Compartes Chocolatier

I have very exciting news to share with all of you out there, I just wrapped shooting a brand new Food Network series called “Chefs vs City”.  It is basically the Amazing Race meets food, including many many tasting challenges where the contestants have to shove their face full of various foods and identify them.  So I got the call to do this show based on the fact that we are well known for making exotic truffles and obscure flavor combinations in our treats.  I came up with some special truffle flavors for this show in particular as well, which I will begin selling when it airs as a special collection, but more on that later.  So anyway, I came up with some super interesting flavors like guiness stout beer + smoked salt, goat cheese + honey, olive oil + rosemary and many more for them to try and figure out.  I had such a fun time just playing with different out of the ordinary ingredients, I don’t know that I would’ve ever done a goat cheese truffle had it not been for this tv show asking me for even weirder stuff than I usually do.

So the whole process of it was really fun and exciting, I have been on the Food Network about 3 or 4 other times, but this time it was something more special, I was a judge too!!  I got to be all Project Runway Top Model style – Hello Tyra baby, whats up? And say “correct” or “incorrect” super seriously to the camera.  I definitely hammed up my role as the judge, spinoff anyone?  It was so fun being so serious and trying to look all judge-like, haha! I got a real kick out of it.

Food Network films Eat the Clock at Compartes

Food Network films Eat the Clock at Compartes

Anyway, I have uploaded some photos of us filming for you to check out.  They blocked off the whole street and put Food Network signs and flags up and down it, which was really cool too since everyone who drove by can see them.  I am not at liberty to tell you all who won, but I will say that it was two chefs vs. two foodies, so it was really interesting for me to watch them eating the chocolate and the methods they used to determine the flavors.  I will also say that they had it pretty easy since there were 20 signs with flavors on them and they had to match up what they were eating with the flavors on the signs, I could’ve beat both teams blindfolded! Ha! All in all, it was a great experience and I’m super excited to see it when it airs in January, I will update everyone of the airtimes and check your local listings for “Eat the Clock”, it looks like a fun show to watch and be on the lookout for the special flavors I made exclusively for Food Network to premiere on our site in January.  That’s all for now lovelies, off to make some ganache!

Tags: Celeb Chefs, Chefs vs City, Compartes, Food Network, Jonathan Grahm, Los Angeles, Reality TV, The Food Network

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