Apparently I have fans... who knew?

[Luis Caffesse]

Well, it seems like I at least have two....

A friend just emailed me this video he found on YouTube.
If any of you have ever seen my show 'Stump the Chef' this will make sense to you:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3QSo_Sex_08

I don't expect anyone to watch all 10+ minutes of this...
just thought it was kind of cool that some kids seemed to enjoy the show enough to do their own (albeit, very rough) version.

 

[Anhar_Miah]

yep as they say imitation is the best form of flattery,

thanks for posting I'll have a looke at your show,

 

[Robbie Comeau]

"Meledy" the kid says, haha.

Cool!

 

[ugafan]

cool. what is your role on stump the chef?

 

[Luis Caffesse]

cool. what is your role on stump the chef?

I direct/shoot/edit the show along with my business partner.
We also come up with the combinations, along with the chef - Matt Weaver.

 

[Scott F]

Wait a minute....(and I haven't seen any episodes yet, I will watch)....if chef Matt Weaver is coming up with the combinations, isn't that cheating?

 

[Luis Caffesse]

Wait a minute....(and I haven't seen any episodes yet, I will watch)....if chef Matt Weaver is coming up with the combinations, isn't that cheating?

In order to have the kitchen prepped he has to know what the combinations are ahead of time. There have been times when we've given him a combination and he's told us "Hey, if you give me X instead of Y I could do something really cool...etc." So there have been times when we've switched this around knowing we would have a more interesting outcome - and there have been times when we've said, "Sorry - this is what you get."

He doesn't have final say - but he throws in his two cents and does have to know what it's going to be before hand, because we need to know what to have on hand. Otherwise we'd have to keep everything on hand at all times, and time and budget just don't allow for it (unfortunately).

He's also had a say in general - we keep a list of possible 'stump' ingredients and we add to it as we think of stuff. So one day he might say "I'd like to use squid in something." So we'll add it to the list of possible future episode ingredients.

So he gets his ideas out there - but I don't think it's 'cheating'
We definitely aren't stacking things in his favor.

 

[Scott F]

Ha ha, I was just busting your stones. I watched a couple episodes, very cool. I like your motion graphics.

 

[TheMacB]

I'm your fan, Luis.

 

[ugafan]

In order to have the kitchen prepped he has to know what the combinations are ahead of time.

YOU LIED TO ME!!!

 

[Luis Caffesse]

I'm your fan, Luis.

Good to hear!
So that's your youtube video?

 

[ChipG]

Luis,

I like your show "Stump the Chef", very well done!

 

[TheMacB]

Good to hear!
So that's your youtube video?

I wish it was, Luis. I wish it was.