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These chefs are doing so much work, Vetrini says over Zoom.
I just wanted to curate it and give it a story.
Why did these chefs make good reality-TV fodder?I did not anticipate it becoming a series.
I was making a joke, and people were like, Okay, we want more.
I had been observing Meredith fromWishbone Kitchenfor a couple of seasons.
She was my entry into private cheffing in the Hamptons.
They bring in friends; they have parties.
The second chef I noticed this summer was Rob.
He had such a different angle than Meredith.
His content was much more Gen Z, much more hip, much more edited and stylized.
I foundSeth, who literally had 200 followers on the first video I saw.
And now I think hes close to 20,000.
You get beautiful houses, so you have the Nancy Meyers Coastal Grandmother content.
You have the aspirational food content.
And then you get gardening.
So you have this cottagecore content where they have these beautiful gardens producing fruits and vegetables.
Its just the wealth porn of it, like watchingSuccession.
And I always gave preference to any punch in of drama.
But the chefs kept suggesting new chefs for me and then I would have to kick people off.
But they assured me that they did not care.
They just liked the exposure and were happy to be there.
Every reality-TV show has tropes and structures.
What would you say are yours?Well, theres the hero.
Meredith is the top dog.
She is consistent and good every week.
Theres a heartthrob: Rob.
Then I added a lesbian heartthrob after that: Bri.
Seth was absolutely my underdog.
He started with the least number of followers, and people were cheering him on every week.
Then chefs would team up.
What would you say are the most quintessential dishes these chefs cook?They love heirloom tomatoes.
They love grazing boards.
Lobster Cobb salad is huge.
Anything on the grill.
And a lot of pizza they have pizza ovens at these million-dollar homes in the Hamptons.
And theyre always going to that one grocery store.Citarella is like their pantry.
They seem to go five times a day.
They had a great party.
They called me from it.
They vary so much from the top chef to the bottom chef.
Meredith has her own cookbook shes working on.
But the concept is still out there.
Even if I dont edit it, I hope somebody jumps on that opportunity.
They have told me that private cheffing is a very isolating experience.
They dont get to socialize at all, and this brought them together.
Do you think something like this is a legitimate competitor to reality TV?Absolutely.
I mean, thats what Ive been hoping for.
All of the content exists, and we just need someone to curate it for us.
