Saturday, August 08, 2020

Awesomeness and Chowhound Serve Up 'Dish This'

AWESOMENESS AND CHOWHOUND SERVE UP DISH THIS,
A NEW CELEBRITY COOKING COMPETITION,
PREMIERING TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, AT 1 PM P.T.

Chowhound Editor-at-Large Joey Skladany Hosts and Judges Influencer Friends
Re-Creating Dishes from His New Cookbook, Basic Bitchen


Share it: #DishThis @AwesomenessTV @chowhound @joeyskladany

LOS ANGELES—July 30, 2020—ViacomCBS Gen Z studio Awesomeness and Chowhound, an online destination and community for food enthusiasts, are serving up a new influencer cooking competition series Dish This, premiering on Tuesday, August 4, at 1 p.m. PT on the AwesomenessTV YouTube channel. Hosted by Chowhound editor-at-large Joey Skladany, the six-episode order launches on the same day as his debut cookbook, Basic Bitchen.

Each episode of Dish This will see Skladany judge two social celebrities competing to make a dish from the pages of Basic Bitchen, which embraces the “basic” lifestyle through food with everyday recipes for the straightforward meals we shamelessly love. Instead of using any old recipe, contestants will need to figure out how to make the dish using only a picture of the final product as reference.

Said Skladany, “I’m excited to host Dish This and further encourage amateur chefs to embrace their inner basicness! We have some fun challenges in store and I can’t wait to see what these contestants will throw down or hilariously mess up in the kitchen."

Talent contestants include a host of TikTok stars such as Noah Beck, Blake Gray, Griffin Johnson and Kio Cyr from creator collective Sway House, Cristian Dennis (Niki & Gabi Take Bahamas) and boyfriend Tyshon Lawrence, Internet comedians Brittany Broski and Sarah Schauer, siblings Daniella and Devenity Perkins, and contortionist Sofie Dossi (America’s Got Talent) with brother Zak Dossi.

Contestants will compete in different challenges that require them to reveal something about themselves, with the option to either get a tip for their own recipe or sabotage their competitor. At the end of each episode, Skladany will judge each dish based on ingredients used, presentation, and creativity to determine the best at-home chef. Recipes from each episode will also live on the @AwesomenessTV TikTok, hosted by Skladany for fans to make at home.

Basic Bitchen is published by Tiller Press, an imprint of ViacomCBS’ Simon & Schuster.

Joey Skladany is a NYC-based writer/editor, TV/radio personality, and editor-at-large for Chowhound. His work has been featured in outlets like Food & Wine, People, InStyle, Travel + Leisure, and BuzzFeed. Prior to a career in editorial, he served as the lead publicist for hit TLC shows like Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, My Strange Addiction, and My Crazy Obsession. In his spare time, he enjoys volleyball, traveling, worshipping Beyoncé, writing depressing poetry, interior design, and perfecting his stand-up comedy routine. He’s also been struck by lightning—quite the shocking experience.

Dish This is produced by Awesomeness Digital Studio. The series is part of the brand’s Summer of Awesomeness multi-platform initiative, which provides Gen Z entertainment and engagement all summer long from the safety of home. New programming includes new influencer docuseries This Is, which gives viewers an in-depth look at an influencer’s everyday life; season 2 of Date Drop, the hit influencer dating series that takes place entirely over videoconference; To All The Music, a virtual concert with the cast and musical artists behind To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You; IGTV series Spark The Convo, which addresses timely topics like allyship, implicit bias and coming out; and new episodes of Gen Z pop culture segment ATV Daily Report now airing on Entertainment Tonight.

About Awesomeness

Awesomeness, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS, is a media company focused on serving the global Gen Z audience through its digital publishing, film and television studio divisions. Awesomeness has become the destination for youth culture, cultivating a loyal audience with hit programming on the world’s biggest streaming services including Netflix (smash-hit film series “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,” “Trinkets”) and Hulu (Emmy® award-winning “Zac & Mia”, Emmy® nominee “Pen15”), along with the company’s immensely popular short-form programs on YouTube (“Brent Rivera’s Dream Vacation,” “My Dream Quinceañera,” “Malibu Surf”), that garner hundreds of millions of views. As a leading media brand, Awesomeness’ worldwide distribution footprint spans owned, social and premium SVOD platforms. The company also includes a creative agency, creator network, and brand partnerships division. Founded in 2012, Awesomeness is headquartered in Los Angeles, with additional offices in New York.

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