So I love cooking shows. From "The Food Network" to "Masterchefs" to "Top Chef". I like them all.
So my question is, Which one have you learned the most from?
For me it has been Giada,I learned how to make good pasta every time.
Barefoot Contesa "Ina", pretty much everything she does.
Gordon Ramsey. His tutorials online are probably the best.
I like a lot of their techniques to make food the best it can be. Some of what they do isn't worth the hassle though. Their equipment testing segment is great but I find with the product testing segment, the brands they test aren't widely available. Overall I do learn the most from this show.
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The odd thing about Floyd was he was a good chef and he was about the first cook to take show out of the studio and go on location, without him and his cameraman getting drunk all over Europe in various resteraunts and kitchens we wouldn't have had Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsey's shows
Up until his show cooking shows took place in a studio in front of a live audience and generally consisted of 'I prepared this earlier on' watch the Galloping Gourmet for the best of truly boring programmes from the 70's.
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Anything with Jacques Pépin or Julia Child
The Frugal Gourmet
Ya, I agree about Pepin. What a great chef. And, I mean, what's not to like about Giada?
I really liked the original (Japanese) Iron Chef and the first few of the US version.
I don't watch food TV really at all any anymore mostly because they've run out of ideas. For as much as I like Alton Brown things like Cut Throat Kitchen and the myriad competition shows are too insipid for someone who wants to actually learn something about cooking. Less Guy Fieri. More Rick Bayless.
Chef at Home - Michael Smith by far! He teaches you ideas/processes, like "this dressing has roughly this proportion of sweet (you choose), this much acid (you choose), etc." I can freestyle just about any dish and come in close to what it should be and be good regardless.
Jamie Oliver's home stuff is good for education too.
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I really wish we had the Cooking Channel in Canada. I used to watch Food Network constantly in the old days (Emeril, Iron Chef, etc.) but I hate the reality comp shows.
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I rally wish we had the Cooking Channel in Canada. I used to watch Food Network constantly in the old days (Emeril, Iron Chef, etc.) but I hate the reality comp shows.
In the very early days of Food Network Canada, there was a cooking show with
Michael Allemeier, Ned Bell (before Murrieta's) and possibly Michael Noble.
Anna Olson had a baking show called Sugar.
The Great British Bake Off (PBS) is interesting because of the diversity of styles that are not common on this side of the Atlantic.
Before the Sun Newspaper chain bought the Sun Network, there was a good show about different ethnic cuisines. Season 1 and 2 were very good, http://streeteatstv.com/episode-guide/season-1/
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