Do you dream of telling a cable-television camera that you’re “not here to make friends”? Or, perhaps, do you just dream of Guy Fieri? Good news, then: The Food Network has announced casting dates for The Next Food Network Star — you know, the other reality cooking competition. But don’t dismiss this: Their last season was the highest-rated in Food Network history. So spackle your faces and perfect your stink-eye, because this could be YOUR BIG MOMENT.
New York auditions will be held Monday, October 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sutton Place (1015 Second Avenue, between 53rd and 54th Streets), or you can just send in your fuzzy homemade video before October 31 and hope for the best. Winners will get their own show (losers will go back to waiting tables until the network contacts them, perhaps to host a humiliatingly titled show called Will Work for Food). Full details:
FOOD NETWORK OPENS CASTING FOR SEASON FIVE OF
“THE NEXT FOOD NETWORK STAR”
Conducting Open-Call Auditions in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Charleston, SC and Portland, OR
For Immediate Release – Food Network has greenlit a fifth season of its hugely successful reality series The Next Food Network Star the network announced today. The recently completed fourth season of Star was the highest-rated series in Food Network history and the cabler is looking for outstanding chefs and home cooks to join the ranks of past winners like Guy Fieri and the newly-crowned Aaron McCargo Jr. to compete for the opportunity to win his or her own Food Network series.
The network is currently conducting a nation-wide talent search and encourages both professional and amateur chefs to apply. Applicants have until Friday, October 31st, 2008 to send in a three minute audition video explaining why he/she should be Food Network’s newest star. For applications and contest rules, simply visit www.FoodNetwork.com and click on ‘Be on Food Network’. In addition, contestant hopefuls can also apply in person at one of several open-call auditions that will be held around the country. Applicants should bring an application, photograph and resume and/or bio to the auditions, which will allow them to meet with network casting directors. Locations will include:
Washington DC- Friday, October 3, 2008 from 10am-3pm
The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Washington
1820 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209
New York, NY- Monday, October 6, 2008 11am-3pm
Sutton Place
1015 Second Ave. (btw. 53rd and 54th) New York, NY 10022
Los Angeles, CA- Wednesday, October 15, 2008 from 10am-3pm
The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles
2900 31st Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405-3035
Charleston, SC- Thursday, October 23, 2008 from 10am-3pm
The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Charleston
24 North Market Street, Charleston, SC 29401-2623
Portland, OR- Thursday, October 23, 2008 from 10am-3pm
Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront
1401 SW Naito Parkway Portland, OR 97201
Philadelphia, PA – Wednesday, October 29, 2008 from 10am-3pm
Embassy Suites Center City Philadelphia
1776 Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19107
The Next Food Network Star will return for a new season where the finalists will be tested in a new set of difficult challenges that will determine not only their culinary prowess, but also their creativity and on-air potential. The series is set to tape and air on Food Network in 2009.
[via WhiteTrashBBQ]
