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So overall an ok episode, nobody stood out to me as a favorite early on, and the elimination from Anne's team was pretty obvious. I always get a little bummed when a contestant leaves like the woman off Bobby's team did, giving up and saying they're done trying to learn to cook. I guess there's something to be said for acknowledging your limitations, but come on, basic cooking skills are not that hard.
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"...to tone down that overwhelming jerky flavor" things we now hear on food network during a cupcake cooking contest.
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Feb 20, 2012 02:28
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Ozmaugh posted:"...to tone down that overwhelming jerky flavor" I can barely stand watching the competitions anymore. It's gotten so bad with this rear end backwards focus on  EXTREME gimmicks. Cupcake Wars seems to skirt that line but I just can't stand the judges half the time.
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Feb 20, 2012 17:59
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Well, just saw Robert Irvine throw up. Because when you're watching a channel called Food Network, it needs to be as disgusting and unpleasant as possible for the viewer.
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Feb 23, 2012 04:21
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Jamesman posted:Well, just saw Robert Irvine throw up. Because when you're watching a channel called Food Network, it needs to be as disgusting and unpleasant as possible for the viewer. I keep forgetting about that goddamn show thanks to Top Chef.
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Feb 23, 2012 04:26
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Jamesman posted:Well, just saw Robert Irvine throw up. Because when you're watching a channel called Food Network, it needs to be as disgusting and unpleasant as possible for the viewer. Haven't you seen When Food Attacks?
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Feb 23, 2012 04:28
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Toffile posted:Haven't you seen When Food Attacks? Yes. I mean, there's disgusting poo poo on this channel all the time, but actually showing someone throw up is kind of a new level.
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Feb 23, 2012 05:18
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I really felt bad for the poor runner up guy on Chopped last night. Apparently he had a spinal tap done a couple days before filming and was having a spinal headache. A friend of mine had that after a tap and it was an incredibly horrible pain...she said the worst headache she could possibly imagine. The chef on Chopped got halfway through the final round and basically just froze. He ended up plating an inedible mess of a sliced croissant with sticks of lemongrass strewn across it.
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Feb 23, 2012 06:30
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Jamesman posted:Yes. I mean, there's disgusting poo poo on this channel all the time, but actually showing someone throw up is kind of a new level. Food Network: I mean, it was food once, wasn't it?
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Limbo posted:I really felt bad for the poor runner up guy on Chopped last night. Apparently he had a spinal tap done a couple days before filming and was having a spinal headache. A friend of mine had that after a tap and it was an incredibly horrible pain...she said the worst headache she could possibly imagine. The chef on Chopped got halfway through the final round and basically just froze. He ended up plating an inedible mess of a sliced croissant with sticks of lemongrass strewn across it. My partner and I were watching that episode but had to stop it because he was falling asleep, so we haven't finished it yet. Was it the snooty guy who talked about "chefs who serve bad sauce ruin the industry!" guy? Because that sucks, but I wanted him out since the beginning of the episode. Why are all the really wonderful chefs such assholes?
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Feb 23, 2012 09:21
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Ozmaugh posted:Food Network: I mean, it was food once, wasn't it? It's at least more food than the History Channel is history
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Feb 23, 2012 09:33
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Jamesman posted:Yes. I mean, there's disgusting poo poo on this channel all the time, but actually showing someone throw up is kind of a new level. With Irvine involved? I've seen live rats and food that has molded into other forms of life on his show. A little vomit sounds kind of tame in comparison.
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Curious: this woman on Fat Chef or whatever not wanting to talk about her lap band is making me wonder how easy it is to just burst/snap it or make it fail. Do you really have to work at that, or is it something that happens more frequently than I realize? Watching her on the line... I feel mean about rolling my eyes at her (I am definitely fat, though not at all near where she is, but more importantly I'm lazy as gently caress and don't belong on a line even if I could cook) but for gently caress's sake maybe you need a new profession if that's too tough.
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STAC Goat posted:With Irvine involved? I've seen live rats and food that has molded into other forms of life on his show. A little vomit sounds kind of tame in comparison. Maybe my threshold is different from most, but seeing a person actually throw up makes me more queasy than seeing disgusting food and rotted poo poo. Ozmaugh posted:Curious: this woman on Fat Chef or whatever not wanting to talk about her lap band is making me wonder how easy it is to just burst/snap it or make it fail. Do you really have to work at that, or is it something that happens more frequently than I realize? I can't understand why she didn't want to talk about it and why she was being so secretive and pissed off about it. But I wasn't really paying attention; I usually watch Impractical Jokers and it wasn't on tonight, and I never watch Fat Chef because it's stupid. So did I miss something, or was she really just being a bitch for no reason?
