Tim Laird

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<b>Tim Laird</b> is an authority on wines and spirits with more than thirty years of experience in the hospitality industry. He is the chief entertaining officer of Brown-Forman, a major producer of fine wines and spirits (including Jack Daniel’ s, Woodford Reserve, and Old Forester whiskeys and bourbons) based in Louisville, Kentucky. Laird hosts two local weekly television shows—<i>Secrets of Bluegrass Chefs and Secrets of Louisville Chefs</i>—and is a featured columnist for Louisville’ s <i>Food & Dining Magazine</i>. He has appeared on <i>Today</i>, <i>The Early Show</i>, <i>Fox & Friends</i>, <i>The Tonight Show</i>, and <i>World News Now</i>, among many others.