Admitting to how much one doesn’t know, in an era bent on proving our incompetence, is humbling enough for most of us. But it seems especially difficult for celebrities. Dispatches from Hollywood have often tended towards the smugness of certitude since COVID’s earliest days in America: recall the infuriating “Imagine” video, in which Gal Gadot and her Oscar-party compatriots smiled down from Olympus at us. In an era in which the hinges seem to be coming off reality, owning up to not being sure of how to respond isn’t just the more charming and relatable option: It’s the only appropriate one.
The WarnerMedia streamer has renewed its unscripted series Selena + Chef for a second season. The final four episodes of the first season, which has renowned chefs teaching Gomez how to cook while she's quarantined at home, debuted Thursday on HBO Max.
"Learning from some of the best chefs in the world has vastly improved my cooking skills but I have a lot more to learn," said Gomez. "I am looking forward to challenging myself in the kitchen on the next season."
Each episode has a chef providing a remote cooking lesson to Gomez, tackling different forms of cuisine, sharing valuable kitchen tips and dealing with minor disasters like missing ingredients and smoking ovens. Each episode also highlights a food-related charity.
"We are thrilled to continue the culinary fun of watching Selena in the kitchen on HBO Max," said Sarah Aubrey, head of original content at HBO Max. "From her chemistry with each master chef to those colorful knives in the first season, we can't wait to see what delicious surprises she has in store for season two."
Gomez's July Moon Productions produces the show with Industrial Media's The Intellectual Property Corporation; the two also collaborated on Netflix's docuseries Living Undocumented. Gomez and IPC's Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman and Leah Hariton executive produce.
