Bruce Franchini

But to prove my point, she was running an upscale Italian restaurant called But it was a family operation.

But the reason why that show was important to me because my friend, Bruce Franchini, my friend, he was actually my former boyfriend in San Francisco.

He was the director.

And Bruce was not only the director of Master Chefs of New York, but also directed Julia Child, Jacques Pepin, and many other people on PBS over the years that he worked there.