The Five Worst Food Network Shows
Ubiquitous
We can all agree that Food Network has changed over the years, right?
What was once a network filled with shows that taught you how to cook
(oh, I still miss Sara Moulton's 'Cooking Live' so, so much) has turned
into a channel with more competition and reality shows than shows that
teach you anything.
Sure, there are still many shows on the network that show you how to
create a meal -- '30 Minute Meals,' 'The Barefoot Contessa,' 'Everyday
Italian' and others -- but the other shows get all the attention.
There's a lot of great stuff on Food Network (as Allison Waldman noted
in her list of 10 best Food Network shows), but also a lot of terrible
stuff.
Here are my choices for the very worst of the worst shows on Food
Network. I'm not sure what you might be surprised by more though, what
is included on the list or a certain show that isn't.
1. 'Ten Dollar Dinners.' The problem with this show from 'The Next Food
Network Star' winner Melissa d'Arabian isn't that the food she makes
looks bad, but that it seems the same as 20 other shows on the air right
now. This wasn't exactly the type of show that d'Arabian envisioned when
she was on 'The Next Food Network Star,' and the result is something
that is really ordinary and boring.
I also question the whole concept of the show. People are facing hard
economic times right now, but it seems like a lot of meals a family
consumes are already under this amount and d'Arabian isn't really
telling us anything we can't figure out on our own. And sometimes it
seems like she goes over 10 bucks.
Oh, and here's a great game you can play. Whenever d'Arabian mentions
France or her husband, you get a point. If she mentions both of them --
and she will, probably within the first two minutes of the show -- you
get a bonus!
Here's the promo for the show. Does this make you want to watch it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UCNWj4Sao0
2. 'Dinner: Impossible.' This whole show just seems like one big
gimmick. Now, a gimmick can be good, but this one puts host Robert
Irvine in situations that seem epic and "impossible," but there's a lot
more scripting and plotted "drama" than there needs to be. Besides, I'm
more interested in the cooking when it comes to a cooking show and this
show really isn't about that. It's about cooking for 800 people at once.
It's great that the show often does this for charity or other deserving
folks, but it's all just too much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BayW5g5T11c
3. 'Secrets of a Restaurant Chef.' What the heck is this show even
supposed to be? The title makes you think you're going to learn some
incredibly cool tips and tricks from an experienced restaurant chef that
you can use in your home. A show based on that concept would be fun and
different. But there's very little of that -- this is just a very, very
ordinary cooking show.
And then there's the host. I think Anne Burrell is trying to compete
with other Food Network hosts in pure annoyance. When she isn't jumping
up in down about the food she makes and moving her hands around and
saying "mmm-mmm-mmm," she's doing this low growl thing that is supposed
to ... well, I don't know what it's supposed to do. It comes out of
nowhere and seems really fake. And if it's not fake, it's one of the
weirdest things on TV right now.
Here's Burrell making...a sandwich:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/best-ham-sandwich/41294.html
4. 'Private Chefs of Beverly Hills.' This show follows several chefs
from a Beverly Hills catering company. Yes, it's just as exciting as
that description sounds. I can't imagine that people tuning into Food
Network would care about how chefs cook for wealthy people in Beverly
Hills. It's way too much reality show, not enough real cooking.
Here's the promo for season 2. Should the word "attitude" even been
mentioned in a food show?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPtxgZmWruI&feature=player_embedded
5. 'Food Feuds.' The only reason this show isn't higher on the list is
that there's nothing annoying about the host (Michael Symon) or the
concept. But the reason why it is included here is because we really,
really don't need this show. Seriously, a show that pits two rival
restaurants against each other?
The Food Network certainly didn't need yet another competition show. The
show would work much better as a straight travel-to-restaurants show, a
la 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.' As it is, this show is just too
little, too late.
