UGA Grad Speaker: Alton Brown

Published March 5, 2010 at 8:29 a.m.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Food Network star chef and author Alton Brown will be the graduation speaker at the University of Georgia this spring.

Brown, a UGA alum and Georgia resident, is the creator of TV show ``Good Eats,'' which just celebrated its 10th anniversary, and hosts ``Iron Chef America.'' He attended UGA in the 1980s and eventually graduated from UGA in 2004 with a degree in drama.

He also graduated from the New England Culinary Institute in 1997.

He is the first Food Network host to win a Peabody Award and has written six books on food, one of which won the 2003 James Beard Award for best cookbook.

The ceremony is May 8 at 6:30 p.m. in Sanford Stadium.

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