Crash Test Kitchen
Crash Test Kitchen (CTK) is a video cooking podcast and video blog (vlog) featured in Time magazine. It features creators Warren "Waz" Murray and Leanne "Lenny" White – Australian amateur chefs or 'foodies'.[1] CTK provides short programmes in multiple formats for viewers to follow the adventures (always humorously including all the mistakes with the successes) of Waz and Lenny in their kitchen. New videos are usually posted once a month.
History[edit]
CTK was started in 2005 by Waz and Lenny who were then living in Canada. The program continued to gain success and the podcast became a featured video podcast on iTunes. The program had a short stint 'on the road' across Canada before they moved to London, England until 2012, when they returned to Australia.[2] The web site features archived videos dating back to April 2005, as well as a 'Best of' CTK list. Comments can be left on the site at the bottom of the viewing page for each program.
In the December 16, 2006, issue of Time magazine, the annual "Person of the Year" title was given to "You", meaning the public, particularly independent content creators who used the Internet to post various videos, audio clips, photos, etc. and have affected local or global communities. Among several nominated people to represent "You" were "the Un-Emerils" Waz and Lenny for their success with CTK.[3] 612 ABC News Radio in Brisbane picked up the story as well and an interview with the couple in the Brisbane studio aired December 20, 2006.[4]
On June 6, 2007,[5] CTK appeared for the first time on the Word of Mouth page, the food blog for the Guardian Unlimited. Then on September 21, 2007,[6] CTK appeared again, this time in embedded podcast, in order to "crash test" Ross Dobson's spicy vegetable soup, extracted from The Observer's Observer Food Monthly.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Waz and Lenny". Time. 2012. Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ^ "Pavlova recipe from the end of the oeuf". 2012. Archived from the original on June 16, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ^ Grossman, Lev (December 16, 2006). "Person of the Year". Time. Archived from the original on January 9, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2006.
- ^ Johnston, Tony. "612 ABC News Brisbane". ABC News. Archived from the original on December 14, 2007. Retrieved December 20, 2006.
- ^ "Word of Mouth". Guardian Unlimited. London. June 6, 2007. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2007.
- ^ "Word of Mouth". Guardian Unlimited. London. September 21, 2007. Archived from the original on October 6, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
- ^ Dobson, Ross (September 23, 2007). "September 2007 Recipes". The Observer Food Monthly. London. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved September 24, 2007.