... what is it, how do you balance that feel of what you're looking for to create an ensemble cast? And, you know, how do you make sure that this cast is really gonna blend together?

Yeah, sure.

This is actually what I love most about the job.

So unscripted casting, we get to also, in a way, kind of write the script because the stories of the chefs that we're choosing become the stories of the show.

So they not only become the cuisines that the audience is going to learn about, but the family stories, their origin stories, their cooking.

Um, so that is such a huge part of what we look for, you know? Chefs that not only are great at what they do, but, like, can talk about it.

Oscar Diaz.

And he was so good at talking about his food and relating that to, like, being Mexican American and how that's, like, you know, shaped his entire world in a way, his food world.