The History of 'LOST IN THE SAUCE'  

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‘Lost in the Sauce’ actually started as a  joke for my wife, Gina. We were at her parents’ summerhouse in Falmouth that was just newly renovated. The kitchen has an island counter, which reminded me of a cooking show set. I set my camcorder on a tripod when she wasn’t around, put a hat on, and did a pretend show at the counter. When I showed Gina the tape she laughed, but then also said that I should seriously consider doing a show. I taped my first 5 shows in Falmouth alone with a camcorder, editing on the fly. I brought the tapes to the Westboro cable station, WCAT, and they started playing them. I started taking producer courses to start taping the show at the station. I designed and built a set with a grant from the town, and began taping at the studio as I still do now. The set has grown into a complete kitchen, and looks better than my own at home. It is designed it to be taken apart and stored, but the 4-6 hours it took to assemble it was too much. Now thankfully, I am allowed to leave it basically set up all the time.

I now tape the show every two months. I’ll tape two shows on a Tuesday, and then two more the next Saturday morning. It’s quite a bit of work getting four shows together in a couple of weeks. I do many hours of research for the menus of each show. I try and work a concept in my head of where I want to go, and just put the recipes down the way I think they will work best within the 30 minute segment. The show is basically live to tape, because I don’t stop or edit it except at the beginning and end, so that limits my range of food items. I try to keep the show fresh and as unrehearsed as possible, so I never try making the recipes before we tape the show. The first time I actually cook the recipes is while I’m doing the show. I never truly know how it will taste until the camera crew eats it and tells me. I need that risk to keep me flowing through the show with adrenaline.
I have been doing the show for over 9 years and have over 120 episodes in the WCAT library. I hope to continue as long as it remains enjoyable, or at least until some major cable network offers me a time slot or a job.

If you’ve never seen the show and you want to see it in your town, or even if you want me to tape you an episode on your own tape, get in touch with me at:

lostsauce@aol.com