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I Ozma Myself posted:Finale: Does this mean he can finally pay his chefs overtime now?
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:I hate that the judges on Chopped will complain about people's terminology when they make a "risotto" out of sweet potatoes or whatever, and then say things like "This dish is really unctuous in a good way," or "This chard is oversalted in way that works." Both actual quotes. Both really stupid. Scott Conant is my least favorite chopped judge. You have to really try to be more unlikeable than Alex Guarnaschelli. Another thing I noticed is Chris Santos must own 100s of vests because it is rare to see him without one on this show.
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Jan 4, 2012 08:30
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Has anyone else watched not my mamas cooking? The guy running the donut shop just said their oil is 100% fat free 
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Jan 5, 2012 03:09
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ToastyPotato posted:Yeah the producers on Chopped clearly try to get judges to be jerks. Aaron Sanchez seems super laid back in about every other show, but usually seems uptight as a judge on Chopped. I think that basically they are all expected to behave like Alex G and Zakarian since those are the most common judges on the show. God help you if there is a hispanic mystery ingredient and you misuse it or mispronounce it.
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Jan 5, 2012 19:47
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antisocial posted:This happens on Top Chef too. The savory chefs come in with a handful of dessert recipes just in case they are forced to do a dessert. At some point in TC, getting assigned dessert was a death sentence because all the chefs were savory and didn't know pastry, but then the contestants wised up after seeing people get eliminated for it. The very first top chef had Tiffany admit her dessert recipe was given to her by Dave and it basically cost her the title.
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Jan 5, 2012 20:52
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:I had missed that story and now I'm sad. She mocked a bar tender's cleavage and said another one had saggy boobs and made a motion with her hands to indicate saggy boobs. She also made comments about vibrators and oral sex.
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Mar 12, 2012 09:47
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Spigs posted:Wow, did not hear about that. I'm assuming these comments were made to her employees, hence the legal action? She made them to employees but if you are on TV everyone assumes you have hundreds of millions so why she said something so stupid thinking she wouldn't get sued I have no idea.
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Mar 12, 2012 16:53
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raditts posted:I'll bite... what is your problem with lesbian chefs? Lesbian chefs? I thought lesbians ate out?
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Mar 30, 2012 04:39
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iastudent posted:Chopped "Viewers' basket choice" episode on now. Appetizer includes scrapple and corn nuts. This was among the worst episodes of chopped I have ever seen. If you want to challenge chefs you do not try to trip them up with bizarre ingredients. You force them to use normal ingredients like eggs or milk.
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Apr 4, 2012 18:01
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:I like it when people are scolded for making traditional-style dishes (read: traditional, not predictable- there's a difference) with ZANY INGREDIENTS. There were some hilarious comments from Alex and Geoffrey given what we saw of them on Next Iron Chef. I don't recall Alex being a green market grocer at all.
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Apr 4, 2012 19:56
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:"I feel like you really disguised the taste of the cheez doodles." At least for the next few weeks we get to watch Food Network personalities fail on chopped. Next week it is Iron Chefs not named Flay.
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Apr 4, 2012 20:03
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criscodisco posted:Was it a new Chopped last night? I could swear I looked while setting up the DVR, but I thought it was a repeat.
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Apr 5, 2012 03:47
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Here is the list for the next season of Chopped All-Stars. Round One: Michael Symon: Autism Speaks Jose Garces: St. Christopher's Foundation for Children Cat Cora: Chefs for Humanity Marc Forgione: Feeding America Round Two: Jeffrey Saad: Alexandria House Keegan Gerhard: Make-A-Wish Foundation Marcela Valladolid: Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad, A. C. Aarti Sequeira: Harvest Home Round Three: Chris Nirschel: The Initiative to Educate Afghan Women Justin Balmes: SafePath Children's Advocacy Center Penny Davidi: PATH Gramercy (People Assisting the Homeless) Vic "Vegas" Moea: St. Jude's Ranch for Children Round Four: Alex Guarnaschelli: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Marc Murphy: City Harvest Chris Santos: Rett Syndrome Research Trust Marcus Samuelsson: C-CAP Careers Through Culinary Arts Program Also if you use twitter please follow FoodNetwerk as Alton Brown is being insufferable again and getting mad at a parody account that is actually funny. Rousimar Pauladeen fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Apr 7, 2012 |
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Apr 7, 2012 00:31
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If there is any justice one day Scott Conant will compete on Chopped All Stars and the basket ingredients will all be different varieties of red onion.
