You Don't Get to Taste the Food — and Other Shocking Revelations About Being in the Audience of The Chew

For the a.m. taping of the show, we had to be in line at 7:45 a.m. It's EARLY. Especially during cold, wet months, be prepared to stand out there in the cold for a while. There's a production assistant outside calling in various names to come inside and get a numbered ticket and go through security. I then went inside a third room full of The Chew swag for purchase and some water bottles and cookies to snack on. Another assistant called out certain ticket numbers and asked for specific clothing details, like "Is anyone wearing a shirt with blue stripes?"