What's it like to be on a TV reality show?
Kara Sigle
成为电视真人烹饪秀的参赛者并不容易，但是查塔姆（Chatham）当地人Kara Sigle表示，她在最近结束的电视节目《美食网明星》（Food Network Star）的止步经历让她受益匪浅。
美食网淘汰赛的15名参赛选手之一，31岁的Sigle表示：“你在电视上看到的每一个小时的节目都要花三四天拍摄。
Sacred Heart-Griffin High School高中毕业生、芝加哥Nostalgic Catering老板表示：“你基本上被隔离了，一天20小时对着话筒，没有网络、没有电话、没有电视。你吃得不多，睡得也不多。当你起床、吃饭时，他们都在拍摄你。你的周围不断围绕着摄像机和录音人员。极度紧张。”
第8季于去年11月开始在纽约录制，一直到今年7月份结束，这个时长11小时的剧集于今年5月13日至7月22日每周日晚播出。Sigle在第2周被刷掉，她制作的是鸡肉和华夫饼，二焗马铃薯和Caramelito饼干，沾有焦糖、巧克力和美洲山核桃的长条饼干。
尽管她在电视节目中烹饪时加入了生奶油和糖渍坚果，这个饼干食谱实际上却来自她的母亲查塔姆人Kathy Sigle。
肯代尔大学西餐西点学院毕业生Kara表示：“我的母亲知道如何完美制作这些饼干。我是吃这个饼干长大的。它们也是我爸爸（John Sigle）妈妈的最爱。”
这一季的每一个参赛者都被分配到由3位节目主持人分别领导的团队，他们分别是Bobby Flay、Giada De Laurentiis和Alton Brown。Kara在Flay的团队中。她很快描述了每一个主持人的特点：
Flay：“特别了不起的一个人。他全身心投入到烹饪当中，竭尽全力成为最好的厨师。于他而言，镜头相对于美食，屈居第二位。”
De Laurentiis：“非常有活力的一个人。她是一位活泼的女士，她以自己的家族史为傲，有很强的存在感。”
Brown：“你可以说他的背景极具戏剧性。他喜欢美食科学的一面。他对于自己应该恐惧的事情超级有信心。”
Brown：“你可以说他的背景极具戏剧性。他喜欢美食科学的一面。他对于自己应该恐惧的事情超级有信心。”
当第8季开始摄制时，很不幸Kara却患了上呼吸道感染疾病。
她表示：“节目开始的前四天我瘦了6磅。我病的十分严重，完全不在状态。”淘汰赛过后，参赛者被要求呆在纽约隔离起来，这样好奇围观的人就不能知晓挑战的结果了。
她离开节目时说道：“我连续睡了3天。”
27岁的Brooklyn餐厅老板Justin Warner将他的试播节目称为《Rebel With a Culinary Cause》，但最终这个节目被命名为《美食网明星》（Food Network Star）。但是Kara非常支持注重英格兰美食的厨师Michele Ragussis。
前旧金山49人淘金啦啦队长Kara表示：“我最喜欢的是Michele。她脚踏实地、步步提升。她是最好的厨师。”
Kara未来的计划包括翻新一个她计划进行烹饪的教堂大楼，并将Caramelito饼干引进地区或国家市场。她也想和父母一起写一本食谱。
她对那些想在电视真人烹饪秀上竞争的人的建议？
她表示：“坚持自己的烹饪理念。比赛很难，但是很值。”
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What's it like to be on a TV reality show?
It’s not easy being a contestant on areality TV cooking show, but Chathamnative Kara Sigle says her stint on the recently concluded Season 8 of “FoodNetwork Star” was a rewarding experience.
“Every hour you see on TV takes three tofour days to shoot,” said Sigle, 31, one of 15 contestants on the Food Networkelimination show.
“You’re basically sequestered, miked20-hours a day with no Internet, no phone, no TV. You’re not eating a lot, notsleeping a lot. They film you when you get up, when you’re eating. You’re constantlysurrounded by camera and voice crews. It’s grueling,” said the Sacred Heart-GriffinHigh School grad and owner ofNostalgic Catering in Chicago.
Season 8 was shot in New York from July through November lastyear, and the 11 hour-long episodes aired on Sunday evenings this year from May13 through July 22. Sigle – eliminated the second week – demonstrated chickenand waffles, twice-baked potatoes and Caramelito Cookies, bar cookies toppedwith caramel, chocolate and pecans.
Although she added whipped cream andcandied nuts for the TV show, the basic cookie recipe came from her mother,Kathy Sigle of Chatham.
“She knows how to make them perfectly. Ihad these a lot growing up. They are a favorite of both my mom and dad (JohnSigle),” said Kara, a graduate of Kendall College of Culinary Arts.
Contestants this season each were assignedto a team headed by one of the show’s three hosts: Bobby Flay, Giada DeLaurentiis and Alton Brown. Kara was on Flay’s team. Her quick take on each:
Flay: “An incredible person. He’s allbusiness. He’s all about cooking and being the best cook you can be. The camerais secondary to good food.”
De Laurentiis: “Very energetic. She’s avery lively woman who takes pride in her family history and has a very strongpresence.”
Brown: “You can tell he has a theatricalbackground. He likes the scientific aspects of food. He has an air ofconfidence about him that can be intimidating.”
When Season 8 started filming,unfortunately, Kara was sick with an upper respiratory infection.
“I lost six pounds the first four days ofthe show. I was sick as a dog and pretty much out of it,” she said. Afterelimination, contestants are required to stay sequestered in New York, so that gawkers can’t determinethe outcome of the challenge.
“I slept for three days straight,” shesaid about the time after she left the show.
Justin Warner, a 27-year-old Brooklyn restaurant owner who called his pilot episode“Rebel With a Culinary Cause,” eventually was named the “Food Network Star.”But Kara was rooting for Michele Ragussis, a chef who focused on the foods of New England.
“My favorite was Michele. She worked herway from the ground up. She was the best cook,” said Kara, a former San Francisco 49ers GoldRush cheerleader.
Kara’s future projects include renovatinga church building that she plans to cook out of, and getting her CaramelitoCookies into a regional or national market. She’d also like to write a cookbookwith her parents.
Her advice to others interested incompeting on a reality TV cooking show?
“Stay true to your culinary perspective.The show was difficult,” she said, “but worth it.”
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