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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:Mehta irritated me so I don't mind the fact that he's gone. I actually missed most of the episode- who won? I saw the tail end it and it sounded like Marcel did? Amanda Freitag did.
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Good. Now let's talk about how terrible some of that stuff on Sugar Dome looked tonight. Not that I'm happy about some weird steampunk thing winning even if it did look interesting!
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Dec 10, 2012 08:32
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If Freitag or (ugh) Guarnaschelli don't win then gently caress this season. I would have said something about Sugar Dome but the DVR's too busy on Sundays for me to watch it.
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Dec 10, 2012 20:56
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:Good. The other two were such a mess though. One completely collapsed and the audience for the other one looked like a bunch of toys. The details for the steam punk one looked really cool.
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Dec 10, 2012 23:17
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Christopher Irvine posted:If Freitag or (ugh) Guarnaschelli don't win then gently caress this season. Appleman is the only Iron Chef I'd accept.
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Dec 10, 2012 23:49
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Is it wrong that I want Marcel to win so they can bring in Ilan.
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Dec 10, 2012 23:54
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Toffile posted:Is it wrong that I want Marcel to win so they can bring in Ilan. I want Marcel to win but only so he can make a foam out of every secret ingredient.
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Dec 10, 2012 23:57
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dude789 posted:The other two were such a mess though. One completely collapsed and the audience for the other one looked like a bunch of toys. The details for the steam punk one looked really cool. Yeah, the collapsed one was going to look bad no matter what so yikes. I feel really bad because I'm sure they are talented. It kind of seems like the winners are people who can sculpt well and get their little mechanical elements to work, the actual tasting components and sugar/cake parts seem secondary. jscolon2.0 posted:Appleman is the only Iron Chef I'd accept. Snooozzeeeee. He's fine but I don't think he's amazing.
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Dec 11, 2012 00:02
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 time but I would be shocked if the next Iron Chef isn't a woman because Appleman has the pedigree but lacks Marcel's personality and vice versa. I would put money on it being Freitag just to crush Alex once again.
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Dec 11, 2012 00:08
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Mehta was the only guy I cared about in the season he was originally in. He was the only one that really seemed like an actual Iron Chef and I was pissed as gently caress when he lost.Christopher Irvine posted:If Freitag or (ugh) Guarnaschelli don't win then gently caress this season. Pretty sure one of them is. They're both established Food Network personalities, so it's better for one of them to be added as an Iron Chef than to bring in some new person. Plus, Alex is/was Zakarian's sous chef on Iron Chef, so she's got the experience. What I'm saying is this show isn't so much a competition to find a new Iron Chef, as it is promotion for an already-chosen new Iron Chef.
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Dec 11, 2012 00:13
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Jamesman posted:Pretty sure one of them is. They're both established Food Network personalities, so it's better for one of them to be added as an Iron Chef than to bring in some new person. Plus, Alex is/was Zakarian's sous chef on Iron Chef, so she's got the experience. I hate to get all but this entire season kind of lost my interest since it seemed like they've had a heavy Alex bias in the episodes I've seen. I remember seeing her as a competitor and flat out saying it was all just for her to actually win it.
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Dec 11, 2012 00:21
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Robviously posted:I hate to get all I watched the whole season and thought it was rigged for Falkner.
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Dec 11, 2012 00:23
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Jamesman posted:What I'm saying is this show isn't so much a competition to find a new Iron Chef, as it is promotion for an already-chosen new Iron Chef. Yup.
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Dec 11, 2012 00:24
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From the beginning, I was rooting for Guarnaschelli or Freitag, despite thinking it'd be Falkner or Mehta in the end. Then both of them got knocked out in a row by Appleman of all people, so now I don't know what the gently caress to think. I still hope it's Alex or Amanda, though. I'm pretty sure it'll be one of them, since Cat Cora leaving left Iron Chef a total sausage fest.
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Dec 11, 2012 00:24
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I'm not convinced NIC is rigged, because that implies someone would choose Marc Forgione.
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jscolon2.0 posted:I'm not convinced NIC is rigged, because that implies someone would choose Marc Forgione. Alton Brown has said that he hates doing Next Iron Chef and Food Network Star (he called the most recent FNS the most unpleasant project he's ever done), and I've always presumed that it's because the shows are rigged.
