RULES AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
All applicants must sign statements acknowledging that they have read, understand and will comply with all of the following eligibility requirements (“Eligibility”) of “Bobby’s Best Home Cook (Working Title)” program (the “Program”) in order to proceed with the application process:
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
1. Employees, officers, directors and agents of Rock Shrimp Productions NY LLC (“Producer”), Television Food Network, G.P. (“Food Network”), Scripps Networks, LLC, and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, parent corporations, and joint venture partners (collectively, the “Released Parties”), all Program advertising, promotional and judging agencies, Program broadcasters and distributors and all other companies associated with the production, administration and/or exhibition of the Program and/or any of their respective licensees, assigns, parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, divisions, and joint ventures as well as (a) the immediate family (spouse, ex-spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter or son, step-parents, step-children, step-siblings, regardless of where they live) and (b) members of the same households (whether related or not) of such employees, officers, directors and agents, are not eligible to be “Bobby’s Best Home Cook (Working Title)” or to participate in this application process. In addition, any applicant closely acquainted with any person connected with the production or administration or exhibition of the Program is not eligible if, in Food Network’s sole discretion, the person’s participation could create the appearance of impropriety.
2. All applicants must be at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application.
3. Applicants may not presently be a candidate for any type of political office (“Candidate”) and may not become a Candidate from the time the application is submitted until one (1) year after first broadcast of the last episode of the Program in which they appear.
4. Applicants will be ineligible if, at any time, they have been the host of a nationally televised food and/or food-related program.
5. All applicants must be United States citizens or resident aliens living in the United States with a legal right to live and work in the United States.
6. All applicants must be in excellent physical and mental health.
7. How to apply- Please email the e-mail address for your city found on
www.bobbysbesthomecookcasting.com the following information (the “Short Form Application”):
8. All Short Form Applications must be received by the applicable application deadlines listed on www.bobbysbesthomecookcasting.com. Applicants must be willing, if requested by Food Network, to (1) submit a Long Form Application to Food Network for evaluation (each teammate must complete a Long Form Application); (2) participate in one or more telephone interviews with Food Network or the Producers; (3) provide additional videotape or be interviewed or other materials as may be requested by Food Network or the Producers.
9. From among all the completed Short Form Applications and Long Form Applications Food Network receives, staff and consultants of Food Network and the Producers will evaluate each application on a number of subjective factors, all of which have the aim of determining which applicants are eligible for the show. Food Network and the Producers will be looking at personality, style, presence, ability to talk about food, ability to cook, knowledge of food and cooking, and overall performance and other related factors.
10. All applications (including all materials submitted in connection with each application or submitted as supplemental materials requested by Food Network or the Producers) will not be returned and will become the property of Food Network, which shall have the sole and exclusive right to use the applications in any manner throughout the universe in perpetuity, as set forth in greater detail in the Release and Waiver.
11. You must provide One (1) legible photocopy of EITHER (A) your passport; OR (B) driver’s license AND (i) social security card OR (ii) birth certificate.
12. By applying for participation in the Program, you authorize Food Network to conduct civil, family court, criminal, financial, driver history and any other type of background check deemed necessary by Food Network. Food Network reserves the right to disqualify any applicant from further consideration based on the results of such background check in Food Network’s sole discretion.
13. If you are selected as a Home Cook to participate in the Program (i) you will be required to film for up to 1 week in September or October 2012 (or as otherwise scheduled by Producers). Applicants who will not be available for all of those dates may be disqualified. These daily exercises will entail long days (e.g., 10 to 12 hours or more hours) in the kitchen, in front of television cameras cooking. These daily exercises will be taped and used in connection with the Program. Non-compliance with the instructions, directives and schedules set forth by Food Network and/or Producers will result in disqualification.
14. You acknowledge, understand and agree that if you are chosen to appear in the Program and/or chosen to be one of the Home Cooks, you may be audio and/or video taped ten to twelve (10-12) or more hours for up to seven (7) days while participating in the Program by means of open and hidden cameras, whether or not you are then aware that you are being videotaped or recorded (collectively, “Recordings”) and that such Recordings may be disseminated on television and/or all media now known or hereafter devised, in any and all manner throughout the Universe in perpetuity.
