Unwrapped is an American television program on Food Network

Food Network

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 that reveals the origins of foods. It first aired in June 2001 and is hosted by Marc Summers

Marc Summers

Marc Summers is an American television personality, comedian, game show host, producer, and a two-time talk show host. He is best known for hosting the Nickelodeon game show Double Dare and currently hosts Unwrapped on The Food Network.- Early career :Summers was born Marc Berkowitz in...

. The show leads viewers on tours of factories and other food-related locations. Popular subjects include candy

Candy

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, breakfast cereal

Breakfast cereal

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, snacks, and TV dinner

TV dinner

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s. The show's spin-off

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, Trivia Unwrapped, is a game show

Game show

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 also hosted by Marc Summers.

Overview

The show tapes segments with Marc Summers at many different locations across the country. Some host segment locations are: The Notz Landing Diner located in Golden

Golden, Colorado

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, Colorado

Colorado

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 at the Heritage Square

Heritage Square

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 Amusement Park; The Drugstore in Pueblo, Colorado

Pueblo, Colorado

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; locations within Elitch Gardens Amusement Park in Denver; and a specially built set at the Comcast

Comcast

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 Media Center near Denver.

The show is produced by the Colorado production company High Noon Productions for Food Network. Since 2006, new episodes of Unwrapped have been presented in high definition on Food Network HD.

Volume 1 of the show has been released to a 3-DVD set exclusively available at Target

Target Corporation

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along with other Food Network shows.

Marc Silverstein hosted several 1-hour Unwrapped specials (later remade with Summers).