Biographical Information for Bill Boggs, a leading corporate training and food and wine expert

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WHAT four-time Emmy Award-winning TV host and entertainment industry insider has been a major figure in the lifestyle, food, travel, consumer, sports, news, and celebrity reporting arenas for more than 25 years and is bestselling author and sought-after motivational speaker? Bill Boggs. As host of the New York based Midday Live with Bill Boggs and WNBC's Weekend Today In New York (along with the long-running Food Network hit, Bill Boggs' Corner Table), Bill has interviewed many of the most notable personalities of our time - including cultural icons, presidents, international leaders, writers, athletes, celebrity chefs, and food critics – not to mention a movie star or two!

Bil is currently the celebrity correspondent for the syndicated "MY GENERATION" television show. His profiles of well-known people will include elements inspired by his book, Got What it Takes?

Bill was the host and creator of the recent PBS television show, Home Cooked Classics. He's also currently serving as the energetic on stage force behind Simon Super Chefs Live, a 24-city culinary food and wine show presented around the country in Simon Malls. He pioneered the first-ever national restaurant review show, TV Diners on Food Network. He’s interviewed notable guests on CNBC's Let's Talk Stock and also on Historic Traveler and Freeze Frame (on the Travel Channel).

In 2003, Boggs debuted in his acclaimed one-man Off Broadway show, Talk Show Confidential, now playing at the Triad Theater in NYC. It’s the first theatrical production of its kind, dealing with the alternately bizarre and inspiring world of talk shows.  And it offers everything from celeb gossip to inspirational personal stories.

In 2007 HarperCollins published Bill's widely-praised book, Got What it takes?: Successful People Reveal How They Made It To the Top. The book is based on success secrets uncovered in his interviews with leaders in diverse fields—among those included in the book are Sir Richard Branson, Renee Zelwegger, Diane von Furstenberg, Clive Davis, Donald Trump, Matt Lauer, Joe Torre and many others. He is also a featured columnist for The Good Life Magazine, Crush Magazine and Black Tie International Magazine and has written several pieces for The New York Times.

Boggs has always displayed unique versatility, illustrated by his high energy roles as a game show host for CBS, a news anchor for WNBC-TV on Weekend Today in New York, and as host and executive producer of the syndicated FOX-TV series, Comedy Tonight.

Bill also played a major role in consulting on and developing a number of successful TV networks and series including the creation of COURT TV (as the network's first executive producer) and the ground breaking Morton Downey Jr. Show (as executive producer).

In spring 2001, Boggs took to the New York stage, winning acclaim for his singing and story telling in the Off Broadway hit, Our Sinatra. Bill is truly at home on the stage and is a sought-after motivational speaker and master of ceremonies.

Boggs has appeared as himself in several movies and television series, including: Trading Places, The Lemon Sisters, Eyes of Laura Mars, OZ, The Dave Chappelle Show,
As The World Turns, Spin City, Miami Vice, etc.

 

Bill and Trevor

Bill has a son, Trevor, and in 2000 was honored as a Father of the Year by the National Father's Day Committee. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and also has a Master's Degree from Penn's Annenberg School. He is on the Board of Governors of the Friar's Club in New York, a member of The New York Athletic Club and a member of The Yale Club.

He is married to Carol Campbell Boggs, a publishing executive. They live blissfully on the tranquil island of Manhattan.

Bill and Carol