In 2003 Allen became a cast member of the television series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He has also been featured on the TV series Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters, Uncorked: Wine Made Simple, Trading Spaces, Top Chef, Food Detectives, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Food Network Star, The Best Thing I Ever Made, Iron Chef America: The Series, America’s Best Cook, and Chopped. Allen won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2004 for Outstanding Reality Program for Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He has authored seven books including two cook books. He received the James Beard Foundation Award in 2012 for being the host of Chopped. Ted is openly gay and married his partner Barry Rice in 2013.