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Up Front Soup’s on at St. Andrew’s
He had to Eat Here
Enjoy a soup supper and silent auction in support of Starfish Nicaragua. The event is set for Friday, March 6 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Church Hall, 156 Main St., W. Tickets, $25 each, include soup and a handmade pottery bowl. Starfish Nicaragua supports projects that make a positive difference in the lives of children in Masaya.
Host of the popular Food Network show You Gotta Eat Here John Catucci with August Restaurant owners Clayton Gillie, left, and Beth Ashton. The show’s crew took the place over Sunday and Monday to tape a program set to air in 6-8 weeks times. Watch NewsNow for an update when the scheduled date is set, Williscraft - Photo
Art gallery AGM set for March 10 The Grimsby Art Gallery Volunteer Committee is having its annual general meeting on March 10, 1 p.m. at the Gallery, 18 Carnegie Lane, Grimsby. The public is welcome to hear Duncan MacDonald and Arnold McBay, associate professors at Brock University, speak on Parallax, the current exhibition about time, memory, objects and sounds that come with them – along with their own memories, experiences and how and why they chose to create artwork to reflect them. Everyone is welcome.
Catucci charms at August taping By Mike Williscraft NewsNow It’s a demanding schedule, but You Gotta Eat Here host John Catucci would not change a thing. In the midst of shooting footage for the popular Food Network program – 26 shows, three restaurants per show, two full days of shooting for each restaurant – Catucci and his crack production team travel the countryside in search of
signature dishes at unique eateries. Nice gig, hug? “It sure is,” said Catucci, between shots with customers at August Restaurant on Sunday afternoon. With a background in comedy and music, one might wonder how he ended up hosting a food show. “I knew the producer and they were looking for someone to host, someone who was not a chef. I’m
that guy.” And the improv chops of stand-up comedy serve him well, whether it be by coaxing comments out of nervous restaurant guests or entertaining babies between shots, as he did with August’s co-owner Clayton Gillie’s nephew. But that is pretty much where the similarity ends. “With stand-up, you get that immediate response from the audience. It’s live,”
said Catucci. “With TV, you shoot everything and then it goes to editing. You don’t see it for months and then it’s, ‘Oh, that’s what they used from all that.” About six hours of footage was shot at August for a six-minute segment in the final product. When the production team gets to its shooting location, the whole process See FOOD, Page 2