Sunny Anderson (born April 9, 1975) is a Food Network personality. She
began hosting How'd That Get On My Plate? in July 2008. She also hosts
the Food Network program Cooking for Real (beginning in April 2008),
and served as co-host with Marc Istook of the Food Network program
Gotta Get It (beginning in April 2007).Sunny Anderson was born in
Lawton, Oklahoma, and grew up as an Army brat, which allowed her to
travel the world (living in Germany and other places) and sample many
local cuisines with her parents, who were food enthusiasts. She
attended Madison High School in San Antonio, Texas, and upon her
graduation, she joined the United States Air Force in June 1993, where
she earned the rank of Senior Airman and worked as a military radio
host in Seoul, South Korea. She then worked for Air Force News Agency
radio and television in San Antonio from 1993 to 1997. Anderson was
honorably discharged from the Air Force in June 1997. She went to
school in New Orleans at Loyola University. At age 19, Anderson was
diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.Between 1995 and 2001, Anderson
worked as a radio personality at KCJZ and KONO-FM in San Antonio,
WYLD-FM and KUMX in Fort Polk, Louisiana, WJWZ in Montgomery, Alabama,
and WDTJ in Detroit, Michigan.Anderson settled in New York City in
2001 at the age of 26, and worked as a radio personality for HOT 97
(WQHT) in New York City from 2001 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, she was
the owner of Sunny's Delicious Dishes, a catering company based in
Jersey City, New Jersey.
began hosting How'd That Get On My Plate? in July 2008. She also hosts
the Food Network program Cooking for Real (beginning in April 2008),
and served as co-host with Marc Istook of the Food Network program
Gotta Get It (beginning in April 2007).Sunny Anderson was born in
Lawton, Oklahoma, and grew up as an Army brat, which allowed her to
travel the world (living in Germany and other places) and sample many
local cuisines with her parents, who were food enthusiasts. She
attended Madison High School in San Antonio, Texas, and upon her
graduation, she joined the United States Air Force in June 1993, where
she earned the rank of Senior Airman and worked as a military radio
host in Seoul, South Korea. She then worked for Air Force News Agency
radio and television in San Antonio from 1993 to 1997. Anderson was
honorably discharged from the Air Force in June 1997. She went to
school in New Orleans at Loyola University. At age 19, Anderson was
diagnosed with ulcerative colitis.Between 1995 and 2001, Anderson
worked as a radio personality at KCJZ and KONO-FM in San Antonio,
WYLD-FM and KUMX in Fort Polk, Louisiana, WJWZ in Montgomery, Alabama,
and WDTJ in Detroit, Michigan.Anderson settled in New York City in
2001 at the age of 26, and worked as a radio personality for HOT 97
(WQHT) in New York City from 2001 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, she was
the owner of Sunny's Delicious Dishes, a catering company based in
Jersey City, New Jersey.
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