Every Sunday afternoon and Wednesday evening, David Venable brings us innovative kitchen gadgets, tasty edibles, and the newest in cookware. But there is a lot more that goes into showing you the next ground-breaking item for your kitchen.
Even with the peeks behind the scenes when we check in with Mary throughout the show, there is plenty that you don't see. There have been many requests among you the viewer to see more, so am I excited to give you an inside look at what production day is like for In The Kitchen With David.
As early as four hours before the show, our talented prep chefs begin to cook the food and style the tables we use to present our cookbooks, kitchen items, or featured foods. Their job can get pretty stressful and hectic, but as you can see they love what they do and it shows through their creative displays.
Our kitchen could not look this good without the help of our set stylists. Shannon joins us every Sunday and Wednesday to give the set its signature look. She is also the person who creates those amazing chalk board signs all over the set, showing our theme and recipe item for the day.
Before the show, a pre-production meeting is held to go over every element of the show and make sure that everything is mapped out and in order. Here you can see David and Mary, as well as Tony, one of our Associate Producers, Gabe, our Line Producer, Jonathan, our Managing Producer, and Mariann, our Director.
While the production meeting is going on, guests are meeting with their prep chefs to discuss their displays and demos. Here you see Chef Bonnie meeting with Anna Boiardi, and Chef Donna meeting with Tara McConnell and Lisa Gleason.
About an hour before the show, David meets with all of the guests and looks over his recipe item for the day. Here is a glimpse of David meeting with Hungry Girl author Lisa Lillien and David reviewing the on-air steps to his recipe with Chef Lynn.
Shortly before the show begins, Mary ties on David's apron and we're ready to begin!
During the show we use 2 jib cameras, handheld cameras, and multiple robotic cameras. You may see these cameras moving behind Mary on the set. In case you don't know, a jib is a camera attached to the end of a long arm, which flies fluidly in the air to show you every angle of what we're presenting. No one can make the food look as good as they do – it looks so good you can almost taste it! It's just another way we try to bring you inside our kitchen.
Throughout the show, our awesome producers have the enormous task of keeping the show moving and running smoothly. They wrangle up guests, prepare teases of our products, and make sure that everyone is on task so we can show you everything we have in store for the show. They are also near David throughout the show to make sure he has everything he needs during a 3, 4, or sometimes 5 hour show! Jonathan has been known to make an appearance or two on air.
And now to a perk of the job... the food! All of the delicious food you see on air does not go to waste! Here you see some of our crew grabbing some lunch after Cookbook Corner. What is not eaten among the 50 crew members is taken home by the chefs for their families or saved if it can be used again for a future airing.
And we can't forget about our Studio Coordinators! I am a Studio Coordinator and there are many things we do before and during the show. We will look through the products and start meeting with the prep chefs as early as 4 hours before the show begins. We meet with David and the guests so that we are all on the same page and make sure that they have everything that they need to share our products with you! On the left, I am talking with Lisa Gleason about what colors are still available in this Temp-tations item. On the right, Kristen is letting Melissa Fleming-Epps know how much time she has until she sells the Keurig.
Of course, what would the show be without our Associate Producer, Mary? Here is a glimpse at what it looks like from our point of view on the set. Along with all the work she does for the show during the week, Mary is constantly working during the show, chatting with our Foodie Friends, talking to guests, and giving us social updates. A BIG thanks to Mary for everything she does!
We feel lucky to join you every Sunday and Wednesday for In the Kitchen With David. I hope you enjoyed a little glimpse into what it’s like in our kitchen, here at QVC!
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-Jacki, Studio Coordinator and Foodie Friend