Sugar Rush with Warren Brown

By JULIETTE ROSSANT No competition, no Reality TV? Are there such shows any more on television? How about Desserts? A little travel? That's what the Food Network is offering on Sugar Rush, a new show scheduled to start airing in October 2005. Sugar Rush -– the name suggests that the show is moving too fast and offering too much to viewers –- promises to reveal the secrets of America's top pastry chefs and chocolatiers. The host is Warren Brown, a former litigator and now owner of CakeLove Bakery and Love Cafe in Washington DC. Warren first caught the Food Network 's attention with his listing among People Magazine's 50 Most Eligible Bachelors in 2001. He then appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2003. Warren is a self-taught baker, which has worked well for him, since CakeLove focuses on classic homestyle pastries made from quality ingredients yet presented very simply. For the show, that means the host and the audience can learn together, so there is a chance that Sugar Rush could be both informative and exciting. He stepped into the host slot after almost half the shows had been filmed, so he narrates without appearing in many episodes For new episodes he is traveling around the country to interview and bake with some of the world's best chefs. Warren told superchefblog: As an entrepreneur I am used to being responsible for everything. To stand in front of a camera and learn about desserts is easy. My responsibility is narrow. It is a mental break. During one recent shoot in Washington, DC, he helped make faux oil painting miniatures on pastiage with Anne Amernick, pastry chef of Palena Restaurant. He also filmed a segment with Pastry Chef Mohan DeSilva of Washington's Marriott Wardman Park and his assistant, Julie Jangali. Mohan prepared an entremet with dacquoise, bavarois, creme brule, ganache and raspberry jam. Then he helped Warren make a sugar show piece with an ocean theme. Other chefs featured on Sugar Rush include: Margaret Braun, Margaret Braun Cakes (NYC) Martin Howard, Brasserie 8 1/2 (New York) Susan Caliendo, Rolling Pin Cookies (New York) Florian Bellanger, Fauchon (New York) Emily Luchetti, Farallon Restaurant (San Francisco) Elizabeth Falkner, Citizen Cake (San Francisco) Susan Morgan, Elegant Cheesecakes (San Francisco) The pastry chefs whom Warren will visit make for a strong line-up: let's hope for a refreshing, big rush in October. Press release: CakeLove New stories: Rocky Mountain News Washington Examiner Anniston Star Washington Post Gourmet Retailer Denver Business Journal Previous articles: Cat Cora on Kerry Simon, Iron Chef America Iron Chef America 2: Sex, Race, What Next? Iron Chef America 1: Nice Guy Kerry Simon Rocks Winner of Next Food Network Star In the Audience of Iron Chef America Iron Chef America Meets Survivor Today Show Emulates Iron Chef America Easter Special: Super Pastry Chefs Iron Chef America: Running on Empty Molto Mario Massacres Mahi Iron Chef: America vs. USA Todd English: American Chef Gone Wild Technorati Tags: chefs food restaurants cooking branding cuisine television Reality TV --> back to superchefblog