Making dinner for the family means catering to various tastes and preferences—not an easy task. After getting the kids dressed and off to school, going to work, running errands, making sure everyone gets to their soccer game/playdate/piano practice on time, the last thing you need is to make five different meals at dinnertime because one child only eats mac and cheese, the other only likes chicken nuggets, and the little one only butter noodles.
As the father of five, Dean McDermott is an expert at knowing what kids do and do not like to eat. And as a professionally trained chef, there is not a grown-up dish out there that he can't make kid-friendly. Now Dean's sharing all his secrets.
THE GOURMET DAD contains 100 easy-to-make and delicious recipes: a gourmet meal for the grown-ups and—with a few omissions, adjustments, tips, and tricks—one for the kids, too. You will finally be able to spend less time in the kitchen and more time with your family.
Along the way you'll learn not to be afraid of your kitchen, how to be creative with food, and you'll expose your kids to new flavors and develop their palates beyond the norm. Dean's recipes welcome flavorful and nutritious ingredients that kids will actually like so that you can get out of the chicken nuggets and buttered noodles rut forever!
Dean McDermott is a veteran film and television actor who has had starring roles in such series as “1-800-Missing” and “Due South,” as well as the Kevin Costner directed motion picture “Open Range.”
McDermott and wife Tori Spelling were seen opening their own bed and breakfast in the hit Oxygen reality series, “Tori & Dean: Inn Love.” They have filmed six seasons of “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.” Spelling and McDermott created the show and serve as executive producers alongside Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato of World of Wonder Productions.
McDermott has starred in the TV movie “Always and Forever” for Hallmark Channel as well as the ABC Family original movie sequel “Santa Baby 2.”
McDermott has made numerous television guest appearances on such popular programming as “The Closer”, “NCIS”, “Without a Trace” and “Kojak” alongside Ving Rhames. He had a recurring role in the long running sci-fi series “Earth: Final Conflict.” McDermott also starred in the television movie “Mind Over Murder” where he met his wife Tori Spelling.
McDermott was seen in the TV movie “The Housesitter” where he reunites on camera with his wife Tori Spelling. McDermott also served as executive producer on the project, which aired on Oxygen
. McDermott has received two Gemini nominations for his roles in “Lives of Girls and Women,” the TV movie based on the acclaimed Alice Munro novel of the same name and the CBS mini-series “The Tournament.”
Dean is the proud father of five (Jack, Liam, Stella, Hattie and Finn), and currently resides in Los Angeles.