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What happens to food on shows these days?

littleminx — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:29:17 GMT

Just curious, all the food on display and being shown by hosts like today, what and where does the food end up? Hopefully used wisely in some manner and just not wasted!!

Re: What happens to food on shows these days?

DecorDiva — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:46:23 GMT

Obviously it can't be consumed by humans. QVC is located in an area of Pa where there are a lot of farmers. I'd like to think they have an agreement with, say, pig farmers, and give all their excess food to them, but I doubt it.

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ellaphant — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:57:53 GMT

Food used on TV/movie sets are out under hot lights for hours. They are also sprayed to look shiny and or fresh. It is not for human or animal consumtion. Must be tossed. I was a casting director for TV commercials for years and was often on commercial sets with 'food.' The food we hear about the crew eating is excess that never made it onto the set.

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PA Mom-mom — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:58:43 GMT

@littleminx There are so many posts about the food on display at QVC these days. It seems I see at least one post each day. I think QVC should post some sort of notice on their website about that. Perhaps they do, and I have not seen it. I know they usually use up the freshly cooked items by distributing them among the staff, but I don't know how they are using them these days.

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littleminx — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:06:56 GMT

Thanx for all the answers! I appreciate your time.

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newjerseygirl — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:30:36 GMT

@ellaphant wrote:
Food used on TV/movie sets are out under hot lights for hours. They are also sprayed to look shiny and or fresh. It is not for human or animal consumtion. Must be tossed. I was a casting director for TV commercials for years and was often on commercial sets with 'food.' The food we hear about the crew eating is excess that never made it onto the set.

A few years ago I went on the All Access tour at QVC. This tour was quite extensive and we saw much more than what was on the regular QVC tour. We did stop in the area where all the food prep was done for on air food presentations. The man in charge said pretty much the same as @ellaphant . The food is not edible after being on display and under the lights for hours. The food is treated so it looks fresh under the lights.

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Tangocash — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:58:57 GMT

I saw Rick earlier today say he was going to eat the food as soon as no one was watching!

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Kachina624 — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 03:52:14 GMT

If the hosts are not permitted to eat it due to safety issues, I doubt anyone else is either and it's thrown out.

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Catty2 — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 07:31:35 GMT

I wondered the same thing about the food being wasted. But I sure don't miss seeing hosts like AP and RB oohing and ahhing over every single item they eat.

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LindaSal — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:04:03 GMT

I can just imagine the spray of saliva also that ends up on the food as the hosts are constantly talking over it, YUCK!

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queen75 — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:33:50 GMT

@LindaSal wrote:
I can just imagine the spray of saliva also that ends up on the food as the hosts are constantly talking over it, YUCK!

@LindaSal Or the host's bringing it so close to their noses to smell? I swear this is so ****** disgusting. Rachel does this all of the time..

Re: What happens to food on shows these days?

Teddixat — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 18:05:20 GMT

Maybe they should cut back on how much food they waste just to sell food. So many people are going hungry. I hate to see so much waste