Les Kincaid was born in Dayton, Ohio and moved to California at age 12 to spend the summer with his father and stepmother. He shortly discovered a passion for food because of his step-grandfather (who was an executive chef-retired). Started cooking for the summer visit and by September 1st was preparing three meals a day. His family moved to San Francisco and was hired for his first culinary job at 14. Because of his love of food he has been cooking most every day since.Les has been teaching cooking and wine appreciation classes thru the continuing education, or Outreach department, at UNLV for well over twenty years and consulting to restaurants and hotels all over the west from west Texas to Oregon since 1983. He also taught cooking classes at the Clark County Community College for several years, and school politics forced him to quit there. Politics is not part of his personality.
Les has penned several cookbooks and the latest is titled "Never Trust A Skinny Chef". Les started broadcasting in Las Vegas with a radio program called "Les Kincaid's Lifestyles Las Vegas" in January 2000. The show emanated from Charlie Palmer's Aureole Las Vegas restaurant "lLIVE in Mandalay Bay Hotel/Casino. This show ran from noon to 1:30 p.m. (Pacific each Saturday). After one year the show went national and syndicated the show into over 26 million households. In September of 2000 he started a unique wine show (Les' Wines & Vines). This was Americas first wine show that has an invited guest audience and tastes wines and food during the show while interviewing the winery owner, winemaker, wine writer, sommelier or master sommelier. It is currently nationally syndicated over two networks and six internet outlets every Thursday evening from 7:00-8:00 p.m. “LIVE”. In October 2011 he decided to re-brand this show and changed the name to Wines Du Jour. The second network Global American Broadcasting Network and this helped the ratings and they feel very confident that this show will be around for several years to come. There are a few more projects in the mill at this time and we will be happy to share them with you as they develop, including some things from Baja California, Mexico. Both radio and television broadcasts.
Chuey Martinez “All You Can Meat”
A meat enthusiast all his life, Chuey Martinez spent much of his youth on his grandfather’s cattle ranch, and has seen firsthand what it takes to make great meat. Growing up in Los Angeles, his family’s get-togethers were (and still are) legendary when it comes to good eats. Bringing together traditions from Mexican, Dominican, Salvadorian and Cuban backgrounds, Martinez and his family have passed down their secret recipes for generations. But Martinez’s food experience isn’t just all in the family – from a young age, his mother encouraged him to branch out and try new things. From sushi to Filipino fare and good old-fashioned barbecue, Martinez knows his food and loves meeting new people to enjoy it with. Give this guy a plate of food and some good company, and he’s happy! Chuey has been hosting radio and television programs since age 16. As a former correspondent for MTV Tr3s, he’s interviewed A-list stars both on and off the red carpet. “All You Can Meat” follows Martinez as he travels America in search of the nation’s most mouth-watering, succulent and perfect cuts of meat (Premieres Sunday, August 12 at 10pm ET/PT; moves to regular time period on August 19 at 9pm ET/PT). . “All You Can Meat” takes viewers to some amazing corners of the country including Austin, TX, Kansas City, MO, Charlotte, NC, New Orleans, LA, Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO to discover these mouth-watering recipes, and reveals how – and why – each location has a different approach to cooking these American classics. From the Texas pit master to the woodsman in Appalachia curing jerky in his shack, the best eats start with great American characters and there is much to be learned about a region by how they prepare their meat
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