A couple weeks ago, another blogger from the Austin Food Bloggers Alliance posted a casting call ad for a food show.  I read the brief description and applied, why not?  I’m so graceful in front of a camera, it seemed like the natural thing to do.  I baked a few mini pies in cute little ceramic dishes, put on a sunshiney dress to rebel against daylight savings time, and posed for a picture of me and my pies.

For some reason, the flash was on when my mom took the picture.  I set the pies on the counter to show her how to turn the flash off and, well…  I didn’t set the pies fully on the counter because the box kerplunked onto the ground.  I re-assembled one of the broken pies, giggled to block the tears, and headed to the audition.  And broken pies and all, I was given a call back.

Needless to say, I’m the opposite of graceful in front of cameras.  But even though I know this, I went back to the second audition – an hour slot in front of the camera.  I baked a new pie, got covered in microphone wires, and gave the casting staff my all.  All of the anxiety was worth it, because I left the audition knowing that I took a chance.  A chance that Tampa Kristin would have never taken.

Check out the deets on Supermarket Superstars and keep your fingers crossed for me!