Though I did have two opportunities recently.

Did the open call for The Next Food Network Star. I was pretty sure going in how it would work, and read an article from a season 6 contestant that confirmed it: They start the open calls already knowing what "characters" they want. If you match one of them, you get a call back. If not, there's almost nothing you can do that will get their interest.

Then I was a contestant in the Aetna Healthy Food Fight, based on healthy recipes according to some standard I don't necessarily agree with. But my recipe looked good on paper -- even though I didn't read the standard, and saw that other people created recipes tailored to it. Did that on Sunday, they say it could be a couple weeks before they announce the winner.

The offer (CEO needs to sign off on Monday, so it's still tentative) I'll have to be a bit vague about. I haven't seen the NDA yet, but it's a regulated industry, so I don't know yet what the rules are for public disclosure.