Cleverley Stone

Talk Show Host, The Cleverley Show

As a correspondent and broadcaster, Cleverley Stone covers the food, wine and dining beat like no one else in town. She started her newsletter, Cleverley's Newsletter, in 1997. On the radio since 2003, she hosts "The Cleverley Show" on Talk 650/CBS Radio in Houston, Texas. She has been a regular contributor to Fox 26 Morning News since February 2008, cooking up delicious dishes with Houston's top chefs. Cleverley is also active on Facebook and Twitter, usually posting something every day. In the 1990s, she headed the wedding section of the Houston Post and wrote a Sunday column. She was there the day it closed in 1995.

Active in the community, Cleverley founded Houston Restaurant Week in 2003, benefiting the Houston Food Bank. The event has grown to be the city's largest charity dining event, taking place in over 100 restaurants throughout the Houston area simultaneously. To date HRW has raised more than $900,000 to fight hunger in Houston. The event takes place every year from August 1-31. For more information visit www.HoustonRestaurantWeeks.com. Houston Restaurant Week was the 2010 award winner for 'Outstanding Fundraising Program' Under $250,000 on National Philanthropy Day. This is one of the largest celebrations of philanthropy in the country.

Accolades include: 2010 honorary chair-Flavors Festival, benefiting the Houston Food Bank and 2010 Honoree-Champagne & Chocolat Gala, benefiting the Gaston Le Notre Scholarship for culinary students. Cleverley has also been a sponsor of many charity events including: Taste of the Nation; Grand Wine & Food Affair; Annual Chicken Soup Cook-Off; Galveston Wine & Food Festival; Meals on Reels at the Museum of Fine Arts; Tequila Throwdown and many more.

Cleverley's credits include: Restaurant Correspondent, "Great Day Houston," KHOU-TV, Ch. 11; Food & Wine Editor, Restaurants & Resorts magazine; Food & Wine Editor, ME magazine; Restaurant correspondent, "The After Party" Houston PBS TV, Ch 8; Restaurant columnist, Inside Houston; Feature Writer, Houston Life magazine; Host & Writer, "American Bride" TV; Host & Writer, "What's Cooking with Cleverley" HCC TV; Contributing Editor & Columnist, Bride & Groom magazine.

Her Web site is: www.Cleverley.com.