FN Tour Guide's Top FAQs
On special occasions, FN offers private tours to visiting dignitaries, celebrity chefs and the like. One FN'er, Joe, takes time from his day job to lead this behind-the-scenes tour.
A recent tour- ist, Lana, suggested... " You could ask Joe what questions folks ask the most (during tours). I’ll bet it’d make an interesting read." Good post, Lana. Thanks, Joe. Here goes:
A) Who ever is closest - studio crew etc... We only purchase food for what we are making that week and we donate to any extras to City Harvest each Friday.
Q) On Iron Chef America, do they know the secret ingredient?
A) Before the show, the chefs are told that it could be one from a list of items. The challenge is still amazingly difficult to pull off in an hour. Plus, the cameras never stop rolling...no matter what.
A) When we shoot a battle, there is only one. The others are stand ins.
Q) What is the weirdest ingredient a challenger chef requested on Iron Chef?
Bonus fact -- Our offices are on the site of the original Nabisco factory. The Oreo was invented here in 1912.