PrintTop Chef or Hell's Kitchen.....
Which do you prefer?
I'm a Top Chef fan myself...although I do watch Hell's Kitchen too. I like the food porn in Top Chef better! It's great to get inspiration from the chefs on the show.
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14 Comments:
Without hesitation, Top Chef!
Brownie at 8:30AM on 05/08/08
There is definately cooking skills needed for Top Chef, but I know Bobby on Hell's Kitchen, Ramsey is hilarious. I like them both but now that I'm cooking full time in a restaurant and catering when I sit down finally to relax I really don't want to watch a cooking show.... So I Tivo them and watch them in the morning before I start cooking.
joanpieroni2 at 8:31AM on 05/08/08
Definitely Top Chef. To me, it seems that Hell's Kitchen is somewhat of a freak show where people are cast more for their potential to make "good" television than for their cooking skills. I am often surprised that they truly can cook or wonder if they really are capable of running a restaurant (Not that "Bravo" producers don't look for potential drama when they cast "cheftestants" for Top Chef, but they all seem to have adequate cooking skills - as far as you can tell from watching them on telly, of course). It's somewhat awkward, somewhat entertaining and somewhat embarrassing to watch...and although I do watch it (or rather, half-watch while doing something else usually, because I'm one of those weirdos who gets really embarrassed when people do daft things on telly), I don't get upset if I missed an epi.
brooke29 at 10:01AM on 05/08/08
Top Chef, by a longshot. I realize that there is a certain amount of scripting in reality shows, but Hell's Kitchen feels "over-scripted." Also, there is simply too much yelling and cursing for my taste (on HC). Actually more irritated by the yelling.
Kerosena at 10:25AM on 05/08/08
Both are terrible... I can't watch either of these shows for more than 5 minutes without getting angry. The food looks terrible and the chefs/hosts are obnoxious and the outcome of the show just panders to ratings.
not everything needs to be a competition - this is just another example of how terrible food television has become. PBS pretty much now has the only respectable food shows on the air.
Soup_Dumpling at 11:02AM on 05/08/08
Not a big fan of either, but if I'm going to watch one, it's going to be Top Chef for sure. It's at least got some entertainment value. I've tried to watch Hell's Kitchen and never have made it through more than 10 minutes. It's just obnoxious and unpleasant, a bit like movies that are full of pointless, gratuitous violence.
LoCo at 11:09AM on 05/08/08
I really love them both for their own reasons!
TOP CHEF: The cooking seems more challenging and realistic and the contestants seem to have more skill. Or is that just me? I have to say though, Top Chef is on my weekly tele-schedule because I like to watch it in sequence.
HELLS KITCHEN: Is over-the-top entertaining. I love a great show involving food, cursing, haha gender competition, and it actually makes me look forward to next week to see the unexpected.
PBS is great, but I don't have time to schedule the cooking shows in. FoodTV (Canada) is still my fave.
hungrychristel at 12:28PM on 05/08/08
Ramsey gives me a headache. I hadn't watched Top Chef in a while, but I am this season because I actually know one of the chefs! Go Blais!!
suthungirl at 1:01PM on 05/08/08
For pure entertainment value, it's Hell's Kitchen. For culinary talent, it's Top Caterer.
jonfoxx at 1:30PM on 05/08/08
I am in love with both! Can't help it. I have both TiVo'd. My bf and I watch both shows without fail. We also watch Ramsey's shows from England. Yes, we love the guy :)
@jonfoxx: I hear ya!!! My bf and I say the same thing all the time. What's with the catering and moving to another location??!!
Butrflygirly at 1:47PM on 05/08/08
@jonfoxx; You took the words right out of my mouth!
izatryt at 5:05PM on 05/08/08
Agreed with jonfoxx. I just loves me some Gordon Ramsay
bodaciousgirl at 8:16PM on 05/08/08
Top Chef. Those guys can actually cook.
I love me some Gordon Ramsey, but not Fox Gordon Ramsey. He's my TV boyfriend on BBCA, where he is the ultimate swooner-dreamboat-loverboy. [/fans self]
chisai at 9:23PM on 05/08/08
Oh most definitely Top Chef! Watch it every week, religiously and so I can recap it :)
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Chew on That at 11:14AM on 05/09/08