Chopped: Food Network Searches for Top Sous-Chefs
Bravo's uber-successful reality series/competition Top Chef will be airing its third season this summer, and I guess maybe the Food Network was feeling sad and unloved, so they put up an ad on Craigslist for their own version of the show: "Chopped, a Food Network cooking competition is currently casting sous-chefs, who want to test their culinary skills against those of other sous-chefs. The show begins with four competitors and ends with only one as the winner."
On Top Chef, competitors include sous-chefs, executive chefs (albeit ones from small restaurants), and people fresh from culinary school, so while it's nice that the competitors on Chopped will be getting more attention and respect, doesn't having a sous-chef-only competition imply that they're mostly not ready to play ball with the big boys? If Rachael Ray (who is not a chef at all) gets to go on Iron Chef America, I can name at least half a dozen amazingly talented sous-chefs who should get to compete, too. [via Eat for Victory]
N.B.: If you've always wondered what a sous-chef is, they're the kitchen's second-in-command. The sous-chef entry on Wikipedia has more, but basically they're William T. Riker to the chef's Jean-Luc Picard.
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5 Comments:
"The show begins with four competitors and ends with only one as the winner."
Duh. Isn't that how competitions work?
Adam Kuban at 2:39PM on 04/27/07
Yeah, they really should have said THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE.
(And then of course included a photo of Christopher Lambert with a toque crudely drawn on his head.)
Lia Bulaong at 2:47PM on 04/27/07
I just wish they would get rid of The Next Food Network Star. A new season apparently starts in June. I don't know why FN thinks they need so many new chefs/personalities and new shows. The previous winners' shows have hardly been successful, yet meanwhile they keep cancelling and reducing the air time of some of their most talented chefs like Sarah Moulton and Mario Batali. (Then again, if the next winner's new show replaces one of the 20 times a week that Rachael Ray is on the air, I won't complain.)
Jeana at 4:12PM on 04/27/07
Kind of off topic...but I feel the need to comment when a blerb mentions 2 things that I am immensely fond of. Food news and Star Trek.... lol. Very amusing.
Sweetie at 5:59PM on 04/29/07
I hope this is a SERIOUS hit show because a friend of my daughter's is working on it and he deserves every bit of success in the world. I like the premise of the show and if all goes well, it should be very well executed and be a blast to watch. We are real foodies here and watch almost all the shows so this isn't our first rodeo, as they say. Best wishes to all!
SKBNWINTERS at 6:57PM on 12/28/08