Now this is the part of the post where you say to yourself, where is
'Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee?!' That show isn't on the list for one
simple reason: it's one of my favorite cooking shows on television. As
I've said before, I think a lot of people dislike that show because they
dislike Lee for some reason. It can't be because of the food she makes
because she makes the food that I bet a lot of people make in their
home. She's a modern-day Peg Bracken (not her writing but in the way she
used packaged foods in her recipes) and I truly respect what she does.
And I learn a lot more about cooking from her show then, say, 'Secrets
of a Restaurant Chef.'
Something tells me that last paragraph is going to get me more comments
below than anything else I said in this post. Have fun!
What do you think is the worst show on Food Network?
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bat_flip
> by Bob Sassone
>
> We can all agree that Food Network has changed over the years, right?
> What was once a network filled with shows that taught you how to cook
> (oh, I still miss Sara Moulton's 'Cooking Live' so, so much) has turned
> into a channel with more competition and reality shows than shows that
> teach you anything.
*snippectomy*
Melissa's show is flat out gross. That show reminds me of SLop, but at
least SLop is amusingly bad.
> 2. 'Dinner: Impossible.' This whole show just seems like one big
> gimmick. Now, a gimmick can be good, but this one puts host Robert
> Irvine in situations that seem epic and "impossible," but there's a lot
> more scripting and plotted "drama" than there needs to be. Besides, I'm
> more interested in the cooking when it comes to a cooking show and this
> show really isn't about that. It's about cooking for 800 people at once.
>
Okay, this is my guilty pleasure. I know the show is crap. I know it
isn't about cooking. *hangs head in shame* But it is amusing, Robert
is easy on the eyes,
and it beats the usual run of mutants that the FN throws during it's
night time schedule.
I'm surprised Ace of Cakes didn't make your wrath list. How much
goofy crap with fondant overload can one bakery make?
Actually, it is a tie for me. I have made some of Irvine's recipes,
and they were good. Robert-with a neck as big as a regular man's
thigh- OR Geoff-the understated geek who all my friends wonder why
isn't he married YET? If their shows were on back to back, I'd watch
'em and feel horrible after wards lol.......
Nan
Mason Barge
>On Nov 20, 4:01 pm, web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote:
[...]
>I'm surprised Ace of Cakes didn't make your wrath list. How much
>goofy crap with fondant overload can one bakery make?
>Actually, it is a tie for me. I have made some of Irvine's recipes,
>and they were good. Robert-with a neck as big as a regular man's
>thigh- OR Geoff-the understated geek who all my friends wonder why
>isn't he married YET? If their shows were on back to back, I'd watch
>'em and feel horrible after wards lol.......
>
>Nan
Ace of Cakes is all right. All the ditzy workers are amusing, and one of
the girls has the world's best legs.
number6
Hell’s Kitchen, Nightmare, Iron Top Chef, Cafeteria Throwdown Ultimate
Cookoff Challenge
at least the parts of it I saw ...
Ubiquitous
>> What do you think is the worst show on Food Network?
>
>Hell�s Kitchen, Nightmare, Iron Top Chef, Cafeteria Throwdown Ultimate
>Cookoff Challenge
~Two of these shows do not belong with the others...
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21st century."
number6
> snumb...@aol.com wrote:
> >On Nov 20, 4:01 pm, web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote:
> >> What do you think is the worst show on Food Network?
>
> >Hell s Kitchen, Nightmare, Iron Top Chef, Cafeteria Throwdown Ultimate
> >Cookoff Challenge
>
> ~Two of these shows do not belong with the others...
>
Mason Barge
wrote:
What the heck??
I can understand included shows that don't come from the Food Network, but
at least you could name actual television shows.
number6
> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:12:04 -0800 (PST), number6 <snumb...@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Nov 20, 4:01 pm, web...@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote:
>
> >> What do you think is the worst show on Food Network?
>
> >Hell s Kitchen, Nightmare, Iron Top Chef, Cafeteria Throwdown Ultimate
> >Cookoff Challenge
>
> >at least the parts of it I saw ...
>
> What the heck??
