Catherine McCord (born May 10, 1974) is an American former
model,
actress, and
television program hostess. She is the founder of ''Weelicious'', a website dedicated to helping parents expose their children to wholesome, delicious homemade food. She is also the co-founder of One Potato, an organic home meal delivery kit service, focused specifically on the mealtime needs of families, and the author of the cookbooks, ''Weelicious: One Family. One Meal.'' and ''Weelicious Lunches: Think Outside the Lunchbox''.
McCord appears regularly on the
Food Network's ''
Guy's Grocery Games'' as a judge and has had guest spots on the Food Network's shows ''
Next Food Network Star
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'' and ''Duff Till Dawn''. She won the ''Guy's Grocery Games'' Delivery episode - ''Pantry-Palooza'', beating
Melissa D'Arabian
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, and won $17,000 for
heart arrythmia
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research.
Biography
McCord was born in
Louisville, Kentucky, and began modeling for
Elite Model Management at the age of 14. She has appeared on the covers of ''
Glamour
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Arts
Film
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* ''Glamour'' (1934 film), an American film
* ''Glamour'' (2000 film), a Hungarian film
Writing
* ''Glamour'' (magazine), a magazine for women
* ''The Glamour ...
'' and ''
Elle'' magazines, and walked the runway for
Donna Karan and
Calvin Klein
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. From 1999 to 2000 she was the female co-host of the MTV show ''
Loveline''. ''
FHM'' magazine readers voted her one of the
sexiest women in the world for 2001.
McCord appeared in the films ''
Stuck on You'', starring
Matt Damon; ''
Derailed'', starring
Clive Owen
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and
Jennifer Aniston and ''
Gridiron Gang
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'' starring
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
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. She also appeared on ''
Two and a Half Men'' (2005).
She is a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and a graduate of
Kentucky Country Day and the
Institute of Culinary Education
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.
Blogging
McCord owns and runs Weelicious.com, a website which "provides a solution to parents' hectic lives by showing them how to cook recipes that are kid-friendly, quick, and nutritious" with an aim on making "cooking accessible using few, but fresh ingredients." The site is updated daily with a new recipe or tip and includes a weekly how-to cooking video.
In August 2010, ''
People'' voted McCord one of the 50 most influential "Mommy Bloggers." She has appeared multiple times in ''People'', ''Self'' and ''
Real Simple Magazine'', on the ''
Today Show'', ''
The Chew'', ''
Access Hollywood Live'' and ''
Good Morning America
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''. She is a regular contributor to
People.com
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, Baby Center,
Lilsugar.com, and Goodbite.com.
Personal life
McCord is married to Jonathan Gordon and has three children.
Bibliography
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References
External links
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1974 births
Female models from Kentucky
Living people
Actresses from Louisville, Kentucky
21st-century American women