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Living By Design Holiday Special Premiere

Byfrancescadzani@gmail.com
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Setting up the Set

When I started with PowerHouse Productions in September of this year I had not a clue what I would be exposed to, who I would meet, and what it would be like leading culinary on projects that my bosses and Executive Producers Rochelle Brown and Sonia Armstead produced. I was granted the opportunity to travel to California a few times already to work with them and their team of producers and crew members to create unique content for TVOne. To create memories that cannot be transformed into a better time. To laugh way too much and sleep way too little.

I would love for you to tune in this evening for the premiere of Living by Design Holiday Special with Jake and Jazz Smollett. Every family has a way of recreating the holidays for their families or friends so Jake and Jazz will show you how they create theirs. Their pink speckled wooden tabletop will be covered with champagne and smothered chicken and surrounded by friends (inclusive of some unique guests).

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When staging the set and setting up each food segment everything had to be perfect. Herbs were hit with a little extra spritz, veggies were squeaky clean, and the overall organization of ingredients landed on the island in a way that Jake or Jazz could easily determine which one needed to be used next while simultaneously cooking and entertaining the camera. Smothered Chicken and Collards, Pot Roast and a crabby Potato Gratin, and the luscious finale of Peach Cobbler created their perfect holiday meal.

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