The Bikini Lifestyles® Show
Aired on AM 790 KABC Radio Los Angeles from 2011 to 2014. The show originally aired on KTLK AM 1150 before moving to KFWB 980 AM, a CBS radio station.
The Bikini Lifestyles® Show was hosted by Susan Irby The Bikini Chef® with Co-Host Denice Fladeboe, formerly owner and President of Fladeboe Automotive Group of Irvine. As the show expanded, other guest hosts included Steve Valentine – celebrity publicist and Gold Medalist in Ballroom Dancing at the Gay Olympic Games in Germany – as well as guest host, Kelly E. Carter, Best Selling author of COME TO WIN with Venus Williams and The Dog Lover’s Guide to Travel from National Geographic.
The show highlighted health, wellness, and positive lifestyle choices and tagged the slogan, “Where We Wine, Dine, and Workout”. The slogan and show demonstrated lifestyle balance which is the basis for a healthy “bikini” lifestyle. Often criticized for use of the word “bikini”, the show was created as a playful means of promoting a healthy lifestyle. Whether the public embraces it or not, the bikini has long been a symbol of a fit, active lifestyle which is at the core of The Bikini Chef® approach to life and at the forefront of The Bikini Lifestyles® Show. Cooking in a bikini is optional and naturally appropriate for many occasions including a pool, beach, or lake setting which is how The Bikini Chef® got her name… summers with the family cooking in a bikini in the kitchen, on the dock, on the porch, at their beautiful cabin on Lake Martin, Alabama.
Each episode featured an introduction highlighting current wellness news and updates, Special Guest of the week, and the Recipe of the Week which rounds out the show.
Among the shows guests over 5 years were:
*Venus Williams
*Chef Wolfgang Puck
*Chef Duff Goldman
*Chef Sara Moulton
*Billy Bush
*Chef Nancy Silverton
*Phil Collen, Lead guitarist Def Lepard
*Barbara Fairchild
*Chef Piero Selvaggio
*Chef Cat Cora
and hundreds more leading celebrities, chefs, health and fitness experts, and authors
In 2013, The Bikini Lifestyles® Show aired as a 1/2 hour TV show on PBS TV. Although well received, the show aired for 1 season. Excerpts from the show will be posted soon.
The Bikini Lifestyles® Show won 5 TASTE Awards including Best Health and Fitness Radio Show (3 years), Best Health and Fitness Television Show (1 year) and Susan Irby won for Best Producer and Host, Health and Wellness Show.
Enjoy many of the episodes of The Bikini Lifestyles® Show from 790 KABC here:
SPECIAL GUEST: NANCY SILVERTON
This episode features Nancy Silverton, the winner of the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef 2014.
Also in this episode, Master Chef Marc Meneau is celebrated by the RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Papillon Gateau con Compote de Baies Sauvages Brandies (Grilled Pineapple Cake with Brandied Wild Berry Compote).
Hosts: Susan Irby, The Bikini Chef and Denice Fladeboe
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Featured image in video above is Chef Richard Ruskell from our television shoot at the Montage Beverly Hills
