Y'know, there's a reason why I love watching Ming Tsai and Jacque Pepin on WLIW over the weekends:
THEY SHUT UP once in a while and let you focus on what they're doing.
Just sayin'.
And Food Network has gone downhill even faster than I suspected it would. I mean, I never thought I would MISS Jamie Oliver. The Rachel Ray Overkill is even making me miss EMERIL.
"Secrets" were what we were hoping for and I think she missed two great opportunities. In the first show, she could have shown how to drop the eggs in the poaching water, which is critical, taking a few minutes to speak about the movement of the eggs in the water, (keeping the camera on the eggs) actually timing them, and then watching her remove them. Breaking to a commercial and coming back to all those perfectly poached eggs annoyed me. On the recent show, she has an "already de-boned' leg of lamb when she could easily have taken the time to 'teach' the home cook how to do it. Also, I don't know if anyone noticed, but she said she was putting the lamb in the oven for 20 minutes and then she took it out after 20 minutes and turned it over and put it back in the oven. The next time we see the lamb it is perfectly cooked and is being sliced, but god knows how long it was actually in the oven. I agree that Bob and Susie are absolutely clueless about the needs of their public, and all one has to do is take a look at the new crop of " Next Network Food Star" ..OMG . where and how do they find these people? Couldn't they find anyone else to appear on Rachel Ray's show?
If we were looking for entertainment, we wouldn't be watching the food network. Why don't they get it? They aren't actors....they are regular people who cook. Personally, I don't think any of them are star quality. Being on the food network is like being "a flash in the pan." None of them have lasting power. You're in....and then your're out. Not so on PBS
Anyone who thinks that performing for a camera is easy has never tried to do it themselves. It takes time and practice to become comfortable. Cut her some slack.
Note to FN: You should immediately fire the stylist and the set decorator. Both looked cheap and cheesy. Put her in a proper kitchen with a chef's coat and watch her comfort level rise.
I enjoyed the show and put it on my DVR to record list. But I'd like to see a few things change, should she make it past the first few weeks.
What I liked: 1. She's a real chef! 2. Good recipe. 3. She actually made something that took more than 30 minutes (this is where the network has really upset me - with their 30 minutes or less outlook) 4. She actually taught me something (Food Network isn't too big on teaching us these days)
What I didn't like: 1. Too much arm movement 2. A little less "superstah" would be nice
I like to see a real chef doing something I admire and teaching me something about food. I wish the Food Network had more talented chefs and fewer personalities. I won't watch most of their shows anymore and I don't like their marketing perspective.
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