2 Bronxites compete on Food
Network’s Worst Cooks show
BY ALEX MITCHELL
It may not be something
that most brag about, but two
Bronx men were recognized
as the nation’s worst cooks.
These culinary disaster
artists, Idriss Alison and
Adrian Read, will be featured
on the Food Network’s Worst
Cook’s in America on Sunday,
August 4 at 9 p.m.
It’s there that this uptown
duo will be given the opportunity
of redemption in front of
celebrity chefs turned kitchen
drill sergeants Bobby Flay
and Annie Burrell.
Alison’s cooking woes began
at age 10, when he singlehandedly
managed to ruin
Thanksgiving Dinner for his
entire family after his mom
asked him to simply watch
everything on the stove for a
brief few minutes.
“We ended up getting takeout
that night,” the Kingsbridge
native laughed, mentioning
that since that dark
Thursday he’s now able to
whip up a pretty decent peanut
butter and jelly sandwich.
Being the jokester that he
is, it’s not so shocking that Alison
does stand-up comedy as
well…where his cooking abilities
have become a few punch
lines.
“Even as a comedian I get
shy, especially with my cooking
abilities,” he said noting
how liberating it was to have
unday, November 13th, 12 to 3 PM
those improving skills broadcast
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worldwide.
“I didn’t die,” Alison joked.
When not crafting up a
complicated PB&J, Alison is a
motivational speaker at Horizon’s
Juvenile Detention Center
to help kids stay out of hot
water.
Idriss Alison. Food Network
Meanwhile Adrian, a fi tness
guru from East 167th
Street and Washington Avenue
has seen food more as fuel
during his adult life.
“Steaming vegetables, that
was about it for me,” Adrian
said regarding his culinary
endeavors.
As creative guitarist and
Zumba instructor, Adrian’s
reluctance to cook with oil
also required some ‘out of the
box’ thinking for a demo to get
on the show.
His audition tape that featured
fried broccoli with
crushed corn fl akes certainly
made Adrian a standout contender
to say the least.
While both contestants
are required to keep all details
about their episode in the
oven until airing, Alison said
that the fi nal meal he had to
prepare for judges “looked edible.”
Adrian also confessed to
learning a vital cooking lesson
while on the show.
“Salt is your friend,” he so
proudly proclaimed.
Adrian Read. Food Network
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