Frankie Celenza is a chef and television personality.

Early life and education

Celenza was born in New York. He graduated from Kent School in 2005 and New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2009.

Career

Celenza is the producer and host of the show ''Frankie Cooks'' on

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. He has created many videos on

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and

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. Celenza's programs have received

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in 2013 and 2014. His show ''Struggle Meals'' is a cooking show for those on a budget and is produced with Tastemade, inspired by his college experience to prepare healthy food for himself and other students that cost less than the meal plan that NYU offered. Joining

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at a June 2016 harvesting event at the White House vegetable garden, Celenza, 29 years old at the time, called himself the "food ambassador for my generation". In 2021, he hosted the first season of ''Frankie vs the Internet'', another Tastemade production, in which chefs compete to create meals inspired by on online culinary trends. In June 2022, Celenza won the

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host Beginning in 2013, The Daytime Emmy Awards currently give out two awards to honor hosts of culinary and lifestyle etc. programming. The categories are Outstanding Culinary Host and Outstanding Daytime Program Host. The category originated in 1994 ...

for ''Struggle Meals.''

References

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