*The Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival (NYCWFF) is now in its ninth year, and the event will see the return of favorites like Patti LaBelle, Whoopi Goldberg, the cast of Chopped and celebrity chefs like Rachel Ray for individual panels. New celebrity hosts include Tia Mowry, celebrity chef Aarón Sánchez, and NBA wife Ayesha Curry.
Curry recently published her first cookbook, “The Seasoned Life.” This month, her cooking show, “Ayesha’s Homemade,” premieres on the Food Network. Next, she’ll launch her own meal-kit delivery company, Gather. And after that, she’ll likely turn her San Francisco pop-up into a permanent, brick-and-mortar restaurant, per grubsteet.com.
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Curry shared her passion for food with Grub Street, saying, “I’ve always wanted to pen a cookbook,” she said. “I’ve been jotting down ideas and recipes for years — pages everywhere. Scrap papers and chicken scratch. And I fell asleep every night as a little girl watching the Food Network on my little 12-inch TV.”
She added, “I just want to make sure that everything I do, I love. And I think I’ve done a really good job of that so far.”
The event benefits No Kid Hungry and Food Bank For New York City, with all proceeds going to charity. It kicks off the weekend of Oct. 13-16. Tickets for the NYCWFF events can be purchased online here.
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