Cooking Shows: Who do you want cooking for you?

[lumpenstein]

There are a ton of cooking shows on TV of all kinds. Some are good and some are hacks. Some of the food makes me drool and others make me want to puke.

What show do you like and what are some of the things that tickle your taste buds?

 

[Peter Parka]

Personally I find cooking shows boring, it gets worse when the presenters try to make it interesting with a gimmick, Jamie Oliver - I'm an Essex wide boy, Nigella Lawson - I pretend to have sex with the food, Gordon Ramsey - I say fuck a lot ect ect.

 

[lumpenstein]

Personally I find cooking shows boring, it gets worse when the presenters try to make it interesting with a gimmick, Jamie Oliver - I'm an Essex wide boy, Nigella Lawson - I pretend to have sex with the food, Gordon Ramsey - I say fuck a lot ect ect.

I warch them for ideas. It depends if you like to cook or not. I do. Most shows = you are right - rely on gimmicks but I ignore that and actually watch what the fuck they are making and how.

Two of my favourites are Canadian so you won't have seen them. One is Michael Smith Chef at Home and the other is Ricardo and Friends. Canadian TV producers are not into a lot of gimmicks - unless they are American wanna-bes .

 

[jassilem]

I think I would want Michael Smith cooking for me as long as he kept his rosemary stuck up his arse instead of in his dishes....

He cooks with PEI's best to offer

 

[Tyler Durden]

Gordon Ramsay has cooked for me before (well maybe it was in one of his restaurants lol!...so probably not) in Maze at Mayfair.

It was very nice, however not filling enough for this boy

At least I didn't pay

As for the others, I think I'd like Gary Rhodes cooking more due to his excessive use of gorgeous butter and sugar.

 

[Peter Parka]

Gordon Ramsay has cooked for me before (well maybe it was in one of his restaurants lol!...so probably not) in Maze at Mayfair.

It was very nice, however not filling enough for this boy

At least I didn't pay

As for the others, I think I'd like Gary Rhodes cooking more due to his excessive use of gorgeous butter and sugar.

Jamie Oliver has cooked for me before, he comes from a village just outside Harlow and was working as a cook, before he was famous, in a local pub for a bit.

I warch them for ideas. It depends if you like to cook or not. I do. Most shows = you are right - rely on gimmicks but I ignore that and actually watch what the fuck they are making and how.

Two of my favourites are Canadian so you won't have seen them. One is Michael Smith Chef at Home and the other is Ricardo and Friends. Canadian TV producers are not into a lot of gimmicks - unless they are American wanna-bes .

I like cooking but I use cookery books, bit hard to follow the instructions on telly unless you tape the show and keep pressing pause.

 

[lumpenstein]

Jamie Oliver has cooked for me before, he comes from a village just outside Harlow and was working as a cook, before he was famous, in a local pub for a bit.




I like cooking but I use cookery books, bit hard to follow the instructions on telly unless you tape the show and keep pressing pause.

I never use books. I usually make things out of memory and a little bit of improvization. I watch to learn little things that gradually improve my skills, like one I learned a long time ago: add oil to your butter to keep it from burning.

 

[Wookiegirl]

I like this southern older lady on the food network...i can't remember her name...she's like a mom....Paula Deen! She's tops!

 

[jassilem]

I like this southern older lady on the food network...i can't remember her name...she's like a mom....Paula Deen! She's tops!

I swear my arteries clog just watching her... :willy_nilly::24:

 

[pjbleek]

I know I wouldn't want Emril Lasagna to cook for me.........not only is he LOUD he'd prolly eat what he cooked for ya!

 

[syzygy011]

I swear my arteries clog just watching her... :willy_nilly::24:

Indeed. I don't think she ever met a stick of butter or some form of fat or sweet thing that she didn't like.

I personally spend most of my time watching the Food Network, and I don't think I would want any of them cooking for me. A few of them are too loud, too quiet, or talk too fast for me to understand. And Paula Dean's accent makes me want to chop my ears off with a rusty butter knife.

 

[Alien Allen]

I liked the old Floyd on Fish from the 1980's

That guy was funny.

Looked like he knew what he was doing. But I am no cook so I could be wrong.

 

[lumpenstein]

I liked the old Floyd on Fish from the 1980's

That guy was funny.

Looked like he knew what he was doing. But I am no cook so I could be wrong.

That guy was hilarious! I saw one of his series called Floyd on France. The theme song was cool, called Peaches by the Stranglers. :thumbup

 

[lumpenstein]

Here's the tune!

YouTube - The Stranglers - Peaches

 

[Alien Allen]

Great find Lumpy :thumbup

That theme song fit perfectly with that goof.

I swear he was half in the bag when he filmed each show.

He looks like it took its toll on him. The you tube I saw made him look ancient but those shows were done probably in the late 70's and early 80's and I think it was about 10 years later we first had them. or at least when i noticed them.

 

[Keight]

Some people just cant cook i guess i know if i happen to watch one it makes me hella hungry lol