Message 14819 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

Share on Facebook |  Save to del.icio.us

> So far I have only managed a couple of appearances on BBC1's Saturday 
> Kitchen doing Christmas Cocktails and Grand National Cocktails in 
> Spring. 
> (http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/food/recipes/queryengine?templatestyle=refine_by_1_gg&orig_kw=Merlin+Griffiths&config=db&scope=recipes&page=1&pagesize=15&attrib_26=keywords&oper_26=eq&val_26_1=%2BMerlin+%2BGriffiths&attrib_2=programme_name&oper_2=eq&val_2_1=&attrib_3=chef_name&oper_3=eq&val_3_1=&attrib_12=healthy&oper_12=eq&attrib_13=quick&oper_13=eq&attrib_10=vegetarian&oper_10=eq&submit.x=18&submit.y=7)
> 
> 
> My question is, how would you envisage a full cocktail show being 
> formatted? Locations? Themes? Topics? Items?
> 


Wow, that's cool that you got to be on the show! Congrats!

The problem in America for cocktail shows, well, lemme start over. I've known 
about 20 people in the biz pitch cocktail show ideas to the FoodTV and Fine 
Living network. The reason I believe that they get get turned down is because 
America has a problem with alcohol and they don't want to promote it as such. 
That's why you never hear Tom Cruise ever talk about the movie cocktail. Right 
after the release of the movie he got bombarded by all the MADD and SADD 
people and everyone else against alcohol. (I heard this from JB Bandy, the 
bartender that taught Tom the flair moves.) Sometimes in Tom's movie credits 
they even leave the movie Cocktail off the list.

Anyway, so the networks solve the problem by combining short cocktail segments 
with food related shows like Tony Abou-Ganim's   
(http://www.themodernmixologist.com ) "Raising the Bar" bits and allowing 
Alton (pronounced AL-tin and not AWL-tin) to have one show out of a season 
about 3 cocktails.

There's more to say that would require starting a new topic, but that's the 
jist.

Cheryl


-- 
Cheryl Charming
http://www.misscharming.com 
cheryl[at]misscharming.com