Man Finds Food
| Man Finds Food | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Food Reality |
| Presented by | Adam Richman |
| Composer(s) |
Audio Network Pimp Audio |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
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| Editor(s) | Jothnatan Lee |
| Camera setup | Multiple camera |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Sharp Entertainment |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | 7mate |
| Original airing | 7 October 2014 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Man Finds Food is an American food reality television series that premiered on the Travel Channel on April 1, 2015. The series is hosted by food enthusiast Adam Richman who tracks down secret specialities in cities all over America.
The show was to have debuted July 2, 2014, with episodes airing every Wednesday night at 9:00 pm ET. On July 1, 2014, Travel Channel announced they had delayed the program indefinitely after Richman posted crude messages on his Instagram account in response to people criticizing a hashtag he had used in one of his pictures. It was unknown when and if the show would air.[1] However, the show page quietly reappeared on the Travel Channel's website and ultimately premiered at 9PM ET on April 1, 2015, with two back-to-back episodes ("Incognito in Escondido" and "Chi-Town Franken-Sandwich").
Despite the delay on Travel Channel, Australian channel 7mate have announced the broadcast of the first episode of the series on October 7, 2014. They have also run promotional advertising for the show within the Seven Network group of channels. At the current time, the station has listed the episode as the first in a 3-episode series.[2] It is anticipated that episodes will be available on the Plus7 catchup service after a placeholder page for the show was created on the service.[3]
Premise
In each episode of Man Finds Food, Adam Richman travels the country in his food quest to discover the many culinary secrets of the most unique and delicious specialities at eating establishments in each U.S. city he visits. He delves deeper by exposing their off-menu hidden dishes and what he calls "off-the-grid" restaurants which even the locals don't know about.
Unlike most TV shows, Richman often breaks the fourth wall by interacting with his production crew and/or appearing with production crew on camera.
Episodes
Season 1 (2014/2015)
| No. | Title | Location | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | United States | |||
| 1.1 | "TBA" | Austin, Texas | October 7, 2014 | |
| 1.2 | "TBA" | Boston, Massachusetts | October 14, 2014 | |
| 1.3 | "TBA" | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | October 21, 2014 | |
| 1.4 | "Chi-Town Franken-Sandwich" | Chicago, Illinois | October 28, 2014 | April 1, 2015 |
| Adam is in the Windy City to search for Chicago's secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Scofflaw in Logan Square for the "Guapahosa" ("a fun or out-going woman", only 5 served daily: a supersized torta filled with 12 different menu items: two grilled mustard-seared beef patties topped with chicken liver mousse, avocado, fried green tomatoes, pork cheek, cheese, caramelized onions and pickled vegetable salad on Mexican telera bread), Phil's Last Stand in Ukrainian Village for a Shrimp Po' Boy (secret-spiced buttermilk panko-fried shrimp topped with melted cheddar cheese, pickles, tomatoes, coleslaw and shoestring fries between French bread), A Tavola in West Town for the "Italian Meat and Potatoes" (3-pound bone-in grilled ribeye served with homemade gnocchi in brown butter and sage), and La Sirena Clandestina ("The Hidden Mermaid") in Fulton Market District for the "Size Me Up" (Brazilian-style grilled meat plate, usually customized to a person's own taste; Adam's plate includes chicken thighs, short ribs, linguiça sausage, hanger steak, sweet breads, and chicken hearts). | ||||
| 1.5 | "Golden Gate Loco Moco" | San Francisco, California | November 4, 2014 | April 8, 2015 |