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I have no idea, I kept thinking something must have been edited out because she'd overreact so much. The trainer that she fired was doing typical trainer stuff (if being super fluffy worked, why need a trainer in the first place- why not just get someone to stand by and reassure you), and he just said 'you're really not doing as much as you should be' and she flipped out. I'm sure it's embarrassing when you get through a surgery like that and you don't end up with the results that you want; I don't know how many people consider it some sort of magic solution (I had a friend who did it and it was hell for him, though he lost a ton of weight), but if things remain status quo I bet people think you totally hosed something up and it could be that it just failed out of nowhere on her. And as always my response to someone getting mad about being asked too many prying questions is 'why did you go on some ridiculous reality tv show...about your weight?'
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Ozmaugh posted:Curious: this woman on Fat Chef or whatever not wanting to talk about her lap band is making me wonder how easy it is to just burst/snap it or make it fail. Do you really have to work at that, or is it something that happens more frequently than I realize? As someone who works with people who've had Lap Bands done, making it fail is pretty easy to do. A 10 year study basically found that only about 60% of people go the ten years without the surgery being considered a failure. Mostly due to too low of a weight loss ratio, but you've got about a 15% chance of having it slip or various other complication thrown in there as well. Basically people think that this surgery, like many others, is something that will magically make them thin. In reality, you still need to change your diet, exercise, and basically do all the stuff you should be doing from the start to make it all work out. The Lap Band is a tool to help you along the way, not the holy grail that will melt fat off of you as if you were in a Showtime Rotisserie. I've yet to see an episode of Fat Chef but the commercials make me just kind of hate it. Dunno, maybe there's a good show in there somewhere but the marketing just makes me kind of hate it. I have friends who work in the food business, all thin as rails. The line they keep spouting about "the food's right there" just makes me feel my blood pressure rising. I hope they at least get these people to realize that it's not the food that's causing the problem, it's the habits.
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Yeah the marketing for that show really turned me off, I'd say the only redeeming thing they did was after saying "the foods right there" in one of the commercials they had someone saying "it's like an alcoholic working in a liquor store", so it's more than just the food being there, it's acknowledging that they have a problem made worse by the availability of food. I haven't watched R:I yet this week, what made Robert throw up? Or should I wait and be surprised?
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Feb 24, 2012 13:13
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Jamesman posted:Maybe my threshold is different from most, but seeing a person actually throw up makes me more queasy than seeing disgusting food and rotted poo poo. I'm the same. I can see disgusting food and dead rats but I am totally a sympathy puker. If I hear it or see it, I'm done.
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Is there any online outlet for R:I episodes? Or do I have to wait for reruns on the food network? Hulu only has the first 7 episodes from... Season 1. I love this show for some reason.
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I've started to turn a corner on Bitchin' Kitchen. When she debuted I found her incredibly grating but her sense of humour and the quick editing of the show have won me over, at least in the last few episodes I've watched. http://www.foodnetwork.ca/ontv/shows/nadia-gs-bitchin-kitchen/show.html?titleid=248313 It really comes across like a parody of a cooking show like Good Eats, though the recipes seem somewhat legit and quite varied.
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Revitalized posted:Is there any online outlet for R:I episodes? Or do I have to wait for reruns on the food network? Hulu only has the first 7 episodes from... Season 1. I love this show for some reason. Reruns, I guess. I imagine it's popular enough for the network but it doesn't seem like they run a lot of it- or I'm missing it. I usually just watch it Sunday nights. I agree that Bitchin Kitchen has decent recipes but I just can't take more than a couple minutes of the character. oh well. After worst cooks last night, I'm inspired to make vanilla chicken for my boyfriend. It sounds like such a great idea!!!!! Why hasn't this been done before? Chefs are afraid to make bold decisions, I guess!
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Revitalized posted:Is there any online outlet for R:I episodes? Or do I have to wait for reruns on the food network? Hulu only has the first 7 episodes from... Season 1. I love this show for some reason. Just watch Kitchen Nightmares on FOX.com, and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (the BBC original) on Hulu or Netflix. Please.
