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So great, Ali! Great video, great food.
Excellent video! Makes me want to go cook something; I loved the clever wit and the creativity! I am so proud of my baby girl!!!
Great story! Great acting!
Love it! Good luck!
mmm... mac and cheese is my favorite too!
nice video Hollywood at your door step, go Alison go.
In bocca al lupo!!
A very happy client gives two thumbs up for Chef Alison! Go Girl!!!
Good job, Alison!
Pure talent right there... must run in the family
So clever and funny Ali-- way to go-- this video is awesome!!
Interesting Useful good marketing
Go for it :)
Funny, creative and Inspiring.
P.s.- I love Food Network too!!!
I laughed, I cried. It was epic. Great job.
Ali, you really are "The Greatest"!!! Wish you'd been in business when I was a frazzled working mom serving Kraft macaroni & cheese!!!
good luck, alison! it's great to hear your story.
It makes me want to bury my head in a pot of man n cheese!
Funny stuff.
I'll never look at mac 'n cheese the same way again. I'm inspired!
I love the video, however that voice-over is scary. Better put the kids to sleep if he ever comes around again.
Alison I just *love* your story, and what a funny, insiring video!
Great storytelling, Ali! Your talents go far beyond the kitchen! Your passion for what you do is an inspiration!
This video makes me want to start MY own business...but first, I'll need some mac & cheese to help get my creative energy flowing...
absolutely love it!!
This is great! Good job!
This is awesome! Great job!
A real rag to riches tale, not to mention starvation to healthy eating morality play.
This video makes me happy & hungry. Great job Ali!!! And LOVE the voiceover!!!
I love this video! The voice-over rocks and so does the filming!
Thanks for the inspiring film. Mac n Cheese always saves the day.
Hey you could always go into acting if the cooking thing doesnt work out!!!!!!!
That video rocks, Ali! Great job and good luck! :)
Great Ali! Made me hungry!
looks good; could you bring supper to our home tonight?
So great!
I love it Ali. I have tasted your delicious plates on numerous occasions at Kate's and Dave's house. I think you hit a winner with your video because it is inspiring, useful and funny. You ROCK!
Excellent description of a personal chef! It's not so easy to tell others what it is we do!!
Great job on the video! I'm looking forward to a mean plate of Mac and Cheese next time I'm in SF!
AWESOME! I can still remember the wonderful meal Alison prepared at our corporate event. A delicious Asian Fusion ensemble. Next time I'll have to try the Mac and Cheese. ;)
your video is so inspiring, i'm walking into work tomorrow, quitting my job and starting my own personal chef business.
This is a great video!! Alison, you deserve top prize just for following your dreams and not giving up. Street cred?!? If you can make mac and cheese without using a box, you've got all the cred you need!! Good luck!!
This is a great video!! Alison, you deserve top prize just for following your dreams and not giving up. Street cred?!? If you can make mac and cheese without using a box, you've got all the cred you need!! Good luck!!
video is excellent. shows another talent in the creative field. good luck. hope you win.
Your dad said this would save my job!!!!!
What a fabulous career concept! I wish you lived here in Kansas! :)
Nice job! (Have a good ‘stuffies’ recipe?)
Mac N Cheese is my expertise also! You need to publish your recipe.
Glad to see it's working out for you. Good luck with the contest.
Awesome Video!
I like it! Now I want to go to school to learn to cook like her. Very inspiring!
awesome work....i hope you win!!
This video was outstanding and informative. I guess you can learn something from TV
Good Luck
Great job! Good luck
So great!! You CAN learn things from TV!!!
Great Job!
Great job Ali! Good luck!
It is 'rare' to find a chef who can use this type of 'medium' to create a video that is this 'well done'
Your video was great. If you cook as well as you make movies, you're a "shoe-in". Of course you'll need and expert voice to market you. Good luck
As I commented (and it put it under "Pafritts") this is a great video and you deserve to win. As Tim will tell you, I love the food channel! GOOD LUCK, Kathy
amazing! the acting was great!
That was so cool! Here is our next "Rachel Ray"!!
So cute, way to go Ali!
Inspiring, maybe there is life outside of my cube labeled OC69-230. You are like Magellan or another famous explorer who boldly goes where no chef has gone before!!! Cheers, Hacker
Funny fairy-tale narrative. Appropriate music selection.
Excellent branding in the concluding scene.
Example of how you can make a good video without needing to have people on camera talk.
Worthy of being a final pic for the grand prize.
Haha, That's great! Reminds me of those old school cartoons that would be on growing up as a kid. Extremely creative Ali! You did a great job on this and it was very well planned out. It not only shows all you've been throug and what it took to get where you are now but it is presented in format that a lot of people can relate to on a completely different level. If it was up to me I would definitely pick this video to win.
Charming! Her food is deeeelish!! If you enjoy cooking but sometimes need a break...Alison to the rescue! I loved the driving off into the sunset part :)
Great Information! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
I can't wait to cook this for the octuplets. Jk ;)
Chef Alison was great, and so was the narrator! Very funny :-)
Great video, no I'm hungry. Time for dinner.
You should come back to RI and open your business here! I need someone to cook for me!
Great love!!
