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Since Cooking Channel is fair game, I cannot stand Jeffrey Saad. I could go an entire day with Guy Fieri before 3 hours with that guy. They have the same obnoxious this is the best thing i've tasted, you are blowing my mind! schtick to them, but at least Guy seems like he could possibly be somewhat like how he is in real life (which to many, could be even scarier) as opposed to Jeffrey. I feel like people maybe made fun of his last name as a child, and he had to make up for it by being extra exuberant so he didn't come off as sad. I get the feeling he is just one bad take away from pulling out a gun, shooting the film crew, and screaming "if I have to pretend one more sub-par taco has the perfect balance of sweet, savory, acidic, umami, salty, and rainbow one more time, I will burn this place to the ground!" Either that, or he is permanently taking cocktails of xanax/klonopin/low-dose ecstasy.
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raditts posted:Bourdain is no doubt rich, but he doesn't give off the "rich chef" vibe and he seems to prefer obscure hole-in-the-wall joints to "expensive high-class food." And if that was when Food Network started doing it with him, it certainly ended with him too; I sure don't remember it ever being a trend. Over in Asian TV, food travel shows were focused on exotic locales (as far as we know) and going to the expensive places rather than the hole-in-the-wall joints.
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Dec 28, 2011 19:16
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Sneeing Emu posted:Was it Great Chefs? I absolutely loved that show. Just one chef, doing one dish. I'm not surprised it didn't last, but it was great while it did. That sounds right. But I'd say that with 700 episodes, according to Wikipedia, it lasted quite long. Apparently it began life as PBS show before moving to the Discovery Channel. The production company that made it was in Louisiana, which explains the southern sounding narrator.
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Dec 28, 2011 19:59
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raditts posted:When did they start doing that? Now when you think about, why don't chefs in food network go to more expensive places? I remember this show about a well renowned chef in Hong Kong who travels with two fine ladies (which was taken from an earlier series with a rather corpulent journalist who had wine and dined at some of the finest locales) to places around the world to show them a few of the local specialties.
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Dec 29, 2011 00:13
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They're showing a marathon of Chopped All-Stars right now. One of the appetizer ingredients is haggis, Anne got hot oil in her eye, and Claire has a bloody glove about halfway through round 1. This is only gonna get better.  e: Robert dropped the carrots! 
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Dec 29, 2011 01:20
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Sneeing Emu posted:Was it Great Chefs? I absolutely loved that show. Just one chef, doing one dish. I'm not surprised it didn't last, but it was great while it did. Definitely Great Chefs. It ran for a while, if I remember and showed the chefs cooking in their own restaurant kitchens while the woman with the soothing voice narrated.
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Dec 29, 2011 01:42
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Kung Fu Jesus posted:Definitely Great Chefs. It ran for a while, if I remember and showed the chefs cooking in their own restaurant kitchens while the woman with the soothing voice narrated. This sounds like the "How It's Made" of food.
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Dec 29, 2011 03:46
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iastudent posted:They're showing a marathon of Chopped All-Stars right now. God, Robert Irvine can go die in a fire. He's such a tool. I'm glad he has no recognition over here in the UK I'm glad to say.
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Dec 29, 2011 04:24
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The_Doctor posted:God, Robert Irvine can go die in a fire. He's such a tool. I'm glad he has no recognition over here in the UK I'm glad to say. Is this really true, I heard he was knighted...
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Dec 29, 2011 04:29
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Toffile posted:Is this really true, I heard he was knighted... Uh no, he faked most of his history and thought he'd get away with it.
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Dec 29, 2011 04:32
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The_Doctor posted:Uh no, he faked most of his history and thought he'd get away with it. He more or less did. When the scandal broke and his restaurant in FL or wherever tanked, they pulled him off Dinner: Impossible for a bit, then reintroduced him and now it's like nothing even happened.
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Dec 29, 2011 06:26
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They gave Dinner: Impossible to Michael Symon...and then took it away from him. Poor Symon.
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:They gave Dinner: Impossible to Michael Symon...and then took it away from him. Poor Symon. To be fair...Symon wasn't very good at it (though he was more fun to watch). Symon also said that when they handed the show to him it was going to be a temporary thing so he knew what he was getting into. Irvine's skillset was custom made for that show. He's good at large scale organizing under pressure. He can produce a lot of food in little time but when he goes up against someone on a smaller scale, he doesn't even come close. Why he thought he could win on Iron Chef, or Chopped is beyond me. He lost to Guy Fieri for fucks sake.
