Thursday, February 14, 2013
The popular reality show "Restaurant Impossible" filmed at Smitty's Restaurant in Clearwater on Wednesday. Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes? During a previous visit, Celebrity chef Robert Irvine explained what the cameras don't show.
The parking lot outside Smitty's Restaurant in Clearwater saw a flurry of activity Wednesday morning, as the popular Food Network reality show "Restaurant Impossible: filmed a segment under a tight deadline. Large white tents were set up in Smitty's parking lot. Construction crews scrambled to give a new look to furniture from the restaurant. In another area of the parking lot, a production crew was interviewing two people who may have been restaurant workers, managers or perhaps even the owners. Celebrity chef Robert Irvine, who is the star of the show, walked quickly outside of the restaurant while talking on a cell phone. If you're a fan of the show, it's a familiar scene; Irvine and his crew scramble to give a makeover to a struggling …
Celebrity chef Robert Irvine is at Smitty's Restaurant in Clearwater this week for a taping of his Food Network show, "Restaurant Impossible."
Are you a fan of the reality show "Restaurant Impossible?" A local restaurant is getting a makeover from celebrity chef Robert Irvine, star of the Food Network show. Restaurant Impossible crews were working inside two large white tents set up in the parking lot of Smitty's restaurant, 4890 122nd Ave. N., in Clearwater on Monday afternoon. In each segment of "Restaurant Impossible," Irvine tries to help troubled restaurants by revamping the menu, identifying and fixing staff and management problems, and giving the restaurant a makeover using a $10,000 budget. Crews were to be filming at Smitty's Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the Tampa Bay Times. No one answered the phone at Smitty's Monday afternoon. A sign on the door read, "We are …
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Teen singer Nathalie Hernandez of Dunedin didn't advance on NBC's reality singing competition.
Largo Teen Idol Nathalie Hernandez's time on reality singing competition "The Voice" has come to an end. The 15-year-old Dunedin High student lost in Tuesday night's "battle round" competition against a 24-year-old singer named Aquile on the NBC show. The two, who were both members of the team led by celebrity judge Christina Aguilera, sang a duet of the James Morrison song "You Give Me Something." (Watch: Hernandez performs in the battle round competition) The other judges said they were amazed by Hernandez's performance and poise. "Imagine being 15 years old and being on that stage singing in a battle round against Aquile with cameras and lights and us four sitting here," country crooner Blake Shelton said. "It's amazing, you're so good …
Monday, October 1, 2012
Dunedin's Nathalie Hernandez is scheduled to appear on the reality singing competition, which airs at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1.
A former Largo Teen Idol winner is putting her singing talents on display tonight, Oct. 1, on NBC's "The Voice." Dunedin High student Nathalie Hernandez is scheduled to appear on tonight's episode of the reality signing competition, according to Jamie Munns, the family and community liaison at San Jose Elementary, Hernandez's former school. The Dunedin singer and songwriter, who won the 2011 Largo Teen Idol competition as a 14-year-old, told a Yahoo! blogger last year that she wrote her first song at age 11. "I write and play because it's how I express how I feel," she said in the interview. "I'm not selfish or overconfident, I just want to play my music and hope that other people can relate to it." Several of Hernandez's original songs …
