738. Katie Stilo, Today Show Food Stylist & Culinary Producer

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

"The energy is just so palpable. Even though it’s the crack of dawn, we are all abuzz and going. You have to be able to get it going."

The next time you're watching the Today Show and you see the anchors eating or drinking something delicious, that's the work of Katie Stilo. As Today's food stylist and culinary producer, it's Katie's job to prepare segments, write scripts based on guest-submitted recipes, cook those recipes (often from world-renowned chefs), and artfully arrange all the food and tablescapes on screen. Plus, she's often on camera, whipping up masterpieces for Savannah, Hoda, Al, Craig, Carson, and the crew. In this conversation, Katie talks about her Emmy Award-winning career, and about the road to landing her dream job. She also talks about becoming a runner two years ago. Katie's goal to see if she could finish a 10K turned into seeing if she could finish a half marathon, which turned into seeing if she could go sub-2:00 in the half marathon. (Spoiler: She did, running a 39-minute half-marathon personal best at this year's Brooklyn Half.) Katie is currently training for this year's TCS New York City Marathon.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

On *not* being in Paris for the Olympics with the Today team (2:30)
What, exactly, Katie’s job entails (8:00)
On cooking for the Today anchors and feeding their preferences (15:45)
Katie’s most memorable live television bloopers and mishaps (17:50)
How Katie got her dream job (27:00)
How Katie became on-air talent for Today (43:45)
Katie’s favorite Today guests (49:00)
What it was like being a food stylist for M&Ms (51:45)
How, when, and why Katie became a runner (53:25)
How Katie is feeling at the start of New York City Marathon training (1:01:10)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Alley on the Run show. I'm your host Ali Feller and every week I talk with people who are doing exciting things on the run and beyond.
0:13.1	From professional athletes and celebrity runners
0:15.9	to the everyday amateur and back of the pack runner,
0:19.3	we are here to celebrate everyone and anyone
0:22.0	who enjoys a life on the run.
0:24.0	Whether you are running toward something big or away from something that has been folding you back,
0:28.0	I am here to help you pick up the pace.
0:31.0	My guest today is Katie Steeleo.
0:34.0	Katie is the food stylist and culinary producer at the Today Show.
0:38.0	So anytime you see food or drinks on the Today Show,
0:42.0	Katie had something to do with that.
0:44.0	Her job is so multifaceted.
0:47.0	She prepares segments for the show.
0:49.0	She cooks and prepares recipes from world-renowned chefs for when they are on the show. She artfully
0:54.9	arranges all of the food so it looks gorgeous for the viewers at home. And when
0:59.9	she's not in the kitchen or behind the camera, she's on camera, masterfully,
1:04.8	cooking and hanging out with Savannah and Hoda and Al and Carson and the entire crew
1:09.7	on live TV.
1:11.3	And of course, Katie's a runner. She started running a few years ago and like
1:16.4	so many of us, Katie caught the running bug pretty quickly. What went from, I
1:20.9	wonder if I can finish a 10k turned into I'm training for a half marathon
1:26.0	which turned into I wonder if I can run a sub two half marathon which turned into a
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