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Dec 29, 2011 07:24
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For trumped up fancy, there really isn't anything out there like Cuisine Culture nowadays. http://cuisineculture.tv/ Well, in English at lest, I've always been curious as to what sort of food/cooking shows are out there in non-English countries and hope that one day somebody starts subtitling them or some such. I can only get episodes on PBA on Saturday afternoons, but the ludicrously over the top intro music that is somehow reminiscent of a porno shoot, the high end dishes---it is all just bonkers and I don't know how many episodes the madness will last. Also, the constant "Where in the world will I wind up next?" schtick, while seemingly always winding up somewhere in France or thereabouts that part of Europe as if other continents barely exist.
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Dec 29, 2011 14:26
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axleblaze posted:Why he thought he could win on Iron Chef, or Chopped is beyond me. He lost to Guy Fieri for fucks sake.
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Dec 29, 2011 15:03
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I don't care what you guys say, I would eat Zakarian's food any day of the week. At least judging from other people's reactions to his cooking.
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Dec 29, 2011 16:59
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CornHolio posted:I don't care what you guys say, I would eat Zakarian's food any day of the week. At least judging from other people's reactions to his cooking. I don't think anyone is saying he's a bad chef, just an rear end in a top hat who doesn't pay his staff.
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Dec 29, 2011 17:39
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ExiledTinkerer posted:For trumped up fancy, there really isn't anything out there like Cuisine Culture nowadays. http://cuisineculture.tv/ Well, in English at lest, I've always been curious as to what sort of food/cooking shows are out there in non-English countries and hope that one day somebody starts subtitling them or some such. Because food network chefs don't even match the chef on Cuisine Culture. Food Network is probably sticking strictly to homestyle cooking as most would feel alienated watching shows about chefs schmoozing with other chefs while eating really expensive food and drink.
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Dec 29, 2011 19:02
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axleblaze posted:To be fair...Symon wasn't very good at it (though he was more fun to watch). Agreed. Robert Irvine's version was about a very intense guy yelling at challenges to complete them. This worked if you cared about "Will they complete this challenge?" but it didn't work if you cared about people not being unpleasant. Michael Symon's version was about a guy having some genuine fun trying to do some unique challenges. If you felt that challenges must be completed to an exceptional degree in order for the show to fulfill its premise, then this was a problem, but for those of use who didn't care (or enjoyed some genuine doubt that a challenge would be completed), it was nice to see someone enjoyable for a change. Then Robert came back and they felt it needed to be MORE IMPOSSIBLE and they'd keep adding new missions during the middle of the challenge so that he could yell more. Now he's yelling at restaurants. By the way, who else thinks it's hilarious that Alex Guarnaschelli is Geoffrey Zakarian's sous chef on Iron Chef? Well Alex, you didn't win Next Iron Chef (you didn't even get runner-up), but you still get to do all the work of an Iron Chef without any of the recognition!
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Jamesman posted:Agreed. Robert Irvine's version was about a very intense guy yelling at challenges to complete them. This worked if you cared about "Will they complete this challenge?" but it didn't work if you cared about people not being unpleasant. I like how she was not subordinate to him in anyway what so ever in their first battle together. She was basically co-Iron Chef.
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Get off your asses and watch Guy vs Rachael with me.  I have to make ranch dressing from scratch!?!?!?!?!?!?
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Ozmaugh posted:I have to make ranch dressing from scratch!?!?!?!?!?!? Goddamn but that face he made was almost as good as when it was tasted for the first time. I'm actually quite interested in how this show turns out. If only to see what Coolio can come up with week in/week out. PS~ You're an Iron Chef, you chucklefuck. You should know how much fish you need for a tartare. 
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Rachael Vs. Guy is hilariously terrible. None of the celebrities can cook, none of the celebrities are celebrities, and it looked like hardly anyone showed up to the outdoor cooking event they had. If every episode has things like the guy who adds thousand island to an attempt at ranch dressing, half the other things that happened, and Rachael and Guy trying their absolute best to find SOMETHING positive to say about the dishes they're trying, I'm going to watch every episode and then be sad when it's over. I think I like this better than Next Iron Chef and I really liked Next Iron Chef.
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Robviously posted:I'm actually quite interested in how this show turns out. If only to see what Coolio can come up with week in/week out. Glad to see Lou Diamond Phillips redeemed. It actually wasn't as awful as I thought it was going to be, I thought they'd be really awful cooks in need of more assistance but they muddled through OK. Elliot Rosewater posted:None of the celebrities can cook, none of the celebrities are celebrities, and it looked like hardly anyone showed up to the outdoor cooking event they had. If every episode has things like the guy who adds thousand island to an attempt at ranch dressing aahahha, obviously my mileage varied. HEY, thousand island is close enough!
