Good point, but I asure you, they did extensive backgroud checks! I can only speak for myself... but I was bad...REALLY bad. Not anymore! Lost almost 40 lbs and pursuing a culinary career!

Go Team Blue!;)
Sophia Ayala Gettys

Food Network has caught liars before. From one of the hosts of "Dinner Impossible" to one of the seasons of "The Next Food Network Star". They will find the liars.

Of course people may lie. Most reality shows have liars on them, which is actually part of reality anyway.

This reminds me of when I was in college. I had to take a P.E. class, but I had no athletic inclinations at all. So I signed up for beginning swimming as I could swim pretty well. The only problem was that when the teacher walked in I was down in the deep end and everyone else was shivering in the shallow end.

Liars usually get caught one way or another. It's hard to keep the lies straight. I say the only part of this show to worry about would be if you had to eat the food they cook!

:) Happy New Year!!

You bring up a very valid point - I had never considered the fact that people could easily lie to get on the series.

My biggest problem with the show is Anne Burrell. I always loved her as Mario Batali's sous-chef on 'Iron Chef America', but I hate her show 'Secrets of a Restaurant Chef'.