Behind the Scenes of The Food Network Challenge
November 12, 2009 at 3:29 pm, by Ladies' Lounge
I was one of the lucky judges on this week’s Food Network Challenge: Thanksgiving Family Feast. Watch it this Sunday, November 15th at 8:00 PM ET/PT. Lucky I say because I LOVE Thanksgiving foods. But wow is it hard to pick a winner! It’s four families competing for $10,000 cooking their best Thanksgiving dinner.
Yes I was able to eat 4 different and tasty Thanksgiving dinners in one day, which may sound glamorous, but I’ll tell you…The pressure turns on when the lights go up on these challenge shows.
There were heartfelt stories from each competing family and tense timing issues with turkeys and pies flying through the ovens. As a judge I was required to observe the all-day cooking as well as comment on camera throughout the day to keep viewers up to speed. The lights in my eyes and camera in my face were quite nerve-wracking! I’m pretty sure most of what I said was gibberish. But I guess that’s what post-editing is for, whew!
I was judging with two other chefs, and we had differing opinions on cooking style, ingredients and presentation. They were concerned with the fact that some of the contestants were using canned or frozen vegetables like corn or canned beans. GASP! I thought it was perfectly respectable since those foods taste just fine and all of us don’t have year-round access to restaurant-quality produce.
When it came to actually tasting the food though, we all agreed it was delicious.
Tune in and let me know what you thought, and what you plan to make for Thanksgiving dinner!
Categories: Entertainment, Food, Ladies' Lounge | Tags: Food Network Challenge, Thanksgiving | 2 Comments
2 Responses to “Behind the Scenes of The Food Network Challenge”
Written on November 12, 2009 at 6:40 pm, by Gab
Can’t wait to watch you on Sunday!!!!
Written on November 16, 2009 at 3:35 pm, by yuzhi
I’ll have to look for a clip, those challenge shows are intense!