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Apr 9, 2012 02:39
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Cream_Filling posted:I hate to stick up for the guy, since he's so totally whiny and unhelpful about it, but isn't it a thing in classical cooking that cut raw onions should always be prepared by at minimum washing in water (if not salt or vinegar) before being served? I thought that was a thing because freshly cut onion has a particular chemical odor that's traditionally considered inappropriate to serve unless you wash it off after cutting. It seems like he's trying to allude to that (possibly outdated or individual) standard but doing it in the most unhelpful and obstinate manner possible, expecting everyone else to know and obey this as some universal law of cooking, which makes him look like a dick. I am sure if there were some Escoffier principle he would cite it as he seems that insecure but he only offers his personal dislike of raw red onions without commenting on how they do not seem incorporated in the dish or anything to that effect.
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Apr 9, 2012 03:35
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NoEyedSquareGuy posted:Alex Guarnachelli didn't compete in the last Chopped All-Stars, unless I've blocked it out of my memory. This time around seems completely pointless since the first episode was all Iron Chefs and I already figured that Symon was going to dominate the whole competition from the beginning. I don't see any chance of him losing against any of the other contestants and he doesn't seem like the type that would make some stupid Chopped mistake like forgetting a basket ingredient or not putting food on the plate.
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Apr 10, 2012 03:32
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Tonight was a great Chopped episode. I have never been happier to see someone lose than Vito.
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Apr 18, 2012 04:43
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Watching Chopped and they were given chicken feet and three chefs forgot to take off the toenails. The upsetting part is the judges keep referring to them as fingernails.
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Apr 23, 2012 00:21
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Timby posted:And there's Marcela Valladolid, Spanish-izing words with such gusto that Giada De Laurentiis could only hope to match. And in Chopped fashion the only guy who properly cleaned or used the ingredient is eliminated.
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Apr 23, 2012 00:25
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:He sucked otherwise. He totally deserved to go. I was just pointing out how this happens frequently.
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Apr 23, 2012 00:29
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:I watched the first season of FNS and was "invested" in it to some degree but really don't remember much about it. I remember missing the one episode before the finale and thinking how the hell did the two gay caterers win?
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Apr 23, 2012 20:44
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Obeast posted:By 'chicken in a can' are you guys referring to cubes of chopped chicken canned in water (like tuna), or an entire chicken in a can? If it's the latter, then that is definitely gross looking going by the pictures I've seen of it. The one I am most familiar with on the West Coast is in a red can and says ONE WHOLE CHICKEN. If you were going to make a stew then it is actually pretty good but if you have fresh chicken then of course use that instead.
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Apr 25, 2012 04:01
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The_Doctor posted:Pretentious, overly precious, take your pick. You left out the layer of fat on top of the can or as my dad calls it "flavor."
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Apr 25, 2012 05:56
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Failboattootoot posted:I really hope they do, the feasting on series was summarily excellent. Alton Brown being my mortal enemy aside he still pissed me off by going to a Russian place for lutefisk when he was in Minnesota.
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Apr 25, 2012 19:25
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bunnyofdoom posted:Why is he your mortal enemy? Did his awesome alliteration ability awash you in shame? Did something not turn out golden brown and delicious? Was your patience not rewarded? I called him out on twitter and he sent his thugs after me.
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Apr 26, 2012 00:40
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They don't show it anymore but my favorite Food Network special challenge thing was the Cowboy Cookoff narrated by Trace Adkins.
