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Arms_Akimbo posted:The Taste would probably be a little better if the teams weren't so blatently producer influenced, if the challenges were a little more difficult than "comfort food" and "wine pairings,"and if the "mentors" did anything other than screw around while their team cooked complete nightmares. As it stands, its a poor man's Masterchef and I'd be surprised if it got a second run. You'd think Bourdain could be at least equal to Ramsay but I guess he's just not. Shocking, really.
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Arms_Akimbo posted:The Taste would probably be a little better if the teams weren't so blatently producer influenced, if the challenges were a little more difficult than "comfort food" and "wine pairings,"and if the "mentors" did anything other than screw around while their team cooked complete nightmares. As it stands, its a poor man's Masterchef and I'd be surprised if it got a second run. I'm starting to lose the point of the show because the mentors don't actively teach the cooks anything. And the tasting being limited to one spoon of everything all at once is very limited and contrived.
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Feb 15, 2013 13:08
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axleblaze posted:I thin I've defended Anne Burrel before in this topic, but my god she is horrible on Chef Wanted. She's just unpleasant, loud and often belittling. I really like Anne Burrel on other stuff I've seen her on, but I could swear I've heard that she's a notoriously massive bitch in her own kitchens.
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Feb 15, 2013 13:43
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axleblaze posted:I thin I've defended Anne Burrel before in this topic, but my god she is horrible on Chef Wanted. She's just unpleasant, loud and often belittling. One thing that irritates me about it is the audio quality during the cooking sequences. Either she is too loud or the audio equpiment is poor quality, but her audio crackles a lot when she is yelling. Otherwise, I watch the show because...because I don't know why. They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
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criscodisco posted:I really like Anne Burrel on other stuff I've seen her on, but I could swear I've heard that she's a notoriously massive bitch in her own kitchens. Yeah, a few of her female employees had put up a sexual harassment lawsuit against her. Women from two various restaurants joined in on it, if I remember right. The stuff she said was disgusting, in my opinion, El Goog has it.
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Oh dang, I never knew about the sexual harassment lawsuits re: Anne Burrell. I actually kind of like her personality (I've been watching the marathons of Worst Cooks, and the only other thing I've seen her in were a few eps of ICA) but her hair is awful. Like, she's on TV, someone should be responsible for telling her that her hair is just bad. This isn't even me being like sexist or thinking women should always look good it's literally a lighting/filming thing - her hair is too thin and too long for the style she is trying to do. Like how Kate Mulgrew's hair was too thin to wear it down when she played Janeway on Trek because the lights shined through it and it was unflattering. It just... bothers me a lot, but I guess I shouldn't be caring this much about a TV chef's hair. My partner and I both said at the same time that she should totally go on What Not To Wear just for the hair styling aspect, though. Anyway, I recall one of the Sugardome contestants posting here a while back and I just saw her episode today. Nice job, too bad you didn't win but it was interesting nonetheless! Carrot Wheel fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Feb 16, 2013 |
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Feb 16, 2013 22:44
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Carrot Wheel posted:Anyway, I recall one of the Sugardome contestants posting here a while back and I just saw her episode today. Nice job, too bad you didn't win but it was interesting nonetheless! Food Network seemed to just throw that show to the dogs. I can't think of any other reason why'd they be airing new episodes at 1pm on a Saturday. Was the person that posted here's team the one that had the roller coaster that should have worked or the one that had the track just completely break before the judging? Because the latter one should have totally won it anyways. Also I'm watching Worst Cooks for the first time and it strikes me as such an odd show. It claims to be trying to help these people be better cooks but really it just rewards the least incompetent among them ie the ones that need the least help. It's also weird that by "teach them to cook" they mean show them how to do something once and have them copy, which once again just seems to reward people that weren't all that hopeless to begin with.
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Feb 16, 2013 22:50
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Anne Burrell's hair is an attempt at branding, and you noticed the poo poo out of it so it's a rousing success. Go ahead, name a successful cooking personality without a gimmick.
