Ellie Krieger

Host and executive producer of the cooking series “Ellie’s Real Good Food” on Public Television and well-known for her hit Food Network show “Healthy Appetite,” Ellie Krieger is the leading go-to nutritionist in the media today, helping people find the sweet spot where “delicious” and “healthy” meet. Her success can be attributed to her accessible way of offering tools for nurturing a richly satisfying, sumptuous lifestyle while cutting through the gimmicks, hype, and extreme eating that permeate our world. In addition to her television work, she also maintained a successful modeling career with Wilhelmina Models agency.

Krieger is a New York Times bestselling, IACP, and two-time James Beard Foundation award-winning author of several cookbooks. She is also a weekly columnist for The Washington Post and has been a columnist for Fine Cooking, Food Network magazine, and USA Today. Furthermore, she contributes to magazines such as Cooking Light and Women's Health Magazine and maintains her own blog. Her books include "Comfort Food Fix: Feel-Good Favorites Made Healthy," "The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life," "So Easy: Luscious, Healthy Recipes for Every Meal of the Week," and "Small Changes, Big Results: A 12-Week Action Plan to a Better Life."

Not just a media personality, Krieger is a registered dietitian nutritionist who earned her bachelor's in clinical nutrition from Cornell University and her master's in nutrition from Columbia University. She also served as an adjunct professor at New York University in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health. She currently lives with her family in New York City and is a member of the advisory board of the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York. She runs her own practice, offering personalized nutrition advice to clients.