The List: 10 things John Catucci, host of You Gotta Eat Here! on Food Network Canada, can’t live without
1 | My shaving gear
I hate shaving. I used to get all kinds of nicks and scratches. I discovered The Art of Shaving products at a store in Vegas. They’ve saved my face.
2 | My Nakiri knife
I found it at a store in Calgary when I was shooting there. I walked in with a couple of guys on the crew and we all started fawning over these knives. They’re light and super sharp. Mine is made for cutting vegetables. It actually makes cooking fun.
3 | My jump rope
I hate exercising, but my job requires me to eat—excessively. My routine mostly involves jumping rope in my hotel room. I try to do 100 reps without stopping. And I always wonder what the people in the room below mine must think I’m doing.
4 | My little piece of home
My six-year-old daughter, Ruby, made this book for me to take on the road. I look at it when I’m homesick.
5 | My bowling shoes
I bowl a lot, mostly with guys from the show (we’re on the road 200 days a year, so we have to entertain ourselves). Wearing rental shoes all the time was starting to get gross, so I asked my wife for my own pair for Christmas. They’ve made a huge difference—though not to my score.
6 | My JFL award
For years I’ve been part of a comedy duo called the Doo Wops. In 2001 we won the Homegrown Comic Competition at Just for Laughs in Montreal. It was the moment that launched my career.
7 | My grill
I just bought a new one, a really big Weber Genesis. I’d always heard that you should try the lid when you’re buying a barbecue, and this one has an incredibly solid lid.
8 | My Bitondo’s panzerotti
I’ve been going to Bitondo’s in Little Italy since my dad first took me 35 years ago. It hasn’t changed at all. I used to go a lot—and I’d devour panzerotti, sometimes even a slice, too—but I’ve cut back. Now, it’s a once-a-year thing. You can’t do more than that.
9 | My favourite T-shirt
I bought this Ironhead Valentine’s Day T-shirt on sale several weeks after Valentine’s Day. It’s so comfortable and fits so well. I wear it way too much.
10 | My plaid cufflinks
I always wear plaid. When I have to wear a suit to events, I still want to have a bit of my signature look coming through. My friend Victor, who owns Acappella Clothing on St. Clair, found these cufflinks for me. Whenever I have to look good, I go to him.
(Images: Norman Wong)
This show is a lie i live in halifax and iv ate at boneheadz and there food is nasty i eould never eat that fake southern food again im from the states and that is not southern food.
John Catucci is a pathetic response to Guy Fieri. He’s not interesting, he’s not funny, he has no special background in food or cookery. I stopped watching when he insisted on calling moussaka lasagna, and asked the Greek chef whether he was using Italian olive oil. Disgusting.
The food/restaurant is the real star of this show. John is just doing the best he can to showcase it. It is so easy to make unkind remarks from behind your keyboard. I’m sorry that you are feeling so bad about your life that you have to slam someone to feel better about yourselves . “GIVE PEACE A CHANCE”