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What's the one cooking contest show you could hold your own?

Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:51 pm
Posted by theantiquetiger
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Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:51 pm
With all the cooking contest shows, Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef, Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay, etc, what's the one show you think you would do fairly well on? I don't mean win (but would be a bonus), but at least hold your own against the chefs on the show.

I think mine would be "Chopped".
Posted by KosmoCramer
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Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:54 pm to
Desserts would kill me on chopped.

I'd have to learn how to use the ice cream maker and just make whatever I could out of the ingredients as ice cream.
Posted by Prairie Tiger
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Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:56 pm to
In a thread you started a little while I mentioned Hell's Kitchen. I could hold my own on that. Chopped deals with some ingredients I've never even heard of and you need to make something with it in 20-30 min. No shot.
Posted by TH03
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Posted on 3/2/17 at 9:56 pm to
Beat Bobby Flay should be the answer for most. Highlight one ingredient then make what you make the best.
Posted by PapaPogey
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Posted on 3/2/17 at 10:00 pm to
Honestly, none. I just don't really have the culinary depth as far as different ingredients go to just mash up a great meal in short time. I can cook 15-20 meals well but I'm shite out of luck if I'm trying to impress a bunch of highfalutin judges.
Posted by theantiquetiger
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Posted on 3/2/17 at 10:10 pm to
quote:

Honestly, none. I just don't really have the culinary depth as far as different ingredients go to just mash up a great meal in short time. I can cook 15-20 meals well but I'm shite out of luck if I'm trying to impress a bunch of highfalutin judges.


I remember on the 2nd or 3rd season of Hell's Kitchen, they had a cook from Waffle House (or something similar). She did quite well, made it through 3 or 4 rounds. When she was cut, Ramsey told her he will pay for her culinary school.

She didn't win, but she held her own. It was simply lack of knowledge to go any further.
Posted by notiger1997
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Posted on 3/2/17 at 10:13 pm to
Boiled peanuts
Posted by TH03
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Posted on 3/2/17 at 10:15 pm to
quote:


Honestly, none. I just don't really have the culinary depth as far as different ingredients go to just mash up a great meal in short time. I can cook 15-20 meals well but I'm shite out of luck if I'm trying to impress a bunch of highfalutin judges.




That's why Beat Bobby Flay is the answer. It's a lot more approachable for the average home cook. The first round, Bobby picks an ingredient that you have to center a dish around. 9/10 times, it's something you're familiar with. Second round, you pick the dish
Posted by Saskwatch
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Posted on 3/2/17 at 10:16 pm to
MasterChef you would at least be competing against other home cooks so Im going to go with that one. Would prob still get arse kicked but that'd be the best shot if the challenges fell right.
Posted by Gris Gris
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 1:17 am to
None. I don't cook that quickly and I'm not that creative on my feet. Cooking contests would be stressful. I'm not a professional cook, so I'm not interested nor am I that good.
This post was edited on 3/3/17 at 5:33 pm
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 5:38 am to
Beat Bobby Flay


Jambalaya
Any boiled seafood
Posted by Martini
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 6:54 am to
Nobody puts Bobby Flay in a corner.

Posted by TH03
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 7:04 am to
I saw him do jambalaya on the throwdown show. Jesus h Christ it was terrible. I'd eat the hell out of it, but it wasn't jambalaya.
This post was edited on 3/3/17 at 7:05 am
Posted by htownjeep
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 7:14 am to
BBQ Pitmasters. I doubt I'd win but I don't think I would embarrass myself either.
Posted by shawnlsu
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 7:26 am to
If there was ever a rice and gravy show, I would be a contender.
Posted by lionward2014
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:30 am to
Chopped home cooks edition, or whatever the one without the pro chefs is. With other non-chefs, prepping the exotic proteins balances out a little.

I think I could do well on Guy's Grocery Games too, as I think well on my feet.
Posted by Breesus
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:32 am to
Cutthroat Kitchen
Posted by TigernMS12
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:32 am to
I think most could hold their own on worst cooks in America
Posted by TH03
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 8:33 am to
That would be one of the hardest IMO. You control so little.
Posted by LSUBoo
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Posted on 3/3/17 at 9:07 am to
I think I'd do best at Guy's Grocery Games.

I would be totally lost with some of the ingredients on Chopped, would be totally lost with some of the crazy shite they do on Cutthroat Kitchen, am nowhere near good enough to cut it on Masterchef.

I've never seen Beat Bobby Flay... so maybe?
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