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Apr 26, 2012 00:56
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Failboattootoot posted:You weren't the proud owner of the @altonbrownsucks twitter were you? I think I said this before but when he was acting smug on Next ICA I pointed out how he couldn't even recognize a daikon radish on the first episode. He RT'd me and his followers attacked me for lack of a better term.
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Apr 26, 2012 01:52
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flashy_mcflash posted:Yeah I've seen that too and was surprised, however it just seems like another in a long line of FNCanada hosts selling out (like Anna Olsen promoting loving Splenda and David Adjey's creepy commercials promoting something that isn't cocaine, which is the only thing he's qualified to sell). Is Adjey the one who told that guy who was goofing around "I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND YOUR BUDDY OR YOUR BITCH"?
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Apr 30, 2012 16:57
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:
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at the NFNS reject who wanted to "bring stilettos in to the kitchen" getting kicked off over saffron and fuming about it.
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Christopher Irvine posted:The thing that bugged me about this was that it seemed so personal to her, especially since she was the only one saying much about it. If you want to give criticism go ahead, but don't say "It just drives me NUTS" because you sound petulant and unprofessional. Then again Symon always says "You guys" before talking about his dishes and that drives me insane and not just because I know he should know better (since he's coming from a service industry). Anne making that face needs to be someone's avatar.
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May 7, 2012 23:21
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Robert Irvine has got to be the most condescending chef on the most obvious statements. I had no clue until he mugged into the camera that health inspectors have the power to shut down restaurants.
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May 10, 2012 03:20
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Robert Irvine was married in a surprise ceremony yesterday. I will be upset if there is no footage of him yelling at designers and the wedding party.
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May 11, 2012 19:12
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mllaneza posted:The flip side of that statement is, where the gently caress were the inspectors shutting down, oh, a third of the places he visited. I like to think there were some awkward conversations at City Hall after Mama Completely agreed. The scenes with cockroaches and mice always make me gag.
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May 11, 2012 22:54
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Christopher Irvine posted:That was seriously hilarious. And then the judges didn't think it was "hot doggy" enough. I was surprised at how unsophisticated the judges were. I know it isn't rare to have at least one ineloquent person there who is just befuddled by the level of cuisine but two of them gets insufferable. My favorite was after the ICA relaunch and Big Pussy from the Sopranos was mad that Morimoto was making unconventional food. Have you watched the show before dumbass?
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Jun 1, 2012 09:26
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Joementum posted:Obvious solution: change Mystery Diners to a detective show starring Belz as Munch, newly assigning to Food Mysteries Division. Finn could join him if he investigates seafood restaurants.
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Jun 17, 2012 04:56
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/dining/what-happens-after-restaurant-impossible-leaves-town.html?smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto This article about Restaurant: Impossible is unsurprising for people familiar with the success or lack thereof on Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. Most of these restaurants are on life support when Robert shows up and for all his bluster he is no better than Gordon.
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Jul 10, 2012 01:35
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Y Kant Ozma Post posted:I knew the Flood Tide woman would comment on the awful paneling, though. It was really, really loving awful. Also reminder that new season starts Wednesday. My favorite from last season was the guy whose special family BBQ recipe was a bucket of KC Masterpiece with some store bought dried spices thrown in.
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Jul 10, 2012 03:18
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osukeith161 posted:So did Robert successfully just dodge that whole "made up credentials" and "failed restaurants and pissed off investors" fiasco from a few years ago? I mean, what is his expertise? Her Majesty's mess hall? I just don't get how he has any sway besides FN supporting him. He issued a public apology and was banned from Food Network for life (about 6 months).
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Jul 10, 2012 18:10
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The only thing better than a smug chef on Chopped losing in the appetizer round is a smug chef on Chopped losing in the finals.
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sba posted:This Pioneer Woman show is a cross between Paula Dean and that one mom on your Facebook that posts 400 pictures of their kids every day. I actually like her much more than I like Paula. I have made the vegetarian sandwich from her website which I was shocked I like.
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