Australian Gourmet Traveller - (04)April 2020 (1)

NicoleByerhostsNailedIt!onNetflix.

Forherlatesttourinformation, see

nicolebyerwastaken.com

Is saltoreggshelltheworstthingthat’s

endedupinaNailedIt!cake?Salt. Salt

is very jarring and terrible.

Thebakingchallengesthatcontestants

faceonNailedIt!aresotechnically

complexthatit’scomical– whetherit’s

producinganactive-volcanocakeor

creatinganedibleversionofMichelangelo’s

David. Wastherea challengethatwas

unbelievablyhardforpeopletoattempt?

They’reallprettydifficult.I wouldn’t

doit,buteverytimeI watchpeople

try it, I think, “this will be bad!”

AcclaimedchefJacquesTorresis a fellow

judge.Haveyoulearntanygoodcooking

tipsfromhim?Personally,I liketoadd

a littlemoreofeverything,whichisn’ta

tiphe’sgivenme.Whenyouadda little

bitmore,youmakeit yourown.Jacques

says,“no,Nicole,you have to follow

the directions.”

You’recomingtoAustraliasoonforyour

firstheadlinetourasa comedian.What’s

a highlightfromyourpreviousvisithere?

Honestly,I atea lotofchickennuggets

andFrenchfries.I stayedat a hotel

oppositetheSydneyOperaHouse

andtheyhadthebestchickennuggets

and French fries. I kept ordering.

Youhavea podcastcalledWhyWon’t

YouDateMe?. Haveyoueverdined

somewhereunusualfora romantic

encounter?Yeah,I wenttotheBurbank

airporttoeatat GuyFieri’srestaurant.

I loveGuyFieriandthemanI wasdating

likedhimaswell,soI suggestedthatwe

findoneofhisrestaurants.ThenI did

someresearchandrealisedheonlyhas

oneinLAandit’sat theBurbankairport.

I askedmydateif hewantedtogoand

hesaid,“Sure.”Honestly,it wasa lovely

time,it wasa greatdate.Wewentto

a tiki bar afterwards; it waswonderful.

Sonotallairportfoodis bad.Not when

Guy Fieri is there.●

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