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OK, so maybe you groaned when you heard that Cowboys tight end Jason Witten is hooking up for a TV show called Cooking With the All-Pros. But wait: Jason really is interested in food. We know this personally because we sat on a food-judging panel with him a while back. This contest involved choosing between Mansion executive chef John Tesar and Fort Worth chef Tim Love, in an all-star culinary throwdown. This was staged at American Airlines Center before the NHL All-Star Game...outdoors, in January, on a 40-degree morning, with gusting wind AND pouring rain. My hooded down coat might have been unfashionable, but it probably saved me from pneumonia that day. Jason sat next to me at the judges' table, and he was an awfully good sport about the whole weather thing, just as the chefs were. Plus, he was seriously into the food, which was seriously good stuff. The Mansion will host the first three of Jason's five shows, and John Tesar tells me that he "will appear as a judge and be contributing to a large part of formatting the show." The other two shows would be shot at a local Market Street store. Lubbock-based United Supermarkets LLC, Market Street's parent company, expects to be a primary sponsor of the show. |
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