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jscolon2.0 posted:I'm not convinced NIC is rigged, because that implies someone would choose Marc Forgione. This Symon guy we picked was a big hit! Clearly it's because he's edgy. Go find me someone who's got even worse hair than a soul patch and an even more manic disposition! NB: above comparison not a dis on symon because dude's talented and not a dick
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Dec 11, 2012 02:41
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jscolon2.0 posted:Appleman is the only Iron Chef I'd accept. I was prepared to say that Iron Chefs need to be likable but then I remembered Bobby Flay and welp I miss Cat Cora and I can't stand his attitude and the other guy seems like he's okay but uninteresting.
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Dec 11, 2012 06:42
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Christopher Irvine posted:I was prepared to say that Iron Chefs need to be likable but then I remembered Bobby Flay and welp I feel like Flay warmed up over time. These days, however, I think Iron Chefs should definitely be likeable and have some personality. Mehta was HORRIBLE for IC, and so is Appleman. I really don't see Alex G being very Iron Chefy, but I didn't really think Zakarian was going to win either.
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Dec 11, 2012 19:13
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Mehta is really talented and I don't want to discount that, but I just don't enjoy watching him cook. That seems like a really stupid criticism until you realize oh, wait, I'm never actually making anything I see on Iron Chef so if I don't enjoy watching them work then what's the point? A little charisma matters. Flay has definitely improved himself over time.
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Dec 11, 2012 19:18
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Just saw a promo for that new show that Anthony Bourdain is hosting on ABC. Looks interesting. It looks like it's a culinary version of The Voice. Basically, a panel of 4 blind taste a one bite item and choose based on which was best. Only bummer is that it doesn't premiere until January 22nd.
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Dec 11, 2012 19:47
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Timby posted:Alton Brown has said that he hates doing Next Iron Chef and Food Network Star (he called the most recent FNS the most unpleasant project he's ever done), and I've always presumed that it's because the shows are rigged. A lot of the live stuff Alton's been doing has been to promote the shows, but then he's also the guy that berated all those people on FNS because they had no sense of how to actually be on television.
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Dec 11, 2012 21:33
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He also spammed the poo poo out of his twitter for FNS, which he probably didn't have to do (especially if he hated it so much.)Y Kant Ozma Post posted:Mehta is really talented and I don't want to discount that, but I just don't enjoy watching him cook. That seems like a really stupid criticism until you realize oh, wait, I'm never actually making anything I see on Iron Chef so if I don't enjoy watching them work then what's the point? Absolutely. I genuinely enjoy watching Chef Symon cook on Iron Chef because of his personality. I only really care about Symon, Flay, and Morimoto these days, to be honest. The other NIC winners have been pretty dull. ToastyPotato fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Dec 11, 2012 |
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Dec 11, 2012 22:38
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I'm only disappointed because Mehta was totally robbed on his season and Falkner was so far and away my favorite so with both of them gone (in consecutive weeks no less) I'm pretty apathetic about everyone but Freitag, who clearly underperformed on NICA: Super Chefs.
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Dec 11, 2012 22:59
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I was finally able to catch an episode of Sandra Lee's Taverns, Lounges, and Clubs. It was everything I hoped it would be.
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Dec 12, 2012 17:19
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While watching chopped redemption last night: Chris Santos: You forgot the root beer schnapps and you served me an inedible carrot that's basically raw. My dad: Yeah? Well you're an rear end in a top hat.
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Dec 12, 2012 17:49
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Timby posted:Alton Brown has said that he hates doing Next Iron Chef and Food Network Star (he called the most recent FNS the most unpleasant project he's ever done), and I've always presumed that it's because the shows are rigged. Isn't ICA itself rigged, though? Maybe not the final outcome, but they know days in advance what the ingredient is going to be and the chefs don't even cook their meals for the judges, they just make the B roll plate. The sous make the judging plates later. I always assumed NICA was basically the same way, a little competition sprinkled on a pile of reality TV bullshit. Not that we don't still watch it though, because that's just the kind of relationship my wife and I have with Food Network.
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Arms_Akimbo posted:Isn't ICA itself rigged, though? Maybe not the final outcome, but they know days in advance what the ingredient is going to be and the chefs don't even cook their meals for the judges, they just make the B roll plate. The sous make the judging plates later. I thought the wya it worked was they know 1 of like 3 possible ingredients because they basically go to them and say "if you got this ingredient, what else would you need" and the chefs know what the ingredient is by what's in their pantry. I think this happens to both sides though. I also thought that the chefs did in fact make the dishes for the judges, it's just they are given extra time to do so, while what we see on air is them making the B roll plates.
