Crash Test Kitchen
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Crash Test Kitchen is the original video cooking podcast
and video blog (vlog) as featured in Time Magazine. It features creators Waz and Lenny - Australian amateur chefs or 'foodies' living in London, England. CTK provides short programs 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.
CTK was started in 2005 by Waz and Lenny who were then living in Australia. They then moved to Canada where 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 the move to London. 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 16 December 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 had an impact on local or global communities. Among several nominated people to represent 'You' were "the Un-Emerils" Waz and Lenny for their success with CTK. 612 ABC News
Radio in Brisbane picked up the story as well and an interview with the couple in the Brisbane studio aired 20 December 2006.
On 6 June 2007, CTK appeared for the first time on the Word of Mouth page, the food blog for the Guardian Unlimited
. Then on 21 September 2007, 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.
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
and video blog (vlog) as featured in Time Magazine. It features creators Waz and Lenny - Australian amateur chefs or 'foodies' living in London, England. CTK provides short programs 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.
CTK was started in 2005 by Waz and Lenny who were then living in Australia. They then moved to Canada where the program continued to gain success and the podcast became a featured video podcast
Video podcast
Video podcast is a term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures...
on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
. The program had a short stint 'on the road' across Canada before the move to London. 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 16 December 2006 issue of Time Magazine, the annual 'Person of the Year
Person of the Year
Person of the Year is an annual issue of the United States newsmagazine Time that features and profiles a person, couple, group, idea, place, or machine that "for better or for worse, ...has done the most to influence the events of the year."- History :The tradition of selecting a Man 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 had an impact on local or global communities. Among several nominated people to represent 'You' were "the Un-Emerils" Waz and Lenny for their success with CTK. 612 ABC News
ABC News (Australia)
ABC News is a national news service produced by the News and Current Affairs division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - the division is responsible for all newsgathering and production of news output for ABC television, radio and online services...
Radio in Brisbane picked up the story as well and an interview with the couple in the Brisbane studio aired 20 December 2006.
On 6 June 2007, CTK appeared for the first time on the Word of Mouth page, the food blog for the Guardian Unlimited
Guardian Unlimited
guardian.co.uk, formerly known as Guardian Unlimited, is a British website owned by the Guardian Media Group. Georgina Henry is the editor...
. Then on 21 September 2007, CTK appeared again, this time in embedded podcast, in order to "crash test" Ross Dobson's spicy vegetable soup, extracted from The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
's Observer Food Monthly.