| Adam explores the San Francisco Bay Area for its best secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: the Boxing Room in Hayes Valley for the secret "French Fry Po' Boy" (locally-baked Vietnamese Banh Mi bread filled with triple-fried Russet potatoes, bacon-giblet gravy and melted cheddar cheese), Namu Gaji in Mission Dolores Park for the off-the-menu Loco Moco (a chuck-and-short rib burger served with two fried eggs on top of fried rice mixed with hot dogs, bacon, and kimchi), Little Skillet in SoMa Tech for the "Eggs McMahon" (two homemade waffles topped with two sunny-side-up eggs, shredded cheddar cheese, sausage gravy, and green onions), and Starbelly in the Castro District for the "Doc's Way Burger" (known to be a top hangover cure: a Prather ranch burger topped with chicken-liver pâté and onion marmalade). | ||||
| 1.6 | "Incognito in Escondido" | Los Angeles, California | November 11, 2014 | April 1, 2015 |
| Adam searches for LA's secret food finds with off-menu items. Stops include: Escondite ("Hidden") in Skid Rokio for a sandwich called "Godzilla Destroys Skid Rokio" (secret-spiced NY strip topped with grilled onions, mushrooms and melted provolone, deep-fried hash browns, applewood bacon and two eggs over easy with vegetarian gravy and Mexican hot sauce on Chicago-style bread), Greenspan's Grilled Cheese in Fairfax for the "Inside Out" (award-winning grilled cheese sandwich, "The Champ", flipped inside out and featuring: taleggio, apricot caper puree, arugula, sun-dried tomatoes, and braised short rib meat between raisin walnut bread); Cha Cha Chili in Alhambra for the "Lomo Burrito" (Korean-marinade short ribs, stir-fried rice, fries, sautéed onions, red bell peppers, tomato, garlic and cilantro topped with secret "Lomo sauce"), and Jitada Thai Restaurant in East Hollywood for the "Jazz Burger" (which must be ordered 24 hours in advance: a huge beef patty in Thai palm sugar secret sauce topped with peppers, onions and Thai chilies, garnished with tomatoes, onion, Thai basil and secret dressing served on a bed of lettuce, with no bun). | ||||
| 1.7 | "The Food Abides" | Oahu, Hawaii | November 16, 2014 | April 15, 2015 |
| Adam and his crew pay a visit to the beautiful Hawaiian island of Oahu for its best secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Aiea Bowl, a bowling alley in Aiea which features a secret "Tasty Tuesday" 5-course prix fixe meal (which prominently includes tomato-and-mirepoix-braised short ribs with Potatoes au gratin), The Pig & The Lady in Chinatown for the off-the-menu "Mushroom Godzilla" (a massive sandwich featuring one sharp cheddar-stuffed mushroom cap and one roasted bell pepper-stuffed mushroom cap, both breaded with panko and dehydrated rice, fried and topped with chimichurri sauce, dehydrated mushroom dust, beer-vinegar slaw, slow-roasted Vietnamese phở-spiced beef brisket, and a housemade Russian dressing featuring tamarind, ketchup, mayonnaise, pickles, and fish sauce), J.J. Dolan's (also in Chinatown), an Irish pub featuring the "Drunken Duck Pizza" (Guinness stout pizza dough topped with Chinese roasted duck, whole-milk mozzarella, red cabbage, Maui sweet onions sautéed in Jameson Irish whiskey, goat cheese, Chinese parsley, cilantro, a fried Hawaiian duck egg, and deep-fried duck skin, all squirted with a secret sauce), and Town in Kaimuki for the off-the-menu Pa'i'ai (a secret dish that was once deemed illegal because of a rumor of food-borne illnesses: a boiled and pounded Taro root that is sliced, pan-fried in butter, and served with a different meat every day; Adam's Pa'i'ai was served with grass-fed ribeye steak and roasted vegetables). | ||||
| 1.8 | "Down & Dirty in Atlanta" | Atlanta, Georgia | November 18, 2014 | May 13, 2015 |
| 1.9 | "TBA" | Portland, Oregon | November 23, 2014 | |
| 1.10 | "Tweet Secrets" | Nashville, Tennessee | November 23, 2014 | May 6, 2015 |
| 1.11 | "Made Man Meals" | Las Vegas, Nevada | November 25, 2014 | April 8, 2015 |
