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Food Heroes host on Asian Food Channel & Food Network

Michele Lean
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Sarah Benjamin and Michele Lean become Scripps Networks’ first local talents to front local programmes on Asian Food Channel and Food Network

Sarah Benjamin
Sarah Benjamin

Scripps Networks Interactive, one of the leading producers of engaging lifestyle content in the home, food and travel categories, recently announced the winners of Food Hero, its inaugural Asia-wide talent search.

LOCAL TALENT TO FRONT PROGRAMMES

With their outstanding on-screen personas and passion for all things food and travel-related, Sarah Benjamin from Singapore and Michele Lean from Malaysia triumphed over nearly 300 talented hopefuls to become the new faces of Asian Food Channel and Food Network, respectively.

Sarah will host Scripps Networks’ original production, “Must Try: Asia”, a brand new six-part series that follows two hosts on their quests to discover must-try dishes from around the region. Michele will host the Asian version of well-loved Food Network programme “Food Wars”, where each week she will pit two of the best restaurants in Asia against each other in a culinary showdown.

PASSIONATE HOSTS WITH VAST EXPERIENCE

Michele Lean
Michele Lean

Michele graduated from the world-renowned culinary institute Le Cordon Bleu in Ottawa, Canada where she trained in French cuisine. Her time there gave her an in-depth understanding of French cooking techniques and expanded her culinary repertoire, giving her the confidence and skills to tackle any recipe.

Sarah, a former marketing executive, grew up in a multi-cultural family. With a fervent passion for cooking, Sarah also writes for her own food blog, sharing her unique culinary creations and passion for food with the online community.

As two individuals with a strong passion for delivering quality culinary standards, both Michele and Sarah couldn’t be more suited for their roles and would be sure to add flavour to the different productions they will be hosting.

A GROWING PRESENCE

As the first dedicated food television channel to broadcast pan-regionally, the Asian Food Channel and Food Network reach out to viewers in 11 territories. As the region’s leading food-focused channel that celebrates the unique Asian culinary experience with the added touch of global flavour, the Asian Food Channel (AFC) entertains viewers with a range of local and international content from reality to lifestyle to travelogue programmes.

Food Network is a unique lifestyle network that connects viewers to the power and joy of food. The network offers a mix of local original productions and global programming featuring kitchen competition, culinary adventure, instructional cooking and home entertaining.

Look out for Food Heroes Sarah Benjamin and Michele Lean’s debuts on Asian Food Channel & Food Network in end-2014 & early 2015 respectively.

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