I am currently working as the Executive Producer of Dinner Impossible. My job is to look after all creative aspects of the program. I must come up with show ideas and work with my staff to make sure they are executed to both my expectations, as well as Food Networks.
2. What have you found is the best tool or innovation that has come out in the last year?
The best tool that has come out in the last year would be the ease of video portability. By that I mean, the ability, in various sources, to carry video from tv with me on airplanes, hotels etc. I live on the road and must stay current viewing various shows I am currently producing or hosting.
3. The project (film, television, commercial or music video) that most impressed you in the last year? Why?
The project that has most impressed me via the media in the last year…way to many to mention! I am a very easy audience overall…and love to be entertained. If I had to choose…it would be the show Jersey Boys on Broadway. Great story and an amazing cast.
4. The best or favorite project that you worked on in the past year? And why?
My favorite project in the last year…there are two…a new game I developed with King World…"Combination Lock"…and definitely Dinner Impossible! Chef Robert Irvine is quite an incredible personality…and challenging him on a weekly basis keeps my brain active 24/7!
5. Name the top 4 artists on your iPod?
The tope 4 artists on my ipod…I am old school…they would have to be James Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Sammy Davis Jr.
Ray Carballada
The biggest challenge is to continue to find ways to improve the production quality while working within a show's budget.
2. What are the industry's biggest strengths at the moment?
The amount of content that is needed to feed the cable networks.
3. What upcoming trends could change the way people in this industry work?
HD is going to have more of an impact with each passing year. Soon everything will be required to be produced in HD even if it is slated to air in Standard Definition.
4. What was you favorite project (film or TV show) that your company worked on in the past year? Why?
Dinner Impossible. It is a fun challenging show to work on. Plus since it is our first successful venture of producing programming is been very rewarding to see it get to air.
5. Name the top 4 artists in your Ipod?
Who has time to listen to music?
"It's a cool show and one that I think will grab the audience," said Marc Summers, executive producer and Food Network host of Unwrapped. "It's a high concept production with a new, very rich look."
The show features à¼ber chef Robert Irvine, who has cooked for the British royal family and four US presidents, and his two sous chefs, George Gatali and George Krelle. The trio learns to cope on the fly with strange situations in which they have to prepare gourmet meals while overcoming obstacles and difficult working conditions.
Each week Irvine is faced with an "impossible" task which requires him to create an amazing menu under extraordinary circumstances. He does not know where he is going, where he will be working or who he will be cooking for, but he must come up with a gourmet menu every time.
One episode features the chef having to shop for and prep dinner for 150, to be served on a train-tension builds when it becomes questionable if he will even make the train's departure time with his provisions. Another show features cooking an authentic meal in Colonial Williamsburg with 18th century equipment and utensils in a period kitchen using colonial era ingredients. He had to produce 13 dishes cooked in a fireplace for six experts in colonial era cuisine. You'll just have to watch to see how it turned out.
"Irvine is one of the top chefs in the world and has a very dynamic personality," said Brian O'Reilly, executive creative producer. "He's the real deal. We showed Food Network a seven minute demo (sizzle video) of the show that led to a successful pilot – so far we have shot seven out of 13 shows to air on the popular cable channel."
"We are excited to be involved in developing this show," said Ray Carballada, COO, Shooters Post & Transfer. "Developing content is a step we have been working on taking as a company. Our goal is to create shows, but to create them with superior production value. We're expecting that Dinner: Impossible will be just that start of what we develop with our partners."
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