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When most kids were dreaming of cookies and cake, Courtney Rada was dreaming of riblets and steak. Comedian and Food Lover, Courtney Rada grew up in the restaurant business. As a native of South Jersey, Courtney has always been a fan of farm fresh ingredients and bold flavors. Shout out to “The Garden


State!” Genuinely curious about every meat’s story, Courtney loves to make herself at home in everyone’s kitchen.

In April of 2018, Courtney made her TV Debut on the Food Network’s Ultimate Summer Cook-Off as a guest judge with Chef Eddie Jackson. Since then Courtney’s been launched into a world of hosting and judging on shows such as Food Network/Cooking Channel’s Beat Bobby Flay, Valerie Bertinelli’s Family Food Showdown, Best Thing I Ever Ate and more. In 2017, she hosted several shows on Genius Kitchen, a digital subsidiary of Food Network, including a series called CARNIVOROUS.

Premiering with not one but two brand-new episodes on Sunday, July 14 at 1|12c and 1:30|12:30c, Courtney's hosting skills have taken CARNIVOROUS to the Food Network!

A trained actor and comedian, Courtney’s screen and standup credits include Gotham Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club, Elite Daily, Bustle, HowCast and Amazon.

When not working, you can find Courtney cooking at home, planning her next getaway, editing an Instagram caption, hitting the gym or reading a book she won’t finish. Courtney loves to share a joke, a bite and a laugh with everyone she “meats.”

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VIDEO: Alex Newell, Kara Lindsay, Isabelle McCalla, and More Perform 'The New World' From SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD

A group of stars have performed a new virtual cover of The New World from Jason Robert Brown's Songs For a New World.
Food Network Presents New Series FAMILY RESTAURANT RIVALS

Food brings families together, especially families who work together running restaurants, serving up some of the best dishes across the country. But, beginning on Monday, August 19th at 10pm ETPT, some of these families will compete on Family Restaurant Rivals to prove their recipes are better than all the rest. Emmy(R) award-winning Valerie Bertinelli hosts the action of this culinary competition where family pride and $10,000 are on the line. They must endure real-life restaurant curveballs and please a panel of rotating judges including Kardea Brown, Jason Fullilove, Ray Garcia, Alex Guarnaschelli, Robert Irvine, Clinton Kelly, Antonia Lofaso, Bricia Lopez, Simon Majumdar, Christian Petroni, Courtney Rada, Aarti Sequeira and Jet Tila with delicious dishes, but only one family will be crowned the winner.
Valerie Bertinelli to Host New Food Network Competition Series, FAMILY FOOD SHOWDOWN

Families that cook together stay together, and those that do it well have the chance to win $10,000 on new Food Network series Family Food Showdown. Valerie Bertinelli hosts as families face off in a fast-paced, action-packed culinary competition beginning on Sunday, March 3rd at 8pm ET/PT. In each episode, two families are pitted against each other in three rounds of challenges designed to test their cooking skills, recipes and family dynamics. The teams must blow away a rotating panel of culinary experts including Kardea Brown, Clinton Kelly, Antonia Lofaso, Daphne Oz, Jamika Pessoa, Christian Petroni, Courtney Rada, Jake and Jazz Smollet, Tori Spelling, Jet Tila, Isaac Toups, Bryanand Michael Voltaggio, Molly Yeh and more, to keep their family pride and take home the grand prize!
Cooking Channel Kicks off the New Year with CRAZY CAKES and More

Cooking Channel is kicking off the new year with new seasons and episodes of your favorites shows. On Monday, January 21st at 9pmET/6pmPT, Alton Brown reloads his pressure cooker favorites on the season finale of Good Eats: Reloaded. On Friday, January 25th at 10pmET/7pmPT, Cooking Channel goes behind the scenes of the country's most extravagant bakeries on the season premiere of Crazy Cakes. Also, in January, catch new episodes of The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Burgers, Brew and 'Que, Delicious Destinations, Extreme Cake Makers, Food Paradise, Food: Fact or Fiction?, Man's Greatest Food and Man v. Food. CookingChannelTV.com is ready to help with New Year's resolutions with healthy recipes and cooking tips. Join the Cooking Channel conversation on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Cooking Channel's November Highlights Include HOLIDAY COOKIE BUILDS, MAN FIRE FOOD, and More

Cooking Channel is serving up an exciting slate of new and returning shows this November, just in time for your holiday gathering. Brenda Nibley and Alisha Nuttall are friends and business partners who are known in Salt Lake City for transforming their clients' extravagant requests into edible works of art and now they are sharing their talents on a new season of Holiday Cookie Builds premiering Friday, November 9th at 10pmET/7pmPT. Just when the weather starts to cool down, Roger Mooking starts to heat up on a new season of Man Fire Food on Wednesday, November 28th at 9pmET/6pmPT. Also catch new episodes of The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Burgers, Brew & 'Que, Cheap Eats, Extreme Cake Makers, Food: Fact or Fiction?, Good Eats: Reloaded, Iron Chef, Late Nite Eats and Man's Greatest Food. CookingChannelTV.com is here to help you this Thanksgiving with delicious new recipes to share with family and friends. Join the Cooking Channel conversation on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
The Food Network Shares August 2018 Highlights

