Dish Up The Love To Benefit Feeding America With Top Chef All-Star Antonia Lofaso, Baker's Secret®, Pyrex® And CorningWare®

ROSEMONT, Ill., Nov. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Baker's Secret®, CorningWare® and Pyrex® brands are inviting consumers to "Dish Up the Love" this holiday season with Top Chef All-Star Antonia Lofaso, Executive Chef and Partner at Black Market Liquor Bar and Scopa, along with Feeding America®. The heart of the holidays centers around the bonds created during seasonal celebrations and traditions – Thanksgiving dinner, cookie exchanges, Christmas and Hanukkah parties and more. 

"Dish Up the Love" celebrates these special holiday moments in and around the kitchen and asks at-home cooks and bakers to share their holiday memories and time-honored recipes at WorldKitchen.com/DishUptheLove. For each recipe entered now through December 25, Baker's Secret, CorningWare and Pyrex will spread the joy of the season by donating $1* up to $50,000 to Feeding America® – a nationwide network of food banks leading the fight against hunger.

"When I think of the holidays, memories of my loved ones gathering and celebrating family and friends come to mind. A huge part of that is cooking up our favorite family recipes and reminiscing around the kitchen table," says Chef Antonia Lofaso. "I'm excited to work with Bakers Secret, CorningWare and Pyrex to share my family holiday recipes and memories while helping the brands lead the fight against hunger with Feeding America."

Some of Antonia's tips for holiday memory-making include:

• What's Grandma's signature dish? Continue traditions and show off favorite family dishes like Antonia's Italian Rice Balls
• Use non-stick, dishwasher-safe bakeware like Baker's Secret when making holiday cookies to spend more time with the kids and less time on clean-up
• Create a warm atmosphere by serving meals family style
• Showcase favorite dishes in  table-worthy bakeware such as CorningWare that complements your holiday tablescape and seamlessly transitions from oven to table to storage
• Make your favorite recipe in advance of the party. With Pyrex, it's easy to save time and transition from prep to storage to serving

Dedicated to innovation, style and design, the Baker's Secret, Pyrex and CorningWare brands have continuously provided households with the kitchenware they want and need to make holiday entertaining fun, relaxing and memorable. Baker's Secret high-quality nonstick surfaces make it easy for busy families to whip up tasty treats and are also simple to clean up. Pyrex's clever yet easy-to-use and oven-to-table products make prep time efficient and less stressful. CorningWare recently refreshed its iconic French White® product line to deliver contemporary design, improved versatility and ease of use. The new shape with iconic fluting is unexpected, flexible and indispensable, just like family dinners.  

Entering the "Dish Up the Love" Contest
All cooks and bakers can visit WorldKitchen.com/DishUptheLove or the Baker's Secret Facebook page to enter the "Dish Up the Love" Contest for the chance to win a suite of Baker's Secret, Pyrex and CorningWare products weekly and a grand prize trip for two to New York City during Valentine's Day weekend. The Grand Prize winner and guest will also receive roundtrip transportation, accommodations, per diem and a suite of Baker's Secret, Pyrex and CorningWare products for an estimated value of more than $4,000. Chef Antonia Lofaso will select the winning recipe and accompanying story. To learn more about "Dish Up the Love", enter to win a trip to New York and view the official sweepstakes rules, visit: WorldKitchen.com/DishUptheLove.

*World Kitchen guarantees a minimum of 450,000 meals (monetary equivalent of $50,000) to Feeding America® and member food banks from Nov. 6, 2013 through Dec. 25, 2013.

About World Kitchen, LLC
Headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois, World Kitchen and its affiliates manufacture and market metal cookware, glass, ceramic and metal bakeware, tabletop products, cutlery and kitchen tools sold under well-known brand names, including Baker's Secret®, Chicago Cutlery®, Corelle®, CorningWare®, EKCO®, Magnalite®, OLFA®, OLO®, Pyrex®, Revere®, Snapware® and Visions®. The company and its affiliates employ approximately 3,222 people, and have major manufacturing and distribution operations in North America and Asia-Pacific regions. For more information, visit www.worldkitchen.com. CorningWare and Pyrex are registered trademarks of Corning Incorporated, used under license by World Kitchen, LLC. 

About Antonia Lofaso
Best known for her feisty Italian personality and world class culinary skills on Bravo's Top Chef All-Stars, Antonia Lofaso is one of America's most beloved chefs. Most recently Lofaso has gone from television personality to business owner and is currently executive chef and owner of Black Market in Studio City, California. Fans of her restaurant on the west side can soon experience her creations closer to home as she is currently working on opening a second restaurant in the Los Angeles area. With a lifelong passion for cooking, Lofaso chased her dreams and has managed to balance her busy career with being a single parent. She shares her secrets and tips in her book "The Busy Mom's Cookbook" re-released in paperback this Fall (2013).

About Feeding America®
Feeding America® is a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks that leads the fight against hunger in the United States. Together, we provide food to more than 37 million people through 61,000 food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters in communities across America. Feeding America® also supports programs that improve food security among the people we serve; educates the public about the problem of hunger; and advocates for legislation that protects people from going hungry. Individuals, charities, businesses and government all have a role in ending hunger. Donate. Volunteer. Advocate. Educate.  Together we can solve hunger. Visit FeedingAmerica.org or Facebook.com/FeedingAmerica or follow us on Twitter at Twitter.com/FeedingAmerica.

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