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I, too, thought that it would be a wonderful trainwreck and felt pleasantly surprised.Elliot Rosewater posted:None of the celebrities can cook, none of the celebrities are celebrities, and it looked like hardly anyone showed up to the outdoor cooking event they had. I'm gonna humbly disagree on that. Some of the celebrities can't cook, but I think that's the point. There were a couple dishes that had my fiancee and I interested though. Fatone's shrimp and Cheech's little burrito things standing out. 150 people also will look a lot fewer when spread out over that area.
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Robviously posted:PS~ You're an Iron Chef, you chucklefuck. You should know how much fish you need for a tartare. None of those Food Network clowns deserve to be called Iron Chefs.
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raditts posted:None of those Food Network clowns deserve to be called Iron Chefs. I agree. However... Did you see this year's special episode with Flay and Cute-Girl Flayette Jr versus Morimoto (a real iron chef) and Andrew Zimmer? Team ancho "impressed the judges with their depth of flavors: mexican and indian spices were used." and took down the favored team. Therefore, I am completely convinced that the one true cuisine must always have a flatter rollable cooking vessel, poblano/ancho/mole/chipotle sauce, crema/crem fraiche/queso fresco, and a salsa of fruits or veggies. Maybe these guys are true Iron Chefs! Argh, I hate him so much. It isn't that I hate that cuisine. I would gladly have it once a week. The audacity of Food Network having him quote his range of flavor profiles to the viewers who know he is full of poo poo was one heck of a viewing experience. I addressed my television as if it could he hear me. I really wanted Morimoto's entire fish on the cloth prepared using different techniques.
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Vakal posted:Another Food/Educational show I would like to recommend is The Supersizers Go... British people even, it seem Great Britain and her official colonies(Canada) still cares about cooking more than America
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I think Supersizers Go is coming on Cooking Channel sometime this week---been getting several promos alongside Paula Deen's Son's Show about De-Buttering Things or some such.
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FlamingLiberal posted:It's also keeping The Wonder Years from ever getting a DVD release. Oddly though, both Amazon and Netflix are streaming the show now, but several songs (including the main theme song) had to be replaced to avoid the issues. Sorry to pull this from so far back in the thread, but they changed the loving theme song to The Wonder Years? The Joe Cocker one? His version of that song is the only one that should ever be used and without it I can't even imagine watching that show. What a shame...
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SamBishop posted:Sorry to pull this from so far back in the thread, but they changed the loving theme song to The Wonder Years? The Joe Cocker one? His version of that song is the only one that should ever be used and without it I can't even imagine watching that show. What a shame... It's not that far off, to be honest. http://youtu.be/l2_2SPFs5Hc
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The_Doctor posted:It's not that far off, to be honest. Eh, that's a pretty big difference to me, like a bad cover of an amazing cover, but I don't want to keep pulling things off topic. Instead, to join in the general disappointment and hate-fest of Food Network in particular, I'll just remind everyone that this is the same channel that used to sign off every night with reruns of The Galloping Gormet and after having him shoot well over 1000 episodes of Emeril Live, they unceremoniously dumped the guy who put them on the map. Well, that and Iron Chef, but that show loses so much of its soul without the Backdraft music, speaking of reworked theme music.
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Just saw a commercial for Fat Chef, a show about fat chefs losing weight. Also saw a commercial for something on the Cooking Channel, and the url is cookingchanneltv.com. What's at cookingchannel.com? A domain parking site.
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ExiledTinkerer posted:I think Supersizers Go is coming on Cooking Channel sometime this week---been getting several promos alongside Paula Deen's Son's Show about De-Buttering Things or some such. Just FYI, if anyone gets the Cooking Channel, watch Supersizers Go. It's a phenomenal show. Also, Sue Perkins is adorable.
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FISHMANPET posted:Just saw a commercial for Fat Chef, a show about fat chefs losing weight. I've seen commercials for this too. I have no idea why the gently caress this is a show, or a show on Food Network (Though to be fair, the same could be said about 90% of FN's programming). I've also seen commercials for a new season of Worst Cooks in America, which is probably the worst premise for a reality competition I've ever seen.
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Jamesman posted:I've seen commercials for this too. I have no idea why the gently caress this is a show, or a show on Food Network (Though to be fair, the same could be said about 90% of FN's programming). At least it has Bobby Flay?
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I hate that the judges on Chopped will complain about people's terminology when they make a "risotto" out of sweet potatoes or whatever, and then say things like "This dish is really unctuous in a good way," or "This chard is oversalted in way that works." Both actual quotes. Both really stupid.
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Moose Bigelow posted:Scott Conant is my least favorite chopped judge. You have to really try to be more unlikeable than Alex Guarnaschelli. Another thing I noticed is Chris Santos must own 100s of vests because it is rare to see him without one on this show. Scott Conant has a very rear end in a top hat way of delivering his criticisms. I don't know why he's like that since he seemed pretty cool and nice on his 24 Hour Restaurant show.
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