15. You understand and acknowledge that participation in the Program, including, without limitation, the activities and events arranged by the Program coordinator (including, but not limited to, use of stoves, ovens, knives and other kitchen equipment) may expose you and other participants to the risk of death, serious injury, illness or disease and/or property damage. You must be willing and able to participate in physical activities related to working and performing in a kitchen (including using stoves, ovens, knives and other kitchen equipment), on location, on television sets, and the like. You must sign a release attesting to the fact that you understand and knowingly and willingly agree to assume such risks. You understand that by submitting the Long Form Application, you acknowledge that you accept and assume all risks known or unknown of any nature (including, without limitation, the foregoing) that may arise in any way from or relate to your participation in the selection process for and/or participation in the Program.
16. You acknowledge, understand and agree that the Released Parties may disclose any information contained within or derived from your applications to third persons connected with the Program and to compile information from third parties in connection with such applications and the application process about your private, personal and public life, relationships with third persons, confidences and secrets with family, friends, significant others, including without limitation: physical appearance; personal characteristics/habits (both physical and mental); medical treatment/history (both physical and mental); educational and employment history; military history; criminal investigations, charges and records; personal views and opinions about life, food, cooking, television, the media, and the like (collectively, “Personal Information”). You acknowledge and agree that the Released Parties may reveal such Personal Information to third parties in the course of the application process and/or the Program and that you release, discharge, and hold harmless the Released Parties (as defined above) from any and all claims and damages arising from such compilation or disclosure of Personal Information.
17. You acknowledge, understand, and agree that the Released Parties’ use or revelation of Personal Information and Recordings as defined in these Eligibility Requirements may be embarrassing, unfavorable, humiliating, and/or derogatory and/or may portray you in a false light. You agree to release, discharge and hold harmless the Released Parties from any and all claims (including, without limitation, claims for slander, libel, defamation, violation of rights of privacy, publicity, personality, and/or civil rights, depiction in a false light, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, copyright infringement, and/or any other tort and/or damages arising from or in any way relating to the submission of an application, participation in the selection process, participation in the Program, the use of the Personal Information or Recordings and/or the use of your name, voice, and/or likeness in connection with the Program, or the promotion thereof in all media now known or hereafter devised. You are required to sign releases to this effect.
18. You acknowledge and agree that you are not and will under no circumstances as a result of the submission of an application, participation in the selection process, participation in the Program, the use of the Personal Information or Recordings and/or the use of the your name, voice, and/or likeness in connection with the Program, the promotion thereof in all media now known or hereafter devised or for any other reason in connection with your application and/or participation in the Program become an employee or an independent contractor of the Released Parties and will not make any claims against the Released Parties, including, without limitation, claims for compensation, derived from any allegation of status as an employee. You acknowledge and agree that your relationship to Released Parties is and shall be limited solely to that of a grantor of rights.
19. Any applicant who has appeared on or is involved with any television program or other media must disclose such information in his or her Long Form Application and may, at Producer’s sole discretion, be deemed ineligible to participate in the Program. If any applicant is currently being considered as a contestant and/or participant in a television show, he/she must withdraw his/her application from such television show upon Producer’s request.
20. If you are selected as a Home Cook you must complete and timely return the “Home Cooks Package,” which may include, among other documents: a Release and Waiver, a General Release and Indemnity Agreement; Confidentiality Agreement; and General Exclusivity Agreement (all forms will be furnished to you). By signing these documents, you agree to assume the risk of any and all injury, illness, damage, loss, or harm to your person or property of any kind, howsoever caused, arising from or relating to the submission of a Long Form Application, your selection as a Home Cooks, and/or your participation in the Program, and/or the production and/or exploitation of the Program. Food Network and the Producers reserve the right to ask any additional needed questions and require that you submit specified original recipes to be used for the Program and by the Food Network.
21. All applicants who are selected as Home Cooks will be required to meet all physical and psychological requirements, as determined by Food Network.
22. You shall treat all information and materials received or acquired about the Released Parties, the selection process and/or the Program, as strictly confidential and shall not disclose or otherwise disseminate any such information to any third party. If you are chosen to be a Home Cook, you must sign a Confidentiality Agreement in the form presented by Producer.
23. Upon Producer’s request, Home Cooks, and the winner of the Program must agree to sign any additional releases or authorizations that Producer, in its sole discretion, deems necessary.
24. All Home Cooks to appear in the Program must report and be available to participate in the Program at all times and places as Producer shall designate.
