TORONTO – Blue Ant Media’s lifestyle specialty channel Makeful is giving several passionate home cooks the chance to become a restaurant chef for one day in its new original TV series Home Chef To Pro Chef.
Premiering March 6 at 8:30 PM ET/PT, during a nationwide free preview, the 14-part, half-hour series pairs home cooks with restaurants that serve their favourite cuisines, ranging from Italian to Indian to French-bistro.
After a crash course on managing a professional kitchen, the aspiring amateurs are given a shot at running a full dinner service for real, paying customers, while their mentors watch from a monitor and offer advice remotely via a tablet. At the end of each episode, the rookie chef will be critiqued by the customers, who have been unaware of what has been going on behind the scenes. If the home cook’s dishes get a passing grade, their signature dish will be added to the restaurant’s menu.
Coinciding with the launch of the series, Makeful will also roll out Cook Like a Pro Chef, a series of one-minute digital videos offering cooking tips from the professional chefs. The eight videos, each featuring a different chef, will be available on Makeful’s social media feeds, including Facebook and Twitter as well it’s YouTube channel.
“Home Chef to Pro Chef combines a passion for cooking with wish fulfillment and great food programming,” said Blue Ant Media’s EVP Canadian networks Jamie Schouela, in the news release. “Each episode gives viewers a surprising glimpse into the fury and flurry of running a kitchen.”
