Cooking your food up in a cramped, poorly designed kitchen can equate to everyday torture. If there's no room in your budget to makeover your failing kitchen, you might be able to win a kitchen makeover from any of several television shows that specialize in makeovers or sweepstakes that award home renovations to a lucky homeowner. Winning a sweepstakes usually comes down to sheer chance, while having a charismatic personality and compelling story will increase your odds of getting on a television show about kitchen renovation.
Have a terrible kitchen. If your kitchen is already beautiful, your odds of being picked for a kitchen makeover based on need are low. You'd still have equal odds of entering a contest based on chance alone, though.
Take digital photographs of your kitchen at its worst. Make sure your kitchen is clean when you take the photos—you won't be receiving a makeover for a kitchen; instead, you'll be much more likely to receive a makeover based on the "worst" qualities of the kitchen design and layout. You'll probably need some photos of you and your partner, if you have one, as well.
Fill out applications for kitchen makeover shows that air on major network or cable networks (see Resources). Don't forget to include your digital photos, which are a required part of the applications.
Keep your web browser tuned to "Casting Call" web pages for prominent kitchen slows such as Kitchen Renovations from the DIY Network. Check back at least once a month—even if the shows aren't taking casting the first time you check, they'll be bound to take casting at least once a year.
Enter sweepstakes like the SubZero Dream Kitchen sweepstakes, which repeats every year.
Be patient. It takes time for your audition application to work its way through the review process. There are literally tens of thousands of people applying for a very few open positions. Keep applying to other sweepstakes and makeover shows until you win one.