>
> I can understand included shows that don't come from the Food Network, but
> at least you could name actual television shows.
South Park parodized the entire TV food shows in their last
episode ... and that was the title of the show they were filming in
the South Park Cafeteria ...
Ellorysgirl
> Something tells me that last paragraph is going to get me more comments
> below than anything else I said in this post. Have fun!
>
> What do you think is the worst show on Food Network?
>
> --
> It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
> the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
> our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
> for them, it's failing.
I didn't even make it through an entire Burrell or d'Arabian program -
I don't like "Unwrapped," or anything else Marc Summers appears in,
Sandra Lee is a joke, and I'm tired of the good ol' tried and true
(like Barefoot Contessa, Everyday Italian, etc.) - and I've never
liked RRay because those 30-minute deals take at least twice as long
if you count preparation time. I'm also tired of Fieri. I would
eagerly watch something with genuine, real chefs (like Pepin)...the
more the better. And they should bring Mario back in some new
slant.... Let's face it, there are a huge bunch of shows on FTV that
are just worn out.
N.
I like Dinner Impossible, but it's getting a little tired. I liked
Bobby Flay's throwdown where the Oklahoma rancher challenged him
instead of the other way around. I like the current cake shows, but
"Ace" is cancelled.
Ellorysgirl
There isn't anything called "Iron Top Chef." Which one do you mean?
Or do you mean both? Top Chef is on Bravo, not the food network.
N.
Kyle
D'Arabian is just terrible. I've never been able to stand her for
more than a few seconds.
> 2. 'Dinner: Impossible.' This whole show just seems like one big
> gimmick. Now, a gimmick can be good, but this one puts host Robert
> Irvine in situations that seem epic and "impossible," but there's a lot
> more scripting and plotted "drama" than there needs to be. Besides, I'm
> more interested in the cooking when it comes to a cooking show and this
> show really isn't about that. It's about cooking for 800 people at once.
>
> It's great that the show often does this for charity or other deserving
> folks, but it's all just too much.
I only saw it once, when Irvine had to great a huge Japanese dinner.
He was terrible, managing to find several alternative
mispronounciations of the simple word "gyoza." And what a freaky face
the guy's got!
> 3. 'Secrets of a Restaurant Chef.' What the heck is this show even
> supposed to be? The title makes you think you're going to learn some
> incredibly cool tips and tricks from an experienced restaurant chef that
> you can use in your home. A show based on that concept would be fun and
> different. But there's very little of that -- this is just a very, very
> ordinary cooking show.
>
> And then there's the host. I think Anne Burrell is trying to compete
> with other Food Network hosts in pure annoyance. When she isn't jumping
> up in down about the food she makes and moving her hands around and
> saying "mmm-mmm-mmm," she's doing this low growl thing that is supposed
> to ... well, I don't know what it's supposed to do. It comes out of
> nowhere and seems really fake. And if it's not fake, it's one of the
> weirdest things on TV right now.
In terms of cooking ability, Anne Burrell is way above most of the
people on the network, in my opinion. The only thing that really
annoys me is when she goes into that cookie-monster voice, which she
invariably does two or three times per show.
> 5. 'Food Feuds.' The only reason this show isn't higher on the list is
> that there's nothing annoying about the host (Michael Symon) or the
> concept. But the reason why it is included here is because we really,
> really don't need this show. Seriously, a show that pits two rival
> restaurants against each other?
Michael Symon is good on Iron Chef America. But Food Feuds is just
stupid. They devote a mere fifteen minutes to each contrived "feud,"
and manage to work in a lot of redundancy in that short time. Also,
it's not clear whose calling the shots here; is it Symon or the
alleged experts he invariably consults for each specific dish? Never
mind, it doesn't matter. It's a dumb show.
Ubiquitous
>> What do you think is the worst show on Food Network?
>
>I didn't even make it through an entire Burrell or d'Arabian program -
>I don't like "Unwrapped," or anything else Marc Summers appears in,
>Sandra Lee is a joke
I was shocked, quite frankly, that SLop wasn't in the number one slot!
