Get ready for your close-up, home cooks. MasterChef wants you...The Pitch: "Gordon Ramsay and the producers of The Biggest Loser are now casting amateur chefs for a new inspirational cooking show! Can you cook well despite never having been formally trained? We are currently searching for budding chefs from all walks of life--amateur chefs, passionate foodies, the ultimate dinner party hosts/hostesses... Now one of the world's most acclaimed chefs, Gordon Ramsay, is giving you the opportunity to become a MasterChef! MasterChef is a show that celebrates great people who make great food. The show will give contestants the opportunity to develop their cooking skills while being encouraged, mentored, and celebrated by the industry's best and evaluated by world-renowned judges! If you are passionate about cooking and ready to change your life then audition for MasterChef, an inspiring cooking show from the producers of The Biggest Loser!"
The Peeps: No professional chefs, just everyday cooking amateurs need apply.
The Place: Sound like fun? A San Francisco casting call will be held Sunday, January 24 at Sur La Table. You can also send in a DVD. Get the full details.
The Fine Print: Be prepared for bare it all for the tv producers considering your application. The 12-page application greets you with a charming peck on the cheek ("Tell us about the moment you fell in love with food", "What is your favorite dish?") then leans in for an awkward tongue kiss ("Describe your most embarrassing moment", "What types of people intimidate you?"), and finally starts groping at your deepest secrets ("Have you had plastic surgery?" "Have you ever hit someone in anger or self-defense?" "Have you ever had a restraining order placed against you?"). Download the full application.
Stating the Obvious: Gordon Ramsay is the producer, so be prepared to have your treasured family recipe for fried chicken seasoned by plenty of f-bombs.
If everyone was as sincere and passionate about what they do, as Gordon is about cooking, everything would be of total perfection! This man is a no BS person and is sincere about what he does.
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but name will never hut you!
I hope I will be able to be in his presence and learn from him!
You go Gordon!
Jeannie Burchett
P.S. I'm a try out from Miami and my dish was excepted!
Did you see his picks for the Coco: 10 World-Leading Masters Choose 100 Contemporary Chefs? I had long sort of passed off Ramsay as a Roco DiSpirito type, but apparently not.
Gordon Ramsay is the best! Kitchen Nightmares is a blast to watch, not to mention a good primer for anyone who thinks running a restaurant will be easy. He knows his stuff, isn't afraid to get his hands dirty and does not tolerate BS. He is second only in "Star Chef" prestige to Alton Brown.
When I was in London one of his restaurants there was TEEMING with tons of people inside and outside as well.
Ramsey and other chefs try to educate the audinece and society of the blessings of paring great cuisine with great wine yet his foul and poisonus language from a poor upbringing and education simlpy spoils the food and experience.