ABC's THE CHEW to Mark Milestone 1,000th Show, Today

As co-host Michael Symon would say, "THE CHEW is EN FUEGO!" Five years ago, it began as the apple of ABC's eye, and has simmered and boiled its way to a 2016 Daytime Emmy award gold, having just claimed the title for Outstanding Talk Show- Informative. Now, hotter than ever, "The Chew" marks its 1,000th show, THURSDAY, MAY 5 (1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT; check local listings), on the ABC Television Network. Filmed before an audience of the show's friends and family, the program will feature an all-star Tasting Table packed with some of the world's most amazing chefs and surprise celebrity guests all hour. The co-hosts reveal the top three most downloaded "Chew" recipes; they count down the viewers' favorite moments over the years; and artist Rock Demarco paints an amazing portrait of our co-hosts throughout the show.

"We are thrilled that our daytime fans and friends enjoy what we do so much that we have shared 1,000 hot fresh and delicious shows together," said Gordon Elliot, executive producer. "We love making our program for them. Here's to another 1,000!"

The chefs at the Tasting Table include (in alphabetical order):

Sunny Anderson
Josh Capon
Amanda Freitag
Michael Lomonaco
Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto
Sara Moulton
"Mama T"
Jacques Torres
Fabio Viviani
Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian

The numbers also tell a sizzling story: "The Chew" kicked off 2016 with its most watched quarter in 1 year with 2.815 million Total Viewers and was the #1 broadcast talk show series in daytime in Women 18-49, ahead of CBS' "The Talk" by +2%. "The Chew" towered over Syndicated food series RACHAEL RAY by solid double digit margins in Total Viewers (+33% - 2.8 million vs. 2.1 million) and across key Women categories (W18-49/W25-54).

The show's fourth cookbook, "The Chew: An Essential Guide to Cooking and Entertaining," was just published, featuring the most downloaded recipes chosen by our viewers. In addition, the co-hosts created a signature sandwich (recipe below), which will be featured in the Disney|ABC cafeterias in New York and California on Thursday, May 5.

Celebrating and exploring life through food, "The Chew" is an innovative and groundbreaking daytime series co-hosted by a dynamic group of engaging, fun, relatable experts in food, lifestyle, and entertaining. Produced by Gordon Elliott's Chew Productions for the ABC Television Network, "The Chew" serves up everything food - from cooking and home entertaining to food trends, restaurants, holidays and more - all aimed at making life better, fuller and more fun. Featuring celebrity chefs Mario Batali, Michael Symon, and Carla Hall, entertaining expert Clinton Kelly and health and wellness enthusiast Daphne Oz, "The Chew" is a leap forward into a delicious new kind of lifestyle series.

Follow "The Chew" (@thechew) and hosts Mario Batali (@mariobatali), Michael Symon (@chefsymon), Clinton Kelly (@clinton_kelly), Carla Hall (@carlahall) and Daphne Oz (@DaphneOz) on Twitter.

Produced by Gordon Elliott's Chew Productions for the ABC Television Network, "The Chew" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with stereo sound.

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