Blake Swerdloff
Founder & Executive Producer
Blake Swerdloff was born and raised in New York and is five-time Emmy-nominated executive producer with more than two decades of experience creating and producing lifestyle, food, talk, and documentary programming.
Prior to launching Leesam Creative Group, Swerdloff was a founding partner of BSTV Entertainment, where he developed and ran Food Network’s hit daytime series The Kitchen, along with Trisha’s Southern Kitchen, Beach Bites with Katie Lee, Rewrapped, and What the Fung?! He also served as executive producer of HGTV’s The High Low Project with host Sabrina Soto.
Swerdloff began his career at MTV Networks on The Tom Green Show before moving into music and pop culture documentary programming, working on series including Driven, I Love the ’70s, and 100 Greatest Rock & Roll Moments on TV. Over the course of his career, he has produced programming for networks and platforms including Disney Channel, ABC, VH1, E!, BET, A&E, MSNBC, truTV, Discovery Channel, Food Network, and HGTV.
Swerdloff is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Television Academy and works closely with organizations including the Human Rights Campaign and Live Out Loud.
The History of Leesam
Leesam made its humble beginnings in New York in the early 1900s and has evolved through four generations. It is still rooted in entrepreneurship, ambition, creativity and community as it was from the start.
“Sam 1906: Arrived in Brooklyn, NY at age 18. To earn money, he would collect plumbing parts from empty buildings. He sold the parts on the streets of Manhattan. ”
“1932: At age 20, Leo joined his father Sam and together they created Leesam Plumbing Supply. Leo 1948: Leesam bought a small building in the Chelsea neighborhood. ”
“1958: At age 13, David began to work after school and on weekends with his father and grandfather. David 1985: After his father and grandfather passed, David expanded upon the plumbing business and began designing kitchens and bathrooms. Leesam Plumbing Supply became Leesam Kitchen & Bath Center. ”
“1995: Blake begins working summers at Leesam. Blake 2020: To honor his family’s company namesake, Blake continues the legacy and creates Leesam Creative Group. ”
