SHOW-ME CHEFS
Is a broadcast / webcast cooking competition TV show produced in Springfield, Missouri by the Media, Journalism & Film department at Missouri State University. The show features culinary talent from the Show-Me State.
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Farmer’s Market of the Ozarks has helped us find many of the local farmers and food producers that we utilize on the show. All the farmers and food producers whose items appear on the show give us product to sell at the fundraisers and our students gain production knowledge from doing feature video stories on them and then we provide them the packages to be utilized how they would like for their marketing.
The American Culinary Federation (ACF) Springfield-Branson Chef’s Association has been a big supporter by encouraging competitors to participate. Students who attend those meetings to sell the show to competitors learn a lot about the food and restaurant industry here. All the Chefs who have competed on the show have been great ambassadors for us to the culinary community and provide food and silent auction items for our fundraising gala in the fall season.
We are truly appreciative of the items and energy provided by so many people to make this show a reality. And in the end, we provide a quality television series that sets the production quality bar high for students, that our community can engage with and root for their favorite chefs and restaurants.
And finally, to give back to the community from our end, at our Show-Me Chefs Gala, where we celebrate the season and chefs who participate to help raise money for the next season, we also help raise money for Care to Learn, a local charitable organization who helps K-12 students with emergent health and hygiene needs so they can learn. We hope to help younger students learn so that they may one day be able go to college and follow their passion. It’s an interconnected learning experience and all-around community love fest!
SHOW-ME CHEFSREACHING INTO THE COMMUNITY
Show-Me Chefs is produced by the Media, Journalism & Film Dept at Missouri State University. MSU has a Public Affairs mission which includes cultural competence, ethical leadership, and community engagement. Show-Me Chefs provides a hands-on experience for all of these competencies. We could not create and improve the quality of this television show without the help of our community partners like 319 Event Center, Mama Jean’s Natural Markets, KOZL-TV and our many other partners.
Each season around 50 students from multiple disciplines, media, electronic arts, music, art and design and communication work on the show through the Pre-production, Production and Post-Production phases of the show. They interface with the community in various ways from producing to marketing to patronage to being responsible to our business sponsors with follow-through and deadlines.
Show-Me Chefs Is Going To The College Emmys
Student-produced series Show-Me Chefs has been nominated for the Television Academy Foundation’s 38th College Television Awards (also known as the “College Emmys.”)
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MJF-produced 'Show-Me Chefs' Wins Two Regional, Collegiate Emmy
“As a public affairs university, one of the things that we wanted to do was to not only utilize local sponsors and local chefs and ... highlight their businesses … but talk about local foods that are produced right here in Missouri,” Dr. Larson said.
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Ozarks Live Interviewed Show-Me Chefs' Producers
Here is our segment on Ozarks Live. The interview includes information about Season 3 and our College Emmy.
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Show-me the Emmy: MJF Production Nominated For Award
The show is presented on KOZL local listing and has gained traction from the community, which is “Show-Me Chef’s” main focus. The show’s content involves chefs from local restaurants that compete in head-to-head culinary competition to win the crown of the Show-Me-State Chef.
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Show-Me Chefs: Ultimate Locavores
Show-Me Chefs creator Deb Larson, associate professor in the department of media, journalism and film, shared, “It sort of came to me as we were developing the show that most Americans are very disconnected from our food sources and producers.”
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Show-Me Chefs To Co-host Fundraising Gala With Care To Learn
“Show-Me Chefs,” the successful Media, Journalism and Film department-produced television series, will host a gala on Oct. 22, 2016 to raise money for a third season and the Care to Learn organization.
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Ozarks Live Interviewed Show-Me Chefs' Producers
Here is our segment on Ozarks Live. The interview includes information about Season 2.
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Show-Me Chefs’ Spicing Up The Public Affairs Conference
The “Show-Me Chefs Show Us How” presentation will be held in Missouri State’s Plaster Student Union Theater on April 8. Keynote speaker Natalie Allen, an MSU dietetics instructor, and Quintin Eason, MSU’s executive chef will discuss healthy living and the importance of buying locally.
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In Production, Local Cooking Show Expands to Season Two
“We’ve expanded the show through preliminary rounds for casting purposes, upgraded the set, created themed rounds, and added some new food sponsors and prize underwriters,” Deb Larson, the executive producer of Show-Me Chefs and associate professor of MJF, said. “We have a terrific batch of new chefs to compete this year and the community is really getting behind the show.”
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Audiences To Get Second Helping Of ‘Show-Me Chefs’
“There is so much talent here in the Ozarks and we want to showcase that. We also feel that as an educational institution, it’s our job to nurture and engage the community around us.”
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Show Me Chefs: MSU Students Cook Up A Series
Missouri State students and faculty collaborate to make “Show Me Chefs,” a cooking competition show that debuts in September 2015 on KOZL and online.
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Show-Me Chefs
Students at Missouri State University created Show-Me Chefs, a cooking show that highlights local chefs and local food producers, and you can watch it on TV starting September 26, 2015.
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"Show-Me Chefs" To Square Off On Reality Show
Roughly 40 students in Dr. Larson's Advanced TV Production class worked on the set doing everything from directing to producing to design. Students echoed it was an excellent, hands-on learning opportunity.
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