Creators Spotlight #007: Hungry in Brooklyn

Meet Shea and Raphael who run the food show Hungry in Brooklyn, where they spotlight one ingredient a week and pull together a tv-quality show on their own! They support local ingredients, and local food artisans in their home ‘burb of Brooklyn.

More Creator Spotlights:
Kevin Nalty - “Nalts”
Alan Kaufman - “Ultra Fur”
Grace Randolph - “Beyond the Trailer”

We have a lot of content on Next New devoted to frugality. From crafting your own halloween costumes, to building Hollywood-style props for next-to-nothing, it only made sense to continue that fine tradition in the kitchen.

Enter the “Working Class Foodies,” Rebecca and Kit.

“WCF” was one of our launch shows in 2009, for our food network Hungry Nation (“Real People. Real Food.”). Its combination of gorgeous shooting, and love for sizzling up affordable but edible dishes made for great programming and even better cross promotion.

Says Rebecca, “Once we decided to make it a show, we tried to cast it … we tried to make it more … I guess gimmicky, more Food Network-y, and then we just thought … why? … that’s the kind of show we’re sick of watching. Why make a show that we don’t even want to watch? So we decided to make a show that we would want to watch.”

With around 65 episodes under their much-experienced belts, the Foodies lead the way for local, sustainable, and organic food within our Hungry Nation and beyond. Make sure to check out this week’s Creators Spotlight.

More Creator Spotlights:
Kevin Nalty - “Nalts”
Alan Kaufman - “Ultra Fur”
Grace Randolph - “Beyond the Trailer”

Alan Kaufman has seen it all. From production on the film sets of the 1970s, to the video heyday of Nickelodeon, to an original hire of Next New Networks, Alan has spent the past 30 years saving images to film - tape - DVD - and file servers.

When we first met at Next New Networks nearly four years ago, Alan was a never-ending fount of knowledge and a teller of entertaining tales. When crafting the populace of a start-up, it’s important to have fresh young minds, excited for a bleeding-edge medium … and though Alan eclipsed many of us in years, the excitement and “let’s go out and make some magic!” enthusiasm he had was unmatched. When I was feeling tired and beat-down, I’d look to Alan to give me that creative kick in the pants I needed.

It’s this same spirit that infuses “Ultra Fur” with it’s special brand of home-brewed, DIY goodness. With over 40 episodes, and typically several weeks of episodes already created in advance, it’s clear Alan loves his quiet safari into the untamed reaches of his front (and back) yards.

Get to know him in this weeks Creators Spotlight.