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axleblaze posted:I thought the wya it worked was they know 1 of like 3 possible ingredients because they basically go to them and say "if you got this ingredient, what else would you need" and the chefs know what the ingredient is by what's in their pantry. I think this happens to both sides though. This is around what the Unwrapped special said about the show. That they'll have a list of 3 items to guess from, they pick their pantries around those three possible items. Apparently, everyone (including Alton) knows what the ingredient is as they show it multiple times to everyone but the chefs for usual testing purposes. When the chefs see it on TV, they probably have guessed the ingredient but act surprised anyway. They said that they keep the ingredients under a black cloth to keep the chefs from seeing though. The chefs also cook the camera meal and all other meals. The goal is to cook the camera meal and if they don't get a chance to finish before time's out, it isn't allowed to be cooked as a meal for the judges. They then get enough time to make four separate meals (one for the Chairman/Alton if he's filling in). For some reason, this is the only episode of Unwrapped that sticks in my head the most. Well, this and the one about behind the scenes at FN where they have Rachel Ray and Tyler Florence basically cooking on a set but Paula Deen is actually at her home in a specially built garage for her show. I'm sure it's probably kind of annoying to have her dogs walking around freely during taping (which they seem to be allowed to do just fine). They did go into Rachel Ray's labeling which I thought was kind of interesting. They pretty much bought all ingredients they needed for recipes, took ALL labeling off, and slapped on generic "Tomato Sauce", "Garlic Powder", etc. labels so as to not get companies or sponsors upset. I do not know why I even remember all of this. I haven't seen Food Network in about 4 - 5 years and I haven't seen either of these Unwrapped episodes for much longer. Ah well. ThermoPhysical fucked around with this message at 10:44 on Dec 13, 2012 |
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I was watching some reruns last night and saw am ad for Next Iron Chef; Redemption. I thought this was funny because all redemption means is "we used all our personalities last season so here they are again"
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For that Iron CHef: Redemption commercial, they cut to each chef doing something "cheffy" and I always have to laugh at Frietag because she has this angry scrunched up face, while chopping an onion in half with a Butcher's knife. I know it's to look dramatic but I keep imagining her in her kitchin at home chopping an onion, all in the manner of taking big swings at it, with a butcher's knife. As for all the contestants, I do want Alex to lose, but late in the show, so I can hear more criticism of her plates. As for Mehta, I guess I have to blame the producers for showing him as one creepy sonofabitch. I wanna scour youtube and make a GIF of his shifty eyes.
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Wait, I've been out of the loop for FN lately. Wasn't Mehta an Iron Chef already after Garces? What the hell's going on? 
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Dec 13, 2012 20:52
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ThermoPhysical posted:Wait, I've been out of the loop for FN lately. Iron Chef America was Flay, , Batali and Puck. Puck quit after the first battle and then they added Morimoto. Cat Cora then became the first female Iron Chef which they just announced instead of allowing any buildup because Food Network are idiots. Michael Symon won the first season of Next Iron Chef, followed by Garces and Forgione then Zakarian.
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Dec 13, 2012 21:00
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ThermoPhysical posted:Wasn't Mehta an Iron Chef already after Garces? What the hell's going on? That rear end in a top hat couldn't see his colon if he had a colonscopy scope up his rear end. gently caress him. Make a beef tartar. Kill your holy meat. Oh, you can still preface it with "I will be the next Iron Chef. He went all in with his attitude, and it failed. Instead of a confident, deserving chef, he came off like an egotistical rear end in a top hat who sucked at cooking.
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Dec 13, 2012 21:49
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And I repeated. Skip the first post and this. It will be better for everyone.
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Dec 13, 2012 21:55
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I changed my mind. I want nothing more than to have Marcel as the next iron chef. It will be really really cool and I hope he makes it.
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Dec 17, 2012 03:48
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Thanks for airing a commercial for next week's episode, during this week's episode, that only had three of the contestants in it. Scripps! 
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^^ lol'd when this happened ^^Y Kant Ozma Post posted:I changed my mind. I want nothing more than to have Marcel as the next iron chef. It will be really really cool and I hope he makes it. Sorry Ozma, but Freitag's taking this.
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Dec 17, 2012 23:28
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I dunno about that but I knew Marcel was doomed. I was just thinking that he could make iron chef funny.
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