Chef Carla Hall And Daphne Oz, Co-hosts Of Abc's The Chew, To Open Grand Central Terminal's Annual Holiday Fair With Ribbon-cutting Ceremony

WHAT: Chef Carla Hall and Daphne Oz - co-hosts of ABC Daytime's new lifestyle series The Chew - will usher in the 2011 Grand Central Terminal Holiday Fair on Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. Hall and Oz will cut a ceremonial ribbon, ushering in six weeks of shopping for hand-crafted and unique home goods, art, clothing, handbags, jewelry and bath and body products.


Started in 1993, the Holiday Fair is a bright and colorful must-shop destination during the holiday season, and the longest-running indoor holiday market in New York City. Seen daily, The Chew celebrates and explores life through food, focusing on topics from healthy eating to home entertaining.


WHERE: Grand Central Terminal - Vanderbilt Hall, 89 E. 42 St., New York City

WHEN: Ribbon-cutting ceremony begins at 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 14.

Media is invited for interviews and photo and video opportunities, including footage of Holiday Fair vendors, shoppers, and more.


INFO: Chef Carla Hall is best known as a competitor on Bravo's Top Chef, where she won over audiences with her catch phrase "Hootie Hoo!" and philosophy to always cook with love. Oz is The Chew's fresh face of healthy living and its resident practical tipster. In 2006, she wrote the national bestseller The Dorm Room Diet, sharing the healthy lifestyle plan she developed while in college that helped her permanently lose 30 pounds.

The Chew is ABC Daytime's new lifestyle series that celebrates and explores life through food. Hosted by celebrity chefs Mario Batali, Michael Symon and Carla Hall, style and entertaining expert Clinton Kelly and health and wellness enthusiast Daphne Oz, The Chew serves up everything food - from cooking and home entertaining to food trends, restaurants, holidays and more - all aimed at making life better, fuller and more fun. The Chew airs weekdays at 1 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT on ABC Television Network.


Highly selective about the vendors chosen to participate, Grand Central Terminal Holiday Fair planners spent the past year hand-picking designers, craftspeople and retailers who come from New York, the tri-state area, across the country, and around the world. Among the Fair's unusual and exotic goods are sustainable wood fruit bowls and canister sets, mugs and plate sets with 24k gold designs, African-crafted candles, and a wide variety of Christmas and Hanukkah gifts such as hand-blown glass objects. The range of products and price points guarantees that New Yorkers, commuters and tourists alike will find interesting gift items for others and covet-worthy gifts for themselves.

Grand Central Terminal (GCT) is a historic train terminal, and a midtown shopping and dining destination known for its mix of restaurants, cocktail lounges, high-end informal eateries, gourmet foods and wines shops, and a vibrant array of specialty local and internationally renowned shops.


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