and Canada, broadcasting a variety of home and garden improvement, maintenance, renovation, craft and remodeling shows...
USA, Style Network and others, and through over 300 magazine features including Prevention, Women’s Health, Men’s Health and Shape. She has served as Culinary Advisor to Men’s Fitness Magazine and Cooking Expert to Women’s Health.
Books
Alexander is the author of seven cookbooks:- Fast Food Fix (RodaleRodaleRodale may refer to:* Jerome Irving Rodale , publisher, sustainable agriculture and organic farming advocate** Rodale, Inc., a publishing company founded by J. I. Rodale...
, April 18, 2006) – ISBN 978-1-59-486310-3 - The Biggest Loser Cookbook (RodaleRodaleRodale may refer to:* Jerome Irving Rodale , publisher, sustainable agriculture and organic farming advocate** Rodale, Inc., a publishing company founded by J. I. Rodale...
, October 3, 2006) – ISBN 978-1-59-486575-6 - The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook (RodaleRodaleRodale may refer to:* Jerome Irving Rodale , publisher, sustainable agriculture and organic farming advocate** Rodale, Inc., a publishing company founded by J. I. Rodale...
, November 11, 2008) – ISBN 978-1-60-529783-5 - The Most Decadent Diet Ever! (BroadwayBroadway BooksBroadway Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a Division of Random House, Inc., released its first list in Fall, 1996. Broadway Books has since published many New York Times bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, including Elizabeth Edwards’ memoir Resilience, Bill O’Reilly’s memoir A...
, April 22, 2008)) – ISBN 978-0-76-792881-6 - I Can’t Believe It’s Not Fattening (BroadwayBroadway BooksBroadway Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a Division of Random House, Inc., released its first list in Fall, 1996. Broadway Books has since published many New York Times bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, including Elizabeth Edwards’ memoir Resilience, Bill O’Reilly’s memoir A...
, March 9, 2010) – ISBN 978-0-76-793157-1 - The Biggest Loser Dessert Cookbook (RodaleRodaleRodale may refer to:* Jerome Irving Rodale , publisher, sustainable agriculture and organic farming advocate** Rodale, Inc., a publishing company founded by J. I. Rodale...
, November 9, 2010) – ISBN 978-1-60-961129-3 - The Biggest Loser Flavors of the World Cookbook (RodaleRodaleRodale may refer to:* Jerome Irving Rodale , publisher, sustainable agriculture and organic farming advocate** Rodale, Inc., a publishing company founded by J. I. Rodale...
, March 15, 2010) – ISBN 978-1-60-961148-4