a Deadspin writer applies for the 'Chopped' amateur episode →
Naturally, his application is fucking brilliant. I have too many favorite parts to list here, but mostly I love that he thinks that Amanda Freitag is a foxy lady chef. Because duh, she is.
Oh, and this is also a pretty great, revealing look at the application for ‘Chopped’. There are 19 questions on the application, and many of them are designed to help the producers build storylines for the contestants’ intro packages (and, let’s be real: to help them direct the contestants in what to say during their talking-head confessional bits).