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Christopher Irvine posted:Anne Burrell's hair is an attempt at branding, and you noticed the poo poo out of it so it's a rousing success. Go ahead, name a successful cooking personality without a gimmick. But it is loving annoying as hell and makes me angry when otherwise (except for the sexual harassment stuff) I would like her. You can have quirky hair that doesn't look terrible when filmed.  axleblaze posted:Food Network seemed to just throw that show to the dogs. I can't think of any other reason why'd they be airing new episodes at 1pm on a Saturday. Was the person that posted here's team the one that had the roller coaster that should have worked or the one that had the track just completely break before the judging? Because the latter one should have totally won it anyways. The one where the track completely broke right before the end, and they had a dragon. And I did notice the time shift. I was actually worried the show wouldn't even get to that poster's episode before being cancelled. Carrot Wheel fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Feb 16, 2013 |
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axleblaze posted:Also I'm watching Worst Cooks for the first time and it strikes me as such an odd show. It claims to be trying to help these people be better cooks but really it just rewards the least incompetent among them ie the ones that need the least help. It's also weird that by "teach them to cook" they mean show them how to do something once and have them copy, which once again just seems to reward people that weren't all that hopeless to begin with. Not only rewarding the people who need the least help, but punishing those who need the most by eliminating them. The concept of FINDING the worst cooks, and them ELIMINATING the worst cooks for BEING the worst cooks each week is just the dumbest loving thing, and it's laughable how everyone constantly fellates the chefs for being such good teachers. Why does every reality/competition show need to be elimination style, anyway? Even the loving shows like Sugar Dome have a mini-elimination right at the last 2 minutes of the show before announcing the winner.
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Feb 16, 2013 23:07
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Jamesman posted:Why does every reality/competition show need to be elimination style, anyway? Even the loving shows like Sugar Dome have a mini-elimination right at the last 2 minutes of the show before announcing the winner. I'm going to blame this on Survivor.
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Feb 16, 2013 23:26
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Now that you mention eliminations, I would really like to see what each chef would make for each round in Chopped.
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Hi guys! That was my episode, the roller coaster one. I was in the orange team. It sucked that the track broke, but I thought the judging was fair. They roller coaster guy on the team that won owns one of the only remaining wooden roller coaster design companies left in the world and they knew their poo poo. And yes, I am amazed that the show made it to this episode. I was certain it would be pulled before then. People keep asking if I would go back for another episode, but I'm not sure there will be the chance. Thanks for watching it. 
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Feb 17, 2013 19:51
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I was amazed I caught the episode at all. I still liked yours better even though it broke and I'm not just saying that because you're here. It was great the other one worked but yours was still the best in terms of all the details and actual design. The other one was just kinda ugly and not very exciting. I was hoping for an upset in your favor.
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Feb 17, 2013 19:57
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Thanks! It was pretty generally accepted on the set that if our roller coaster had worked, we would have won. Between you and me, our roller coaster designer didn't know a lot about the physics of the coaster to be able to help us. But we still had fun watching it. Hope you guys did, too!
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Feb 17, 2013 20:00
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I missed it!  Does anyone know if/when the episode will come on again? It doesn't sound like the show will last too much longer (which I don't know if it's a shame or not since I haven't really seen it).FN hasn't done much promotion for it since the only reason I even know about it is from here.
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Feb 17, 2013 20:41
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Whereas Sugar Dome had a neat concept with the idea of having different specialists working together, like many of Food Network's shows the problem was with the execution. I don't really know why they tried to make it all ultra dramatic and whatnot. It didn't work in season 1 of Sweet Genius either and Chef Ron is a lot more watchable than the angry host of Sugar Dome.
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Feb 17, 2013 22:17
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I, um, I guess I don't really know why, but I kind of like The Taste! I like the chemistry between the mentors, and I like the gimmick of blind tasting. I also like the sheer quantity of food you get to see and hear reactions to. If Nigella loses her entire team, is she still going to be a judge? I guess I'd imagine so. It'll be funny when that happens.
