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Charismatic culinary consultant, television personality, and award-winning author, Kerr was born in 1934 in London . Best known to Australians as television personality, the Galloping Gourmet, he hosted 155 30-minute editions of Entertaining with Kerr between 1959 and 1968. Kerr has since aired over 1,700 programs internationally. Now resident in Vermont , Washington , Kerr runs Kerr Corporation which manages his television programs, books, personal appearances, radio, Internet, corporate events and fundraisers. An award-winning author, Kerr has written 23 books selling over 14 million copies, including his latest, The Gathering Place, Volume II. Since 1980 he and producer/wife Treena have devoted themselves to 'Outdulgence' or 'converting habits that harm into resources that heal', receiving numerous awards and citations for their work.
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