Gracenote
>
> What do you think is the worst show on Food Network?
>
> --
> It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
> the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
> our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
> for them, it's failing.
D'Arabian annoys the hooha out of me. She invented baked chicken, you
know, and she can tell you lots of ways to fix it. Like baked in the
oven or in a pan or in a slow cooker. How incredibly inventive she is
not.
The Neelys bother me. (don't you wanna have sex with me sugar man
since everyone knows that African Americans are all over sexed and we
just think about sex all the time!) now rub those spices onto those
ribs and give me some nice brown shugga cause you know I am just so
hot! (oops, there I go again talking about sex) However, their food
looks really good and I would happily eat most any of it. Shugga man.
I don't enjoy the director's granddaughter, what is her name,
delaurentis? Too many teeth, a big head balanced on a tiny body and a
very affected way of pronouncing Italian words.
I really dislike the Best Thing I Ever Ate shows which seem to just be
commercials for various places. (Here you will do the one about French
Toast in Chicago, just pretend you ate there once)
Don't like Guy. (I'm not gay, really, I promise, see how masculine I
am? I'm really not gay)
Now I love Alton Brown and the funny way he teaches the science behind
cooking. I like Nigella (not on the food network, I know) because she
is pretty and unapologetic for her love of food. I like Dinner
Impossible even though it makes me tense.
Thanks for letting me play with you guys.
lay with you guys.
Ellorysgirl
I don't know anyone else who thinks Guy is gay. Sheesh, your Gaydar
needs a tuneup.
N. (likes Guy in small doses; can't stand Nigella who comes across to
me as slobbery)
Kyle
> snip
>
>
>
> > What do you think is the worst show on Food Network?
>
> > --
> > It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
> > the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
> > our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
> > for them, it's failing.
>
> D'Arabian annoys the hooha out of me. She invented baked chicken, you
> know, and she can tell you lots of ways to fix it. Like baked in the
> oven or in a pan or in a slow cooker. How incredibly inventive she is
> not.
>
> The Neelys bother me. (don't you wanna have sex with me sugar man
> since everyone knows that African Americans are all over sexed and we
> just think about sex all the time!) now rub those spices onto those
> ribs and give me some nice brown shugga cause you know I am just so
> hot! (oops, there I go again talking about sex) However, their food
> looks really good and I would happily eat most any of it. Shugga man.
>
> I don't enjoy the director's granddaughter, what is her name,
> delaurentis? Too many teeth, a big head balanced on a tiny body and a
> very affected way of pronouncing Italian words.
My problem with her is that she's so mannequinlike -- and more so
every season. And all that weird, forced, out-of-context tooth-
displaying.
> I really dislike the Best Thing I Ever Ate shows which seem to just be
> commercials for various places. (Here you will do the one about French
> Toast in Chicago, just pretend you ate there once)
>
> Don't like Guy. (I'm not gay, really, I promise, see how masculine I
> am? I'm really not gay)
>
> Now I love Alton Brown and the funny way he teaches the science behind
> cooking. I like Nigella (not on the food network, I know) because she
> is pretty and unapologetic for her love of food. I like Dinner
> Impossible even though it makes me tense.
I like Nigella Lawson too.
I like Alton Brown's Good Eats and Feasting on Asphalt shows. I don't
like him on Best Thing I Ever Ate, where he talks with his mouth full
in a way that reminds me of a deranged uncle.
That's a good point you make about the Neelys' constant bad sexual
innuendos.
Anim8rFSK
<3421466e-0a5c-43c5...@d17g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,
Kyle <kyle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Feb 5, 7:07 am, Gracenote <Augustagl...@aol.com> wrote:
> > snip
> >
> >
> >
> > > What do you think is the worst show on Food Network?
Honestly, only five? Don't Sandra Lee and Bobby Flay have fives shows
all by themselves?
