Season one is almost done!

Hey all. Well what a year 2009 is setting out to be. It's been so much fun watching my show,"Will Work For Food" out here in California (a really nice place to visit if you haven't already). I think my favorite episodes have been some of the later segments we shot such as Oyster harvester, Chocolate dress maker, Cajun Caviar and Truffle Forager. I can tell the differences in my performance dramatically from the beginning of the shoot to the end. It kind of makes me cringe a little to watch some of the earlier segments. Man, I didn't know hosting a TV show was going to be so tough. You really have to know when to do more, be more energetic as well as when to just do less and be yourself. I'm certainly not complaining in any manner of speaking. Working on this show has been a lifelong dream come true and I am so grateful to Food Network for seeing some potential in me. Bob Tuschman, I'm a fan.
I've loved food since I can remember and having the opportunity to see these jobs first hand has opened my mind to a whole new way of looking at food and eating as well as cooking and being responsible about what we choose to eat. I'm not saying I'm going vegetarian or relinquishing my cheeseburger any time soon, bit I do think its important to know where your food comes I got to farm abalone, milk goats for cheese, dig wine caves, make caviar, extract honey and more importantly, meet the people responsible. I say it a lot, but eating any of these things will never be the same for me.
As for me. Well, I've got a bunch of cool Food Network projects coming up that I'm super psyched about like more episodes of "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" as well as being "The Armchair Judge" for "Next Food Network Star 5" on Foodnetwork.com. Plus more stuff on the horizon. keep checking back here as I'm committing to more blogging!

Obama and Adam: a winning direction for America!

As I sit here watching history being made, the inauguration of Barak Obama as the 44th president, I am humbled to share this common experience with people all over the world. It really puts things in perspective. I've got chills down my spine as I, and hopefully many of us, dare to think positively about our collective future. But wait. Isn't this supposed to be a blog about my adventures working various food jobs and other silly acts? Why, yes it is but how can one ignore the magnitude of the history we are partaking in?
Will Work For Food premiered last night on Food Network and now the world knows what I've been up to for the past six months. The experience of traveling the nation and meeting different individuals and working these jobs is one that I am so honored to have had. I hope you all enjoyed the premiere episode highlighting my lobster and honey adventures. I think you get the idea of how this is going to play out. I go. I do job. Sometimes I do the job very well and sometimes, most of the time actually, It's a bit of a struggle. Hopefully, no matter what the results of my particular employment situation, it makes for an enjoyable watch.
The exciting thing aboutWWFF is that each episode is different. You'll never see me screw up the same way twice. Hopefully you'll learn a few things on the way as well. Whether I'm eating competitvely or trying to be a flair bartender. Farming Abalone or eating dog food. I hope you enjoy the show as much as I enjoyed making it. Please let me know what you think. It's my hope that in this format I may be able to give a little more insight to these adventures as you can only get so much out of a 10 or 12 minute edit. Consider this blog a sort of "behind the scenes with Adam Gertler". Thank you all so much for your support and congratulations go out to a America.
Peace,
Adam Gertler