Cheryl Carlesimo is one of ten children, wife, mother of twins, author, and independent producer of over a hundred Food Network programs. Cheryl is also the founder of DishandDine.com, a grassroots online food community with the look and feel of a real world marketplace: YouTube meets FaceBook for Food where you can play a Food Trivia Game at the Games café and stop to hear music or screen a video at the coffee shop. Her film career began in Europe where she assisted French New Wave director, Eric Rohmer, and German director, Werner Schroeter, in feature film production. After returning to the US, she embarked on a free-lance career that began as the news footage researcher for the landmark HBO comedy show Not Necessarily the News. In 1991, Cheryl took a position in story development at Rabbit Ears Productions, the acclaimed children’s entertainment company where she ultimately became Vice President of Development and Creative Affairs.

In 1997 she co-founded Stone House Productions, a Connecticut based media production company that quickly became a boutique producer of non-fiction programming for cable and broadcast networks such as Discovery Channel, Discovery Kids, National Geographic, WGBH, NBC, and The Food Network. Food-related programs include Rachael Ray: Chefography and a number of prime time specials with Rachael Ray, Cooking Thin, Food 911 with Tyler Florence, and Ham on the Street with George Duran. DishandDine.com went live in late spring 2009 and the hope is to create a community for food lovers everywhere to find a place to highlight their niche food interests and also to share treasured family recipes and memories. Lastly, Cheryl believes that no day is complete without a bowl of pasta.

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