March 16, 2006

AND THIS IS MY WIFE... MORGAN FAIRCHILD

Gentlemen, start your Tivo.

Then again, maybe not:

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NEW YORK, NY, United States -- Actress Morgan Fairchild and comic Mario Cantone will face off in the Food Network`s new reality cook-off show, ''Celebrity Food Fight.''

The one-hour special will be hosted by Al Roker, whose Al Roker Entertainment Inc., is also producing.

The show will follow the celebrity contestants as they are taught by Master Chefs Daniel Boulud and Todd English at New York`s Institute for Culinary Education, then face off in front of a studio audience in a shopping and cooking competition.

Taping was scheduled to take place in New York Tuesday with an air date yet-to-be announced.

Reminds me of that Steve Martin line: "And I believe that the 'Battle of the Network Stars' should be fought with guns."

Oh, and there's this bit of yummy goodness:

P Diddy, NBC cook up primetime reality

Sean 'P Diddy' Combs and Ben Silverman are teaming up to shift cooking from the cable domain as they prepare a primetime cooking competition for US terrestrial NBC this spring.

Blending elements of Food Network's Iron Chef and ABC's Dancing With the Stars, Celebrity Cooking Showdown is a five-night reality miniseries that the network is fast-tracking for an April debut.

The week-long battle will pair celebrities with superstar chefs, and according to US reports, chef-restaurateur Wolfgang Puck, Food Network's Cat Cora, and LA chef Govind Armstrong have already committed to the miniseries. No celebrities have been officially attached as yet.

The first three episodes will feature each of the three chefs training a celebrity, who will then go head-to-head with another celeb in a timed competition to create a three-course meal. A panel of judges will choose one winner from each night, with three finalists fighting it out to be the ultimate winner on the Friday.

There will also be a component allowing viewers at home to improve their cooking skills.

Like DIY, which has hit it big on mainstream television after first causing a stir on cable, cooking looks set to be the next genre to make the jump in an effort to score big ratings in the terrestrial space. Fox's Gordon Ramsey series Hell's Kitchen achieved solid ratings last year, and Food Network superstar Rachael Ray will star in a daily syndicated strip this fall.

Combs was reportedly approached because it was thought he could help attract talent to the show, promote it and help with various creative aspects. The fact that he owns two restaurants also probably proved helpful.

Yeah. I own two cars. That doesn't make me Tony Stewart, babe.

In the 1970s and '80s, B-grade stars had "Love Boat." Now they have cooking shows.

Good lord.

Posted by Jeff at March 16, 2006 08:22 AM
Comments

We all know the princess will win. I mean they list a competition in shopping of all things, oh and cooking.

Posted by: Addison at March 16, 2006 03:08 PM
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