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  • barbecuesauce
    barbecuesauce Posts: 1,771 Member
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    ireadlabelsdammit wrote: »
    Yes!! Me too!!
    What about how they stick their dirty fingers into a salt bowl? I do quite like the sprinkling affect tho!

    I can't stand when they're unsanitary! Lemme handle this raw chicken and then touch everything in sight. And then they serve it up to judges (or to the staff if it isn't a competition--surely all that food doesn't go to waste).
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,626 Member
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    purpleposies wrote: »
    I love Food Network! Makes me hungry, though, so I can only even watch food TV in moderation. ;)

    I love watching Chopped and Iron Chef (original or America). Luurrrvvvee Alton Brown, Sunny (don't remember her last name), Michael Simon. Giada rubs me the wrong way, and I do like Paula Deen. Rachael Ray always seems mad in her shows. And I love the old Emeril Live shows! But yes! Food porn!
    I like Sunny, too, but can't remember her last name, lol. She's less cloying than so many of them. She's not the most popular, but she's easier to watch than many.

    I didn't like Paula Deen much and that Pioneer Woman...I dunno. Don't like her. I can only take so much of the Barefoot Contessa, too. Rachael Ray, though, has to be the hardest one to watch. So obnoxious and rude. Yeesh!

    I liked Emeril. Like Bobby Flay and Kelsey Nixon. I don't love Kelsey's show - she's too dang perky for me - but her recipes are good.

    And I loved Alton Brown. Food Network out to put up a statue of him, lol.

    Good Eats is the best cooking show that ever aired.
  • Keklepke
    Keklepke Posts: 34 Member
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    leonora711 wrote: »
    I've been watching "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" lately... God I wish I could eat that stuff and lose weight... Luckily, I don't live in America, so I can't just go to those restaurants :P.


    My fav show!! Did you notice how much weight Guy Fieri gained?? Good thing we don't get to eat all that stuff... But sometimes I wish LOL
  • scastor27
    scastor27 Posts: 204 Member
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    It's Sunny Anderson. She's fun to watch!
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    edited July 2015
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    The best example ever would be found on one episode of "Secrets of a Restauant Chef". Anne Burrell was making some kind of braised pork recipie and she had this GIGANTIC bottle of olive oil with a pour spout on it. By the end of the episode she had added enough "just a drizzle"s of oil that the bottle was nearly empty! No wonder restaurant meals taste so good (and are so high in calories)!

    I don't like Rachel Ray much. She's never made a single dish that I've liked before, her voice has that course smoker' tone to it, and she's not and actual chef in the first place. Red Dummond (the pioneer lady) is much more skilled in her food blogging than she is at being a cooking show host. She seems really stiff on TV, but her blogging and photography make her look much more animated. Ina Garten is okay sometimes, but I personally think that she can come across as a bit snobbish sometimes.

    I like Giada pretty well. Her recipies seem to be more in line with dishes that most people could actually cook on a semi-regular basis. Same sort of deal as Bobby Flay. I adore watching Guy Fieri, but his dishes aren't in line with how I prefer to cook. Too much meat -- I'm vegetarian 90% of the time due to budget concerns. He's more of a fun TV personality to me than anything.

    While she isn't on the Food Network, I really like watching Carla Hall cook. Sweets and baking are two things that I've always loved, and she has such a perky personality that it's hard to NOT get Exocets about cooking when you're watching her make something.
  • dizzieblondeuk
    dizzieblondeuk Posts: 286 Member
    edited July 2015
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    I love cookery shows, but watch mostly UK ones. Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay are great - and both do recipes that are clearly geared towards healthy eating. Jamie is a massive advocate for childhood healthy eating, as is Gordon, and I think that influences the kind of things they make on TV. They still show indulgent desserts and blow out main dishes, but the message isn't 'stick an entire bottle of oil in here' for every dish! I feel as though UK cookery shows are geared towards a more 'ethical' viewer - those who care deeply about what they eat, where the ingredients come from, things like reducing food wastage, food miles and all that stuff. So that means the content of UK cookery shows is probably vastly different from the US.

