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As a Chef, Food Correspondent, Sommelier and Lifestyle Expert Jamie shares recipes, resources and tips to help make everyday more delicious.

Brimming with culinary talent and wisdom, Chef Jamie whips up delicious recipes and culinary delights for television and radio audiences around the globe. Her weekly 2-hour Live Radio Show entitled "Food & Wine with Chef Jamie Gwen" can be heard throughout Southern California every Sunday on KFWB NEWS TALK 980. Dive into the culinary world with Jamie and meet top chefs, master sommeliers, baking experts and many
others. Expert techniques, regional cooking and the best cooking tools are shared…It’s a fast paced collage of food talk, restaurant news, wine education and interviews with the country’s leading chefs, cookbook authors and restaurateurs.

You can catch Chef Jamie stirring up something scrumptious on
National television shows across the country. Jamie can also be seen as a Celebrity Guest Chef on QVC with her signature line of cookware and she brings her culinary expertise to “OC Family Magazine”, with her monthly recipe column. Jamie is a Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers and a four-time cookbook author. “Good Food For Good Times”, Jamie’s third cookbook, was featured on “Emeril Live” in December 2008 on the Food Network, where Jamie made her Hot Clam Dip alongside the “Bam” Man!

Jamie is a featured Chef/Speaker at The Epcot Food & Wine Festival at Walt Disney World and the featured Host at Disney’s California Food & Wine Festival annually. In 2006, Jamie was named one of eight “Business Stars Under 40” in OC Metro Magazine and in May, 2007 Jamie was nominated as a top “Woman in Business” by the Orange County Business Journal, for her outstanding professional accomplishments.

Her previous television work includes producing and styling the on-air food for the "Emeril" Sitcom on NBC, starring Chef Emeril Lagasse and fans of The Family Channel's "Home & Family Show" will instantly recognize Jamie as the show's Resident Chef, who created and prepared over a thousand mouth-watering dishes during the show's two and a half year run.

Infused with the joy of cooking from a very young age, Jamie graduated from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in New York, then continued to pursue her career under the tutelage of many world-renowned chefs. In her spare time, Jamie enjoys running, reading, creating new recipes and lunch!