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Anthony will travel to food festivals across the nation highlighting the regional food at each of them. Series in their first year on the Food Network usually get six episodes, but Food Fest Nation will be an eight-episode series. The festivals that Anthony will stop at include:
- Eight Flags Shrimp Festival — Fernandina Beach, Fla.
- Magnolia Blossom Festival & World Championship Steak Cook-Off — Magnolia, Ark.
- Long Grove Strawberry Festival — Long Grove, Ill.
- Ribfest Chicago - Chicago, Ill.
- South Carolina Poultry Festival — Batesburg, S.C.
- Jambalaya Festival — Gonzales, La.
- Blue Ridge BBQ Festival — Tryon, N.C.
- Rockwood Ice Cream Festival — Wilmington, Del.
The press release about the show is below:
Anthony Anderson is on a mission to discover the most flavorful food festivals in the country on the new Primetime series, Food Fest Nation, premiering Monday, July 21st at 9pm ET/PT on Food Network. Tasting everything from classic interpretations of regional fare to surprising twists of favorite foods, Anthony uncovers what is truly at the heart of America - one delicious food festival at a time.(BWWTV)
"Viewers got a taste of Anthony Anderson's true passion for food during his appearances as a judge on Iron Chef America and Chopped," said Bob Tuschman, General Manager and Senior Vice President, Food Network. "Anthony's love of food, quick humor, and engaging way with people make him the perfect guide through the quirky and wonderful world of food festivals."
Over the course of eight half-hour episodes, Anthony visits the most unique food fairs in the nation, sampling local specialties and meeting the characters devoted to the regional cuisine. Along the way, Anthony visits the Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival in Fernandina Beach, Fla. and highlights delicious classics such as shrimp tacos, shrimp boil and shrimp jambalaya, as well as innovative shrimp ice cream. In one episode, he attends the Magnolia Blossom Festival & World Championship Steak Cook-Off in Magnolia, Ark., where over 4,000 different kinds of mouthwatering ribeye steaks compete to be the best of the best and for a $10,000 prize. Anthony also visits the Long Grove Strawberry Festival, where over 20,000 attendees flock to Long Grove, Ill. for three "berry" special days of enjoying all things strawberry, including Strawberry Ricotta Ravioli and Strawberry Balsamic Chicken. In another episode, he stops by Ribfest Chicago for a world-class rib-eating showdown that draws top competitive eaters from around the globe. Throughout the season, Anthony also gets a taste of the South Carolina Poultry Festival in Batesberg, S.C., the Jambalaya Festival in Gonzalez, La., the Blue Ridge BBQ Festival in Tyron, N.C., as well as the Rockwood Ice Cream Festival in Wilmington, Del.
Fans can visit FoodNetwork.com/FoodFestNation all season long for additional video, blogs and photo galleries from Anthony's travels, as well as connect on Twitter with the hashtag #FoodFestNation.
Anthony Anderson is no stranger to the Food Network audience, having competed on Chopped and appeared as both a judge and competitor on Iron Chef America, making his transition to host of Food Fest Nation a natural and delicious progression. He is an accomplished actor with roles on both the big and small screen, including over 20 films and the Emmy® Award-winning drama Law & Order, playing Detective Kevin Bernard. His performance on that series earned him four consecutive NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series. Anthony also appeared in the DreamWorks' blockbuster Transformers, directed by Michael Bay; as well as in Martin Scorsese's Oscar® winning feature, The Departed. Anthony can also be seen in the upcoming ABC sitcom, Black-ish, this fall, in which he will both star and produce.
Food Fest Nation is produced by Magnetic Productions.
Food Network (www.foodnetwork.com) is a unique lifestyle network, website and magazine that connects viewers to the Power and joy of food. The network strives to be viewers' best friend in food and is committed to leading by teaching, inspiring, empowering and entertaining through its talent and expertise. Food Network is distributed to more than 100 million U.S. households and up to 35 million unique web users monthly. Since launching in 2009, Food Network Magazine's rate base has grown tenfold and is now the second largest monthly magazine on the newsstand, with over 11.6 million readers. Headquartered in New York, Food Network has a growing international presence with programming in more than 150 countries, including 24-hour networks in the United Kingdom, Asia, and the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI), which also owns and operates Cooking Channel (www.cookingchanneltv.com), HGTV (www.hgtv.com), DIY Network (www.diynetwork.com), Travel Channel (www.travelchannel.com) and GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY (www.gactv.com), is the manager and general partner.
Thanks for the heads up! This show sounds interesting. I'll give it a shot.
ReplyDeleteI am echoing Autumndandelion, this looking interesting! I do enjoy Anthony Anderson's comments when he's a judge on Iron Chef. I look forward to watching this.
ReplyDeleteWhoever writes the press releases for FN needs to look up the meaning of "unique". It does not get a qualifier. Either something is unique or it isn't. End of grammar rant.
ReplyDeleteShe actually talked over that poor, sweet Donut Man. And actually provided information—about the potato flour—that a proper interviewer would have delved into.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy Kenny went home, I was wanting him gone last week! Considering how well Luca has improved since his first shot in front of the camera and yet Kenny and Chris couldn't even get food on the plate last week then how bad Chis still did in knowing what to say and when to shut up, plus Lenny's less than impressive food. I'm thinking they want to prove the usefulness of Star Salvation and Luca is being set up to return and win the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see Luca come back and win it!
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah. See, she talked over him so much, I forgot what he even made.
ReplyDeleteExactly, and her smile was too much...not natural, at least to me.
ReplyDeleteI don't normally go for the hunka hunka burnin' love, but he seems grounded and humble, and I do go for that.
ReplyDeleteLook up the Semantic change it's when a word changes from it's original meaning.
ReplyDeleteGrammar is the system of a language. People sometimes describe grammar as the "rules" of a language; but in fact no language has rules*. If we use the word "rules", we suggest that somebody created the rules first and then spoke the language, like a new game. But languages did not start like that. Languages started by people making sounds which evolved into words, phrases and sentences. No commonly-spoken language is fixed. All languages change over time. What we call "grammar" is simply a reflection of a language at a particular time.