r/foodnetwork • u/KaleidoscopeBig9950 • 3d ago

GGG S36E03 has a chef from puerto rico?

I am watching the DDD vegans episode, one cheftestant has a restaurant, el grifo in puerto rico..

Its the first time i saw a contestant coming from so far away (i mustve missed the mexico episode), how does that work logistically? does ggg pay for flight tickets cause its a 15h flight for puerto rico to california or does all the exposure chefs get via DDD makes them feel indebted to guy so they dont mind?

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u/smackfu 3d ago

Puerto Rico isn’t that much further than Miami to be honest. Not 15 hours unless you have a really long connection.

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u/PerInception 3d ago

GGG pays for the flights, and contestants get an appearance fee regardless if they win or not. Bigger name chefs and food network personalities get paid a larger appearance fee than like DDD episode chefs or “random” chefs that appear, but they’re still getting paid and a flight (and a hotel room) covered, as well as transportation to / from the studio.

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u/JerkyBoy10020 3d ago

How the fuck is it a 15 hour flight?

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u/KaleidoscopeBig9950 3d ago

google maps showed 15 but when you look at the details it can be done in 10 hours.

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u/PurpleLilyEsq 3d ago

Does that include a bunch of crazy layovers? Puerto Rico to Miami/Orlando/Atlanta etc to Los Angeles shouldn’t take that long.

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u/JerkyBoy10020 3d ago

Where is it filmed?

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u/KaleidoscopeBig9950 3d ago

GGG is filmed in Santa Rosa, California

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u/AthenaND04 3d ago

Ok so SFO instead of LA. Honestly not a bad flight, maybe one stop or two, but can definitely be done in 10 hours. Not sure why the focus on them being Puerto Rican though…there are other chefs from cities far away from Santa Rosa on that show…

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u/sweetpeapickle 3h ago

JFC you do understand PR is part of the U.S.? So just like all the other chef contestants, however a chef gets there is the same way. Mexico....JFC it is part of the Caribbean chain.