--
"Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
Shego on "Shat My Dad Says"
Ellorysgirl
> Honestly, only five? Don't Sandra Lee and Bobby Flay have fives shows
> all by themselves?
>
> --
> "Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
> Shego on "Shat My Dad Says"
I really don't know where the hate-on-Flay comes from - the guy has
chops, and I find him really informative and entertaining to watch
(well, depending on the program).
N.
Mason Barge
LOL, I asked him the same question once. I'm with you -- Flay's a
fantastic cook and seems to have a genuinely decent personality. He's the
person I am most likely to watch when I want to watch a cooking show.
But we all have our pet peeves. :) When I see that loud bleached-blonde
Southern woman, I change the channel immediately, I don't care what the
show is.
Anim8rFSK
<46fe1053-7b4f-4aa3...@a21g2000prj.googlegroups.com>,
Ellorysgirl <nancy-...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
Uh, whiney miserable little bitch, lousy chef. You see him on IRON CHEF
where he kept screaming I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED, I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED,
I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED FOUR TIMES! Yeah, if you've been electrocuted,
why aren't you dead? His 'recipes' consisted of just making his regular
tex mex crap, covered with cilantro, which appeals to people that never
outgrew eating library paste, and tossing some of the improperly cooked
theme ingredient at it (the man can't even cook a lobster - he
superheats it for a minute, leaving a tough crust and a completely raw
inside). The only reason he wins is, the fix is in.
Anim8rFSK
Mason Barge <mason...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 08:11:49 -0800 (PST), Ellorysgirl
> <nancy-...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> >> Honestly, only five? Don't Sandra Lee and Bobby Flay have fives shows
> >> all by themselves?
> >>
> >> --
> >> "Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
> >> Shego on "Shat My Dad Says"
> >
> >
> >I really don't know where the hate-on-Flay comes from - the guy has
> >chops, and I find him really informative and entertaining to watch
> >(well, depending on the program).
> >
>
> LOL, I asked him the same question once. I'm with you -- Flay's a
> fantastic cook and seems to have a genuinely decent personality.
Okay, you've got to be trolling. The guy is a terrible cook and a lousy
human being.
Ellorysgirl
> On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 08:11:49 -0800 (PST), Ellorysgirl
>
I really have very few faves on the Food channel - Chef Irvine
(currently doing Restaurant Impossible), Flay, ICA and Chopped -
that's about it for what I watch. I don't go out of my way to watch
Flay, but if he's on and I'm looking for something to watch for a half
hour, many times, I'll choose that.
N.
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>I really don't know where the hate-on-Flay comes from - the guy has
chops, and I find him really informative and entertaining to watch
(well, depending on the program).
N.
==============
I can remember a few times (well, maybe 2) where Flay couldn't even cook
rice properly. Both might have been on the Throwdown show, but not entirely
certain.
Let's take this re-al sl-ow....
The man cannot even cook rice!
If he was on Top Chef, he would have to pack his knives and go home.
Mason Barge
Nice rant! Well, to each his own :)
Patricia Martin Steward
>where he kept screaming I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED, I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED,
>I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED FOUR TIMES! Yeah, if you've been electrocuted,
>why aren't you dead? His 'recipes' consisted of just making his regular
>tex mex crap, covered with cilantro, which appeals to people that never
>outgrew eating library paste, and tossing some of the improperly cooked
>theme ingredient at it (the man can't even cook a lobster - he
>superheats it for a minute, leaving a tough crust and a completely raw
>inside). The only reason he wins is, the fix is in.
Plus there's something about his face that just makes me want to
pimp-slap him.
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Ellorysgirl
> On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:49:49 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
> >In article
> ><46fe1053-7b4f-4aa3-96a3-c0f6b4a40...@a21g2000prj.googlegroups.com>,
> > Ellorysgirl <nancy-doo...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
> >> > Honestly, only five? Don't Sandra Lee and Bobby Flay have fives shows
> >> > all by themselves?
>
> >> > --
> >> > "Please, I can't die, I've never kissed an Asian woman!"
