Contributors

Emmy Award winning TV Personality and creator and host of the web series, The Trend on Zappos Couture, Victoria Recano is dishing up the very latest on fashion and food with celebrities and star chefs! As a special guest contributor to Gourmet Live and Sophie Gayot's guest critic on GAYOT.com she is tying in her vast food experiences into her own blog, "The Hot Dish". Her love for all things food-related has led her to cook alongside some of the most accomplished chefs in the world, such as: Wolfgang Puck, Jean George Vongerichten, Thomas Keller, Todd English, Curtis Stone, Bobby Flay, Michael Chiarello, Michelle Richard and Morimoto. She has worked side by side these masters in the kitchen, learning their techniques and reporting on the latest food trends while hosting and producing her own food segments featured on one of the top rated syndicated networks in the world, CBS's "The Insider." Victoria was a guest judge on Iron Chef America with Jeffrey Steingarten and Ted Allen, during the competition that put the newest Iron Chef Jose Garces on the map. Taking on the role of sous chef by special invitation, Victoria teamed up with Bravo's season 3 Top Chef winner Hung Huynh where they competed against Jacques Pepin and Jean Claude at The Aspen Food and Wine Classic Cookoff. A self-trained home chef, Victoria also enjoys cooking alongside her 2 year old daughter as well as her brother Gregory, a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu and restaurant chef. He has helped her to refine her own cooking techniques as well as further her palate for modern yet classic cooking. Add Victoria as a friend on Twitter and receive regular updates and news from Hot Dish!!! click here

Recording Artist & Songwriter Cheryl Moana Marie has been heating up sound waves around the world with her record, "Reach Higher" that has airplay on radio stations in Albania, Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, Singapore, Serbia, Croatia, and Spain. She wrote, performed, produced and distributed the entire album under her Kauaiian Girl Record Label. A member of ASCAP, this sultry Hawaiian songstress has immersed herself in music since the age of five. Her journey has included being an Oakland Raiderette, On-Air Host for STARZ Movie Channel and Miss Asia USA. She’s done modeling campaigns and national commercials for some of the county’s most recognizable companies.  

A planner by nature Laura Nix Gerson is known among her friends as the go to gal for get togethers, play dates, events and outings. She now blogs about them, bringing you lists and reviews of the best things to do in LA with your kids at MomAngeles. You will also find calendars of local kid friendly events and a directory of classes, camps, kids gyms, party resources and much more at MomAngeles. Laura also writes for CBS Local Los Angeles, is a contributing blogger at MomsLA and is a Mom blogger representative for eraclea skincare, an exclusive ultra-hydrating, anti-aging skincare line.