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Feb 17, 2013 23:56
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What are the stakes anyway? Did I miss a preamble to the first episode that mentions what these guys are competing for?
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Feb 18, 2013 00:05
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The contestants, or the mentors? I'd really love to think the mentors have actual incentives to make sure their teams do well. Poor Nigella with her horrible pedestrian tastes.
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Feb 18, 2013 02:36
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On the new Worst Cooks, the contestant Chet has the more horrifying face. He constantly looks like he is going to loving murder someone by ripping them apart with his teeth.
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Feb 18, 2013 03:13
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One of the contestants on Worst Cooks lost her fake fingernail in her dish. Awesome.
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I kinda want that annoying jock sandwich eating Alex to go home first...he is incredibly annoying and waaaay too confident. Also, Tim looks like he wants to kill everyone who hates his food. Everyone. e: I meant Dr. Bob but Tim looks like he'd kill someone too. It's slightly terrifying. ThermoPhysical fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Feb 18, 2013 |
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Feb 18, 2013 03:30
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Did that guy on Worst Cooks just say he "totes won"?
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Capn Beeb posted:Did that guy on Worst Cooks just say he "totes won"? It makes me convinced that this show is 110% fake. Between that dude and his uber nerd persona, and the dwarf on Bobby Flay's team who loves him to death and lost a fingernail in her food, watching this episode made me convinced I am not interested in watching another episode.
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Verdugo posted:It makes me convinced that this show is 110% fake. Between that dude and his uber nerd persona, and the dwarf on Bobby Flay's team who loves him to death and lost a fingernail in her food, watching this episode made me convinced I am not interested in watching another episode. I was trying to figure out if Poindexter was just a really ironic hipster or if the show is just totally completely fake (as far as the personalities on display.) When I found out he claimed to be an accountant though, I leaned on the side of fake. I still like watching Anne Burrell yell at people 
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The Grantland recapper recognized a comedian/writer during the auditions so I'd lean towards it all being fake. Incidentally, this is the same guy who covered Rachael vs Guy and he's hilarious so props to whomever linked it all those pages ago.
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I'm kind of convinced that Flay won't appear on a show where part of it isn't devoted to someone talking about how great he is. I mean other than his normal cooking shows this happens in all of them. Iron Chef talks constantly about how great all the Iron Chefs are, Throwdown always had a few people freaking out about the honor of having Bobby Flay there, Worst Cooks always has people talking about how great he is (and in both seasons he was on people that have crushes on him) and on that lovely Dinner Party show they always have clips of the people talking about how amazing it is to have Bobby Flay in their home. It's kind of ridiculous.
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My wife & I immediately recognized Alex as a contestant from that Big Brother rip off, Glass House. His whole schtick was acting out like he was going on be the major villain on the show, but then proceeded to get immediately eliminated. If he lasts, he will almost certainly be super annoying.
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axleblaze posted:I'm kind of convinced that Flay won't appear on a show where part of it isn't devoted to someone talking about how great he is. I mean other than his normal cooking shows this happens in all of them. Iron Chef talks constantly about how great all the Iron Chefs are, Throwdown always had a few people freaking out about the honor of having Bobby Flay there, Worst Cooks always has people talking about how great he is (and in both seasons he was on people that have crushes on him) and on that lovely Dinner Party show they always have clips of the people talking about how amazing it is to have Bobby Flay in their home. It's kind of ridiculous. I'm amazed that he didn't get it renamed to 'Bobby Flay's Worst Cook in America'. I just checked IMDB and he's had ELEVEN shows with his own name in the title.
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axleblaze posted:I'm kind of convinced that Flay won't appear on a show where part of it isn't devoted to someone talking about how great he is. I mean other than his normal cooking shows this happens in all of them. Iron Chef talks constantly about how great all the Iron Chefs are, Throwdown always had a few people freaking out about the honor of having Bobby Flay there, Worst Cooks always has people talking about how great he is (and in both seasons he was on people that have crushes on him) and on that lovely Dinner Party show they always have clips of the people talking about how amazing it is to have Bobby Flay in their home. It's kind of ridiculous. The worst thing about Throwdown was those assistants Bobby had for every episode. At least he recognized when he was out of his league or at least knew that his opponent made some good food. His assistants, however, couldn't fathom the thought of him losing and whatever he made for the challenge was bound to redefine how the dining public thinks about X item and you're a Philistine if you don't like it. God they were awful.
