I'm trying to remember the name of this old cooking show that I use to
watch in the late 80's/early 90's. It was a 30 minute show that
featured a chef per episode and I think there was a guy narrating with
voice over during the show. It was on the dry side, but it featured a
number of chefs from a around the world. I think it was on pbs as we
didn't have cable.

Thanks for any help.

Michael, after taking an infinite amount of time, finally, on 05 Sep 2006,
typed out:

> I'm trying to remember the name of this old cooking show that I use to
> watch in the late 80's/early 90's. It was a 30 minute show that
> featured a chef per episode and I think there was a guy narrating with
> voice over during the show. It was on the dry side, but it featured a
> number of chefs from a around the world. I think it was on pbs as we
> didn't have cable.
>
> Thanks for any help.


There was "Great Chefs of the World" but that had a lady narrator, starting
from 1982. It might have morphed into other shows. ??

Andy

On 5 Sep 2006 07:21:07 -0700, "Michael" > wrote:

>I'm trying to remember the name of this old cooking show that I use to
>watch in the late 80's/early 90's. It was a 30 minute show that
>featured a chef per episode and I think there was a guy narrating with
>voice over during the show. It was on the dry side, but it featured a
>number of chefs from a around the world. I think it was on pbs as we
>didn't have cable.
>
>Thanks for any help.

Are you thinking of the "Great Chefs of <city_name>" series?

Michael wrote on September 5, 2006:

> I'm trying to remember the name of this old cooking show that I use to
> watch in the late 80's/early 90's.

Maybe "Great Chefs of the World", the earliest version of which I can
recall was "Great Chefs of San Francisco." The narrator was a woman,
and the chef rarely said anything.

Michael wrote:
> I'm trying to remember the name of this old cooking show that I use to
> watch in the late 80's/early 90's. It was a 30 minute show that
> featured a chef per episode and I think there was a guy narrating with
> voice over during the show. It was on the dry side, but it featured a
> number of chefs from a around the world. I think it was on pbs as we
> didn't have cable.
>
> Thanks for any help.

It was a "great chefs" series - I remember it clearly, male narrator
and all - the chef featured would hardly ever speak - just the
narrator. They had a fantastic program on chocolate desserts that I'll
never forget, where the chef formed liquid chocolate around a piece of
PVC pipe in a cylinder and then when it was solid and removed from the
form, he filled it with mousse, making a checkerboard type form around
the top of the tube. Can't remember the name, though - you're right,
it was on PBS.

N.

Michael wrote:

> I'm trying to remember the name of this old cooking show that I use to
> watch in the late 80's/early 90's. It was a 30 minute show that
> featured a chef per episode and I think there was a guy narrating with
> voice over during the show. It was on the dry side, but it featured a
> number of chefs from a around the world. I think it was on pbs as we
> didn't have cable.

As others have mentioned, likely the Great Chefs series. It started on
PBS as "Great Chefs of the World", then became a staple on the
Discovery Channel in the early days. Many variants, city or region
specific were produced. Reruns still show on Discovery Home.



Brian
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"Michael" > wrote in message
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> I'm trying to remember the name of this old cooking show that I use to
> watch in the late 80's/early 90's. It was a 30 minute show that
> featured a chef per episode and I think there was a guy narrating with
> voice over during the show. It was on the dry side, but it featured a
> number of chefs from a around the world. I think it was on pbs as we
> didn't have cable.

That's Inedible?

On 5 Sep 2006 07:21:07 -0700, "Michael" > wrote:

>I'm trying to remember the name of this old cooking show that I use to
>watch in the late 80's/early 90's. It was a 30 minute show that
>featured a chef per episode and I think there was a guy narrating with
>voice over during the show. It was on the dry side, but it featured a
>number of chefs from a around the world. I think it was on pbs as we
>didn't have cable.

Oh, I remember that. Great Chefs?

serene
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Serene > wrote:
>On 5 Sep 2006 07:21:07 -0700, "Michael" > wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to remember the name of this old cooking show that I use to
>>watch in the late 80's/early 90's. It was a 30 minute show that
>>featured a chef per episode and I think there was a guy narrating with
>>voice over during the show. It was on the dry side, but it featured a
>>number of chefs from a around the world. I think it was on pbs as we
>>didn't have cable.
>
>Oh, I remember that. Great Chefs?

But that wasn't a guy. It was that woman with the
super-thick antebellum accent. Not as gaudy a voice as
Paula Deen, but a lot of vowels went missing between
the cue-card and the soundtrack on that show.

--Blair

Yeah, you're right. It was a lady mostly, and the chef almost never
spoke. Now, does this run on tv any more? I'll have to search.


Blair P. Houghton wrote:
> Serene > wrote:
> >On 5 Sep 2006 07:21:07 -0700, "Michael" > wrote:
> >
> >>I'm trying to remember the name of this old cooking show that I use to
> >>watch in the late 80's/early 90's. It was a 30 minute show that
> >>featured a chef per episode and I think there was a guy narrating with
> >>voice over during the show. It was on the dry side, but it featured a
> >>number of chefs from a around the world. I think it was on pbs as we
> >>didn't have cable.
> >
> >Oh, I remember that. Great Chefs?
>
> But that wasn't a guy. It was that woman with the
> super-thick antebellum accent. Not as gaudy a voice as
> Paula Deen, but a lot of vowels went missing between
> the cue-card and the soundtrack on that show.
>
> --Blair

Michael wrote on 9/22/2006:

> Yeah, you're right. It was a lady mostly, and the chef almost never
> spoke. Now, does this run on tv any more? I'll have to search.

The last I recall seeing it was on the Discovery Channel on
weekdays in the late morning.

Michael wrote:

Please don't top-post. Your replies belong following or interspersed
with properly trimmed quotes. See the vast majority of other posts in
the group.

> Yeah, you're right. It was a lady mostly, and the chef almost never
> spoke. Now, does this run on tv any more? I'll have to search.

The narrator was Mary Lou Conroy. The shows had been running on
Discovery Home recently, but I just ran a search and didn't see any
episodes scheduled for the next two weeks.




Brian

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Default User > wrote:
>Michael wrote:
>
>Please don't top-post. Your replies belong following or interspersed
>with properly trimmed quotes. See the vast majority of other posts in
>the group.
>
>> Yeah, you're right. It was a lady mostly, and the chef almost never
>> spoke. Now, does this run on tv any more? I'll have to search.
>
>The narrator was Mary Lou Conroy. The shows had been running on
>Discovery Home recently, but I just ran a search and didn't see any
>episodes scheduled for the next two weeks.
>
>Brian

KevinS wrote on 9/22/2008:

> The last I recall seeing it was on the Discovery Channel on
> weekdays in the late morning.

Sorry to piggyback on my own post. It was the Travel Channel,
not the Discovery Channel.

>"Michael" > wrote:
>I'm trying to remember the name of this old cooking
>show that I use to watch in the late 80's/early
>90's. It was a 30 minute show that featured a
>chef per episode and I think there was a guy
>narrating with voice over during the show. It was on
>the dry side, but it featured a number of chefs
>from a around the world. I think it was on
>pbs as we didn't have cable.
>Oh, I remember that. Great Chefs?
>But that wasn't a guy. It was that woman with
>the super-thick antebellum accent. Not as gaudy a voice as
>Paula Deen, but a lot of vowels went missing between
>the cue-card and the soundtrack on that show.
>************************************************* *************--------------------------------------------------------
That sounds like the series on The Travel Channel ' Great Chefs Of The
World' narrated by a woman.

Very interesting series but didn't have printable recipes.

Don't know if it's still airing because I watch Epicurious now but they
have show recipe printouts either.