Antonella Clerici

Italian television host and journalist, who debuted in 1985 on "Telereporter" as a TV announcer. In 1987, she switched to Rai 2 where she presented "Semaforo giallo," "Oggi sport" and later two popular sports programs, "Dribbling" and "Domenica Sprint." During the same years she also presented "Ristorante Italia" and "Segreti per voi."

Clerici returned to Rai 2 in 1995 with another show about football, "Telegoal." From 1996 to 1998, she was one of the presenters of "Unomattina," a daily Rai 1 morning show, and she followed the 1998 Fifa World Cup with the in-depth program "Occhio al mondiale."

In 1999/2000, she switched to Mediaset where she hosted "Ma quanto costa?," aired by Retequattro. She also hosted the daily program "Telegatti Story" and the morning show "A tu per tu," aired by Canale 5.

She hosted "La prova del cuoco," the Italian version of "Ready Steady Cook" (2000-2008) on RAI.

In 2005, she hosted the Festival di Sanremo, Italy's best-known song contest, with Paolo Bonolis. She returned in 2010 as the festival's sole presenter.

In March 2010, she released her first CD, "Antonella Clerici," featuring television themes. In September 2011, she returned as the host of her most popular program, "La prova del cuoco." She has also released several cookbooks.