Acting

Preston Paine

Place of birth

Dallas, Texas, USA

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Acting

Credits

4 titles

Preston Paine first fell in love with cooking thanks to a close family friend named Chela, who showed him the foundations that have carried him to where he is now in his professional cooking career. From how to properly hold and use a knife, grill, sauté, braise and more, Chela inspired his love for exquisite CUISINE through her dark mole, fresh tortillas, stuffed cabbage soup and more. When Paine left Dallas to study Business Development with a focus in restaurant design and play football at Tulane University in New Orleans, he started picking up different jobs in restaurants and gaining inspiration from the famous local styles and flavors there. After graduating, he began his career helpin…

Known for

Lioness poster
8.2

Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, is tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.

Lioness

2023

Chopped poster
6.5

A high energy, fast paced cooking competition that challenges four up-and-coming chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. After each course, a contestant gets “chopped” by our panel of esteemed culinary luminaries until the last man or woman left standing claims victory.

Chopped

2009

Ciao House poster
5.7

Ten rising culinary stars live together in a breathtaking Italian villa and compete against each other as individuals and in teams to prove their mastery of Italian cooking techniques and dishes. Described as "Big Brother" meets "Under the Tuscan Sun," the participants must also navigate alliances and rivalries as they pick their own teams. Each week, the losing team must vote off one of their own. In the end, only the last chef standing wins the life-changing grand prize: an immersive culinary education across Italy, training with renowned Italian master chefs.

Ciao House

2023

Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out poster
8.5

In Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out, hosted by Brian Malarkey, four chefs each start with $25,000 and face off in a high-stakes cooking competition where strategy is just as important as skill. Along the way, they can spend their cash to gain advantages—or sabotage their rivals. From stolen ingredients to destroyed utensils and wasted time, no tactic is too ruthless. In the end, only one chef will outcook and outsmart the rest to keep whatever money they have left.

Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out

2025

Series credits

Lioness poster
8.2

Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, is tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.

Lioness

2023

Chopped poster
6.5

A high energy, fast paced cooking competition that challenges four up-and-coming chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. After each course, a contestant gets “chopped” by our panel of esteemed culinary luminaries until the last man or woman left standing claims victory.

Chopped

2009

Ciao House poster
5.7

Ten rising culinary stars live together in a breathtaking Italian villa and compete against each other as individuals and in teams to prove their mastery of Italian cooking techniques and dishes. Described as "Big Brother" meets "Under the Tuscan Sun," the participants must also navigate alliances and rivalries as they pick their own teams. Each week, the losing team must vote off one of their own. In the end, only the last chef standing wins the life-changing grand prize: an immersive culinary education across Italy, training with renowned Italian master chefs.

Ciao House

2023

Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out poster
8.5

In Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out, hosted by Brian Malarkey, four chefs each start with $25,000 and face off in a high-stakes cooking competition where strategy is just as important as skill. Along the way, they can spend their cash to gain advantages—or sabotage their rivals. From stolen ingredients to destroyed utensils and wasted time, no tactic is too ruthless. In the end, only one chef will outcook and outsmart the rest to keep whatever money they have left.

Cutthroat Kitchen: Knives Out

2025