“I like to think that with each deep breath of fresh air, each slowly taken step down a dirt road, each hug and twirl in strawberry fields, that we are creating a peace and stillness in life; a gratitude for the moments we get to share together.”
- Jazz Smollett
Jazz Smollett doubles as co-host and co-executive producer alongside her brother Jake in CLEO TV’s hugely popular hit series Living By Design, returning for season two later in 2020. The show focuses on redesigning spaces for millennials helping them bring comfort, function and personality to their homes complete with a home cooked meal.
Producer, author, cook, interior designer and lifestyle expert Jazz Smollett previously starred in Food Network’s limited series Smollett Eats. She has also appeared on The Today Show, The Chew, The Rachael Ray Show, The Real, The Dish On Oz, Home and Family and YouTube’s parenting channel, What’s Up Moms to name a few, sharing recipes and lifestyle tips. Jazz has recurred as a judge on Food Network’s Family Food Showdown hosted by Valerie Bertinelli.
Her first cookbook The Family Table: Recipes and Moments From A Nomadic Life was released in 2018 and co-authored by her three siblings. .
Jazz attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she honed her skills. After graduating and working in theater development for a year, she returned to Los Angeles where she worked her way up and spent a decade in production as a creative content producer in unscripted programming for various clients such as Warner Brothers, BET, TVOne, Fox Searchlight, and Universal Pictures, to name a few.
Most recently, Jazz worked with Will Packer Productions and Universal Pictures producing EPK/BTS content for the feature film Little. She also served as the EPK/BTS Producer for the upcoming Jordan Peele/Universal Pictures film, Candyman. Following her successful career as a producer and writer she was recently honored at Boss Women of the Year for her experience as an entrepreneur and mom. She also sat on the panel of The Supercharged Summit where she discussed power partnerships. Jazz’s proudest title is “momma” to her young daughter, Nylah.