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Yummy!! Smelling delicious and piping hot food is here … and the cash prize $50, 000 is too lucrative! Viewers get set for a visual treat and lots of learning on BBQ, when six pitmasters world’s top chefs take on each other, as Best in Smoke Premieres on Food Network this Sunday May 8, 2011 at 10:00 PM ET/PT. Well, they have upped their sleeves for the title of ‘Best in Smoke’ as well. Lots of smoky drama, judgment, revelations, spilling and fillings and coupled with lip-smacking palate awaits you on Best in Smoke show on FOOD Network this weekend!

In the Best in Smoke TV show, competitors will be asked to cook their single best item of barbecue in the first episode ‘Best Bite in BBQ’. However, the judges will just have a single bite of the same. In the following round, participants will be offered with another chance to stay in the chef-game!

Besides, they also have to cook up the model BBQ hors d’oeuvre for an art gallery show in Chelsea. And at the end of the round, one of the chefs will be eliminated. Moreover, competitors in Best in Smoke series have to sell at Battery Park post developing cart food needed for vending in ‘Vending Wars’. Here, the winner not just wins ticket to stay back until the finals, but also gets a seat reserved to judge others! So, check out DISH Network programming right now for you just can’t miss four Best in Smoke episodes (well, foodie like me really cannot!!!)

Best in Smoke TV series will put skill and endurance of BBQ pitmasters to test once again, where they will have to pass through several challenges each day to remain in the competition, to satiate the quality pangs of judges and to serve audiences with different taste buds!! Barbecue desserts, main course and side dishes, everything has to be balanced by these expert chefs. However, the catch here is that they will be offered limited food resource for preparation! Really, a tough way to go, masters!

Can you imagine what more will be dished out when the world’s champions face off in New York for Best in Smoke Food Network show? Moreover, what can be expected besides the ‘cooked up’ drama in the exclusive program? Well, you can only know when you watch out Food Network Best in Smoke.

Enough of it, let’s talk a bit of cast, crew and host! Bryan Caswell is the handsome Best in Smoke host and kicks off the show Sunday night with the premiere episode. Surely, you would really have engrossing TV-time! What’s more exciting is that you have Tim Love, the famous Texan chef, as one of the Best in Smoke judges. Other judges include Stella Sola, Little Bigs, El Real; Mitchell Davis, James Beard House. Wanna know about the famous Best in Smoke cast? Have a look here:

• Brad Orrison & Brooke Orrison Lewis from The Shed BBQ & Blues Joint ;
• Dave Anderson & Charlie Torgersen from Famous Dave’s;
• Chris Hart & John Delpha from IQue BBQ;
• Sara Horowitz & Rudy Valdes from Gourmet BeBe;
• Matt Lang & David Mawhinney from Fette Sau;
• Chris Lilly & Ken Hess from Big Bob Gibson

Gear up to have a gala time watching eateries and contestants fighting on food only on Best in Smoke on Food Network Sunday (May 8, 2011) sharp at 10 pm! Set alarm on DISH Network so that you don’t forget it. You can even record the show on DISH DVR, in case you have prior commitments.

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Finally reality TV comes in a new form. If you are tired of watching the same kind of reality shows on TV over and over again then here is your savior. Watch the Ice Brigade reality show, going to be premiered tonight (Thursday, March 03, 2011) on Food Network sharp at 10 pm ET. Here you will see how Michigan-based chef Randy Finch with his team of ice sculptors and artists carve out indigenous ice sculptures. So, tune in to DISH Network to watch the premiere of Ice Brigade on Food Network.

Creating something innovative out of your imagination always involves sheer passion and determination. This is in fact the bottom-line of the Ice Brigade TV show. This brand new primetime series on Food Network will definitely entertain you a lot.

