Andy
A prolific artist and junk food devotee, loves his drive-thru lifestyle. Only problem, it doesn’t love him back. Andy has been told by his team of doctors (count them!) that unless he changes his diet and profession (his paints are equally as toxic), he’s hanging on by a short fuse. Creative on canvas and in all aspects of his entrepreneurial drive, he wants to get his hands in the food--like he does his paint. Andy is a determined visionary who fearlessly jumps in guided by his instincts. Although the kitchen has long lived in his blind side, make no mistake, he will conquer this unchartered frontier. His refrigerator magnet reads, “The best revenge is massive success.” (Tony Robbins) His chef-quest is game on!
K. Ross
A gentle giant and pure vegetarian since birth, is best known for his bear hugs with built-in back scratches. Always-positive, he’s a motivational expert in business and if often found pumping up sales forces around the world. His big heart message has the same effect on the duck population (and actually, all living things) from his home pond to beyond. K. Ross was shocked to get the “obese” label on the BMI scale - not a label he wants to share with his latest one as he is now a new “Grandpa”. When roped into this culinary exploration by ‘wont-take-no-for-an-answer’ Andy, he continually shows up with his smiling mantra, “IT’S ALL GOOD!”
2 Guys Can't Cook
2GCC is not really a cooking show.
Andy & K. Ross, our fledgling chef wannabes, will be taught by a diversity of culinary artists in kitchens around the world. They will learn about ingredients and how to combine them as “cuisine.” But this show is less about serving up plated food and more about the unpredictable journey getting there. Whether at a Tokyo sushi bar, barrio taco truck, cowboy BBQ or haute cuisine bistro, each culinary experience brings the guys closer to connecting to food - the good, the bad and the so bad, it's good.
2GCC is not a show about recipes.
Simply following a recipe out of a book is like painting-by-number. Whether these kitchen newbies are successful or not in their chef-quest, Andy & K. Ross colorfully move and shake outside the lines and their lives get tastier, spicier and tantalizinger. Food is a metaphor to create, nourish, and inspire a more delicious, full-feeling life. Try and measure that with a teaspoon!
2GCC is not a show about diets.
Overweight, medicated and miffed at how they got to this dire point: these culinary-impaired guys embark on a path to figure out the food part of the healthy lifestyle equation. Andy and K. Ross used to only get off the couch to grab something from the fridge, call the pizza guy or bounce down to the drive-thru. Now, carnivorous sugar-junkie Andy and vegetarious blender-king K. Ross challenge their less-than-optimal routines. They are determined to know what is in the food they love, where it comes from, and how to prepare it so they can eat to live…and live to eat another day.
2GCC is not for weak stomachs.
Mediocrity is not in its vocabulary. Nor is predictable, formulaic and safe. Cook hard or go home. Bake all that you can be. Just Chop it! Andy & K. Ross proudly live these bumper stickers with bucket-list bravado. Win or lose, sink or swim, they show up ready to chop, stir, crisp, boil, flip and sear life by the mountain oysters. Andy & K. Ross learn a few things on this culinary playground: There are no such things as too old or too late. There are no dreams too big. Something always turns into...something else. You don’t need to know how to do anything…before you do anything. Chop-Chop!
2GCC is not without doggie bags.
Blowing up a couple kitchens and frustrating master chefs, these aspiring all-left-thumbs foodies stumble upon valuable take-aways, morsels of the Holy Grail with each cooking lesson. Andy & K. Ross’ gastro-insights may just inspire other couched, man-cave dwellers and/or those that can’t/won’t/don’t cook (or hungrily reach for their dreams) to join them on this individualized, amazing adventure called life.
2GCC is a bumpy ride into the unknown for 2 best friends.
In search for a healthier way and through all their recipes for disaster in the kitchen, Andy & K. Ross have each other’s back at every chopping block. If what you don’t know can kill you, they are betting on the opposite! Whether you can or can’t cook, guaranteed you haven’t seen it done like this before.