Food Network gets competitive this August testing contestants of all ages and abilities on their cooking, grilling and baking skills! Kicking off the action on Sunday, August 5th at 8pm is the premiere of Ultimate Summer Cook-Off hosted by Eddie Jackson and featuring six competitors taking on America's summertime favorites in a bid for the grand prize and backyard bragging rights. Then, it is the grand finale of Food Network Star when Giada De Laurentiis and Bobby Flay crown the winner on Sunday, August 5th at 9pm. Then, a new season of Kids Baking Championship begins on Monday, August 6th at 9pm, when hosts Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman give nine young bakers the chance to compete for the title and $25,000 prize. Cupcake designer Ashley Foxen is taking viewers inside her New York City bakery, where she is known for making some of the most unique and imaginative cupcakes in the world, on the new seriesReality Cupcakes premiering with back to back episodes on Monday, August 6th at 10pm and 10:30pm. Next,Anne Burrell and Robert Irvine are putting a new class of recruits through the ringer on a new season ofWorst Cooks in America premiering Sunday, August 12th at 9pm. Two serious summer competitions come to an epic close when a final winner is named on the season finales of Chopped: Grill Masters on Tuesday, August 28th at 9pm and The Great Food Truck Race on Thursday, August 30th at 9pm. Andrew Zimmern is keeping the food truck spirit alive as he searches the country for the most passionate food truck owners with a secret prize of $10,000 on the line in the all-new series Big Food Truck Tip premiering Wednesday, August 29th at 10pm. Also in primetime, catch new episodes of Beat Bobby Flay, Comfort Food Tour, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy's Grocery Games and Triple D Nation. In daytime,get the latest recipes, food trends and kitchen secrets on the new series Let's Eat premiering Sunday, August 12th at 11am. Also in daytime, don't miss premieres of Girl Meets Farm, The Kitchen, The Pioneer Woman and Trisha's Southern Kitchen. FoodNetwork.com serves up all-new series, summer recipes perfect for Labor Day and fun back to school snacks. Join the Food Network conversation on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat Discover.
ULTIMATE SUMMER COOK-OFF Will Premiere on Food Network Sunday, August 5

Six talented chefs enter the summer house to square off in the new primetime culinary series, Ultimate Summer Cook-Off, premiering Sunday, August 5th at 8pm ET/PT on Food Network. Whether it's a chef with a restaurant right on the beach, a seafood master, or a chef from Hawaii, each competitor has their own connection to the summer season and their culinary reputations at stake. Host Eddie Jackson challenges the chefs over four episodes, as each competitor must take on two rounds of summer culinary heats that test their skill and creativity. The chef who wins the first challenge in each episode will receive a key advantage during round two, gaining access to a special cooler with high-end ingredients that no other competitor can use, before presenting their creations to a panel of expert judges. Southern and Hungry's Damaris Phillips and Let's Eat's Jamika Pessoa are joined by a roster of special guest judges each week, including Comfort Food Tour's Mark Anderson and Ryan Fey, BBQ blogger Susie Bulloch, Comfort Nation's Lazarus Lynch, Genius Kitchen's Courtney Rada and pitmaster Cameron Treu, to determine which chef exemplifies what summer is all about with their dishes and earns the $25,000 grand prize.
Playhouse on Park Stages HAIR, Beginning Tonight

Starting tonight, June 10, Playhouse on Park finishes its fabulous sixth season with Tony-award winning HAIR, a worldview-shattering musical that, upon its initial premiere, delivered social commentary with a punch that remains relevant to this day. With book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, their work presents itself as a rock musical alive with timeless vitality. Original music by Galt McDermot include titillating numbers such as Aquarius, I Believe In Love, and Good Morning Starshine, which promise to evoke memories for all who lived through the exciting time that was post mid-century America.
Playhouse on Park to Stage HAIR, Beginning 6/10

Starting on June 10, Playhouse on Park finishes its fabulous sixth season with Tony-award winning HAIR, a worldview-shattering musical that, upon its initial premiere, delivered social commentary with a punch that remains relevant to this day. With book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, their work presents itself as a rock musical alive with timeless vitality. Original music by Galt McDermot include titillating numbers such as Aquarius, I Believe In Love, and Good Morning Starshine, which promise to evoke memories for all who lived through the exciting time that was post mid-century America.
Photo Coverage: Christina Cataldo Wins BE A DIVA Competition Hosted by Marty Thomas 11/17

