Dan Abel wrote:


> But thanks for telling me about the show. I'll be sure not to watch
> it.

In spite of a few things like that, it's a good show. If you like
cooking competition shows, that is.



Brian

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Day 255 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project

In article >,
"Default User" > wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
>
>
> > But thanks for telling me about the show. I'll be sure not to watch
> > it.
>
> In spite of a few things like that, it's a good show. If you like
> cooking competition shows, that is.

Thanks to Nancy and Brian. Maybe I'll give it a try. Watching
professional chefs cook with junk food didn't sound too exciting, but it
sounds like that's a small part of it.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> "Default User" > wrote:
>
> > Dan Abel wrote:
> >
> >
> > > But thanks for telling me about the show. I'll be sure not to
> > > watch it.
> >
> > In spite of a few things like that, it's a good show. If you like
> > cooking competition shows, that is.
>
> Thanks to Nancy and Brian. Maybe I'll give it a try. Watching
> professional chefs cook with junk food didn't sound too exciting, but
> it sounds like that's a small part of it.

It was a "quickfire" competition. Those are preliminary bouts where the
competitors make something in a short period of time (like 30 minutes)
to get a prize or advantage. The main competition last night was to
draw to get parts of the pig assigned, then create a dish centered on
that, cooked for a mass of people.

The show's really heating up now, as they're almost done sorting out
the pretenders from those that have a real shot at winning. Next week,
the always fun "Restaurant War".

On a related note, "Hell's Kitchen" finished up this week with strong
ratings for Fox.

[SPOILER SPACE]






Poor Kevin probably killed himself through his personnel selection
problems. Still amazing Dave was able to win having competed for many
episodes with a broken wrist that was killing him.




Brian

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Day 255 of the "no grouchy usenet posts" project

On Oct 15, 3:19*pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
> In article >,
> *"Default User" > wrote:
>
> > Dan Abel wrote:
>
> > > But thanks for telling me about the show. *I'll be sure not to watch
> > > it.
>
> > In spite of a few things like that, it's a good show. If you like
> > cooking competition shows, that is.
>
> Thanks to Nancy and Brian. *Maybe I'll give it a try. *Watching
> professional chefs cook with junk food didn't sound too exciting, but it
> sounds like that's a small part of it.
>

As I said, even that wasn't bad. What upset me is that it broke the
REALITY feeling when I saw the chefs lie how they loved this crap.

On Oct 15, 3:43*pm, "Default User" > wrote:
> Dan Abel wrote:
> > In article >,
> > *"Default User" > wrote:
>
> > > Dan Abel wrote:
>
> > > > But thanks for telling me about the show. *I'll be sure not to
> > > > watch it.
>
> > > In spite of a few things like that, it's a good show. If you like
> > > cooking competition shows, that is.
>
> > Thanks to Nancy and Brian. *Maybe I'll give it a try. *Watching
> > professional chefs cook with junk food didn't sound too exciting, but
> > it sounds like that's a small part of it.
>
> It was a "quickfire" competition. Those are preliminary bouts where the
> competitors make something in a short period of time (like 30 minutes)
> to get a prize or advantage. The main competition last night was to
> draw to get parts of the pig assigned, then create a dish centered on
> that, cooked for a mass of people.
>
> The show's really heating up now, as they're almost done sorting out
> the pretenders from those that have a real shot at winning. Next week,
> the always fun "Restaurant War".
>
> On a related note, "Hell's Kitchen" finished up this week with strong
> ratings for Fox.
>
> [SPOILER SPACE]
>
> Poor Kevin probably killed himself through his personnel selection
> problems. Still amazing Dave was able to win having competed for many
> episodes with a broken wrist that was killing him.
>

To me, even the 6th best competitor on Top Chef is better than Dave
and Kevin. But if I were hiring for my restaurant and had to choose
between these two, I would choose Kevin. Dave is talented but he is
really not very intelligent. And it is hard to imagine a successful
executive chef like that.

Plus Top Chef is much less fake and less contrived and less
condescending towards the viewers than Hell's Kitchen is.

On Oct 15, 5:19*pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
> In article >,
> *"Default User" > wrote:
>
> > Dan Abel wrote:
>
> > > But thanks for telling me about the show. *I'll be sure not to watch
> > > it.
>
> > In spite of a few things like that, it's a good show. If you like
> > cooking competition shows, that is.
>
> Thanks to Nancy and Brian. *Maybe I'll give it a try. *Watching
> professional chefs cook with junk food didn't sound too exciting, but it
> sounds like that's a small part of it.
>
> --
> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA
>

That was just one Quickfire challenge (at the beginning of each show,
they do a "Quickfire.") It is usually a 20-minute deal, they each
make one serving, and Padma and the guest chef/judge do the tasting.
The guest says who was least favorite and who was favorite. Sometimes
the "winner" gets immunity in the big challenge which comes next, and
sometimes not.

N.