> >> > Shego on "Shat My Dad Says"
>
> >> I really don't know where the hate-on-Flay comes from - the guy has
> >> chops, and I find him really informative and entertaining to watch
> >> (well, depending on the program).
>
> >> N.
>
> >Uh, whiney miserable little bitch, lousy chef. You see him on IRON CHEF
> >where he kept screaming I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED, I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED,
> >I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED FOUR TIMES! Yeah, if you've been electrocuted,
> >why aren't you dead? His 'recipes' consisted of just making his regular
> >tex mex crap, covered with cilantro, which appeals to people that never
> >outgrew eating library paste, and tossing some of the improperly cooked
> >theme ingredient at it (the man can't even cook a lobster - he
> >superheats it for a minute, leaving a tough crust and a completely raw
> >inside). The only reason he wins is, the fix is in.
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
Yeah, sorta the way I feel.
Nothing yet has shown me the man can't cook. And I believe his win/
lose record on ICA is pretty impressive. He appears to be popular
with other FTV stars and is frequently asked to host or judge singular
shows. To each his own, is right.
N.
Anim8rFSK
<d5634b7f-39d3-4cbb...@o30g2000pra.googlegroups.com>,
Ellorysgirl <nancy-...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
You ever look at pictures of his food?
And I believe his win/
> lose record on ICA is pretty impressive.
Because the fix is in. The *only* reason he won IC-NY rematch was that
it was rigged, so they could then do a part 3 battle to the death.
He appears to be popular
> with other FTV stars and is frequently asked to host or judge singular
> shows. To each his own, is right.
>
> N.
--
S
> In article
> <46fe1053-7b4f-4aa3-96a3-c0f6b4a40...@a21g2000prj.googlegroups.com>,
>
I don't know if ICA is fixed but if Karine Bakhoum is judging the
challenger is screwed
Anim8rFSK
Patricia Martin Steward <pat...@noteranews.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:49:49 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >Uh, whiney miserable little bitch, lousy chef. You see him on IRON CHEF
> >where he kept screaming I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED, I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED,
> >I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED FOUR TIMES! Yeah, if you've been electrocuted,
> >why aren't you dead? His 'recipes' consisted of just making his regular
> >tex mex crap, covered with cilantro, which appeals to people that never
> >outgrew eating library paste, and tossing some of the improperly cooked
> >theme ingredient at it (the man can't even cook a lobster - he
> >superheats it for a minute, leaving a tough crust and a completely raw
> >inside). The only reason he wins is, the fix is in.
>
> Plus there's something about his face that just makes me want to
> pimp-slap him.
You go girl!
Ubiquitous
> Patricia Martin Steward <pat...@noteranews.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:49:49 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM...@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>> >Uh, whiney miserable little bitch, lousy chef. You see him on IRON
>> >CHEF where he kept screaming I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED, I'VE BEEN
>> >ELECTROCUTED, I'VE BEEN ELECTROCUTED FOUR TIMES! Yeah, if you've
>> >been electrocuted, why aren't you dead? His 'recipes' consisted
>> >of just making his regular tex mex crap, covered with cilantro,
>> >which appeals to people that never outgrew eating library paste,
>> >and tossing some of the improperly cooked theme ingredient at it
>> >(the man can't even cook a lobster - he superheats it for a minute,
>> >leaving a tough crust and a completely raw inside). The only reason
>> >he wins is, the fix is in.
>>
>> Plus there's something about his face that just makes me want to
>> pimp-slap him.
>
>You go girl!
I caught Booby Flay on that new competitive reality show last night.
He's still a tool.
JN
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> They have no audience for cooking--all the people who want to cook
> have probably emigrated to the PBS Create channel: cooking and crafts,
> all the time, low key and friendly. So FN has to come up with Roadkill
> Gourmet or Feed the Geek.
