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From Food Network Addict:

Adam Gertler is in L.A. shooting episodes of a new Food Network show Will Work For Food, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.

It’s not a cooking show, per se. Gertler will show how people in the food business do their jobs. Among them: potato chip inspector, shark feeder and dog-food taste-tester. Gertler, an actor and former waiter at Amada in Old City, coowned The Smoked Joint, a short-lived barbecue restaurant at the Academy House in Center City.

According to the article, Will Work For Food premieres Sept. 30 at 9:30pm on Food Network.

No official word from Food Network, though.

UPDATE: Food Network confirms it’s true.

“On The Next Food Network Star Adam exhibited a unique combination of quick wit, passion for food and an engaging personality,” said Bob Tuschman, Senior Vice President, Programming and Production for Food Network. “He earned millions of fans across the country who have let us know that we have a second star in our midst. We feel this series is a perfect fit for his talents, letting him showcase his brand of humor while he works for food.”

http://foodnetworkaddict.blogspot.com/2008/08/adam-gertler-wins-too-his-own-show.html

Oh, Adam Gertler, why didn’t you win “The Next Food Network Star”???? All season I was waiting for you to win, even before the stupid show started! Why, on the finale, when the judges discussed whose show they could put on the network the next day and your name came up, did they pick Aaron “Big Daddy” McCargo instead of you? Why did they bring Aaron back in the Vegas episode when he clearly did the worst job? Why did they seem to pipe in the audience laughter, probably from your pilot presentation, into his?

Food Network or some other network, please hire this guy!!

ETA: They did! Look for my other post about it!

I go through food phases like I go through everything-else phases. I go through a period where I’ll crave a certain thing, then I’ll be so sick of it I never want to touch it again.

Sadly, the same has happened with these frosty treats. At first lick, they had kind of a strange taste, just like when your mom would buy Wyler’s packets instead of Kool-Aid because it was like 3 cents cheaper. And these are also made by Wyler’s. Coincidence? But the more I ate them, the more I liked them, especially the tangy raspberry and oddly refreshing kiwi-watermelon. Lemon was my third favorite and I still have a ton of orange creams in the freezer because, on my taste meter they’re simply, “Ehh.”

But my love affair with the pops seems to be ending. Oh sure, they’re up for a whirl when I come home after a 90-degree humidity fest and want something cold. But their taste is starting to sweetly sicken me. And like the Philly Swirl ices I consumed by the truckload before them, they’re probably on their way to freezer-burn hell, never to touch my lips again.

Wyler’s Italian Ices, I will remember you….

ETA: I went back to put in a link for these things and just saw that they have Icee Slush Bars??!!!?!

And the cycle will continue.