Bethenny Frankel
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Bethenny Frankel (born November 4, 1970) is a natural foods chef, television personality and authoress, who is currently seen on The Real Housewives of New York City.
Early life
Frankel is the daughter of the late thoroughbred race horse trainer Robert Frankel, a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee and five-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer. She was once a hotwalker for her step father's stable and spent every summer at Saratoga Springs, New York with her step father John Parisella and mother Bernadette Parisella.
Bethenny graduated from Pine Crest School and matriculated to New York University.
Career
Before she appeared in the reality show, Frankel starred in the 1994 movie "Hollywood Hills 90028" and acted in the 1995 movie "Wish Me Luck". Frankel attended the Natural Gourmet Cooking Institute in New York. After she graduated, she formed a company which provides wheat-, egg-, and dairy-free baked goods, meals for private clients, and a custom-meal delivery service. Frankel was one of 16 candidates in The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.[1] She made it to the series finale before losing to Dawna Stone.[2][3]
Frankel is one of the six women featured on Bravo's series The Real Housewives of New York City, a show that takes a look on the inside life of relatively wealthy New York women.[4]
She was a regular contributor to NBC's coverage of the 2009 Kentucky Derby and 2009 Preakness Stakes and Bravo TV's coverage of the 2009 Kentucky Oaks.
In March 2009, Frankel's first cookbook, Naturally Thin: Unleash Your SkinnyGirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting, was published by Fireside. In December 2009, Her second cookbook, The SkinnyGirl Dish: Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life was published, also by Fireside.
Personal life
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Frankel married Jason Hoppy March 28, 2010 at The Four Seasons Restaurant in Manhattan. The couple expect their first child in June of 2010.[5]
Bethenny posed nude for PETA in September 2009, during the first trimester of her pregnancy. The photo was featured on a billboard in Times Square as part of animal rights group PETA's anti-fur campaign.[6]
Bibliography
Naturally Thin: Unleash Your SkinnyGirl and Free Yourself from a Lifetime of Dieting (ISBN 1-41659-798-0, 2009)
The Skinnygirl Dish: Easy Recipes for Your Naturally Thin Life (ISBN 1-41659-799-9, 2009)
References
- ^ Bethenny Frankel (II)
- ^ Bethenny Frankel: A Reality Star One Year Later - Jack Myers Media Village
- ^ Martha Stewart selects Dawna Stone as her 'The Apprentice' winner - Reality TV World - News, information, episode summaries, message boards, chat and games for unscripted television programs
- ^ Bravo spinoff 'Real Housewives of New York City' debuts in March
- ^ Roberts, Soraya (March 29, 2010). "Bethenny Frankel of 'Real Housewives of New York City' weds Jason Hoppy at Four Seasons restaurant". Daily News. New York, NY: NY Daily News. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- ^ "Bethenny Frankel: Nude For PETA". December 15, 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
External links
- www.myspace.com/bethennyfrankel
- Samantha Ettus interviews entrepreneur and TV star Bethenny Frankel