All Wrapped up in 'Unwrapped'

Friday morning, I skipped out of the office and onto the set of the Food Network's Unwrapped.

After spending months on the phone researching chocolate bars and candy, planning shoots, and booking crews, it was time to see it all come together. Today, we would be filming our first set of host wraps for the 10th season of Unwrapped. Many of the products I'd been working on would now be introduced by the one and only, Marc Summers!

Marc Summers, our veteran Unwrapped host (and everyone's favorite game show host of the eighties and nineties--Hello Double Dare and What Would You Do!!!), flew in to Denver for this glorious occasion.


Our whole crew was excited to spend the day on location. We had lights, we had the camera, we were ready for action. We set up props, logged with 'Script Boy,' and even starred as extras!

We ooohed and ahhed as Marc nailed line after line of flawless intros and outros. It takes a lifetime to learn how to crank 'em out like he did.

The former magician had plenty up his sleeves, including mind boggling "now you see it, now you don't" disappearing tricks and incredible scare tactics. ;) I will never forget the time Marc played a practical joke on me. As the tapes were rolling, I walked through the shot as an "extra" carrying a sandwich, when Marc stopped mid-sentence, turned and roared like a zombie in a haunted house! I nearly poured the entire plateful of chips down my shirt! It was startling, but hilarious. A good chuckle indeed!



At one point, I found myself sharing salad and pizza with Marc at the crew lunch. Sitting directly across from him, I reached into my back pocket and found all those questions I'd saved for one of those "If you could have dinner with any person in the world" type situations. Did you always want to be a TV host? Where is your favorite place to travel to? What's your dream job?



It was great to be back on the set again. It's super fun to work in TV. Our crew is fantastic. And I say that not because I'll see them all at the office tomorrow. We have a really fun group of people on our team.


Can't wait to do it again!