While recuperating this weekend, I was laying in bed watching Food Network and finding my mind wandering to the point of pondering why there are no hot food specific shows on the Food Network? Here’s what I have in mind:
General Concept: 30 Minute TV Show featuring Hot Foods
Detailed Concept:
Show segments will include cooking spots, information segments and related reports/items. Cooking segments can be further broken down into the cooking with category and the how to make category. For instance: Cooking with Hot Sauce Brand A. and Making Your Own Hot Sauce.
Information segments can include visiting manufacturers, visiting retail locations, history of, touring hot spots etc…
Related reports and items can include related spicy items, festivals etc…
Now, I have no idea on how to pitch this concept to the Food Network folks, so if you do, please let me know! I watch the Food Network about 60% of my total TV watching time in a month so as a pretty avid watcher and hot foods fan, I find myself digging through the TiVo guide for anything spicy, no matter the show. Yes, I have ventured over to the travel channel to pick up John Ratzenberg’s (Cliff from Cheers) visit to Avery Island. I would love to have anything spicy given its own show. There’s BBQ with Bobby Flay, why not Nick’s Spice of Life?
There’s only so much I can take of:
Rachel Ray’s Far to many hand gestures while talking 30 minute meals
Sandra Lee’s Never in my life will I decorate that much Semi Homemade
Paula Deen’s I feel my arteries constrict by simply watching an episode Home Cooking
Iron Lost in translation Chef
7 responses to “Food Network TV Pilot Idea”
I have no idea how to pitch a show to a network either, but I completely agree with you about Food TV needing a Hot Food show!!! If there’s anything I can do to help you, let me know. Great idea! And nice blog too…
I’ll be your east coast on-site reporter.
as to the sales pitching to food network, you have to make the show first through a major production company (not that hard to do if you have lots of money.
Excerpt from their FAQ at http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/faq
“SHOW IDEAS
1. I have an idea for a new Food Network Show. Where Should I send it?
Food Network appreciates your interest in suggesting ideas, but we accept series and specials proposals only from television production companies with national or major market production credentials. If you are a production company, please send us your credentials and a history of your production experience only. After reviewing them, Food Network will determine whether or not to send you a release form with a request for further information.
Do not send any pitch ideas or proposals at this time, as they will be returned unread.
Please send your company’s credentials to:
Food Network
75 Ninth Avenue
NY NY 10011
attention: Submissions”
What do you all think of Frank’s Red Hot sauce? I know it isn’t as HOT as the rest of these sauces… but is it something you would consider using as a base? I usually use Texas Pete for my buffalo wings…but my brother (and my brother in law) told me that Frank’s was awesome to use as a base condiment. Would you agree?
Frank’s is a good basic hot sauce. I find it particulary tasty when mixed with ketchup for tacos, never had it on wings, but I’m sure it’s quite good.
Great idea about the show. Have had ideas myself, but I think it costs too much upfront. Frank’s Hot Sauce is great mixed with butter (about half and half) and served on steamed shrimp.
i have a show idea called buffet busters were me and my friends travel the globe eating at buffets we grade the food on many different levels but i have no idea where to send the idea to im 19 and beleive that my friends could make a show with entertaining dialogue but i dont know how to get the chance
Got some good ideas too. So, where’s the “major market produciton companies” for the credentials?
I have an idea for a show called Southern Taste. Traveling around to several southern states’ sampling food at local places, with the end result being a catered wedding or other special event for free. A busload of critics and other friends being the real judges. Publicity would be worth a million dollars for the winning eatery.