| Adam and his crew take a drive down the Las Vegas strip to find its tastiest secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Capo's Italian Steakhouse on Sahara Avenue for "The Leftovers" (a sandwich of sausage and meatballs topped with garlic, onions, and mushrooms ("bust-a-caps"), plus "Capone Sauce" - a tomato sauce using Al Capone's original recipe - as well as shredded cheese, two fried eggs, and a rustic bruschetta topping, all between toasted ciabatta bread), the Park on Fremont (named for its location on Fremont Street) for deep-fried lobster sliders topped with melted cheese and pineapple-chipotle slaw, all served between two bacon, mozzarella and provolone-filled potato pancakes, and a side of Park's Smothered Garbage Fries (fries topped with shredded cheese, cheese sauce, bacon, sour cream, chipotle aioli, green onions, tomatoes, and homemade guacamole), The Pizzeria at the Cosmopolitan Hotel for a white pizza with mozzarella, parmesan and ricotta cheeses, plus garlic oil, all made on an 8-year-old sourdough starter crust, and Jamms in Westside for the "Jamminator" (a sandwich of fried corned beef, sauerkraut and a 5-egg omelet, all inside deep-fried pretzel-bread French toast). | ||||
| 1.12 | "Knot Your Average Food" | New Orleans, Louisiana | November 27, 2014 | April 22, 2015 |
| Adam checks out the "Big Easy" - New Orleans, Louisiana - to find the best of its secret food finds and off-menu items. Stops include: Parkway Bakery and Tavern in Mid-City for the "James Brown" (named on this very episode; a po' boy sandwich featuring Leidenheimer bread loaded with fried shrimp, slow-barbecued beef (which includes grape jelly in the barbecue sauce), melted pepper jack cheese, more barbecue sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and mayonnaise), Pizza Delicious in the Bywater for "Garlic Knot-chos" (homemade garlic knots oven-baked and topped with garlic butter, parmesan cheese, parsley, homemade pizza sauce, pickled jalapeños, and shredded mozzarella cheese - then baked in the oven again and topped with more sauce, parmesan and jalapeños), then a stop at SnoWizard SnoBall Shoppe located Uptown, where Adam treated his crew to homemade "sno-balls", a New Orleans treat of shaved ice flavored with sugar cane syrup, before the next secret spot at Bayou Hot Wings in Uptown (Adam's all-time favorite place for wings) for pepper-jelly wings (chicken wings cooked with a sauce of red and green bell peppers, jalapeño peppers, cayenne, black pepper, parsley and red pepper flakes), and McClure's Barbecue on Magazine Street for redfish on the half-shell (spice-rubbed redfish that is smoked "on the half shell", or in its own skin, and topped with jumbo lump blue crab, lemon-and-garlic-flavored clarified butter, and fresh parsley, chives, and mint). | ||||
| 1.13 | "TBA" | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | December 4, 2014 | |
| 1.14 | "Secret Super Bowl Snacks" | New York, New York | December 11, 2014 | April 29, 2015 |
| In this Super Bowl-themed episode, Adam scours his native New York City for secret treats in restaurants that feel like home to fans of various NFL teams; this episode was filmed before Super Bowl XLVIII, which took place in the New York City metro area. Stops include: Philadelphia Eagles establishment Wogies Bar & Grill in the West Village for a cheesesteak prepared with onions, cherry peppers, sweet peppers, and double Cheez Whiz on a soft pretzel roll, Denver Broncos fan favorite Little Town in Union Square for a carnival-style funnel cake (topped with vanilla ice cream, coulis made from blueberries, strawberries and blackberries, and powdered sugar), Cleveland Browns establishment Manny's on Second in the Upper East Side for "Polish Boy Tot-chos" (deep-fried tater tots topped with crumbled Italian sausage, Asian coleslaw, homemade buffalo sauce, and shredded cheese), and Chicago Bears haven The Overlook in Midtown East for an off-the-menu Italian beef sandwich (only served during Bears games: thinly-sliced roast beef drenched in au jus and topped with pickles, giardiniera, and hot peppers). NFL stars DeSean Jackson (Philadelphia), Von Miller (Denver), Chris Ogbonnaya (Cleveland), and brothers Martellus (Chicago) and Michael Bennett (Seattle) made special guest appearances in this episode. | ||||
| 1.15 | "TBA" | Austin, Texas | December 18, 2014 | |
References
- ↑ Yahr, Emily. The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/06/30/adam-richmans-new-show-pulled-from-travel-channel-in-wake-of-crude-instagram-rant/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "TV Guide for week ending 11/10/14". Molks TV Talk.
- ↑ "Man Finds Food - Watch full episodes - PLUS7 - Yahoo!7". Plus7.