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Carla Hall

Keynote Speaker - Emmy Award-Winning Celebrity Chef, #1 Best Selling Cookbook Author

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Carla Hall is a celebrity chef, television personality, bestselling cookbook author, and former co-host of ABC’s Emmy award-winning series The Chew.

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Meet Carla Hall

Carla Hall is a celebrity chef, television personality, cookbook author and best known for co-hosting ABC’s Emmy award-winning series “The Chew.”

Following her prolific culinary and media career, Hall discovered her passion for keynote and motivational speaking. Her keynotes cover her secret to success, discovering your authentic self and growth, and transformation through facing your fears.

Carla Hall is available to be booked for corporate and private events. She is also well-known for her keynote and motivational speaking. Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group today to inquire about Carla Hall’s fees.

Want to book Carla Hall for an event?

Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group at (215) 995-0905 to book Carla Hall for corporate or private events, keynote speeches, workshops, fireside chats, motivational speaking, or virtual appearances. Our agency will work directly with your organization and our keynote speakers to create an unforgettable event.

The Mollie Plotkin Group is the leading keynote speakers agency and entertainment bureau bringing excitement to audiences, clients, and employees. We represent subject-matter experts in every possible field, so whether we’re your partner in creating a memorable meeting, or your meeting planner’s secret weapon in securing the perfect keynote speaker, we’re in this with you.

Biography

Carla spent 7 years co-hosting ABC’s Emmy award-winning, popular lifestyle series “The Chew.” She is currently featured on the Food Network in shows such as “Thanksgiving, Holiday and Halloween Baking Championships.”

Hall first won over audiences when she competed on Bravo’s “Top Chef” and “Top Chef: All Stars” and shared her philosophy to always cook with love. Carla went on to make guest television appearances on shows such as, Good Morning America, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Chelsea Lately.

Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration

Her latest cookbook, Carla Hall’s Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration, was published in 2018. It landed in “Best Cookbook” lists across the country. The NAACP also nominated Soul Food for an NAACP Image Award.

In 2021, Hall published her debut picture book, Carla and the Christmas Cornbread, with Denene Millner Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.

Charity and Philanthropy

Carla Hall is active in many charitable endeavors at a board member level. She focuses her participation in organizations where she can make an impact advocating for children. These include charities such as 4H, Pajama Program, GenYouth, and Helen Keller International. In addition, Carla volunteers time to promote other nonprofit organizations. Such organizations include: The James Beard Foundation, FEED America, Jacques Pepin Foundation, and many others.

How to Hire Carla Hall

To hire Carla Hall for an event, contact the Mollie Plotkin Group with the proposed event date, location, audience size, event format, and program goals. Carla Hall is available for corporate events, conferences, leadership meetings, private events, workshops, fireside chats, and virtual programs.

After receiving your request, a Mollie Plotkin Group booking agent will review Carla Hall’s availability, discuss the event details, and get back to you within 48 hours with next steps for securing Carla Hall for your program.

Carla Hall Booking Fee

The cost to book Carla Hall depends on the event date, location, format, audience size, and scope of the appearance. Speaking fees may vary for keynote speeches, workshops, fireside chats, private events, corporate meetings, and virtual programs.

For the most accurate Carla Hall booking fee, contact the Mollie Plotkin Group with your event details. Our team will help confirm availability, pricing, and the best format for your event.

Speaking Topics & Programs

Discovering Your Authentic Self

Motivation

From accountant to runway model to celebrity chef, Carla Hall never gave up on discovering her authentic self. Now, the Washington Post hails her as “the most visible black person in food.”

In this speech, Hall shares both the triumphs and missteps that kept her on the path to being her true self:

“Say ‘yes’, adventure follows, then growth.” – Carla Hall

Food DNA: Discovering My Roots Through Food

Diversity Equity & Inclusion

In America, our diverse food traditions make the dinner table a place where we can celebrate our differences.

Carla shares stories from her journey across the Southern United States to discover her roots in the American food traditions shaped by the African Diaspora.

Through these stories, Carla illustrates that by understanding how African American contributions are bigger than what they were given credit for, African American students can begin to own these stories and create opportunities for themselves.

Scare Me: Growth and Transformation Through Facing Your Fears

Comedy

The secret to Carla Hall’s success? She steps outside of her comfort zone to stockpile an array of tools which she draws from during difficult times, stimulating personal growth and professional success.

In order to lead by example, audiences will witness Carla scare herself – live – with a comedy set and learn ways to map out their own fear facing adventures.

Why? Because facing fears spurs growth and inspires transformation, both of which have driven the success of this two-time “Top Chef” finalist and fan-favorite.

Books

Carla and the Christmas Cornbread

In this heartwarming tale inspired by her childhood, superstar chef and TV host Carla Hall shares the story of young Carla, who eats a sugar cookie meant for Santa on the night before Christmas and tries to make things right.

Christmas is Carla’s favorite holiday of the year. She goes to her grandparents’ house and eats grandma’s special recipe—a perfectly delicious cornbread. She listens to her grandpa Doc’s marvelous stories about traveling the world. And, best of all, she spends lots of time with her family.

But when Carla accidentally takes a bite out of Santa’s sugar cookie, she thinks she’s ruined Christmas. How will Santa know to stop at their house if they don’t leave him a midnight snack? With her grandmother’s help, Carla comes up with a plan, but will it be enough to save Christmas?

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Carla Hall's Soul Food: Everyday and Celebration

In Carla Hall’s Soul Food, the beloved chef and television celebrity takes us back to her own Nashville roots. We get a fresh take on America’s favorite comfort cuisine and trace soul food’s history from Africa and the Caribbean to the American South. Carla shows us that soul food is more than barbecue and mac and cheese. Traditionally a plant-based cuisine, everyday soul food is full of veggie goodness that’s just as delicious as cornbread and fried chicken.

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