Nicely done Ali! Funny, I just did a trade show and it got me thinking about launching my own food product..question was "where are the funds?"...thanks for the inspiration..and funny, we have the same car...good luck!!
Your video is oscar-worthy :) Your food sounds delicious, makes me crave some mac and cheese!!! Congrats and good luck!!!
Great video, Ali! Good luck!!
i looove it!!!!! i'm getting out my knife now!
Alison cuks reel gud.
i looove it!!! i'm getting out my knife now!!
I think it is inspiring that you followed your heart. Way to go and best of luck!
This was really good! Good Job Mrs. Mountford...hope all is well and Good luck--got my vote.--Heather Herbert
wow, your video was very clever and I took the time to vote for you and register into this thing :) Congrats Mrs. Mountford, this is a great idea! Do they have this in MA? you should do it, the food out here is nothing like home's.Good Luck-Ms. Herbert
Great job Ali! good luck!!
Really good--best of luck!
This is a great story! Thank YOU!
Great Video! Makes me hungry for Mac & Cheese!
Great Job!!
Very funny and creative. Well done!
I don't know how I missed your video until now, but I finally watched it and am left with a warm fuzzy good vibes feeling. Good job! It was also nice seeing my old stomping grounds in the city I once lived in and still visit frequently! LOVE SF!
Good luck in the contest, Allison!
mac and cheese . . . mac and cheese . . . mac and cheese . . .
delicious!
You are awesome!!! And so is the voiceover guy.
mac and cheese, yummy by the ton
I wonder who the hungry families are....;)
If only I had the spunk of Alison. I recognized myself watching Yan and Julia on Sunday mornings before there was cable, but did nothing about it. The video has inspired me to find the kitchen. Thank you chef!
Great video Ali.. Good job...!!!
Gook Luck Ali...your video was great!
Great video Ali!
Congrats & many wishes for continued success!!
I'm pulling for you! Ms. P!
Fantastique!! This woman is a winner!!
Hey Ali, I thought that was an amazing video! I loved it! I also love cooking so I can totally relate to your video. It was just...perfect.
Wonderful - you must win!
Hope you win Alison. Chef Jess
Sam McCullagh
Proud of my personal chef...Stay well, and keep on cookin
Sam McCullagh
Proud of my personal chef. Stay well, and keep on cookin
Very cute Alison, well done!
Great video!! Cathy
WOW!!!!!!!!
I always love a good biography! I like to watch them while I'm eating my Mac 'n Cheese. I should hire someone to make that for me so I have more time for biographies. Can you ship Mac 'n Cheese, or is there some sort of interstate ban? Keep up the good work, and listen to Gordon Ramsey! (he'll increase your vocabulary.)
What a great video you make it look easy. Good luck!!
Such an inspiring funny video Alison!
Very cool. Really enjoyed your video!
Good Luck Allison - from a sister finalist
So funny - reminds me of high school home economics film - from like the 60s! Seriously though - gives you "food for thought"... skill, patience and effort... always a winner.
Hilarious!
Finalist story from ChefAlison:
I became interested in cooking while watching TV. Throughout college, I was the Food Network's biggest fan who didn't own a knife. For years, I faithfully tuned in but never cooked a thing. Upon graduation I took a sales job that had me home by 4pm. With the evening looming large and newly acquired cash in my pocket, I hit the grocery store and found that, in fact, you can learn something just by watching TV. I became a serious home cook whipping up dishes that left my friends drooling and asking for tips. Unhappy in sales less than one year later, I discovered personal cheffing. I would quit my sales job and go to culinary school! Eventually, I would help time starved families eat healthier meals with less time and money spent each day. Traditional culinary schools are focused on the restaurant industry. When I mentioned to a chef instructor that I was going to be a personal chef AND cook in families' homes she laughed in my face. The chef told me that I would have no "street cred," weak skills, and would fail. Better to first slave away in a restaurant for 10-20 years, wait until the time is right, she insisted. This became a theme with chefs in school. I ignored them. Finally, I graduated and began looking for clients. For 6 months-nothing! In the morning I would check my seemingly dead telephone. Was my email disconnected? Did my fliers fall off the community bulletin board? Why was no one calling? I tried everything I could think of including (illegally, I later found out) dropping incentives in mailboxes, posting ads, emailing former connections, agreeing to walk dogs and babysit kids if I could just cook one dinner... When I booked my first client they requested 20 servings of mac&cheese and a gargantuan chicken pot pie each week. This is OK I thought, if not the more inspiring at least it pays. Later, this couple referred me to another who hired me to cater for a presidential candidate (OK, it wasn't Obama)! Finally, after almost one year of amateur marketing attempts my schedule began filling up. Now, I deliver meals to families each evening. Some days are still difficult-fingers are cut, asparagus is overcooked, clients cancel - but through it all, I know the most difficult part is over because I took the plunge. I'm in business and I made it happen!
Find your passion and make it your career - not the other way around! Do what you have to do to get started. If you have to add dog walking to get a client just do it. Eventually, you can afford to be much choosier. Finally, don't burn bridges or leave on bad terms. As with my mac&cheese turned presidential reference, you never know where your paths will cross in the future in a way that suits you better.
You can learn something from TV - I hope others learn from your video example.