Not familiar with those two, but upon your recommendation, I will try to avoid them.
This whole “celebrity chef” business is really getting to be a bore.
When I was a youngster, I loved to watch Julia Child and “The Galloping Gourmet” Graham Kerr. I think you could say about both of them that they took cooking seriously, but weren’t terribly serious about themselves.
Fieri would be OK if he got a normal haircut. Chef Emeril is definitely OK, in part because he’s anything but pompous — I just love how the audience gives him an extra round of applause whenever he puts in the garlic.
I loved his show - used to watch it after school way back when. He'd drink wine throughout the show and be a tad so shed by the end.
“The Galloping Gourmet” Graham Kerr”
Oh man, you hit the memory button with that. Used to watch that as a kid back in the 70’s
Always has a soft spot for Graham Kerr’s “Galloping Gourmet” as a kid.
His decades later, post Alcoholism shows were also good for meals in a healthier less salt and fat vein.
I wet through a phase maybe 10 years ago where pretty much all I watched was Food Metwork. Then one day it hit me- I hate all these annoying chefs and I never even make any of the recipes. Just like that I stopped and never watched it again.
My vote is a tie with Rachael Ray (does she still have that annoying talk show?h or Ina Garten. She fawns over her husband Jeffrey, like some love struck, giddy teenager and they’re what- like 70 now? Get over it already!
When I was younger there was this French guy on TV and he oftentimes had his daughter on.
She was fine as hell. Did I say that loud enough? She was
FINE.
AS.
HELL.
I loved her for many years before I would actually lay hands on a woman. She formed the template for my ideal woman, and I’m pretty sure she was a D cup too.