Real Lifestyle Network’s FOOD first, a 24/7 channel dedicated to food, today announced its partnership with leading international content distributors, Shine and Optomen, to acquire exclusive premium content. It has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to a range of international programmes featuring some of the best, most renowned and most entertaining personalities from the world of food such as celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and Gwyneth Paltrow, amongst others. The HD ready channel, FOOD first, is scheduled to be launched in early 2011. More in the next Executive News Roundup