TAKING THE
HEAT For a man with the last name Baker, Evan is not very comfortable in the kitchen.
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assandra Baker, ’13, admires a lot of things about her husband, Evan Baker, ’14. But his kitchen skills are not one of them. “He’s so terrible at cooking,” Cassandra said. “He combines the weirdest things. It’s so bad.” Cassandra is a fan of the show “Worst Cooks in America,” and always joked that her husband belonged on it. “And then one day, she was just fed up and had enough,” Evan said. “She decided to nominate me because I made this really nasty dish. It was a combination of leftovers with eggs, spaghetti sauce, and guacamole. I shouldn’t have put that combination together.” “It was mainly a joke,” Cassandra said. “Just to be able to tell people that I nominated him. I never thought he would be chosen.” Both Evan and Cassandra forgot about the application and figured they’d never hear back. Three months later, Evan got a call that the Food Network wanted to interview him for the show. After about six rounds of interviews, the Bakers started to realize that maybe Evan had a chance. Evan was talking to a producer from the show about what he would make for his first main dish challenge when reality hit. “I thought, ‘oh shoot; maybe I’m on the cast,’” Evan said. “Then I got the official email saying, ‘congratulations, you’re on the show.’”
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