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Video: 'No Kitchen Required' In New Zealand, 'When Maori Attack'
Apr 10th, 2012 at 2:35PM: Here at Gadling, we've been keeping tabs on the new BBC America reality show "No Kitchen Required," which is taking cooking competitions to new highs (and lows). Battling for fame and glory are award-winning chef Michael Psilakis of New York's Fish Tag and Kefi; private executive chef Kayne Raymond; and former "Chopped" champ Madison Cowan.
The chefs hunt and gather ingredients to prepare ...
Reality television show Expedition Impossible debuts in June
May 22nd, 2011 at 8:00AM: A new reality television show entitled Expedition Impossible is set to make its debut on ABC this June, pitting 13 teams of three against one another in what looks to be an adrenaline fueled competition through remote regions of Morocco. The show, which seems to combine elements of The Amazing Race and the sport of adventure racing, comes to us courtesy of Mark Burnett, the mastermind behind ...Mark Burnett casting for new adventure travel show
Nov 14th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Mark Burnett, the famous television producer responsible for such reality shows as Survivor and The Apprentice, is looking for teams of contestants to compete in a new race that will send them to remote places, where they'll solve problems and compete in various challenges.
The new show is entitled Expedition Impossible and seems to resemble The Amazing Race, at least on a cursory level. The ...New Zealand surfer escapes tsunami
Oct 7th, 2009 at 9:00AM:
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Surfers are constantly on the hunt for the "big one" - that epic wave they'll be able to tell their grand kids about. But for New Zealand surfer Chris Nel, that epic wave turned into a nightmare. Nel was out surfing with five friends in the Samoan Islands last week when a ...$19 hotel room, bed not included
Aug 13th, 2009 at 11:30AM: For $19, I wouldn't expect much out of my hotel room. But a bed, lights and toilet paper are among the things I would consider to be basic necessities at any price. That's not the case at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, where guests can elect to have different features of their hotel room removed in order to decrease the price.
The "Survivor Package" starts at $219 for deluxe accommodations and breakfast ...Survivorman Calls it Quits
Nov 8th, 2008 at 11:00AM: Filmmaker and Discovery and Science Channel star Les Stroud, known for his show, Survivorman, is calling it quits after three seasons. The 47 year-old Canadian earned street cred amongst survivalists by filming himself completing various week-long survival challenges. Unlike Man Versus Wild's Bear Grylls, Stroud traveled without a camera crew and survival experts. I, for one, found his solo ...Galley Gossip: Snacks on the plane
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 12:00PM: "Diet Coke," says the passenger after I ask him what he'd like to drink. While I'm filling a plastic glass full of ice, he asks the question I hoped he wouldn't ask, "Can I get a sandwich?"
"Oh...ummm...I'm sorry." I make a face, the I'm-sorry face, because I am sorry. Really, I am. I'm sorry I have to say I'm sorry all day long. "We ran out," I continue, and before I can tell him that we ...The Amazing Race, season 12, starts Sunday
Oct 31st, 2007 at 11:58PM: My best friend from college wants us to be in the The Amazing Race. She made it as far as having an actual interview for Survivor once, so who knows? Perhaps we'd have a shot at it if we could ever find out when the tryouts are. This coming Sunday, November 4 at 8 pm is the premiere of the 12th season.
I had never watched The Amazing Race until my friend said we should give it a shot. I'm always ...Castaway New York Style: Stranded on a Deserted Island in Jamaica Bay
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Jul 12th, 2007 at 12:08PM: Purposely stranding one's self on a deserted island and living off the land until help arrives is a deep-rooted fantasy for most males. Fueled in my youth by the adventures of Robinson Crusoe, the Swiss Family Robinson, and the characters in Jules Verne's Mysterious Island, I too count myself as a wannabe castaway.
Grant Stoddard does as well. The only difference is that he went and acted on ...Word for the Travel Wise (04/20/06)
Apr 20th, 2006 at 8:00PM: Even though I never watched a single
episode of Survivor: Palau, the seasons long reality show
always comes to mind when hearing the country name. (Now, that's how you know you've got a show that works.) While I
lack the time to sit engulfed in primetime television, I've got nothing against watching the adventure armchair type
travel/challenge programming and I suppose with each season Survivor ...
