Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks?

Here in the 21st century dirty water dogs and warm, flat beer won’t cut it. Modern sports fans demand diverse food choices, local flavors, unique offers, and value.

Food Scouts has merged old-school baseball scouting methods with sports-watching food fans. In the old days a person would spot a young phenom on a sandlot baseball field. Someone would know someone who knew a crusty scout who’d drive 500 miles across the plains to rate the kid. If the phenom truly had talent, well, let’s just say higher-level scouts would show up and eventually sign the youngster.

Our show is designed with that matrix in mind. Fans are the local scouts. Food Scouts’ experts perform the investigation.  Our team responds to fan reports by scouting the situation, digging into the club, stadium, and local restaurant connections.

Once on the ground, we interview chefs, talk about the relationship, explore the food’s creation in the kitchen, tour the stadium/arena, interview fans and share historic/unique facts about the city. In the end, we deliver a scouting report.

Our Team:

Rich Libero — Former Fox Sports, NHL, Comcast/NBC Sports content executive merged his love of the sports business and content creation with player scouting to conceive Food Scouts.

Alison Shelton — Former co-host of the Mike Trivisonno show, which was the No. 1 radio talk show in Cleveland. Alison also worked for Fox Sports Ohio covering the then-Cleveland Indians and working on Totally Tribe. Her background and connections into the sports world — and particularly baseball — go deep.

Don Stelmaszek — A partner with Angry Elf Entertainment, Don has an excellent eye for film direction, photography, graphics, and editing. He captured top awards at the Arthouse Festival in Beverly Hills and competed as a semi-finalist at Phoenix Shorts, Toronto Independent Film Festival, Florida Shorts, Vancouver Independent Film Festival.

Cameron Brumbelow — Brings a wealth of production, acting and legal experience via Angry Elf Entertainment. He’s also appeared in small roles in blockbuster films such as Avengers: End Game. He’s Production Office Coordinator for large studios on feature films including Lionsgate Entertainment and Legion M. He’s currently working on seven Lifetime channel movies.