Daphne Oz

Daphne Oz
Daphne Oz
Oz in 2021
Born
Daphne Nur Oz[1]

(1986-02-17) February 17, 1986 (age 38)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materPrinceton University (2008)
Occupations
Known for
Spouse
John Jovanovic
(m. 2010)
Children4
Parents
Websitedaphneoz.com

Daphne Nur Oz (born February 17, 1986) is an American television host, food writer, and chef.[2] She was one of five co-hosts on the ABC daytime talk show The Chew for the show's first six seasons[3][4] and was a co-host of the syndicated talk/cooking show The Good Dish.

Early life

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Oz was born February 17, 1986,[5] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[6] She is the eldest child of television personalities Mehmet Oz and Lisa Oz (née Lemole). Her paternal grandparents, Suna (née Atabay) and Mustafa Öz, emigrated from Konya Province, Turkey.[7] She has three siblings.[citation needed]

Education

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Daphne was raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, where she graduated from Dwight-Englewood School in 2004. Oz graduated with a degree in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University in 2008.[8] Daphne is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and received a culinary degree from The Natural Gourmet Institute.[9]

Career

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Author

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Oz's first book, a National Bestseller, The Dorm Room Diet: The 10-Step Program for Creating A Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works (Newmarket Press, 2006) details the tips and tricks she used to successfully navigate the unique “Danger Zones” of college life to create a healthy lifestyle and sustainably lose 40lbs. It advanced her approach to avoiding the "Freshman 15".[10] The book also lends her advice on how to develop healthy habits while in college that may benefit the student through life.[11] The book was publicized by multiple media outlets including The New York Times,[8] The Wall Street Journal,[12] People, The Washington Post,[13] Reader's Digest,[14] Teen Vogue, Cosmo Girl! and Seventeen. She has made promotional appearances on Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, The Nate Berkus Show, The Tyra Banks Show, NPR Weekend Edition, and her father's program, The Dr. Oz Show.

In 2007, she published The Dorm Room Diet Planner (Newmarket Press, 2007). In 2012, she collaborated with the rest of the cast of The Chew to author The Chew: Food. Life. Fun. Oz also is the author of the New York Times bestselling[15] Relish: An Adventure in Food, Style, and Everyday Fun. Relish is part cookbook, part lifestyle guide where Oz shares her approach to curating a life filled with delicious joy and meaningful connection. This book offers essential advice for bringing passion and purpose to everyday food, style, and life (relationships, career, and playtime). The book contains recipes, tips, relationship and career advice, and the author's personal anecdotes. Oz has written articles for Glamour[16][17] and The Huffington Post.[18] In 2012, she wrote five articles for a column called "Food for Thought" for Creators Syndicate.[19]

In 2016, Daphne published a book called The Happy Cook: 125 Recipes for Eating Every Day Like It's the Weekend. The book is filled with healthy twists on comfort classics and simple, nourishing family food that feels elevated and celebratory, The Happy Cook is Oz’s ode to finding joy in the kitchen as a busy mom with less time and great expectations. The New York Times book review said: “the recipes are terrific — well designed and stress-free…and everything comes out as beautifully as she promises.”[20]

Public speaking

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Oz speaks publicly on food, lifestyle, motherhood,[21] and health topics.[22] In 2008, she was invited to speak at The Governor's Women's Conference, hosted by Maria Shriver.[23] Oz was a featured speaker at The Aspen Institute's 2009 Aspen Health Forum.[24] In 2011, Oz and her mother Lisa were the featured speakers at WCBS Radio's Working Women's Luncheon.[25] Daphne Oz has delivered addresses to campus audiences including Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University, and Georgetown University. Daphne appeared as a featured performer at both the South Beach Food & Wine[26] and New York City Food & Wine Festivals.[27]

Non-profit work

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Oz is an ambassador for and helped to establish HealthCorps, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit that equips teenagers with nutrition, exercise, and stress management education in over 50 schools nationwide.[28] Daphne also serves as a member of the board of Children's Board at Columbia[29] and is the co-chair of the Junior Board for HealthCorps.[30] She has supported the Food Bank 4 NYC[31] and Dress for Success.

Television

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Oz was one of five co-hosts on ABC's The Chew, a weekday one-hour lifestyle show, which premiered in September 2011. She has a Daytime Emmy Award to her credit, sharing the 2015 award for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host with her Chew co-hosts. On August 11, 2017, it was confirmed that Oz would be leaving the show prior to the release of the seventh and final season.

After leaving The Chew, Oz has been featured as a guest co-host on The View, Beat Bobby Flay, and has appeared as a healthy living expert on Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, The Dr. Oz Show, The Rachael Ray Show, Dayside, and Good Day New York.[10] She was also one of the celebrity guests on the game-show Celebrity Name Game.[32]

She also appeared as a judge on the Food Network competition show Cooks vs. Cons. On July 17, 2019, it was announced that Oz would be joining Gordon Ramsay and Aarón Sanchez on the eighth season of MasterChef Junior, replacing previous judge Christina Tosi.[33] She makes weekly appearances on The Dish[34] and has appeared on ABC's The $100,000 Pyramid.[35] In March 2020, Daphne appeared on Today.[36]

In late 2021, after Mehmet Oz announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in the 2022 midterm election, numerous TV stations pulled his show from the air, due to FCC laws about giving political candidates equal air time. On January 17, 2022 - as a replacement for the Dr. Oz show during his campaign - Sony (distributor for the Dr. Oz show) debuted a new spinoff show titled The Good Dish featuring Daphne Oz as host.[37]

Personal life

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On August 26, 2010, Oz married John Jovanovic at the Municipal Marriage Bureau in Manhattan. Jovanovic is an investment fund analyst, whom Oz met in college. The civil ceremony was followed by two religious ceremonies on August 28, 2010, one at Serbian Saints Church in Portland, Maine and one at the summer home of Oz's maternal grandparents led by Rev. Prescott Rogers of the Swedenborgian Church.[38] They have four children.[39][40][41][42]

Selected works

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  • Relish: An Adventure in Food, Style, and Everyday Fun, 1st ed., New York: WilliamMorrow, 2013; ISBN 006219688X.
  • The Dorm Room Diet: The 8-Step Program for Creating a Healthy Lifestyle Plan That Really Works, 1st ed., New York: Newmarket Press, 2006; ISBN 9781557046857.
  • The Happy Cook: 125 Recipes For Eating Every Day Like It's The Weekend, 1st ed., New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2016; ISBN 9780062426918.

