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TV Media Weekly | September 8 - 14, 2018 By Adam Thomlison TV Media Q: What is happening with Vanessa Helsing? We were with her sister and mother the last couple episodes with no clues on her status after getting shot. When will we see her again? A: The prophecies say that Vanessa Helsing will rise again, sometime in the fall TV season (the prophecies are pretty light on details). We can take the prophecies at their word, because they come from the show's writers as well as from Kelly Overton, also known as Vanessa Helsing herself. Vanessa, cleverly nicknamed Van so that the show can be called "Van Helsing" despite not featuring legendary vam- pire hunter Abraham Van Hels- ing, will return in the third sea- son. We know this because star Overton posted a video on Ins- tagram of herself in character, saying, "That's a wrap on sea- son 3!" Q: Here's a random ques- tion: it looks like Gordon Ramsay has really big feet — is it true or is it just the angle of the cameras? A: Amazingly enough, I know the answer to this. He does, in fact, have enormous feet. This is public information be- cause the L.A. Times asked him in an interview what his most useless talent is and he an- swered almost without hesita- tion: "My size 15 feet." Ramsay is famous for his overstatements, and he didn't disappoint when describing his paws, which he referred to vari- ously as "works of art," "ma- chines" and "torpedoes." He said they come in handy particularly when he's doing Ironman Triathlons, which in- clude a 3.8-kilometre swim- ming portion. He said that they "save my life in a triathlon" and that they allow him to "swim past dolphins." He also said that, along with being extra long, his feet are particularly wide, and that he has to get special sneakers to fit them (he mentions Asics as his brand of choice). We should take the bit about swimming faster than dolphins with a generous pinch of salt — after all, a few years ago he had to walk back some of his boasts about the success of his profes- sional soccer career. But as for the rest, the camera doesn't lie. Have a question? Email us at questions@tvtabloid.com. Please include your name and town. Hollywood Q&A By Andrew Warren TV Media L ocal chefs love to help each other out. After all, they all share a passion for food, and they all experience the unique stresses and challenges of the culinary world. Of course, there's also a lot of friendly com- petition that happens behind the scenes, with chefs in every city striving to outdo each other with their culinary creations. In "Bite Club," Food Network's latest competition series, "The Great Food Truck Race" host chef Tyler Florence is checking out some of that friendly competition between professionals and taking it to a new level. Currently airing Thursdays on the culinary chan- nel, each episode takes the host to a new city, where he brings five of the city's top chefs together in a restaurant in which none of them have ever cooked before. That's five culinary master- minds all itching to prove them- selves — but only two of them actually get to cook in the final round. Following a game of chance, two of the local chefs set- tle in to be judges while the other three throw down in an intense culinary battle, incorporating se- cret ingredients and the kitchen's staples into masterful creations. The top two move on to the final round. In this week's episode, airing Thursday, Sept. 13, the host brings five of the best chefs in Savannah, Georgia, together in a modern diner. The first round challenges them to cook using locally grown peaches, and in the final round, the two remaining locals are forced to use a traditional diner flattop cooker to prepare a rack of lamb — not the usual way to cook that delicate cut of meat! Next week's episode finds Flor- ence in Indianapolis, where five Southern chefs are challenged to cook in a Japanese hibachi res- taurant. This unique style of grill is definitely not the norm for these chefs, and when the two finalists have to mix crawfish tails with Yukon gold potatoes, things get a whole lot hotter in the kitchen. It's local chefs using local in- gredients in kitchens that they've never set foot in before — and, ultimately, they're being judged by their peers. "Bite Club" is a fun and friendly competition, and it's currently airing Thursday nights on Food Network. Local bites: New series brings out local rivalries 10 | Cooking this week Moore's Home Health 2 x 2" Family Health Clinic 2 x 1.5" White Lilies N Paradise 2 x 1.5" Host Tyler Florence with Chicago chefs in "Bite Club" White Lilies N Paradise 333 North Philips Street • Kokomo, IN 765 - 459-0637 • w w w.whiteliliesinparadise.com Mon – Wed: 9 am – 4 pm • Tues, Thurs – Fri: 9 am – 5 pm • Sat: 9 am – 1 pm

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