Fake Chef Pranks Local News With Disgusting Recipes

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By Neha Prakash2014-03-03 22:50:50 UTC

Let's file this under: "Only funny because it didn't happen to us."

Over the holiday season, "chef" Keith Guerke made several appearances on morning television shows in the Midwest to promote his cookbook, Leftovers Right. He taught several bright-eyed news anchors how to turn yesterday's dinner — often Thanksgiving foods, like mashed potatoes and gravy — into delightful treats, like mashed potato ice cream cones and gravy smoothies.

Yum, right?

Wrong. Guerke was not a real chef. His name wasn't even his real name. Guerke's real persona is comedian Nick Prueher. Prueher teamed up with Found Footage Festival co-creator Joe Pickett to prank local TV networks, easily booking five gigs for the unqualified chef.

Prueher, posing as Guerke, went on to teach Americans how to prepare various disgusting dishes, usually using day-old KFC for the concoctions. The news anchors often sampled the meals.

The compilation of Prueher's TV appearances was posted on YouTube Monday to promote the 10th anniversary tour of the Found Footage Festival.

This wasn't the first time Found Footage members have trolled local news. A few years ago, Pickett and Mark Proksch, another Found Footage member, fooled networks with K-Strass, the yo-yo "professional."

Fool the news once, shame on you. Fool the news twice, just keep doing it.

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