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Ozmaugh posted:I agree that Bitchin Kitchen has decent recipes but I just can't take more than a couple minutes of the character. oh well. I think it's the supplementary characters and, at least in my observation, she's embraced the character a little more. It seems less forced than it did before. I love the butcher guy. What really sold me on the show was the vegetarian episode where he keeps trying to add meat to the dishes. It's not High Food Art like Good Eats or Top Chef, but it breaks up the seemingly endless parade of Diners Drive-Ins and Dives.
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I can't stand Bitchin Kitchen precisely for the character. She brings out the kind of nationalistic vitriol in me that I get whenever I hear about Jersey Shore. All that being said, I hate that her recipes look so drat good. I wouldn't qualify Good Eats as High Food Art, but they definitely seem more like something I'd make around the house.
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I have to say, I am really enjoying Worst Cooks. Bobby seems to be enjoying the absurdity of a lot his contestants. Anyone interested in the hidden camera show coming out? I don't really know what to make of it, in terms of how eye opening it will really be, as opposed to being kind of phoney reality tv nonsense.
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I'm not a reality nut, but I have enjoyed all the seasons of Worst Cooks so far. I think it's because, unlike pretty much anyone else on FN, I really like Anne Burrell. I do wonder if she's ever worn pants, though. I can't remember, though, is there prize money involved? Because it seems like it would be pretty easy to work your way in as a ringer.
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ToastyPotato posted:Bobby seems to be enjoying the absurdity of a lot his contestants. It's probably the only time I've actually gotten a kick out of Bobby Flay, so I guess it's good in that regard. Too-fu
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flashy_mcflash posted:I think it's the supplementary characters and, at least in my observation, she's embraced the character a little more. It seems less forced than it did before. All the side characters are awesome, Hans in particular. When he cuts in flexing with the line "did somebody say... 'the'?" I don't know how you couldn't love the show. I have right from the beginning. Dish Network needs to make up their mind about whether or not Cooking Channel is part of my package already.
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So, just to make sure that my partner and I aren't alone: No-one understands anything that Florian Bellanger says, do they? Sometimes the contestants looks absolutely baffled during his judging. And, on that note, everyone wants to boff Justin the carpenter, right?
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criscodisco posted:No-one understands anything that Florian Bellanger says, do they? Sometimes the contestants looks absolutely baffled during his judging. I can understand Florian, I just think he needs to remember that he's talking about loving CUPCAKES sometimes, not a meal served by Morimoto. You mean the brothers? They're alright. 
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Just the one on the left; the one who looks like he doesn't comb his hair.
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I hate cupcakes and wars involving them, but yeah, the carpenters are both pretty slammin.
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Cupcake Wars is a bad show. Speaking of bad dessert shows, Pretentious Fart-Smelling Pastry Chef is coming back for a second season this week and I can't understand why.
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I watched Sweet Genius all afternoon yesterday. I don't understand why they have him behaving that way; he's really not a jerk otherwise, but comes across that way. It's dumb as hell. THE INSPIRATION IS...A DISCO BALL
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:I watched Sweet Genius all afternoon yesterday. Woa woa, he's not really that way? I couldn't watch more than a couple of episodes because I was totally put off by him. Why would they make him do that? 
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ToastyPotato posted:Woa woa, he's not really that way? I couldn't watch more than a couple of episodes because I was totally put off by him. Why would they make him do that? I have absolutely no clue. I've seen him on shows here and there (I've known his name for a long time because he makes some loving amazing flowers) and he seems perfectly nice. The way the whole show is crafted is just eerie to me. "Let's make everything seem remote and forbidding!"
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:I watched Sweet Genius all afternoon yesterday. GENIUS! A disco ball is a ball covered in dozens of mirrors that hangs from the ceiling. It was commonly used as a decoration during the disco era of the 1970's, particularly in dance clubs. *makes dessert out of baby food and wasabi, covers it in glitter, wins $10,000*
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ToastyPotato posted:Woa woa, he's not really that way? I couldn't watch more than a couple of episodes because I was totally put off by him. He's absolutely not that way in real life. He's a really sweet guy and one of the nicest and most fun-loving people I've met in the industry. He's also insanely talented in his field of wedding cakes, and why they threw him on a competition show about deserts is beyond me. He's also mentioned recently that he isn't happy with the way the show has been portraying him and he's going to fight for more creative control next season. Fun fact, he was gunning to host a show a while back and they denied him because his accent was too hard to understand. Now it's kind of his shtick, I guess. quote:Why would they make him do that? I don't watch the show much, but knowing how Food Network does, it's mostly coy production notes and editing. Like I said, he hopes to have more control next season.
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