Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Aspiring Food Entrepreneurs, Bobby Flay Wants You for New TV Series

Posted by Nicki Wood on Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 5:55 AM

Do you wish Bobby Flay was around to tell you what to do?
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Food entrepreneurs could get a huge boost in publicity as well as expert coaching from no less a talent than Bobby Flay by being selected for a new Food Network series.

The Bobby Flay Project is looking for food entrepreneurs who have left their previous career to start a bricks-and-mortar food business. (And I assume that "left their career " means "lost their career in the recession.")

The plan seems to be to follow the entrepreneur as he or she opens the business, so the business can't be operating yet.

Three key points of eligibility:

* The entrepreneur must have little or no prior professional culinary experience.
* The entrepreneur mus be planning to open a brick-and-mortar space where there will be walk-in customers (restaurant, bakery, sandwich shop, etc.)
*The business can't be operating yet, though the entrepreneur must be aiming to open this year.

If you fit those criteria, assemble the information on your timeline, budget, menu and team. Write up a line or two about what's at stake for you in this endeavor (why you are doing it and what risks, financial as well as personal, you are taking). The network is "highly interested in the human-interest angle of your story."

Email your assembled information to foodtvshow@gmail.com.

Get a little info on the competition at the show's Facebook page, or look 'em up on Twitter, @RockShrimpProd.

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Posted by Tim on 02/08/2012 at 12:37 AM

@Tim, I know, right? Bites Nation watches TV food shows, but maybe that shark has been jumped.

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Posted by Nicki P Wood on 02/08/2012 at 6:48 AM

@Nicki I was surprised at the lack of comments but I guess the criteria sort of weeds out a lot of the interested parties.

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