Today in Bryant Park

This afternoon, we ran into Bob Tuschman, the general manager of the Food Network and judge of the Next Food Network Star, in Bryant Park. As a huge fan of the Food Network, we thought this was a big deal.

Here is Bob's bio:

Bob Tuschman joined Food Network in 1998 as Executive Producer, and was promoted to Vice President, Programming and Production in 1999. He played a key role in creating the highly rated block of cooking shows airing on weekend mornings and daytime afternoons. Bob developed and executive-produced the top performing series 30 Minute Meals, Barefoot Contessa and Everyday Italian among others. He was promoted to Senior Vice President in charge of all programming and production in 2005. Prior to joining the network, he worked at ABC News as a producer for Good Morning America, as well as numerous specials and pilots. He also produced pilot and documentary projects for HBO, American Movie Classics and CNBC.

You can read about Bob here.