2007 | Hosted a six-part PBS documentary, "Uncorked: Wine Made Simple" |
2006 | Was a frequent guest judge on Bravo's reality program "Top Chef"; became a regular judge in Season 3 (2007) |
2004 | Became a frequent guest judge on Food Network's "Iron Chef America" |
2003 | Appeared as the food and wine connoisseur on the Bravo reality series, "Queer Eye" (originally "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy") |
1997 | Joined Esquire magazine as a contributing editor; contributed to the food series, and co-authored the magazine's popular "Things a Man Should Know" series |
| Senior editor and restaurant critic with Chicago magazine |
| Worked as a reporter for Lerner Newspapers; co-wrote the bi-weekly review "The Famished Four" |
| Left grad school to take a job as a copy editor at the Lafayette, Indiana Journal and Courier |