Had it with the Food Channel...

[Daisy and Delilah]

RR is something else. I can't watch her without almost pulling my hair out. I seriously have to turn the channel. She's so hyper, it wears me out.

Did you see the reference she made one day to cooking something and burning it? Her dog, Izaboo, got scared when the smoke alarm came on. Now Izzy gets scared every time she starts to cook so she goes and hides in the house somewhere. RR made kind of a joke about it. She said she needs to work with Izzy and get her out of this worry mode. I found it completely unamusing but she was nervously chuckling through the story.

Anywho......now I've hear her laugh and joke many times since then about burning things and setting the smoke alarm off all the time at her house. All I can do is think of the poor dog.

I've also noticed alot of double dipping going on the FN lately. With food and with utensils. I've always wondered who is going to eat that food after the show goes off.


I watched the Booby Flake grill show this morning. I caught him last night on the South Beach special. With Booby, it's all about competition. He's so worried about someone outdoing him. It's almost an illness with him. Get over yourself Booby!!

Two guys on the grill show this morning used almonds in their pesto sauce. Booby told them he's going to steal the idea. What a shock!!

Secrets Of A Restaurant Chef--Holy Cow!! She keeps slapping the meat when she gets ready to cook it, throwing spices across the room, saying things that are really off the wall, and treating salt like it's a sacred object. A piece of work she is!!

Tonight we're in Vegas. I hope those guys can show some potential somewhere. I suppose the public will vote like last time. This year, I'll vote the opposite of what I really want and maybe my pick will win. Now I just have to pick somebody

Did anybody catch Emeril live the other day when he had Chef Jacques on there? I can almost swear that Chef J was adding eggs to a hot souffle mixture and you could clearly see the eggs scrambled in the bowl. I know they go to lengths to temper the eggs, but, in this case, he didn't. I never did see that souffle go to the oven either.
Chef Jacques drank alot of alcohol during the one hour segment and he possibly forgot to temper them.

[RICHARD]

RR is something else. I can't watch her without almost pulling my hair out. I seriously have to turn the channel. She's so hyper, it wears me out.

Did you see the reference she made one day to cooking something and burning it? Her dog, Izaboo, got scared when the smoke alarm came on. Now Izzy gets scared every time she starts to cook so she goes and hides in the house somewhere. RR made kind of a joke about it. She said she needs to work with Izzy and get her out of this worry mode. I found it completely unamusing but she was nervously chuckling through the story.

At the risk a taking flak for this one.

I do think that she is does a little self medicating,If ya know what I mean,
Check out her eyes on some shows. I know that she might be tired, she does/records alot of stuff, but I get the suspicion that there is something going on there

I feel sorry for the poor dog. It deserves better owners. I think that the dog has seen more than one incident like that.

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THanks for reminding me about the voting....i have never voted for any contestant based show on the telly......IF people voted for the bistro lady, no wonder we have problems with elections here in the U.S.

I wonder how many '.99 cents per call' the FN will make?

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I just noticed that GF doesn't cook. I finally sat thru one of his shows.

He just prepares dishes, than goes to commercials

The most annoying thing is the lead in clips from commercials-he takes food and jams it into his pie hole. He owes me one-half hour.

[RICHARD]

http://www.toomanychefs.net/archives/001143.php

I was flipping thru the posts in this site and came across this one...



True Bobby Flay story: We contacted Bobby Flay at the food network for a paid public appearance at a convention in Las Vegas. His demands exceeded most Rock Stars! He wanted $60K to fly in, 2 first class round trip tickets from NYC for him and his "assistant" (read girlfriend) a 4 room suite at the Bellagio, and all he was willing to do was a demo of his choosing that had nothing to do with the dinner being served. We had to provide a restaurant style kitchen set and all production was to meet his standards which would not be sent until he was paid first. He was such an ego maniac that we gave up and hired Rick Bayless for a small fraction of what Flay wanted, and I have no doubt that Bayless is a far better chef.



DOH!!!

[Daisy and Delilah]

I agree with you, Richard. At first, I thought RR was drinking too much coffee. With her one time affiliation with Dunkin Donuts(What happened to that gig by the way?--I heard the commercials were pulled).
That girl is way too hyper to be going on nothing but plain old energy or caffeine. She talks so fast, she has to make terms up to keep up with herself. Hence, EVOO, YUMMO, Delish, etc.

Booby Flake is married to an actress--the name escapes me. I think she's on Law and Order but I'm not sure. My love affair with that guy is over. What an egotistical maniac!! I can't wait to see how obnoxious he can be tonight. More than usual?? He really acts like he's too good for everybody.

GF has beome hotter than I could ever imagine. Did you see the reaction on that South Beach show when he came on the stage? All the audience forgot about BF immediately. I always watch GF's Big Bite during the week and I can tell you, he's got too many things on his plate. He made a million mistakes last week. Some of them really stupid. Have you noticed that his goofy friends always show up and he puts them to work like hired help? I see him as more than an actor than a chef.

[RICHARD]

In the spirit of NASCAR tailgating, chefs Mario Batali and Rachael Ray have combined forces for a grilling contest where the grand prize winner and a guest will enjoy a VIP weekend at Texas Motor Speedway alongside Batali and Ray. The winner will tailgate with the chefs prior to the Dickies 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on November 2.

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And they will get to eat chicken strips/nuggets cooked in olive oil and arugla salad, with orange slices, walnuts and brie cheese.

They will probably cook some gawdawful food that had nothing to do with Texas or Dickies. I get the fat white guy with a pony tail at a NASCAR race but why do they really need her?

I can see her at the start/finish line asking where the racers go when they see the green flag...

[ilovemypup]

Booby Flake is married to an actress--the name escapes me. I think she's on Law and Order but I'm not sure. My love affair with that guy is over. What an egotistical maniac!! I can't wait to see how obnoxious he can be tonight. More than usual?? He really acts like he's too good for everybody.

He is married to Stephanie March. Who played I think one of the lawyer people on L&W SVU....mariska hargitay, I guess set them up on a blind date.
Ruins the whole show for me now.

I've been reading this thread for a while, and it is insane how much I agree with some of you!

http://www.toomanychefs.net/archives/001143.php

I was flipping thru the posts in this site and came across this one...



True Bobby Flay story: We contacted Bobby Flay at the food network for a paid public appearance at a convention in Las Vegas. His demands exceeded most Rock Stars! He wanted $60K to fly in, 2 first class round trip tickets from NYC for him and his "assistant" (read girlfriend) a 4 room suite at the Bellagio, and all he was willing to do was a demo of his choosing that had nothing to do with the dinner being served. We had to provide a restaurant style kitchen set and all production was to meet his standards which would not be sent until he was paid first. He was such an ego maniac that we gave up and hired Rick Bayless for a small fraction of what Flay wanted, and I have no doubt that Bayless is a far better chef.



DOH!!!

Woah!! Sounds like such a diva..