Magical Elves CEOs Casey Kriley and Jo Sharon talk about how Top Chef walked so that Nailed It!
could run when it comes to representation and diversity on reality cooking shows.
There’s nothing, arguably, more democratic than food everyone needs to eat, after all.
Courtesy Casey Kriley and Jo Sharon
But that doesn’t mean it always does.
“The casting onNailed It!has always been the secret sauce,” says Sharon.
According to Magical Elves, 66 percent of the crew on the current season ofNailed It!
Tone Bell, Nicole Byer, Jacques Torres on ‘Nailed It!'.NETFLIX
Halloween!are either women, BIPOC and/or part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
The show itself has been nominated for Outstanding Competition Program two years in a row.
Have I gotten to fall out of the ceiling?
Padma Lakshmi on ‘Top Chef’.David Moir/Bravo
Not yet, but there’s still time for that."
“And truthfully, we’ve only just begun to scratch the surface.”
She says season 20 will show “a lot of dishes that have never been onTop ChefU.S.
before, and I can’t wait to bring that to our audience.”
Kriley and Sharon will continue to work to promote diversity both on and off screen.
