Favorite Cooking Shows
 

I watch Chefs Tour and Good Eats.More of good eats just because it seems to get the stuff that i would regularly make and explains why what happens happens

My brother and I like to watch Emeril live, hes pretty funny and its sorta like a bonding thing. :)

Iron Chef!!!!

hheh... and the translators are hilarious as well!

I watch Emeril Live occasionally and Good Eats when I remember the day and time.

Chefs tour and Good Eats here too. I also like East Meets West.

I've only like watched cooking once or twice, unless you count those annoying miracle blade infomercials... But it was the one with Emeril, anyhow.

sure it wasnt Chef Tony, or Randell? :D

I love Jamie Oliver, his cooking is fun, and the accent bit...can't understand a word he says but it's to die for!

'Its sooo GOOD!

Two Fat Ladies was sheer quality. Rick Stein's seafood series always enjoyable, and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on how to be self-sufficient (grow your pig, then kill it and eat it all!) a must-see.

Ultimately, however, all any red-blooded, food-loving male needs is Nigella Lawson. Yum!

Emeril Live, just because, and The Naked Chef. I like Rachael Ray also. But I watch most of the shows.

I enjoy most of them..Emeril Live is just fun though sometimes he doesn't cook everyday stuff...there are so many ideas to be had by all though...

does any1 else know on Canadian Cooks that the old 1 with white hair stutters every 5 seconds

Good Eats is the only cooking show that I've made more than one or two recipes from, and I've loved every one of them. Food 911 can be pretty good sometimes, but the host tries to hard to be likeable/cool/goofy/flirty or something like that for me.

Rachael Ray of course (30 Minute Meals)

I live and breathe the Food Network so I watch a ton of the shows... I guess my favorite is Iron Chef, I mean how can you beat that quality?

I can watch food network 24 hours a day, but I really like Jamie Oliver's and Tyler's shows for content.

rachel ray giggles alot, Cooking School and Opening Soon are good shows too

I miss Yan Can Cook =:-(

I watch Emeril and Good Eats. I watch a lot of Food Network shows occasionally, but those two are the most informative IMO.
On other networks, I like some of the Julia Childs shows, particularly Julia & Jacques.

Anybody remember "The Cookin' Cajun" Justin Wilson? "What I'm gonna did, see, is put a little wine in dere. Oooh that's good, I Gare-ROHN-tee!"

Food 911 and The Naked Chef. My girlfriend got a bit obsessed with him, buying all the books, calendar, etc. It funny how British people are stereotyped as bad cooks, but Jamie can cook like no one else can. He makes dishes that look (and even taste good when I try to duplicate them) fun and easy to make.

OK, add me to the Emeril Live list. I love to experiment and have used several of his recipes.

If you ever try his Black Forest Cake, expect rich and inebriating. We didn't allow anyone to drive right after eating a piece.

galloping gourmet and emeril.

Iron Chef rocks my world. On the other side of the scale of my admiration of chefs, I completely hate/despise/loathe/[insert word for utter dislike] Chef Tony. And he always has this weird look in his eyes like he knows he is a total schmuck, but doesn't care.

Actually, he doesn't cook any of it at all (I've seen him live and in person). It really ruined it for me (seeing him live, that is). And talking to people who knew a lot more about him...

The cooking shows I like are the ones where you know the cooking is real. The Iron Chef is a good one. Also, any of the shows about the cooking competitions all over the world. And the show "Best of..". And of course, the Two Fat Ladies, how can anybody not like that one?

My favorite chef, however, would have to be Chef Martin Yan. Yan Can Cook was a great show... and his sense of humor is unmatched.

Rachael Ray of course (30 Minute Meals) Would love to eat her!

Martin Yan was always the funniest and most entertaining show ever...

wuts that one with the old guy going across the world lookin at produce,He's bald......yeah

good eats rules.. Alton Brown is hilarious and I like the food science aspect

iron chef, and that guy whats his name, the naked chef, hes good

Iron Chef.........watching dueling chefs cook live eels, can it possibly get any better than that???

Nigella Lawson. *drools* (and thats not just because of the food).

and Jamie Oliver - just so pucker!

Good eats is the best by far. The food network pretty much sucks these days. Some of the cooking shows on the public access channel are okay though.

Nigella Bites, when do most people watch cooking shows? When they’ve got food on their mind and feeling hungry. Not only is there theme appeal, but Nigella is great eye candy too. That and she makes it look so simple, but then a lot of cooking shows do.

I loved the Naked Chef (Jamie Oliver)when I had the station, but hes so adorable and really easy, awsome recipes. Loved how he had his own herb 'garden' outside his kitchen window, which was in actuality a window box with herbs..pretty creative. I love the Iron Chef too, though that damn spokes person with his pirate sleeves..cut it off-get rid of the gloves!

