And take on the country’s most legendary eating challenges. I’m no competitive eater, just a regular guy with a serious appetite.
ADAM RICHMANI’ve always been a massive Beastie Boys fan, so if you look at their style aesthetic on Check Your Head, that was the headspace I was in for a minute. Whatever that was, that was me.
More Adam Richman Quotes
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I was 12 or 13, and I had seen a demo about origami at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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This is my ultimate hunger quest. This is Man v. Food.
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They had these really sick origami books with an overleaf, but those packs can sometimes blow, because they give you, like, eight sheets.
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Shaq is Shaq. I did an episode of The Soup with Shaq, and he shook my hand, and I felt like I was a Ken doll, like I had no hand.
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We were filming in Greenland, and I treated my crew.
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I’m Adam Richman. A food fanatic who’s held nearly every job in the restaurant biz.
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I have a master’s from Yale drama, and I auditioned for this.
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He heard the NPR show, contacted them, and essentially – shortest synopsis ever, like I’m the Cablevision guide button
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I thought maybe I would be everyone’s favorite dude-food friend.
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My mom always says, “Pack your smile,” but [the sound guy] articulated it beautifully, because he saw me go from Joe Schmo who had been on food stamps to Adam Richman from Man V. Food.
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. You don’t have to come at me like that.” But yeah, I’ve tried tendon. Tendon eventually yields.
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They flew me over, and it was this immersive experience.
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“Okay, that’s kind of conceivable.” If you’re talking about the dude from Man V. Food is doing pairings for fine wine, then I think people might not necessarily anticipate that.
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I said “I’ve had pho,” and then he goes, “Oh, what do you get, the number one big bowl?” I was like, “Come on, man
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I produced a play in New York that got nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best American Play.
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