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Which episode of Throwdown was it where the Throwdownee had no idea who Flay was? I remember he was doing some kind of demonstration when Flay saunters up and challenges him, and the dude is like 'what is happening' and then you see him on the phone with his wife, all 'Bobby...FAY is here?' I think it was something to do with ice cream.
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That sounds about right- other people had to tell him who Bobby Flay was. I enjoyed that. 
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Christopher Irvine posted:The Grantland recapper recognized a comedian/writer during the auditions so I'd lean towards it all being fake. Incidentally, this is the same guy who covered Rachael vs Guy and he's hilarious so props to whomever linked it all those pages ago. Both Dr Bob and Rasheeda are on Facebook and commented on that review.  Dr Bob doesn't seem to get the humor in it and is taking it as seriousness. Rasheeda seems to think it's hilarious and hopes her womb doesn't fall on the floor too. She also said that while Alex is probably faking it after someone brought up that he was in another reality show prior to this (the same one that bigE mentioned), but that she wasn't really faking all of it. She really did want to learn how to cook but the whole "cook to find a man" part was just for fun. I kinda hope Rasheeda wins. Or Big Mike. His blushing was adorable after he ripped his pants. I at least hope he put on new ones before he cooked.
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The guy who does the re-caps for Grantland (Max Silvestri) also does Top Chef re-caps for eater.com, incidentally.
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Red Warrior posted:I'm amazed that he didn't get it renamed to 'Bobby Flay's Worst Cook in America'. I just checked IMDB and he's had ELEVEN shows with his own name in the title. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that even Flay himself is sick of the endless marketing of his name, but for better or worse, he's easily the biggest brand, person-wise, that Food Network has (with Rachael Ray being a distant second), and Scripps is pretty shameless in terms of how it whores out its brands ... there's a reason Bourdain holds them in such contempt.
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I wasn't a big fan of the concept, but I kind of wish that 3 Days to Open show stuck around longer, because it's the only time I actually found Bobby Flay likeable and humanized. Having him sit down and talk to the struggling people and relate to them and stuff was actually kind of nice to see. Now we've got that dinner party contest show where his role is to show up with secret ingredients and royally gently caress up each team's carefully planned menu when they're already in the middle of cooking it and it's almost impossible to change any of it.
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The cheapness of the set for The Taste didn't hit me square in the head until tonight. During one of the exit interviews, the rejected woman plodded out through the double doors with the badly "silkscreened" show logo over the glass windows and the doors swung back onto the outdoor security lock flange and kinked back inside the swinging doors. Nothing screams network television and quality like the impression someone could break onto the set with some bolt cutters.
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Did it also seem like the door leading out from the judges panel and into the elevator shaft thing only closed halfway when she left, and they quickly panned up to the sign above the door? How does something like Masterchef have that awesome two-level set with the cool pantry and Bourdain's show has this? Man, if it weren't for Ludo I would be so done with this show, but he keeps pulling me back in.
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Jamesman posted:I wasn't a big fan of the concept, but I kind of wish that 3 Days to Open show stuck around longer, because it's the only time I actually found Bobby Flay likeable and humanized. Having him sit down and talk to the struggling people and relate to them and stuff was actually kind of nice to see. Even that is just ripped off from the British 'Come Dine With Me', just adding a host to the mix. Also I think Rachel Ray was a bigger star for FN than Flay, she's gone on to do the talk show etc, has a magazine. Flay apparently tried to get a deal to do a talk show but no-one was interested. He does have a branded kitchenware line at least like Ray. But Guy Fieri is easily the biggest star on Food Network now as sad as that is. You have entire nights of back-to-back DDD episodes because it simply out-rates anything else they put on.
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