Producers of “Master Chef Junior,” which airs locally on KHON-TV, are inviting children ages 8 to 13 to submit video auditions for Season 6 of the cooking competition show.
The winner of each season receives $100,000 and a trophy but must succeed through several rounds of competition. Each young chef’s dishes are judged by the show’s host and primary star, Michelin-starred British chef Gordon Ramsay, award-winning American pastry chef Christina Tosi and a third judge, a position previously filled by award-winning chef and restaurateur Graham Elliot.
According to the show’s casting website, videos should be between five and 10 minutes in length and feature the child preparing and plating a signature dish, with clear audio. Full video submission requirements can be found online.
Videos must be submitted only by parents or legal guardians and must be postmarked by 9 a.m. Friday. The deadline may be extended at the producers’ discretion.
Visit masterchefjuniorcasting.com.
Harleys investigated for brake failures
NEW YORK >> The U.S. government is investigating complaints from Harley-Davidson riders who say their motorcycle brakes failed without warning.
The investigation covers 430,000 Harley-Davidson motorcycles with model years between 2008 and 2011 that have an anti-lock braking system, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday.
Riders reported that the brakes on the hand lever and foot pedal did not work, causing one driver to crash into a garage door. NHTSA said it received 43 complaints, three reports of crashes and two reports of injuries.
Samsung ‘water resistant’ claim debunked
NEW YORK >> Consumer Reports says a Samsung phone that’s advertised as being “water resistant” actually isn’t.
The problem appears limited to the Galaxy S7 Active, a rugged model available only through AT&T in the U.S. The standard S7 and S7 Edge models have the same claims on water resistance and passed tests.
Consumer Reports, a nonprofit organization that is well respected for its product testing, said Friday that it can’t recommend the Active because it doesn’t meet Samsung’s own claims. By contrast, Consumer Reports rates the S7 and S7 Edge phones as “Excellent” for their displays, battery life and cameras.
Samsung said it has received few complaints and had subject the phone to strict testing for quality assurance, but “there may be an off-chance that a defective device is not as watertight as it should be.” The company said it was in touch with Consumer Reports to learn more about its tests.
Samsung says all S7 phones, including the Active, are designed to survive in up to 5 feet of water for 30 minutes. Consumer Reports says that after a half-hour in water, the Active’s screen flashed green and other colors and didn’t respond to touch. Tiny bubbles appeared on the camera lenses. Consumer Reports tested a second Active phone to verify results, and it also failed.
Facebook testing encrypted chats in app
NEW YORK >> Facebook is adding to its Messenger app an option for encrypted chats that can be read only on devices where they are sent or received.
Users also will be able to set a timer to control how long the message remains visible to anyone, the company said Friday.
The encrypted chats are now being tested with a limited number of people, Facebook said, but the option will be more widely available later this summer.
68 firms join legal fight against LGBT law
RALEIGH, N.C. >> Sixty-eight companies have signed onto a legal brief opposing a North Carolina law that limits protections for LGBT people.
It is part of a legal challenge brought by the Department of Justice. The federal government has asked a judge to block a provision of the law that requires transgender people to use bathrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates.
The brief says many of the companies operate in North Carolina and that the law is hurting the ability to recruit while adding hurdles that are affecting their bottom line.
ON THE MOVE
Bank of Hawaii has announced the following three new vice presidents:
>> Richard Gayle has been appointed vice president and pricing and analytics manager of Deposit Products. He previously served as a senior financial consultant and finance manager in the Deposit Products department of Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco.
>> Kehau Lee has been promoted to vice president from assistant vice president at the Kailua Banking Center. She joined the bank as a teller at the Pearlridge branch in 1987, then left in 1999 and returned as a branch sales manager at the Pearl Harbor branch in 2000. Over the years, Lee has held of a number of various positions at Oahu branches.
>> Kyu Yeo has been promoted to vice president and department manager in the ATM Department from assistant vice president. He joined the bank as a management trainee in 2008 and served as a branch manager in the bank’s in-store branches at Kailua and Beretania. Since 2012 he has been in the ATM Department.
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