PrintChefography This Week on Food Network
These are great shows. I am looking forward to the ones about Julia Child and Duff from Ace of Cakes but I REALLY wish they would have done one this year on Robert Irvine..........
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18 Comments:
That commercial really has my blood boiling. They imply they will have a show on themselves i.e. TVFN Chefography. The voice over says, "We had no idea that what we were doing was important." Yes, he's absolutely right, it was important, until they started dumbing down TVFN!! Of all the self-important, trite... Grrrrrrr....
In any case, I can't wait for the one on Julia Child. That one will definitely be worth watching.
Can you believe they did a Chefography on Sandra Lee? What, they couldn't find a deserving clerk typist at TVFN's offices to profile?? I'll bet that person would have had more real cooking experience...
chiff0nade at 6:33PM on 04/06/08
The egos, oh the egos!
crazyspice at 7:25PM on 04/06/08
Hahaha, chiff0nade, I was thinking the exact same thing. Every time i hear it I think he should be saying "We had no idea what we were doing was self-important." Its starting to get pathetic.
ChiefHDB at 7:59PM on 04/06/08
The slant they put on it is just maddening. Yes, there was a time we as foodies all had high hopes for TVFN. Things have really come full circle - we started out counting on PBS for quality cooking TV and for a short time, TVFN delivered. Then, they decided they had to be all things to all people and wooed the Cool Whip Contingent.
And now, but for a very few worthwhile offerings on TVFN, we're back to PBS.
chiff0nade at 8:21PM on 04/06/08
I'd like a FoodTV2 (like MTV2 and VH1C) that shows all the old shows (the ones with real chefs who really cook) they don't show any more, like Jaques Torres, Wolfgang Puck, Gale Gand, etc. I miss them.
beth1 at 8:43PM on 04/06/08
Having just finished Julia's "My Life in France" (in which she very briefly chronicles how she became the first TV chef) and having loved watching Julia on PBS ever since I was a little kid, I can't wait to see her chefography!
And I also want to see Duff's, because even though I miss NYC terribly, I am a proud resident of Charm City, and I love the fact that an offbeat Baltimore bakery is now totally loved by many FN viewers.
charm city cupcake at 11:19PM on 04/06/08
They DID tape one on Robert Irvine but are choosing not to air it.
rock1 at 10:12AM on 04/07/08
I would just like to state that, before watching the one on Sandra Lee, I didn't have a huge amount of love for her work, but after watching it, and seeing how she really did have to make do with what was available, and how that has shaped her work today....honestly, it really raised my level of respect for her. She may not be a "chef", or calssically trained, and yes, I agree that the ideal would be for us all to cook everything from scratch. But, how many times have you been forced to try to improvise something on short notice with only a few things in the kitchen? Or have had to really stratch your paycheck/time/energy in order to prepare something tasty and filling? I think that she has done a lot to show that good things can come out of pre-packaged things, too. I have a lot of people that I know that are on a really limited time/moeny budget and could really use some of her recipes, to enhance their nutrition even a little. Come on, it's better than spending all of yoru time taking the kids to the local fast food joint, right?
I would also love to see that FN2! And can we put some really new shows on there, too? I used to be an archaeologist, and I have always wanted to do a show where I travel the world (a passion of mine) and cook ancient recipes, using traditional and modern ingredients. I just think that that would be neat. But that's just me. :)
Traveller at 12:00PM on 04/07/08
As long as FN continues to air Iron Chef without any disclaimers, I see no reason why they wouldn't air Robert Irvine's chefography. Both are purely entertainment and partially fake with a kernel or two of truth and talent.
@Traveller.....I'll just say that SL saves no one any money and her chemically laden "food" is usually less nutritious than some fast food.
PerkyMac at 12:15PM on 04/07/08
I've been cooking on both ends of the spectrum - from classically French trained to feeding 9 on a dime. I have no huge love for Sandra lee, but you do what you must to survive, and if it's soomething that will help others, so much the better.
Nobody rates the world on each breath they take, and yet we all breathe and must do so to live. Honestly, it's the TV Food Network, not the TV Chef Network. I don't think they should pat themselves on the back, but aren't they delivering what they should -- food?
Anniepooh at 12:17PM on 04/07/08
@Traveller - somehow, SL's story in her "Chefography" is different from the one in her "memoir" is different from the ones she tells us during her shows. Inconsistencies are quite amusing. But yes, I am willing to believe that her ever-changing childhood was, indeed, no piece of cake. Whose was?
But if her idea of a time & money saving shortcut is brining a grill to the parking garage of a fast food joint and spending hefty amounts of time AND money on recreation of the said fast food joint's meal - thank you, for a fraction of the cost and in no time I can just go inside and buy the whole thing! It will be a) MUCH cheaper, b) MUCH faster and c) the amount of chemicals will probably be the same if not lower. Make no mistake, her show is not for poor mothers who have to come up with a meal for a family in no time and with no money - if there was a show like this, I would have all respect in the world for it. If you pay attention, you'll figure out pretty soon that despite her claims, her show is really intended for bored, rich (very rich) housewives who don't really love food but want to "embellish" and "take all the credit". For goodness sake, the woman's recipe for beef tips in gravy starts with a package of beef tips in gravy!!! Are there really people out there who need a recipe for this? I will shut up now before I am banned from SE forever:-)
brooke29 at 12:59PM on 04/07/08
They need to do one on Graham Kerr also.
Hunnyoil at 9:59PM on 04/07/08
I turned on the food network in the middle of Julia Child's 'Chefography' and who do I see? Julia Child with Emeril. I quickly flipped over to something else. If this is what Chefography is going to be I want nothing to do with it. I can't believe that Emeril is even a footnote in this woman's storied career.
bravian at 12:30AM on 04/08/08
I wouldn't have objected to a chefography on someone who teaches worthwhile cooking practices but Sandra Lee? Come on. Like she's the only person who had to survive less than ideal circumstances while growing up? TVFN's twisted slant on her "history" makes her sound like MacGyver of the Culinary World. Hardly.
My mother weathered her share of uphill climbs and managed to cook real food every single night. Now that's impressive.
chiff0nade at 5:22AM on 04/08/08
Bravian if you had stayed you would have seen that Emeril and Julia really was just a mention, it didnt last more than a min and a half. The show on Julia was a little disapointing to me, they seemed to stress how she was a "party girl" way too much. As for SL I actually watched her's a while back when it was on, before I ever saw her show, and all I can say is yes she had a hard childhood, there is an expiration date on that! Get over it and move on, if you must dwell on how far you've come from such awful starting point, go get drunk with friends and do it there! It's supposed to be FOOD TV not thinly disquised bragging!
huney_bumper at 7:37AM on 04/08/08
Graham Kerr , well done! Good memory, how about that English sot Floyd doing a local gig that Bourdain has lifted the Two fat ladies! Yes!
The irony is you folks love to grouse but you can't take your eyes away from that channel! There is so much better out there but you have to watch PBS instead. True some of PBS's stuff is horrid (MA Esposito? How do you say PB+J in Eyetalian?) and *Everyday food*? for a Prozac nation perhaps.
The bitterness heaped upon Ms. Lee is laughable, the only thing that would make you ladies detest her more and send her rating through the roof would be to put her in a bikini or less lol!
Stiv61 at 12:18PM on 04/08/08
How about a Lidia Matticcino Cheftography? And I love the idea of a FN2- bring back David Rosengarten and Two Hot Tamales!!!
DanielJ at 4:47PM on 04/08/08
yes Robert Irvine I think he is great but if I worked with him I known I would start crying like a baby !!!
rabbitriddle at 4:51PM on 04/08/08