Jon Eick Tapped as One of Eight Bloggers to Contribute to Food Network’s Food2.com
Our own Jon Eick has been tapped as one of eight bloggers to contribute to the new Food Network / Scripps "Food2" site, located at Food2.com.
Kelsey & Spike are joined in cooking up mischievous food findings by Food2 contributors including: Jon Eick, humorist, stand-up comedian and food lover, Jon offers the Food2 audience more of his absurd look at food found at SoGoodBlog.com...
NEW YORK, May 01, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Scripps Networks -- the leader in lifestyle media and home to Food Network, the leading media brand in food -- announces the launch of a new online food experience Food2. Food2 will further expand the company's online reach with a highly interactive, video-centric website that talks cooking, eating, drinking and living with the 21-34 set.
"Scripps Networks is home to the largest online food audience and best known food talent through our current websites including FoodNetwork.com and Recipezaar.com. We're pleased to be adding Food2.com to the family. Food2 goes beyond recipes creating a conversation that takes a fresh look at all things food in a new and interactive way," explains Deanna Brown, president of Scripps Networks Digital. "With full Facebook and Twitter integration, Food2 is designed to be a social experience - just like food itself. It's the intersection of food, drink and pop culture."
Food2 has already built a following by giving out small bites of content online -- blog posts, Facebook page, Flickr photos and "tweets" have been available since early March. Now a full-fledged Food2 website is live featuring:
-- Video - Food2 has more than a thousand short food and drink videos including web originals with new, fresh faces as well as shorts from the trusted talent and kitchens of Food Network.
-- Challenges - Users compete head to head in virtual Food2 Challenges to find the prettiest, the tastiest, the cheapest, the weirdest, the sloppiest and the ugliest food around.
-- Recipes - From quick and easy to palate expanding, no matter what type of recipe needed, the authority of Scripps Networks and the Food2 community will steer you in the right direction.
-- Tips - Whether gourmand or food-newbie, community-provided Food2 tips make navigating the kitchen a snap.
-- Blog - Just like a party where everyone winds up in the kitchen talking food, the best food bloggers and most current food culture content all gather here at the Food2 Blog.
Food2 features young, hip culinary talent, including Kelsey Nixon, who was voted "Fan Favorite" on season four of "The Next Food Network Star," and Spike Mendelsohn, a top five finalist on "Top Chef 4." The duo's webseries Kelsey & Spike Cook offers two takes on classic dishes - Kelsey's "by the book" approach and Spike's "off the hook" spin.
Kelsey & Spike are joined in cooking up mischievous food findings by Food2 contributors including:
-- Jon Eick, humorist, stand-up comedian and food lover, Jon offers the Food2 audience more of his absurd look at food found at SoGoodBlog.com.
-- Brandon Johnson founder of Eat Life, the French Culinary Institute's student newsletter and blog, now blogger for Food2 as well.
-- Aleta Meadowlark cooks up original, eye-popping dishes and photos on Omnomicon.com, all shot with the eye of a food lover.
-- Christian Schroeder, Meli James and Phil McGarr transcend wine with Nirvino.com as they bring their social cocktail and libations experience to Food2.
-- Christina Perozzi, one of the top beer sommeliers and creator of BeerforChicks.com, serves up a fresh perspective on the world of beer.
-- Adam Roberts, infamous author and blogger perhaps better known as the Amateur Gourmet, treats the Food2 audience to his unique spin on all things food.
-- Shayna Walter, friends call her "a walking Zagat guide" as she blogs as MissMenuNYC.com -- offering tasty tidbits on the world of food.
-- Grace Yang, foodie and creator of GraceNotesNYC.com, shares her approach to the unique, the topical and the delicious.
Read the complete release on Businesswire.