PBS has some decent shows. America's Test Kitchen/Cook's Country uses a scientific method to find the best way to do a recipe. Mexico: One Plate at a Time w/ Rick Bayless is also a good one if you like authentic Mexican food.
For the best chef cleavage check out Nigella Lawson:
I like BBQ Pitmasters, learn some good techniques watching that show. Would love just to spend a day or so with Myron Mixon and get some good stuff out of him as supposedly he's possibly the top competition BBQ in the country.
As for food competition showed I love Chopped. Amazes me what dishes those chefs can make in under 30 minutes out of some strange ingrediants sometimes.
Actual Food Show: I've always liked Man vs. Food. I've eaten at a couple of the restaurants that Adam had been to and found them to be pretty good. Haven't done any of the challenges that he's done, but that may be a stretch for me.
Reality Food Show: Hell's Kitchen. Not only is it entertaining to watch, but the format has been virtually unchanged since Season 1.
The problem with Hell's Kitchen is that it's not even remotely believable. I mean, some of these contestants are executive chefs at hotels, country clubs, etc. and they want me to believe that they don't know how to cook pasta or can't cook chicken past stone cold raw. Sorry, not buying it for a second. It's just like any other "reality" show - made up drama for the sake of ratings.
Is there any love for Eat Street, the Canadian-produced food truck show? What about the ethnic food and train-wreck comedy of Baron Ambrosia?
The Food Network moved into a direction a few years ago based almost exclusively on celebrity chefs and on-camera personalities. Every show has somebody's name in the title, the magazine has the same pictures of the same chefs on every cover. These people each have a small army of producers and assistants making recipes and putting shows together, the celebrity just has their name slapped on the teams work.
The food travel shows hit their own bubble a few years ago as well. Adam Richman won't even touch a food challenge, but two year old reruns of Man vs. Food fill up every day on the Travel Channel. The newer food travel shows on Destination America or Travel Channel just blur together with nothing standing out.
Don't think I've seen it in this thread yet but Simply Ming is an awesome show with a really cool host. It seems like at the end of every episode, he has a cocktail of some sorts.
Is there any love for Eat Street, the Canadian-produced food truck show? What about the ethnic food and train-wreck comedy of Baron Ambrosia?
The Food Network moved into a direction a few years ago based almost exclusively on celebrity chefs and on-camera personalities. Every show has somebody's name in the title, the magazine has the same pictures of the same chefs on every cover. These people each have a small army of producers and assistants making recipes and putting shows together, the celebrity just has their name slapped on the teams work.
The food travel shows hit their own bubble a few years ago as well. Adam Richman won't even touch a food challenge, but two year old reruns of Man vs. Food fill up every day on the Travel Channel. The newer food travel shows on Destination America or Travel Channel just blur together with nothing standing out.
I saw an episode of Baron Ambrosia the other week. It was one of the more bizarre things I've ever seen. It was almost one of those "it's so bad it's good" type of things. I can't believe that a network exec gave it the green light.
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