>
> BTW, this is the greatest food show of all time. I'd kill to get a
> DVD.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWTy9fE48og
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>
LOL @ "Annoyance times may vary"
shawn
Let's be honest and say that most of the hosts on FN would have to go
home early if they went on Top Chef. That show demands a lot from the
chefs.
Patricia Martin Steward
><legalp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>I can remember a few times (well, maybe 2) where Flay couldn't even cook
>>rice properly. Both might have been on the Throwdown show, but not entirely
>>certain.
Has anyone been watching "America's Next Great Restaurant," where Flay
is one of the judges/investors? I watch it on Tivo so I can
fast-forward past all the self-congratulatory hoo-hah -- not just him,
unfortunately, but also the guy who started Chipotle's and some
perma-tanned woman from Miami who makes weird faces with bugged-out
eyes.
The show is kinda interesting if you take them out of the mix, though.
Anim8rFSK
shawn <nanof...@gNOmail.com> wrote:
Not only chefs, but Flay as well.
marycampb...@gmail.com
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UCNWj4Sao0
>
> 2. 'Dinner: Impossible.' This whole show just seems like one big
> gimmick. Now, a gimmick can be good, but this one puts host Robert
> Irvine in situations that seem epic and "impossible," but there's a lot
> more scripting and plotted "drama" than there needs to be. Besides, I'm
> more interested in the cooking when it comes to a cooking show and this
> show really isn't about that. It's about cooking for 800 people at once.
>
> It's great that the show often does this for charity or other deserving
> folks, but it's all just too much.
>
>
>
> 3. 'Secrets of a Restaurant Chef.' What the heck is this show even
> supposed to be? The title makes you think you're going to learn some
> incredibly cool tips and tricks from an experienced restaurant chef that
> you can use in your home. A show based on that concept would be fun and
> different. But there's very little of that -- this is just a very, very
> ordinary cooking show.
>
> And then there's the host. I think Anne Burrell is trying to compete
> with other Food Network hosts in pure annoyance. When she isn't jumping
> up in down about the food she makes and moving her hands around and
> saying "mmm-mmm-mmm," she's doing this low growl thing that is supposed
> to ... well, I don't know what it's supposed to do. It comes out of
> nowhere and seems really fake. And if it's not fake, it's one of the
> weirdest things on TV right now.
>
>
> http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/best-ham-sandwich/41294.html
>
>
>
> 4. 'Private Chefs of Beverly Hills.' This show follows several chefs
> from a Beverly Hills catering company. Yes, it's just as exciting as
> that description sounds. I can't imagine that people tuning into Food
> Network would care about how chefs cook for wealthy people in Beverly
> Hills. It's way too much reality show, not enough real cooking.
>
> Here's the promo for season 2. Should the word "attitude" even been
> mentioned in a food show?
>
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPtxgZmWruI&feature=player_embedded
>
> 5. 'Food Feuds.' The only reason this show isn't higher on the list is
> that there's nothing annoying about the host (Michael Symon) or the
> concept. But the reason why it is included here is because we really,
> really don't need this show. Seriously, a show that pits two rival
> restaurants against each other?
>
> show would work much better as a straight travel-to-restaurants show, a
> la 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.' As it is, this show is just too
> little, too late.
>
>
>
>
>
> Now this is the part of the post where you say to yourself, where is
> 'Semi-Homemade with Sandra Lee?!' That show isn't on the list for one
> simple reason: it's one of my favorite cooking shows on television. As
> I've said before, I think a lot of people dislike that show because they
> dislike Lee for some reason. It can't be because of the food she makes
> because she makes the food that I bet a lot of people make in their
> home. She's a modern-day Peg Bracken (not her writing but in the way she
> used packaged foods in her recipes) and I truly respect what she does.
> And I learn a lot more about cooking from her show then, say, 'Secrets
> of a Restaurant Chef.'
>
> Something tells me that last paragraph is going to get me more comments
> below than anything else I said in this post. Have fun!
>
> What do you think is the worst show on Food Network?
>
>
>
> It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
> the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
> our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
> for them, it's failing.