Reeling In The Fun With “Hook, Line and Dinner”
Transplanted Brooklynite Ben Sargent knows a thing or two about urban fishing and shows off his chops in the show “Hook, Line and Dinner,” which airs on The Cooking Channel.
Sargent, a New England native, first made a splash in New York City when he started making lobster rolls out of his Williamsburg basement a few years back. “It eventually grew into something that couldn’t be controlled and had to eventually be shut down,” he recalled.
Since he developed a character being an “illicit dealer of lobster rolls” Sargent hounded the Cooking Channel and the Food Network for his own show. “Finally they said, ‘This guy keeps popping up and he is going to be more and more annoying until we give him a show,’” he explained, adding that he has owned two seafood restaurants in the past. “I would film episodes myself. I always wanted to be with the fisherman and the chef – kind of the same thing as being backstage with the band – it really races my engine.”
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