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American TV series or program
Dinner with the Band
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Genre
| Food Reality
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Created by
| Darin Bresnitz
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Developed by
| Darin Bresnitz
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Directed by
| Darin Bresnitz
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Presented by
| Sam Mason
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 2
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No.
of episodes
| 16
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Producers
| Darin and Greg Bresnitz
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Production locations
| Brooklyn, NY
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Editor
| Erik Horn
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Camera setup
| Multi-camera
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Network
| IFC
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Release
| November 24, 2009
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2009-11-24
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present
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Dinner With The Band
is an American
food reality show
hosted by chef
Sam Mason
. It began as an ON Networks
web series
in March 2007 but was later acquired by the
Independent Film Channel
and premiered as a full-length 30-min television show on November 24, 2009.
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The premise
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In each episode, Mason invites a band into a
Brooklyn
loft doubling as a kitchen/small concert studio space. The band joins him in the kitchen as he creates an original meal in their honor such as Sharon Steaks and The Dap Rings for
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
or Les Savy Pheasant for
Les Savy Fav
. In addition to the meal, Mason also prepares cocktails inspired by the band during the show. Typically, the featured band will perform two songs in between kitchen sessions and banter with Mason about their music and experience with food throughout the show.
The host
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Sam Mason is a Brooklyn-based chef who attended culinary school at
Johnson & Wales University
. Before becoming the host of
Dinner With The Band
, Mason worked under such famous chefs as
Wylie Dufresne
and Jean Louis Palladin.
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He has appeared in an
episode of Iron Chef America
, losing in a
skirt steak
battle against Iron Chef
Masaharu Morimoto
. His latest restaurant gig before
Dinner With The Band
was as chef/owner at Tailor in
New York City
, a position he left in late 2009.
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Mason does not play an instrument himself though he has moonlighted as a
country music
DJ for
East Village Radio
.
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In an interview with
The New York Times
, Mason said that he was originally asked by the show's creators (Darin and Greg Bresnitz) to host despite the fact that they didn't know who he was. "No joke: they Googled ‘tattooed hipster chef’, and I came up."
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Guest bands
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References
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External links
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