Gordon Elliott (born 30 September 1956) is a

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journalist and producer, radio and television personality, based now in the

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. He was the

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's former daytime cooking related talk show ''

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'', and had his own eponymous TV talk show program, between 1994 and 1997 ''

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'' and '' Door Knock Dinners''.

Early life and early career

Elliott was born in Everton, Liverpool, England, but grew up in

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, Australia. He was educated at

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and attended the

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for a law degree. While studying as a Sydney student, Elliott worked part-time on a radio show and ended up on '' Good Morning Australia'' He also appeared as the Australian anchorman for the 1984 Olympic Concert Gala. The gala marked his third trip to

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, as he had earlier flown to Los Angeles to fill in as host of ''

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'' first in 1979 and again in 1980. At the time of his first ''AT40'' appearance, which introduced him to American audiences, he was the youngest substitute host in the program's history. After several jobs hosting morning news programs and landing work as the feature reporter on the Fox Television show ''

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'' (produced by New York's

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) in 1987, Elliott appeared as the house-entering feature reporter on WNYW's morning news program ''

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''.

Mid-1990s to present

The 1990s had him take turns hosting game and talk shows, including ''The Gordon Elliott Show'' from 1994–1997. In 1990, Elliott also hosted '' To Tell the Truth'' for two months before being replaced by

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. In 1991 he was the presenter for the Australian TV show, ''Hard Copy.'' In 2000, he hosted ''

It's Your Chance of a Lifetime ''It's Your Chance of a Lifetime'' is an American game show that aired on Fox in June 2000. Gordon Elliott hosted the show, with Mark Thompson serving as announcer (only to do the opening intro and contestant call-in at the end). The show was an ...

''. Recently he has hosted the TV

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's programs ''Doorknock Dinners'' , ''Follow That Food'' and the

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's ''The Genuine Article'', and was the TV pitchman for

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in the early 2000s. He had a recurring role on '' Oz'' as the host of a game show that was popular with the inmates. He formed his own production company, Follow Productions, in 1999. This company produces ''

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's Home Cooking'', ''Paula's Best Dishes'', and ''

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'' for Food Network. In 2007, he won a daytime Emmy for Best Lifestyle Series for his work on ''Paula Deen's Home Cooking''. His company has produced many other lifestyle series for cable networks, including ''Simply Wine with Andrea Immer'', ''Pairings with Andrea'', ''Best For Less'', the first four seasons of ''Sandra Lee's Semi Home Made'', ''We Live Here'', and ''Pocket The Difference'', and Pati Jinich's "Pati's Mexican Table" beginning with season three. He is executive producer of both Food Network shows hosted by Pat and Gina Neely: ''

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'' and '' Road Tasted with the Neelys''. In 2010, he began producing ''Spice & Easy'' for Food Network. He was also the executive producer and off-screen announcer for the lifestyle show ''

'', which aired from 2011 to 2018 as a part of

's daytime lineup.

Filmography

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's ''

'' (substitute host, 9/8/1979 & 9/6/1980) * '' Good Morning Australia'' (breakfast TV) (1981–1987) * ''A Current Affair'' (1987–1991) * '' To Tell the Truth'' (1990) * ''

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''/''Hard Copy Australian Edition'' (1991) * ''

'' * ''CBS This Morning'' (1993) * '' Ryori no tetsujin'' ("Iron Chef") (1993) (in the 2000 special "New York Battle") * ''

'' (talk show) (1994–1997) * '' World's Dumbest Criminals'' (1997) * ''Rencontre à New York'' (1998) * ''Trifling With Fate'' (2000) * ''

'' (2000) * '' Oz'' (2001) * ''Follow That Food'' (2002) * ''The Genuine Article'' (2004) * ''The Next Food Network Star'' (2005) * ''

Gordon Elliott's Door Knock Dinners ''Door Knock Dinners'' is a program that aired on Food Network in the late 1990s. The program featured Gordon Elliott taking a guest chef (or himself) into the home of a busy person/household and cooking the family a dinner using only the items t ...

References

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