    My food porn though is The Great British Bake Off - British MFP-ers will understand! It's the most amazing show to watch, love it so much, and it's coming back very soon! It may well be my favourite show on TV - I've just never watched it without a cup of tea and biscuit! So, my calorie count may have to factor in 'Biscuit Wednesdays' for that show! ;)
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,626 Member
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    I love The Great British Bakeoff!!! I thought it knew how to make just about every treat there was until I started watching that show. Now I know there are an endless supply of treats to learn to make...but learning how to do it well means tasting it and that's kind of out right now.

    I'm not a fan of reality TV, but truly enjoy that show. (Not British, watch it on public TV.)
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    Lol yes. I catch a glimpse at the gym sometimes and I'm horrified.

    Don't get me started on those Facebook cooking posts that pop up on my feed. Yikes.
  • DataSeven
    DataSeven Posts: 245 Member
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    I'm addicted to Masterchef Australia right now, they seem to prepare dishes that are a bit healthier than your standard cooking show fare.
  • Nachise
    Nachise Posts: 395 Member
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    Ditto on "Secrets of a Restaurant Chef". I'm usually on the elliptical when that show comes on, and the SALT! OMG! No wonder she is as thick as a tree trunk.
  • runfreer
    runfreer Posts: 23 Member
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    Just a little factoid: Gordon Ramsey is a marathoner.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,626 Member
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    Nachise wrote: »
    Ditto on "Secrets of a Restaurant Chef". I'm usually on the elliptical when that show comes on, and the SALT! OMG! No wonder she is as thick as a tree trunk.
    They're all crazy with salt. I once heard her, as she was dumping piles of salt into the water with her pasta, say, "You know what it will taste like without the salt?"

    "Pasta," I thought.

    "Nothing!" she says.

    That second, I actually envisioned her in the hospital bed after her heart attack, learning about what to eat to keep herself healthy in the future and resolving to do it. Anne needs to learn to appreciate herbs and spices a little more and salt, fat and sugar a little less!

    They all do. You know Bobby Flay's mornings do not consist of chowing down on those breakfasts he makes on TV. Alton came right out and said that you can't make all his yummiest foods all the time and be healthy.

    They should do a special, like two or three hours, where all the popular chefs make some healthy food.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,868 Member
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    butters and oils are delicious...fat = flavor...those chefs are being paid to make something exceptional...they aren't sitting there wondering about calories; they're creating awesomeness.

    also, i do make a lot of the things they make...they aren't every day dinners...this is the kind of stuff you prepare for special occasions...also, you can cut back on the oils and butter if you wish...but personally, when I'm creating something awesome for my anniversary or something...well, I just want it to be awesome and I could give a *kitten* about the calories. Again...it's not like I would eat like that every day...but when you can look at the big picture and your diet as a whole, there's not reason you can't enjoy much of what these chefs make on occasion.

    also, you might want to just stay away from restaurants in general.
  • purpleposies
    purpleposies Posts: 90 Member
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    runfreer wrote: »
    Just a little factoid: Gordon Ramsey is a marathoner.

    I love me some Gordon Ramsay. I'm a really nice person, but for some reason, I love to watch him yell at people. Especially on Hell's Kitchen.
  • belimawr
    belimawr Posts: 1,155 Member
    edited July 2015
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    GabriellaRose_V wrote: »
    Always! But I still love watching cooking shows though. I have a girl crush on Chef Giada.

    I have a man crush on her, then remember I wouldn't have a chance. :smiley: Besides, I think she's taken, dammit.
  • Sirius_12
    Sirius_12 Posts: 54 Member
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    I hate "reality" cooking shows. Such bad acting. My favorites are Cooks Country and Americas Test Kitchen, both on PBS.
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
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    Do you ever watch cooking shows and...raid the kitchen, yes :)
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
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    out of curiosity i actually followed a recipe once using all the recommended amount of oil, butter, heavy cream, salt, etc. the difference in taste was very noticeable, and i doubt the calories were all that different.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
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    runfreer wrote: »
    Just a little factoid: Gordon Ramsey is a marathoner.

    he does triathlon's too.
  • AmigaMaria001
    AmigaMaria001 Posts: 489 Member
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    ireadlabelsdammit wrote: »
    Yes!! Me too!!
    What about how they stick their dirty fingers into a salt bowl? I do quite like the sprinkling affect tho!

    NO ONE should even be in the kitchen with dirty fingers. I always keep a covered bowl of salt next to my stove and use my impeccably clean fingers to sprinkle salt!

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