Read an article by a food critic in Hong Kong who was invited to Japan to be
a judge on the Iron Chef show. He said the producer hinted to him to give
higher score to the Iron Chefs. I was surprised. I would think the Iron
Chefs already have tremendous advantages in terms of being familiar with the
kitchen, being used to do what they need to do in 1 hour, and having done it
so many times they sort of know the likes and dislikes of some of the
frequent critics. Why do they need more?

O

orangetrader > wrote:
> Read an article by a food critic in Hong Kong who was invited to Japan to be
> a judge on the Iron Chef show. He said the producer hinted to him to give
> higher score to the Iron Chefs. I was surprised. I would think the Iron
> Chefs already have tremendous advantages in terms of being familiar with the
> kitchen, being used to do what they need to do in 1 hour, and having done it
> so many times they sort of know the likes and dislikes of some of the
> frequent critics. Why do they need more?

It is a TV show, not even a real game show (no prizes).
The show is produced in such a way as to gain the highest
possible ratings. Take it for what it is, entertainment
and some faux drama, nothing more and nothing less.

In article >, orangetrader
> wrote:

> Read an article by a food critic in Hong Kong who was invited to Japan to be
> a judge on the Iron Chef show. He said the producer hinted to him to give
> higher score to the Iron Chefs. I was surprised. I would think the Iron
> Chefs already have tremendous advantages in terms of being familiar with the
> kitchen, being used to do what they need to do in 1 hour, and having done it
> so many times they sort of know the likes and dislikes of some of the
> frequent critics. Why do they need more?
>
> O

Hmmmmm. If this is true I wonder if rasslin's real.

In article >, orangetrader
> wrote:

> Read an article by a food critic in Hong Kong who was invited to Japan to be
> a judge on the Iron Chef show. He said the producer hinted to him to give
> higher score to the Iron Chefs. I was surprised. I would think the Iron
> Chefs already have tremendous advantages in terms of being familiar with the
> kitchen, being used to do what they need to do in 1 hour, and having done it
> so many times they sort of know the likes and dislikes of some of the
> frequent critics. Why do they need more?
>
> O

Hmmmmm. If this is true I wonder if rasslin's real.

>It is a TV show, not even a real game show (no prizes).
>The show is produced in such a way as to gain the highest
>possible ratings. Take it for what it is, entertainment
>and some faux drama, nothing more and nothing less.
>

I still think the cooks and Iron Chefs have to know ahead of time what the
surprise ingredient is.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelyhood of one individual being right increases in a direct proportion
to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong."

>It is a TV show, not even a real game show (no prizes).
>The show is produced in such a way as to gain the highest
>possible ratings. Take it for what it is, entertainment
>and some faux drama, nothing more and nothing less.
>

I still think the cooks and Iron Chefs have to know ahead of time what the
surprise ingredient is.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelyhood of one individual being right increases in a direct proportion
to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong."

Mpoconnor7 wrote:

> I still think the cooks and Iron Chefs have to know ahead of time what the
> surprise ingredient is.

I can't believe they haven't been forced by the FCC to rename
it The Idiot Show.

nancy

ojunk (Mpoconnor7) wrote:

>I still think the cooks and Iron Chefs have to know ahead of time what the
>surprise ingredient is.

They were given a list of five possible secret ingredients some days
before they taping. There were also given 15 minutes between the
unveiling of the ingredient and 'al-la cuisine'. (Though the tapes
are edited to give the impression that one immediately follows the
other.)

D.
--
Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL

ojunk (Mpoconnor7) wrote:

>I still think the cooks and Iron Chefs have to know ahead of time what the
>surprise ingredient is.

They were given a list of five possible secret ingredients some days
before they taping. There were also given 15 minutes between the
unveiling of the ingredient and 'al-la cuisine'. (Though the tapes
are edited to give the impression that one immediately follows the
other.)

D.
--
Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL