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A few days ago (Monday to be exact) Douglas went to LA and auditioned for Hell's Kitchen. This was at an open casting call were about 350-400 people showed up. He had to fill out a 12+ page application and wait and wait and wait. Then Doug was interviewed. Douglas was asked to come back the next day (Tuesday) dressed in a Chef coat and ready to be on camera. On Tuesday, Doug went back and they filmed him answering questions. They took a 20 minute interview and will rewatch it making notes for the editing team. The editing team takes all the 20 minute interviews and cuts them down to 5 minutes. Once the Associate Producer collects all the condensed videos from around the US (they have lots more stops-this was their first casting call I think) she meets with the Executive Producer of the show to view them. They then select a handful (50-60) people to move on to the next round. It sounds as though Doug has a fair chance of making it to the next round. Let's keep our fingers crossed. If he does make it we will know by the frist 2 weeks of November. We will know by the end of the first week in December if he is on the cast for the new season. Filming is set for the first quarter of 2009 so it will be sometime between January and March. If Doug is on the show he will be gone for 5 weeks!

Anyway, we are excited that he had the chance to go. Who knows what could happen? And if e doesn't make it on (and have the chance to earn his potential dream job) then at least he had fun trying out. So many people have said he should be on that show (one of my friends was actually going to try to sign him up for it). So now we can say that he did try!

Preston is very excited at the prospect of his Dad being on TV. He has taken it upon himslef to inform the entire student body of Sierra Vista Elementary. He knows a lot of people too (remember he was nicknamed "the kindergarten president" after his very first day of school ever). Chloe thinks it's pretty cool too though she wanted to know if SHE could be on TV. Yep, that's Chloe right? Then there's Derek. He's a little confused about what being on TV means. He thought it meant you were inside the TV stuck! Pretty funny huh?

I hope he has the chance to make it on. I think he would do very well. Doug is very competitive and would LOVE to create fine dining masterpieces again. He would be on fire and have the chance to show really what he is capable of. Doug would love to one day be the Executive Chef at a Michelin Star restaurant.