References

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  1. ^ "Daphne Oz, John Jovanovic". The New York Times. 27 August 2010.
  2. ^ Juneau, Jen. "Daphne Oz Shares Her Hearty 'Go-To Breakfast' — and the 'Only Rule at Mealtime' for Her Kids". People. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  3. ^ Jessie James Decker. "Watch The Chew: Food & Recipes TV Show - ABC.com". ABC. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Disney – ABC Press". abcmedianet.com. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ^ Zappone, Nicole (2017-02-17). "Happy Birthday To Cliffside Park's Daphne Oz". Cliffside Park-Edgewater Daily Voice. Archived from the original on 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  6. ^ Pikora, Jillian (2021-12-01). "Dr. Oz Show Pulled From Some Networks Amid Run For Senate". Dauphin Daily Voice. Archived from the original on 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  7. ^ "Dr. Mehmet Oz – Faces of America – PBS". Faces of America. 4 January 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  8. ^ a b Singer, Natasha. "15 Pounds: Part of Freshman Meal Plan?", The New York Times, August 31, 2006. Accessed May 30, 2011. "And that is where Daphne Oz, a junior at Princeton from Cliffside Park, N.J., comes in ... And at the Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, N.J., she wrote a high school research paper on teenage nutrition and lobbied for healthier cafeteria food, she said."
  9. ^ "Daphne Oz". Sharecare Awards. Sharecare Foundation. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  10. ^ a b Dorm Room Diet Media. Accessed May 17, 2011.
  11. ^ Spotlight on Women's Health Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine April 1, 2011. Accessed May 18, 2011.
  12. ^ Norris, Caitlin J. "Food for Thought", Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition (2006). Accessed May 17, 2011.
  13. ^ Jennifer Larue. "A Parent's Guide to the Freshman 15", The Washington Post, November 16, 2010. Accessed May 17, 2011.
  14. ^ "4 Simple Ways to Shape Up Your Diet This Semester" Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, Reader's Digest (September 2007). Accessed May 17, 2011.
  15. ^ nytimes.com Accessed September 6, 2013.
  16. ^ "Five Health Truths You Need to Live By Now", Glamour Magazine. August 3, 2010. Accessed May 17, 2011.
  17. ^ Oprah.com Accessed May 17, 2011.
  18. ^ The Huffington Post. Accessed May 17, 2011.
  19. ^ Creators Syndicate Health/Fitness Writers. Accessed May 17, 2011.
  20. ^ Shapiro, Laura (2016-11-30). "From Brooklyn to Kentucky to Iran: Cookbooks for Every Taste". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  21. ^ Marcoux, Heather (2 July 2018). "Real talk with Daphne Oz: On working motherhood and modeling happiness". Motherly. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  22. ^ AEI Speakers Bureau. Accessed May 17, 2011
  23. ^ "Daphne Oz: How She Empowers Others", The Women's Conference Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today. Accessed May 17, 2011.
  24. ^ "Teen Temptations", Aspen Health Forum 2009[permanent dead link]. Accessed May 17, 2011.
  25. ^ Working Women's Business Luncheon Archived 2011-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, April 1, 2011. Accessed May 18, 2011.
  26. ^ "South Beach Wine & Food Festival Hits with the Stars Again". Boca Magazine. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  27. ^ "Daphne Oz attends the Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City". Getty Images. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  28. ^ "Our People – HealthCorps". HealthCorps. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  29. ^ "Children's Board at Columbia". Columbia Doctors. Columbia University. 5 July 2016.
  30. ^ "Daphne Oz". Health Corps. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  31. ^ "Food Bank For New York City Can Do Awards Dinner Gala - Arrivals". ZIMBIO. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  32. ^ "Celebrity Name Game (TV Series 2014– )" – via www.imdb.com.
  33. ^ Mier, Tomás (July 17, 2019). "Pregnant Daphne Oz Joins Judges Gordon Ramsay and Aarón Sanchez for MasterChef Junior Season 8". People. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  34. ^ "Lazy Lobster Pie With Panko Bread Crumbs". Doctor Oz. Oz Media LLC. 14 July 2021.
  35. ^ "S5E2Rachel Dratch vs. Chris Redd and Dr. Oz vs. Daphne Oz". ABC. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  36. ^ "Make Daphne Oz's healthier turkey tacos". Today. NBC Universal. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  37. ^ Here's what happens to Dr. Oz's talk show now that he's running for Senate - LA times.com
  38. ^ "Daphne Oz, John Jovanovic wed", The New York Times, August 24, 2010
  39. ^ "Daphne Oz Reveals Newborn Daughter's Name—Philomena Bijou", March 4, 2014
  40. ^ "Daphne Oz Welcomes Son Jovan Jr". People. October 22, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
  41. ^ "The Chew's Daphne Oz Is Pregnant With Baby No. 3". eonline.com. 6 June 2017.
  42. ^ Murphy, Helen; Leon, Anya (August 15, 2019). "Baby Makes Six! Daphne Oz Welcomes Daughter Giovanna Ines". People. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
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