Randy Finch grew up with his dream to become an accomplished architect and chef. After working in several local restaurants as a prep cook, Randy tried his hands for this first time on ice pieces at a restaurant in Savannah, Georgia while assisting a senior ice sculptor. From this time he developed his interest on ice sculpturing.  He continued working as a chef for several years and came in contact with Derek Maxfield who was also passionate about ice sculpturing. Slowly Randy and Derek started their own firm Ice Sculptures Ltd and started training students on ice sculpting. The duo designed some of the most precious masterpieces out of ice. From animal figures to massive life like sculptures they did all that grabbed the attention of people. They started adding talented artists to their team and continued their creative work.

Now you get the opportunity to watch them on TV only on Ice brigade Food Network. See how these craftsmen use their chisels, hammers, chain saws and other tools to create fresh original ice figures. Feel the chill; discover how these ‘cool’ revolutionaries defy all the boundaries and limitations to chase their icy passion.

Premiering this Thursday night at 10, the 1 hour long Ice Brigade episodes will feature Randy and his team comprising of Susan Walters, Jovonnah Nicholson, Shawn “Chops” Winnell and Derek Foltz mastering the ice craft by designing marvelous, temporary and operational ice figures such as a giant casino consisting of whirling roulette wheel, chessboards, pinball machines and others. It’s going to be a treat for the viewers to watch the Ice Brigade cast carve out a lounge with sushi booth and pool table, DJ stations, piano and others. You will never believe your eyes of what you see. There’s no gimmick here at Ice Brigade TV series but only the reality. Also, see these artists behind the scenes.

If you are a subscriber of DISH Network make sure don’t miss the Ice Brigade premiere on Food Network. Moreover, on DISH Network, you can enjoy Ice Brigade series in HD mode.

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Hey guys, consider yourself a ‘Chopped’ lover? Watched all the previous seasons of the popular series on Food Network? Enjoyed each of the Chopped episodes? Well, get ready for something different this time. Four previous Chopped Champions are coming up once again to compete with each other in the five-part Chopped $50,000 tournament. The Chopped Championship series is starting off from Tuesday, August 31, 2010. So, get ready to catch the Chopped chefs sharpening their knives for Chopped Champions premiere on Food Network tonight at 10 pm. Tune in to your DISH Network to catch the action. The satellite TV provider is known for offering an extensive range of programs through its various DISH Network channels.

Chopped on Food Network is a reality cooking TV series that has created huge interest since its very first season. Created by Michael Krupat and produced by Daniel Kay, Chopped features a competition between four chefs, who with basket full of three to five ingredients, prepare delicious dishes using all those ingredients.

In Chopped Champions, the previous 16 winners of Chopped will fight with each other for the $50,000 stake. It’s going to be an exciting series as the competitors will be given more challenging tasks this time, which will bring out their creativity at its best. When they see Rocky Mountain oysters in the appetizer basket, it demands some serious skills to handle it. It may also work on the competitors’ nerves as you can see one of the chefs making mistake with herbs in the Entrée Round. In a situation, the Chopped Championship finalists open up the dessert baskets to discover potatoes and sticky candy bars. It certainly requires best of creative ideas to handle the situation. So, you’ll get to watch some of these unique moments in the Chopped Champions on Food Network channel.

The winners of the first 4 Chopped additional episodes will again compete with the each other in the Chopped Champions Grand Finale. An interesting fight is in store in the Chopped $50,000 Tournament.

Chopped Champions Episodes

August 31, 2010

Competitors: Madison Cowan (New York), Mackenzie Hilton (Philadelphia), Jessica Mogardo (New York), Poppy Yeaple (Beacon, N.Y.)
Judges: Amanda Freitag, Marc Murphy, Chris Santos

September 7, 2010

Competitors: Jonathan Bignelli (New York), Marc Anthony Bynum (Hauppauge, N.Y.), Michael Jenkins (New York), Pnina Peled (New York)
Judges: Amanda Freitag, Marc Murphy, Geoffrey Zakarian

September 14,2010

Competitors: Joe Dobias (New York), Luisa Fernandes (New York), Michael Siry (New York), Jason Zukas (Queens, N.Y.)
Judges: Alex Guarnaschelli, Marc Murphy, Geoffrey Zakarian

September 21, 2010

Competitors: Rebecca Newell (Boston), Ric Orlando (Albany, N.Y.), Christian Petroni (Greenwich, Conn.), Mario Tolentino (New York)
Judges: Alex Guarnaschelli, Marc Murphy, Chris Santos

Chopped Champions Grand Finale, September 28, 2010

Judges: Alex Guarnaschelli, Marc Murphy, Geoffrey Zakarian

So, don’t miss the excitement, you must watch all the Chopped Champions episodes on Food Network. It’d be full of fun.

