On the All-Stars edition, one task was to create a birthday lunch for Jimmy Fallon. Hall sprinkles the cookbook with stories from her life: the amazing meals her granny made and taught her and her sister to cook, the difficult boss she worked for in the Bahamas (I wonder if he will read this book and recognize himself), some amusing anecdotes from The Chew and my favorites, some behind-the-scenes of her most famous Top Chef moments. She now owns Alchemy, a popular and successful catering company in Washington DC. There she fell in love with a different kind of food, and returned home to train as a professional chef. She grew up in the South and learned how to cook from her beloved granny, and then she went to France to become a model. It was her big heart and the way she 'hugged you with her food' that made people fall in love with her. She was voted Fan Favorite from the Top Chef All-Stars competition in 2011. She reminded me of an exotic bird, tall, thin and with her down-home Southern way, I think many people (including her competitors) underestimated her. Hall is a co-host of ABC's daytime show, The Chew, but I first saw her on Bravo TV's Top Chef. 'Cooking with Love 'tells how, with tempting and inspiring recipes for all sorts of sumptuous dishes that 'show the love.' Carla also teaches and shares culinary basics while providing fun tips and funny and poignant tales of her personal experiences cooking with family, friends, and fellow chefs.įrom appetizers that include a fresh take on Down-Home Deviled Eggs with Smoky Bacon to gorgeous Spicy Carrot Ginger Soup to Carla's famously succulent Chicken Pot Pie to mouth-watering desserts like her Granny's unforgettably luscious, buttery Five-Flavor Pound Cake, Carla's beautiful, delicious recipes revolutionize comfort food. Carla believes that the only way to make transformative food is to cook it from the heart and in the spirit of joy and fun that she brings to the kitchen.

In 2011, Carla began hosting ABC's 'The Chew' and is now a familiar face to daytime television viewers across the country.Ĭarla's specialty in the kitchen is enhancing great tastes while keeping preparation easy and getting reliable, accurate results. Carla Hall, co-host on ABC's 'The Chew' and Bravo's 'Top Chef All-Stars'' 'Fan Favorite,' serves up her first cookbook, with 125 fantastic recipes that revolutionize comfort food by using ingredients that bring all-time favorites to a new level of deliciousness and taste sensation.Carla Hall originally won fans' hearts on season five of Bravo's 'Top Chef' with her warmth, enthusiasm, and delicious food, and she went on to beat out contestants from all seven seasons to be named Fan Favorite of the 2011 All-Stars season.

Cooking with Love by Carla Hall