Michael Munoz is known to most as the perfectly combined fashionable food enthusiast and fabulous show stopper. But he refers to himself as a fearless home-trained cook who gets his pizazz from his theatre training and his wit and style from the city that raised him — New York!
He is a successful food blogger, culinary emcee, and food writer who is not only passionate about food, friendship, and The Golden Girls but also has been helping pave a road for LGBTQ people in the culinary realm since 2009.
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Born and raised in Brooklyn, Michael's path as a musician, actor, and culinary enthusiast has taken him across the world to sing with legends like Julie Andrews and Andrea Bocelli, back to the stages of Broadway and then onto morning television for cocktail tastings and brunch bites! While Michael loves to perform, his heart was stolen years ago by the deliciousness of food and all things hospitality. This along with the realization that there were no LGBTQ POC, like himself, represented in the food media world set him on a fabulous journey that has taken him to places he would’ve never imagined.
Michael's successful blog 'The Kitchen Gaily' combines fun, and accessible food with infectious campy humor that is totally unique and hilariously informative. It is a real guide to eating and living fabulously! Michael's culinary writing style can also be found in W42nd Street Magazine, where his monthly food column even gets New Yorkers excited about visiting Midtown Manhattan!
But to really get Michael's vibe, one must delve into his podcast "IN YO MOUTH” where he wants to know what you eat from the streets to the sheets! Hosting the only Queer food podcast on the airwaves, Michael is skilled at taking ordinary conversations and infusing them with some extraordinary secret ingredients. His main focus is highlighting, telling and being the custodian of the stories of the LGBTQ+ community through a culinary lens. In the podcast's almost three year run, Michael has sat down with hundreds of passionate foodies, social activists, influencers and everyday people. Notable guests have included Queer Puerto Rican comedian and MTV host Gabe Gonzalez, Author of “F*ck Your Diet…” Chloe Hilliard, Cookbook Author and king of mash-up foods Dan Whalen and even CHOPPED cast members Chef Ash Fulk, Chef Michele Ragussis, and Renee Blackman. Other LGBTQ foodie notables are Elliot Norris of My Gay Kitchen, The Grubfather himself Sal DiBenedetto, Chandley Borges of Gays Gotta Eat, and Dustin Harder, The Vegan Roadie!
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Michael is the friend that you always want to invite to dinner. Shoot him some goodness on his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages or Contact Michael if you're going to meet up for tacos -- He will probably join you!