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Guys, you have already seen the Next Food Network Star Season 6 winner Aarti Sequeira. Now it’s the time to watch the Season 6 winner of The Next Food Network Star in her own show – watch her showcasing her skills again on Aarty Party on Food Network on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at noon/11c. You can watch the show on DISH Network – the leading Satellite TV provider in the United States.

In Food Network Aarti Party, viewers can watch Aarti Sequeira showcasing easy and simple ways to prepare delicious American dishes with some unique Indian flavor. Be it the yummy roasted chicken or lip-smacking pork sandwiches, or even classic bread pudding – it’s a sheer pleasure for all the viewers, especially those who love cooking, to watch Sequeira showing her skills. The unique part of her cooking is the fact that, she intricately blends familiar and exotic meals to the pleasure of the foodies. Sequeira brought up the idea for this Aarti Party series during The Next Food Network Star show.

Sequeira is too elated about her show. She has been celebrating her win in The Net Food Network Star series with her husband. “We’ve been going out to eat, which we hadn’t been able to do for a long time,” she explained. “I wasn’t working, he wasn’t working. We were surviving on one unemployment check between the two of us for a long time. We both bought new phones. Samsung Vibrants. We wanted iPhones, but then we’d have to change carriers. My husband came up with a really cute term for it: ‘It’s an iPhoney.’”

So, it’s going to be exciting for all the viewers to watch Aarti Sequeira on her own show on Food Network. Aarti Party TV show promises to be quite interesting, for sure. Moreover, you’ll also have the opportunity to learn some unique cooking lessons from this Aarti Sequeira show. So, don’t the Next Food Network Star Winner’s Show – premiering on Sunday Aarti Party on Food Network at noon/11c.

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Remember Jeffrey Samuel Corwin? Well, the American animal and nature conservationist, known for his popular shows The Jeff Corwin Experience and Corwin’s Quest, is in a new role now! And this time, he can be seen dealing with… well, don’t get surprised… it’s Cuisine!!! The well-known wildlife and nature conservationist can be seen for the first time on Food Network exploring human culture through regional cuisine. Get ready to catch him showcasing his different skills. Watch Extreme Cuisine With Jeff Corwin on Food Network tonight (Thursday, August 19, 2010) at 8/7c. Tune in to your DISH Network, one of the leading Satellite TV providers in the United States.

In the Extreme Cuisine With Jeff Corwin TV show, Jeff Corwin can be seen visiting different countries like Greece, Thailand, Peru and Mexico on radical culinary adventures. He learns the art of cooking from the natives and samples local customs and various exotic foods to make a perfect blend of those. In the process, he also gets a number of surprises and unforgettable moments, which in turn, make the show a special one.

Each of the Extreme Cuisine With Jeff Corwin episodes will be of 60-minutes duration. All the episodes will be full of fun and excitement for sure. You also get to learn a lot about the cuisines of different parts of the world. The Extreme Cuisine on Food Network came for the first time in February 2009 as a one-hour primetime special. Later, the season one premiered on September 17, 2009. And now, the Extreme Cuisine With Jeff Corwin Season 2 premieres on Food Network on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 8/7c.

So, don’t miss the show on cuisine – do remember to tune in to the season 2 premiere of Extreme Cuisine With Jeff Corwin on Food Network tonight. However, if you think that you won’t be able to make it on time, you can set your Satellite TV DVR to record the cuisine show, which you can watch at your convenient time later. It’s a wonderful feature available with DISH Network!

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