25. All decisions related to the selection of the Home Cooks for the Program, the application evaluation, and eligibility requirements, shall be subject to change at Producer and/or Food Network’s sole discretion. Producer and/or Food Network reserves the right to disqualify an applicant at any time, to modify these requirements or any aspect of the Program as it deems necessary, and to cancel the production and development of the Program or any programming contemplated hereunder.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
1. Employees, officers, directors and agents of Rock Shrimp Productions NY LLC (“Producer”), Television Food Network, G.P. (“Food Network”), Scripps Networks, LLC, and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, parent corporations, and joint venture partners (collectively, the “Released Parties”), all Program advertising, promotional and judging agencies, Program broadcasters and distributors and all other companies associated with the production, administration and/or exhibition of the Program and/or any of their respective licensees, assigns, parents, affiliated and subsidiary companies, divisions, and joint ventures as well as (a) the immediate family (spouse, ex-spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, daughter or son, step-parents, step-children, step-siblings, regardless of where they live) and (b) members of the same households (whether related or not) of such employees, officers, directors and agents, are not eligible to be “Bobby’s Best Home Cook (Working Title)” or to participate in this application process. In addition, any applicant closely acquainted with any person connected with the production or administration or exhibition of the Program is not eligible if, in Food Network’s sole discretion, the person’s participation could create the appearance of impropriety.
2. All applicants must be at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application.
3. Applicants may not presently be a candidate for any type of political office (“Candidate”) and may not become a Candidate from the time the application is submitted until one (1) year after first broadcast of the last episode of the Program in which they appear.
4. Applicants will be ineligible if, at any time, they have been the host of a nationally televised food and/or food-related program.
5. All applicants must be United States citizens or resident aliens living in the United States with a legal right to live and work in the United States.
6. All applicants must be in excellent physical and mental health.
7. How to apply- Please email the e-mail address for your city found on
www.bobbysbesthomecookcasting.com the following information (the “Short Form Application”):
- Your name and the name of your teammate
- Recent photos of you and your teammate
- A short Bio on you and your teammate (relationship, occupations, etc.)
- Tell us why you are the best home cooks, please provide photos of your food
- Tell us about the best parties you’ve thrown
- Contact information and current location
8. All Short Form Applications must be received by the applicable application deadlines listed on www.bobbysbesthomecookcasting.com. Applicants must be willing, if requested by Food Network, to (1) submit a Long Form Application to Food Network for evaluation (each teammate must complete a Long Form Application); (2) participate in one or more telephone interviews with Food Network or the Producers; (3) provide additional videotape or be interviewed or other materials as may be requested by Food Network or the Producers.
9. From among all the completed Short Form Applications and Long Form Applications Food Network receives, staff and consultants of Food Network and the Producers will evaluate each application on a number of subjective factors, all of which have the aim of determining which applicants are eligible for the show. Food Network and the Producers will be looking at personality, style, presence, ability to talk about food, ability to cook, knowledge of food and cooking, and overall performance and other related factors.
10. All applications (including all materials submitted in connection with each application or submitted as supplemental materials requested by Food Network or the Producers) will not be returned and will become the property of Food Network, which shall have the sole and exclusive right to use the applications in any manner throughout the universe in perpetuity, as set forth in greater detail in the Release and Waiver.
11. You must provide One (1) legible photocopy of EITHER (A) your passport; OR (B) driver’s license AND (i) social security card OR (ii) birth certificate.
12. By applying for participation in the Program, you authorize Food Network to conduct civil, family court, criminal, financial, driver history and any other type of background check deemed necessary by Food Network. Food Network reserves the right to disqualify any applicant from further consideration based on the results of such background check in Food Network’s sole discretion.
13. If you are selected as a Home Cook to participate in the Program (i) you will be required to film for up to 1 week in September or October 2012 (or as otherwise scheduled by Producers). Applicants who will not be available for all of those dates may be disqualified. These daily exercises will entail long days (e.g., 10 to 12 hours or more hours) in the kitchen, in front of television cameras cooking. These daily exercises will be taped and used in connection with the Program. Non-compliance with the instructions, directives and schedules set forth by Food Network and/or Producers will result in disqualification.
14. You acknowledge, understand and agree that if you are chosen to appear in the Program and/or chosen to be one of the Home Cooks, you may be audio and/or video taped ten to twelve (10-12) or more hours for up to seven (7) days while participating in the Program by means of open and hidden cameras, whether or not you are then aware that you are being videotaped or recorded (collectively, “Recordings”) and that such Recordings may be disseminated on television and/or all media now known or hereafter devised, in any and all manner throughout the Universe in perpetuity.
