I remember sitting in Rochelle’s office brainstorming show topics. In my novice experience this was the first approach to bringing a show to life! It all seemed like it happened years ago too. So much work compressed into a time warp. I always looked forward to the creative calls we had with JJ where he would spew out recipe ideas for the show. My job, was then to bring that to life. I spent evenings and days zipping around finding props, locating butchers and grocers near the set, calling equipment rentals, and finally coming together with my culinary team- who were fabulous! And, I realized after all was said and done that my organized self needs to be even MORE organized, which makes my head spin.

An eight day shoot turned me into a stair hustler, being that the culinary team had a kitchen on the first floor and the set was on second. A “frat boy” apartment was turned totally upside down with speed racks and tables full of props and ingredients thoughtfully placed about the living and dining area. Show labels and recipes were flying all over while equipment was getting misplaced. Certainly controlled chaos, but it felt amazing!