Marty Thomas Presents DIVA features NYC's finest female vocalists paying tribute to the greatest icons throughout history! The show performs weekly in midtown Manhattan hotspot, Industry Bar. It has also been seen around the country, as well as on Off Broadway and Broadway stages. In its fourth year, the show has featured such acts asShoshana Bean, Shayna Steele, Rachel Potter, Alysha Umphress, Lena Hall, Eden Espinosa, The Glamazons, The Skivvies, Ramona Keller, N'Kenge, Saycon Sengbloh, Kate Rockwell and many many more. To expand its talent pool, Industry Bar announces the second installment of the BE A DIVA Competition. Scroll down for photos from Round 1 on Monday, September 29!
Marty Thomas Presents 'DIVA BE A DIVA' Competition Grand Finale Tonight

To expand its talent pool, Industry Bar embarked upon a talent search that began September 15. Tonight is the GRAND FINALE, where the top finalists battle it out for the title.
THE LOVE NOTE Opens Off-Broadway Today

THE LOVE NOTE, a spirited new musical with 'the exuberance of HAIRSPRAY and the sweet innocence of BYE BYE BIRDIE' (Boston Theater Mirror), is set to officially open today, November 11th at Actors Temple Theatre.
Off-Broadway Family Musical THE LOVE NOTE Opens Tuesday

THE LOVE NOTE, a spirited new musical with "the exuberance of HAIRSPRAY and the sweet innocence of BYE BYE BIRDIE" (Boston Theater Mirror), is set to officially open this Tuesday, November 11th at Actors Temple Theatre.
Photo Flash: First Look at New Off-Broadway Musical THE LOVE NOTE

THE LOVE NOTE, a spirited new musical with 'the exuberance of Hairspray and the sweet innocence of Bye Bye Birdie'(Boston Theater Mirror), is set to officially open Off-Broadway Tuesday, November 11th. Performances are underway now at Actors Temple Theatre.
Marty Thomas Presents DIVA BE A DIVA Round 2 Finale Tonight

Marty Thomas Presents DIVA features NYCs finest female vocalists paying tribute to the greatest icons throughout history! The show performs weekly in midtown Manhattan hotspot, Industry Bar. It has also been seen around the country, as well as on Off Broadway and Broadway stages. In its fourth year, the show has featured such acts as Shoshana Bean, Shayna Steele, Rachel Potter, Alysha Umphress, Lena Hall, Eden Espinosa, The Glamazons, The Skivvies, Ramona Keller, N'Kenge, Saycon Sengbloh, Kate Rockwell and many many more.
New Musical THE LOVE NOTE to Open Off-Broadway Next Month

THE LOVE NOTE, a spirited new musical with "the exuberance of Hairspray and the sweet innocence of Bye Bye Birdie" (Boston Theater Mirror), is set to officially open Off-Broadway Tuesday, November 11th. Performances are underway now at Actors Temple Theatre.
Marty Thomas and Industry Bar to Host 2nd Be A DIVA Competition Round 2 begins tonight! 10/6

Marty Thomas Presents DIVA features NYCs finest female vocalists paying tribute to the greatest icons throughout history! The show performs weekly in midtown Manhattan hotspot, Industry Bar. It has also been seen around the country, as well as on Off Broadway and Broadway stages. In its fourth year, the show has featured such acts as Shoshana Bean, Shayna Steele, Rachel Potter, Alysha Umphress, Lena Hall, Eden Espinosa, The Glamazons, The Skivvies, Ramona Keller, N'Kenge, Saycon Sengbloh, Kate Rockwell and many many more.
Photo Flash: Galyana Castillo Wins Marty Thomas Presents' DIVA BE A DIVA Competition, Round 1

Marty Thomas Presents DIVA features NYC's finest female vocalists paying tribute to the greatest icons throughout history! The show performs weekly in midtown Manhattan hotspot, Industry Bar. It has also been seen around the country, as well as on Off Broadway and Broadway stages. In its fourth year, the show has featured such acts as Shoshana Bean, Shayna Steele, Rachel Potter, Alysha Umphress, Lena Hall, Eden Espinosa, The Glamazons, The Skivvies, Ramona Keller, N'Kenge, Saycon Sengbloh, Kate Rockwell and many many more. To expand its talent pool, Industry Bar announces the second installment of the BE A DIVA Competition. Scroll down for photos from Round 1 on Monday, September 29!
Marty Thomas and Industry Bar's Second BE A DIVA Singing Competition Begins Tonight

Marty Thomas Presents DIVA features NYCs finest female vocalists paying tribute to the greatest icons throughout history! The show performs weekly in midtown Manhattan hotspot, Industry Bar. It has also been seen around the country, as well as on Off Broadway and Broadway stages. In its fourth year, the show has featured such acts as Shoshana Bean, Shayna Steele, Rachel Potter, Alysha Umphress, Lena Hall, Eden Espinosa, The Glamazons, The Skivvies, Ramona Keller, N'Kenge, Saycon Sengbloh, Kate Rockwell and many many more.
BWW Reviews: Laguna Playhouse's RING OF FIRE Needs More Heat

Jukebox musicals come in all shapes and sizes. Some find a way to integrate the songs of a particular group or singer in such a way that the end result is more than satisfying as an evening of theatre.

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