Age: 51.
Family: Married to DeAnna; daughter Zoey, 14.
Home: Marietta, Ga.
Education: Degree in drama from University of Georgia; New England Culinary Institute.
Earlier experience: Cinematographer for music videos; wrote TV commercials.
TV host/judge: "Good Eats," "Iron Chef America," "Food Network Star" and "Cutthroat Kitchen" (the latter renewed for fourth and fifth season).
Cookbooks: Seven.
Bow ties: 200.
Working on: First children's book.
Hobby: Avid pilot; flies own plane to events whenever possible. Loves motorcycles.
Musical skills: Plays guitar and saxophone. Always listens to music while he cooks.
In the works: Album of food songs, based on music from his live show.
Kyiv was targeted with waves of drone and missile attacks overnight into Friday in the largest aerial assault since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began more than three years ago, officials said, amid a renewed Russian push to capture more of its neighbor's land.
