PrintBourdain Rips the Food Network Awards A New One
Anthony Bourdain has a new rant up over at Ruhlman, on the disaster that was the Food Network Awards:
It is a measure of how seriously crack-brained, rapacious and evil the Deep Thinkers at Food Network must be that I find myself--yet again--in deep sympathy with their stable of stars. Last night, during the breathtakingly awful, interminable cruelty that was The Food Network Awards, I even found myself feeling bad for Rachael Ray. YES, friends. Rachael Ray. If nothing else, Rachael's BIG now. Network talk show-- doing- well- in- ratings- Big. Own magazine Big. Friend-of-Oprah Big. So, how must it have felt for her to stand up there in front of what appeared to be a halfway empty room of stunned, near comatose trout and feign enthusiasm while presenting the award for "Best Appliance"?
Previously: Bourdain reviews the Food Network lineup, Bourdain on Top Chef, and our inaugural Q&A, Meat & Eat: Anthony Bourdain.
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4 Comments:
Was there a soul in creation who woke up this morning with the slightest curiosity as to what Mr. Bourdain's reaction to this FN awards might be? I suspect Ruhlman may have a program that generates Bourdain posts automatically.
The Gurgling Cod at 1:38PM on 04/16/07
The Gurgling Cod: ROTFLMAO
Adam Kuban at 1:57PM on 04/16/07
Was there a soul in creation who woke up this morning with the slightest curiosity as to what Mr. Bourdain's reaction to this FN awards might be?
I actually totally did, cause I knew it was going to be a trainwreck, that he was going to watch it anyway, and that reading the resulting rant would be more entertaining than watching the show! Love the idea of a BourdainBot though.
Lia Bulaong at 3:22PM on 04/16/07
Gurgling Cod - that post was awesome. I was going to post something after I read the Bourdain piece, but my meager effort would have paled in comparison. His writing seems to consist entirely of whining.
stanley fatmax at 9:54PM on 04/16/07