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How one man destroyed the Food Network: Guy Fieri
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at the time I could easily land an interview at any restaurant in the city.
I did not list schooling on my resume.
getting the job would come down to whether or not the other applicants had better references/interviewed better/or I/they simply kicked ass out of the gates.
I did not list schooling on my resume.
getting the job would come down to whether or not the other applicants had better references/interviewed better/or I/they simply kicked ass out of the gates.
I liked the food network when it had actual chefs. Not restaurant owners or authors of bad cookbooks, or queens of "how to turn spam, ritz crackers and a 1.75 of jack into my next spew-fest".
It all went down hill when they gave Emeril "Emeril Live". Now its the above + bad 'reality' shows.
I liked the instructional stuff. If I want made up drama - every other channel has some.
I've had guys good. It sucks. Its also the only 'celebrity' food I've seen give someone food poisoning. Tex Wasabis also (as of 2008) smelled like an open sewer.
Flay can at least cook.
At least they and their sister the travel channel no longer have to deal with the hypocrite Bourdain (Talking snark about marin/nicer parts of SF while being paid to fly around the world 1st class, while staying at 1st class hotels and having your NYC place + a summer home in the hamptons...)
Id like to see them split into the old school instructional channel where they have actual chefs (Id let Alton & Julia in). No Sandra Lees, or Guy Fieries or Rachel Rays. Just people that actually have the technical skills.
It all went down hill when they gave Emeril "Emeril Live". Now its the above + bad 'reality' shows.
I liked the instructional stuff. If I want made up drama - every other channel has some.
I've had guys good. It sucks. Its also the only 'celebrity' food I've seen give someone food poisoning. Tex Wasabis also (as of 2008) smelled like an open sewer.
Flay can at least cook.
At least they and their sister the travel channel no longer have to deal with the hypocrite Bourdain (Talking snark about marin/nicer parts of SF while being paid to fly around the world 1st class, while staying at 1st class hotels and having your NYC place + a summer home in the hamptons...)
Id like to see them split into the old school instructional channel where they have actual chefs (Id let Alton & Julia in). No Sandra Lees, or Guy Fieries or Rachel Rays. Just people that actually have the technical skills.
Bay Arean
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I agree about Emeril being the turning point, Joe. I watched bits of the show and just thought that he was promoting crude cooking despite his resume. The whole bit about turning up things a notch or whatever as the audience oohed and aahed, what a fricking stupid way to think about cooking. If you are a fine cook, you have the concept of balance of ingredients and physics of cooking in mind at all times, you don't throw a bunch of garlic in at the end. That balance of flavors and conception is what divides really good cooking with everything else. That just seemed so stooooopid and a terrible conception to spread about cooking. Just pure bs.
I think Racheal Ray came next. I watched her make some horrid recipe one day and could not believe that she was on tv. It was some concoction to "watch the baseball game with" and had hot dogs and macaroni and beans, etc. Indigestion in one pot. Just terrible.
I think Racheal Ray came next. I watched her make some horrid recipe one day and could not believe that she was on tv. It was some concoction to "watch the baseball game with" and had hot dogs and macaroni and beans, etc. Indigestion in one pot. Just terrible.
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