15. You understand and acknowledge that participation in the Program, including, without limitation, the activities and events arranged by the Program coordinator (including, but not limited to, use of stoves, ovens, knives and other kitchen equipment) may expose you and other participants to the risk of death, serious injury, illness or disease and/or property damage. You must be willing and able to participate in physical activities related to working and performing in a kitchen (including using stoves, ovens, knives and other kitchen equipment), on location, on television sets, and the like. You must sign a release attesting to the fact that you understand and knowingly and willingly agree to assume such risks. You understand that by submitting the Long Form Application, you acknowledge that you accept and assume all risks known or unknown of any nature (including, without limitation, the foregoing) that may arise in any way from or relate to your participation in the selection process for and/or participation in the Program.
16. You acknowledge, understand and agree that the Released Parties may disclose any information contained within or derived from your applications to third persons connected with the Program and to compile information from third parties in connection with such applications and the application process about your private, personal and public life, relationships with third persons, confidences and secrets with family, friends, significant others, including without limitation: physical appearance; personal characteristics/habits (both physical and mental); medical treatment/history (both physical and mental); educational and employment history; military history; criminal investigations, charges and records; personal views and opinions about life, food, cooking, television, the media, and the like (collectively, “Personal Information”). You acknowledge and agree that the Released Parties may reveal such Personal Information to third parties in the course of the application process and/or the Program and that you release, discharge, and hold harmless the Released Parties (as defined above) from any and all claims and damages arising from such compilation or disclosure of Personal Information.
17. You acknowledge, understand, and agree that the Released Parties’ use or revelation of Personal Information and Recordings as defined in these Eligibility Requirements may be embarrassing, unfavorable, humiliating, and/or derogatory and/or may portray you in a false light. You agree to release, discharge and hold harmless the Released Parties from any and all claims (including, without limitation, claims for slander, libel, defamation, violation of rights of privacy, publicity, personality, and/or civil rights, depiction in a false light, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, copyright infringement, and/or any other tort and/or damages arising from or in any way relating to the submission of an application, participation in the selection process, participation in the Program, the use of the Personal Information or Recordings and/or the use of your name, voice, and/or likeness in connection with the Program, or the promotion thereof in all media now known or hereafter devised. You are required to sign releases to this effect.
18. You acknowledge and agree that you are not and will under no circumstances as a result of the submission of an application, participation in the selection process, participation in the Program, the use of the Personal Information or Recordings and/or the use of the your name, voice, and/or likeness in connection with the Program, the promotion thereof in all media now known or hereafter devised or for any other reason in connection with your application and/or participation in the Program become an employee or an independent contractor of the Released Parties and will not make any claims against the Released Parties, including, without limitation, claims for compensation, derived from any allegation of status as an employee. You acknowledge and agree that your relationship to Released Parties is and shall be limited solely to that of a grantor of rights.
19. Any applicant who has appeared on or is involved with any television program or other media must disclose such information in his or her Long Form Application and may, at Producer’s sole discretion, be deemed ineligible to participate in the Program. If any applicant is currently being considered as a contestant and/or participant in a television show, he/she must withdraw his/her application from such television show upon Producer’s request.
20. If you are selected as a Home Cook you must complete and timely return the “Home Cooks Package,” which may include, among other documents: a Release and Waiver, a General Release and Indemnity Agreement; Confidentiality Agreement; and General Exclusivity Agreement (all forms will be furnished to you). By signing these documents, you agree to assume the risk of any and all injury, illness, damage, loss, or harm to your person or property of any kind, howsoever caused, arising from or relating to the submission of a Long Form Application, your selection as a Home Cooks, and/or your participation in the Program, and/or the production and/or exploitation of the Program. Food Network and the Producers reserve the right to ask any additional needed questions and require that you submit specified original recipes to be used for the Program and by the Food Network.
21. All applicants who are selected as Home Cooks will be required to meet all physical and psychological requirements, as determined by Food Network.
22. You shall treat all information and materials received or acquired about the Released Parties, the selection process and/or the Program, as strictly confidential and shall not disclose or otherwise disseminate any such information to any third party. If you are chosen to be a Home Cook, you must sign a Confidentiality Agreement in the form presented by Producer.
23. Upon Producer’s request, Home Cooks, and the winner of the Program must agree to sign any additional releases or authorizations that Producer, in its sole discretion, deems necessary.
24. All Home Cooks to appear in the Program must report and be available to participate in the Program at all times and places as Producer shall designate.
25. All decisions related to the selection of the Home Cooks for the Program, the application evaluation, and eligibility requirements, shall be subject to change at Producer and/or Food Network’s sole discretion. Producer and/or Food Network reserves the right to disqualify an applicant at any time, to modify these requirements or any aspect of the Program as it deems necessary, and to cancel the production and development of the Program or any programming contemplated hereunder.