chef Robert Irvine HOUSTON , Oct. 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) is partnering with celebrity chef Robert Irvine in the Chopped: Impossible Restaurant Challenge, a multi-faceted promotional campaign on Food Network's broadcast and digital channels that launches Oct. 15 .

Based on Robert's own recipes and utilizing high-quality ingredients, Robert Irvine Foods serves up smoked seasoned wings, crab cakes, seafood, smoked meats - and much more - to grocery store customers around the country.

Robert Irvine Biography

• Joined the British Royal Navy at the age of 15 and began his culinary training; selected to work on board the Royal Yacht Britannia where he served royalty.
• Head Chef at the 78th Academy Awards (2006)
• Named one of the 25 Fittest Guys in America by Men's Fitness Magazine in 2007.

Salisbury, United KingdomRobert Irvine / Place of birth

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Robert Irvine is a world-class chef and entrepreneur, and tireless philanthropic supporter of our nation's military. The host of Food Network's hit show Restaurant: Impossible, he has given struggling restaurateurs a second chance to turn their lives and businesses around in over 200 episodes and counting.

How do you stay in such shape? Robert Irvine: I work out six days a week. I eat small meals more frequently - eight to 12 meals a day, every two and a half hours. My protein is literally - whether it be chicken or shrimp, whatever it is - no bigger than a deck of cards each meal.

Every meal should end with something sweet. Maybe it's jelly on toast at breakfast, or a small piece of chocolate at dinner - but it always helps my brain bring a close to the meal. I travel 330 days a year and eat every two and a half hours - I'm a big guy.

Irvine started his television career on Food Network on a show called Fit for a King, which was later re-titled before broadcast to Dinner: Impossible, where he would be given countless challenges over the course of the life of the show.

Robert Irvine is an award-winning chef, fitness authority and philanthropist best known for his long-running Food Network shows Dinner: Impossible and Restaurant: Impossible. A sought-after TV chef, Irvine has also appeared on Worst Cooks in America, Next Iron Chef and Chopped: Impossible, to name a few.

58 years (September 24, 1965)Robert Irvine / Age