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The 24 Best Cooking Shows of All Time, Ranked
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:40 pm
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:40 pm
Personally, I think Emeril is ranked way too low - he singlehandedly proved that a cooking show could succeed in prime time and propped up the Food Channel for years until it became stable. Ridiculous that Guy Fieri ranks higher.
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18. Emeril Live!
1997 - 2007
When you think of bombastic personalities in televisual cooking… Guy Fieri is probably the first that comes to mind. But without the influence of the original larger-than-life spice-flinger Emeril Lagasse, many chefs of today wouldn’t even have gotten their start. Watch the guy effortlessly perform culinary stunts in front of an enormous, riveted live audience and you’ll gain a larger-than-life amount of respect for him. BAM! That’s the sound of respect. And spices.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:50 pm to Stadium Rat
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I think Emeril is ranked way too low
Agreed.
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Ridiculous that Guy Fieri ranks higher.
Agreed. Also, Ace of Cakes? Give me a break.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:52 pm to Stadium Rat
You can learn a lot from Good Eats, but this list is missing a couple I enjoyed just for entertainment value alone. Justin Wilson, and Yan Can Cook. Those are some classics.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:55 pm to biohzrd
I love good eats but sometimes he is just wrong on some things. Like his crawfish
This post was edited on 3/23/15 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 3/23/15 at 6:55 pm to Mo Jeaux
Emeril Live is way too low.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 7:00 pm to Stadium Rat
Where does Justin Wilson fall?
Posted on 3/23/15 at 7:25 pm to TigerMyth36
Paul Prudhomme's shoes are legit
I need to get some tapes of Cajun Karl's Cooking Adventures
I need to get some tapes of Cajun Karl's Cooking Adventures
Posted on 3/23/15 at 7:38 pm to Stadium Rat
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Emeril
I'd watch him today
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Food Channel
It's total garbage now and haven't watched it in years.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 7:40 pm to Stadium Rat
List is garbage. 10 of those I'd consider worst of all time.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 7:51 pm to Pork Que
Agreed the list is garbage. There is a significant "new/current" show bias.
The dessert shows are geared nearly entirely for women.
Ming Tsai at #5. Wah???
Emeril is on air for 10 years and he's toward the bottom of the list?
Thanks again Thrillist
The dessert shows are geared nearly entirely for women.
Ming Tsai at #5. Wah???
Emeril is on air for 10 years and he's toward the bottom of the list?
Thanks again Thrillist
Posted on 3/23/15 at 7:53 pm to CHEDBALLZ
For me:
1) Good Eats
2) America's Test Kitchen
3) Emeril Live!
4) Great Chefs of New Orleans
5) Justin Wilson
6) Cook's Country
7) PP's Always Cookin'
8) Taste of Louisiana (Folse)
9) John Besh's Family Table
10) Earl Peyroux's 'Gourmet Cooking'
1) Good Eats
2) America's Test Kitchen
3) Emeril Live!
4) Great Chefs of New Orleans
5) Justin Wilson
6) Cook's Country
7) PP's Always Cookin'
8) Taste of Louisiana (Folse)
9) John Besh's Family Table
10) Earl Peyroux's 'Gourmet Cooking'
Posted on 3/23/15 at 7:58 pm to Pork Que
Anything with screaming judges should be DQ'd. Or that's a "reality show with goombahs or cakes tied to movie premieres. What a bag o crap.
No Jacques Pepin either.
ATK
Good Eats
Emeril (original)
Flay's Throwdown was good.
Ming
Barefoot Contessa
No Jacques Pepin either.
ATK
Good Eats
Emeril (original)
Flay's Throwdown was good.
Ming
Barefoot Contessa
Posted on 3/23/15 at 8:07 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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Number 1 in my heart!
Justin
Posted on 3/23/15 at 8:09 pm to Ice Cold
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No Jacques Pepin either
Dude could debone a chicken like an absolute boss. It's on YouTube. Only word to describe it is majestic.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 8:13 pm to Dire Wolf
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I love good eats but sometimes he is just wrong on some things. Like his crawfish
I'm not sure he even got any meat out of the one he peeled. I'd hope that he wishes he could re-do some ones from the past if he could. I really love the shows despite some of the glaring flaws.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 8:35 pm to Stadium Rat
Yahoo lists are notoriously shitty. Yahoo lists are created for the sole purpose of surrounding it with advertising.
The 24 Best Cooking Shows of All Time? Yeah right.
Where the frick is Yan Can Cook?
Where is the Frugal Gourmet?
Where is America's Test Kitchen?
Where is the Great Chefs series?
Where are Lidia Bastianich's shows?
Where the frick is Justin Wilson?
Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home?
Graham Kerr: The Galloping Gourmet?
Screw Yahoo and screw the person that came up with the list and screw that person's mother too.
The 24 Best Cooking Shows of All Time? Yeah right.
Where the frick is Yan Can Cook?
Where is the Frugal Gourmet?
Where is America's Test Kitchen?
Where is the Great Chefs series?
Where are Lidia Bastianich's shows?
Where the frick is Justin Wilson?
Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home?
Graham Kerr: The Galloping Gourmet?
Screw Yahoo and screw the person that came up with the list and screw that person's mother too.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 8:37 pm to Stadium Rat
Totally forgot about the Great Chefs series (not just NOLA). Classic straightforward cooking excellence.
I do like Besh's show.
I do like Besh's show.
Posted on 3/23/15 at 8:45 pm to Stadium Rat
Emeril Live is what made me start watching cooking shows on cable. He helped make the Food Network into the billion dollar network it is today.
There isn't any show on that channel now that can compete with Justin Wilson's show. I loved his show.
There isn't any show on that channel now that can compete with Justin Wilson's show. I loved his show.
This post was edited on 3/23/15 at 8:57 pm
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