Carla Hall Headshot
Report a problem with this profile
[email protected]

Carla Hall          

Co-Star of "Crazy Delicious;" Host of Discovery+'s "Foodways" & the "Say Yes!" Podcast

Carla Hall first won over audiences when she competed on Bravo’s “Top Chef” and “Top Chef: All Stars” and shared her philosophy to always cook with love. She believes food connects us all, and she strives to communicate this through her work, her cooking, and in her daily interactions with others.

Hall spent 7 years co-hosting ABC’s Emmy award winning, popular lifestyle series “The Chew”, and is currently featured on the Food Network in shows such as “BakeAway Camp” (judge), “Thanksgiving, Holiday and Halloween Baking Championships” (judge), “Worst Cooks in America” and hosting "Best Baker in America". Her latest cookbook, Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration, was published in 2018, landing on annual "Best Cookbook" lists across the country and receiving an NAACP Image Awards nomination.

Hall published her debut picture book, Carla and the Christmas Cornbread, in November 2021 with Denene Millner Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. Illustrated by Cherise Harris, Carla and the Christmas Cornbread is a heartwarming tale loosely based on Hall’s childhood growing up in Nashville, TN, that celebrates family traditions, old and new, and also includes a child-friendly Christmas cornbread recipe perfect for the holidays.

Born in Nashville, TN, Hall grew up surrounded by soul food. When the time came for her to select her career path, she first opted for a business route – she graduated from Howard University's Business School and worked as an accountant for two years – before deciding to switch gears to work as a runway model. It was during that time, as she traveled (and ate) her way through Europe for a few years, that she truly realized her deep-rooted passion for food could be her career path. Today, she is a trained chef who has worked in several professional restaurant kitchens in and around the Washington, D.C. area and is an accomplished television personality and author. In addition to being featured in numerous cookbook collections including The Chew Television Series of cookbooks, Hall's other cookbooks are - Carla’s Comfort Food: Favorite Dishes from Around the World and Cooking with Love: Comfort Food That Hugs You.

Hall is very active with a number of charities and not-for-profit organizations that reflect her passion for causes close to her heart. She is on the Board of Trustees for Helen Keller International, Pajama Program, GenYouth and 4H. The thread which runs through all of these things is advocating for the physical and mental wellbeing of children.

Hall lives in D.C. with her husband, Matthew Lyons.

News


Carla Hall on Cronuts, Cheesecake and Introducing Her 'Chicken Self'
Carla Hall, “Top Chef” contestant and co-host of “The Chew,” talks about opening her first restaurant and the food she wishes could convince herself to love.
Carla Hall's Soulful Southern Christmas | Food & Wine
Carla Hall, a co-host of ABC's The Chew, is famous for her nonstop joyful energy. But at Christmas, she's even more exuberant. Last year, for instance, she spent ...
Andy Ricker Is Handing Over the Whiskey Soda Lounge Space to Carla Hall
'Top Chef' contestant Carla Hall cooks up comfort, family
Carla Hall has traveled the world and cooked with some of the best in the business. Everything always comes back to Sunday suppers. Every week, the ...
Carla Hall meets Kickstarter goal to open restaurant - NY Daily News
Carla Hall had two conditions for opening her first restaurant: The menu had to be Nashville hot chicken and the money had to be crowdsourced.

Related Speakers View all


More like Carla