Since moving to the Food Network, Allen has made appearances on many of that channel's programs, including "Beat Bobby Flay", "Best Ever", "Cutthroat Kitchen", multiple episodes of "The Best Thing I Ever Ate", "Dear Food Network", and "The Next Food Network Star". On November 16, 2008, Allen returned to "Iron Chef America" as co-floor reporter for the show's Thanksgiving special. Allen reprised the role as co-floor reporter for the Thanksgiving special on November 20, 2011. On December 2, 2012, Allen served as a sous chef to Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto and chef Robert Irvine in a special "Holiday Battle", pitting the Food Network stars against reps of the sister network Cooking Channel, Ben Sergeant, Nadia G, and Michael Symon. Morimoto's team won.