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The spoiler narrations on Food Network's competition shows

Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:23 pm
Posted by Degas
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Posted on 8/24/17 at 4:23 pm
First of all, the amount of narration is completely out of hand. For instance, during the original Iron Chef show, they'd break away for about a thirty second interview after the secret ingredient where the Chef would outline their goals for the dishes and briefly talk about the secret ingredient, which I liked because you get into the Chef's head. The rest of the show was cooking. Today, with these shows like Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay, Guy's Triple G, The Next Food Network Star, etc., the amount of post competition commentary interviewing that they splice in during the cooking process is ridiculous, not to mention how the shows always manage to spoil the outcome. Example: A judge will say, "I hope Chef Smith gets his meat in the pan soon because it takes a long time to cook." Then they break to a recap interview with the Chef, "I spent too much time on the sauces and I'm putting my meat in the pan far later than I wanted to. I just hope it cooks enough so that the judges are happy." Well, guess what happens 99% of the time...during judging, a judge will say that the presentation looks great, the components work well together, but the meat is under cooked. Gee, I didn't see that coming. I want to see more of the cooking dammit. I really don't care if they beat cancer, heroin, or lost their Mother at a young age or any of that crap that the FN tends to incorporate into their shows.

/rant
Posted by Gris Gris
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Posted on 8/24/17 at 5:03 pm to
I'm tired of most of the competition shows. Just burned out. I watch if someone from LA is on them, but I haven't watched a Chopped in ages.

I've been watching the cooking shows on PBS a lot. I like them way more than Food Network. All cooking shows which is what I prefer.
Posted by Degas
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Posted on 8/24/17 at 5:11 pm to
I grew up with PBS and LOVED The Galloping Gourmet (Graham Kerr) and the French Chef (Julia Child). Whenever my Mother would start cooking I would pull up a chair and stand on it by the stove, so my love of cooking was apparent for me even for a child who wasn't tall enough to see the top of a stove. Admittedly, my Mother isn't a great cook. She can follow recipes and have pretty good results, but a lot of times it was a can of corn heated in a dish, a can of beans in another, etc. Nothing over the top exciting, so those PBS shows really gave me an outlet.
Posted by LSU fan 246
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Posted on 8/24/17 at 5:17 pm to
Food network is pretty horrible now. The amount of cooking competitions and shows are absurd.


quote:

I want to see more of the cooking dammit. I really don't care if they beat cancer, heroin, or lost their Mother at a young age or any of that crap that the FN tends to incorporate into their shows.


Yea the pity party shite made me stop watching chopped.
Posted by Parrish
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Posted on 8/24/17 at 5:24 pm to
Cooking Channel.

ETA: But I'm with you that the competition shows that are only on Food Network have gotten away from their focus.
This post was edited on 8/24/17 at 5:27 pm
Posted by cgrand
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Posted on 8/24/17 at 5:32 pm to
suki-san!
Posted by Gris Gris
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Posted on 8/24/17 at 5:42 pm to
Stood on a chair myself. My Mom is a great cook, though growing up, she cooked pretty normal things for the family. When she and Dad had company and she was cooking, it was more fun to watch.

After we were all older, she really started cooking a lot more. She and my Dad used to donate dinner parties to fundraisers for auctions and we'd help. Then, later, we started donating together and all pitching in with her doing most of the cooking, though, because she wanted to. If there was meat involved, my Dad took care of that. She'd have pass around hors d'voeuvres she'd make, an app, salad, sorbet, entree with sides and dessert. Always very nice. Lots of work, though.

I think after the last one last year, they decided to retire from donating the meals. They want to have their friends over more often, so we'll go help with service for that so they can enjoy the guests, but she does most of the cooking. They are 84 and 89, but they still have plenty of friends of many ages and still have dinner parties, whether elaborate or casual.

My Mom watches cooking shows and looks up recipes all the time in between watching every sport known to man. She most often gets ideas from recipes and does them her way. It's still fun to watch her cook and to cook with her.
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