I love watching Good Eats, and the Naked Chef. My girlfriend's dad got me addicted to the shows.

I really enjoy watching Justin Wilson's Cajun Cooking. Although he died a few years back, they still show the reruns on PBS from time to time.

I like watching Iron Chef and Good Eats, too, but my favorite Food Network show is Unwrapped, though it's not really a cooking show.

I guess I am with the majority - I like Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson - I miss the two fat ladies!

I also watch - I think its called Martin Yan's Chinatown as well as sometimes 'Canadian Living Cooks', Rachel Rae's 30 minute meals and Christina Cushing Live.

Emeril tends to annoy me.

I love cooking shows, I like Jamie Olivers but recently there has been talk over how he tastes something with his finger or so and takes another helping without washing his hand, which maybe unsanitary, I don't really care, bu thats the word

Hell, I do that all the time.

old IRON CHEF....and OLD julia childs...funny...xoxoxoo

Christine Cushing, without a doubt. And the food is only a small portion of the reason... :suave: :thumbsup:

I just love watching Nigella... err, I mean, her show, yes...

I love Good Eats (and just bought Alton's book) and A Cook's Tour. I also like Opening Soon, Cooking School, Nigella (nice to look at but I also like her cooking style), and Everyday Italian (pretty much only because Giada is stunningly gorgeous). I liked Follow That Food but I haven't seen it on for a while.

If I watch Emeril for more than 3 seconds, I can feel the vomit rising. Bam! All over the TV.

Floyd.. and his trips.

He just gets absolutely fucking wankered everywhere and takes the piss outta his cameraman, soundman, producer, director, locals.. etc. and cooks shit food. Well mostly cooks shit food, some of it's nice. The show makes me laff though.

two gas bags i can't stand are "emeril dead" and bobby flay - a couple of "chefs" that add too much shit and that's all you can taste - shit...

and that 4 foot tall blonde drives me nuts with her shmarmy blather...

the queen mother of them all - martha "i wanna throw up" stewart

30 minute meals and $40 a day both with Racheal Ray

I also like the IRON CHEF..

I always liked watching the best of... and IRON CHEF too

i watch a bunch of cooking shows. i love cooking!

on foodnetwork, food 911 and tyler's ultimate are recent goodies. i also like naked chef (more than oliver's twist), good eats (he always gives good info on equipment), east meets west, molto mario, everyday italian, galloping gourmet, and iron chef.

on pbs, i used to watch julia child, jeff smith, martin yan, tommy tang, and jacques pepin. too bad about jeff smith...

Good Eats, Iron Chef, and Justin Wilson's Cajun Cooking.

Justin was cool.

Worlds Greatest Chefs, it use to come on Discovery Channel. Anywho i just watched for the desserts.

"License to Grill" is quite entertaining, the host seems like the guy that host "Top 5"

I really like Iron Chef and Good eats, just because of the theatrics in both. I also really like anything involving Wolfgang Puck, just because of his persona.

Although, Jamie Oliver's shows are always pretty interesting...of course you can't forget all the classics: Epicurious, the Great Chefs series or whatever its called...and, oh yeah, any of the pastry competitions...or just the Culinary Olympics...okay, I admit, I love almost any cooking show!

Yan Can Cook rocked; I'm not a big fan of cooking shows because frankly I have better recipes than most of them, but that show was good.

Gotta say, from what I've seen of emeril I'm not terribly impressed; he seems to be mostly show and alot of his stuff when I think about how he does it just doesn't seem that interesting, but then again I'm a much bigger fan of asian cooking.

Almost everything from foodtv, Martha Stewart is an exception..

i accualltly dont mind Martha Stewart, some of that shit looks really cool



Agreed Majik, gotta love the competitions, i remeber they had a Chili cook-off a bit back

Iron Chef rocks.

We actually did an Iron Bartender at Burning Man back in '98. Turned out pretty well but I was just glad I didn't have to drink the tomato and lime juice concoction with Tequilla and Natural Light. Gag.

easy ... Emeril Live.

Emeril has gone way past entertaining. He used to be great but now all he does is dance around and shout "Look at me, look at me...I'm so cool!" Every time he says "garlic" the audience goes oooooh, aaaaahhh. What's up with that!? I think he keeps them in the room for 24 hours so their really starving when the show starts.

The best is Good Eats. That guy makes cooking interesting, almost like it's a science project.

30 minute meals, simply because Rachael Ray is damn fine. Oh, if anyone hasn't seen this yet; This months FHM magazine with non other than miss Ray herself.

http://www.fhmus.com/girls/covergirl...&id=241&page=3

Iron Chef!! Hai Yahh!!

I don't normally watch a lot of cooking shows, but I will sit through Emeril live because it's so entertaining... Also Iron Chef is good.

Good Eats is the only one that I go out of my way to watch. I've been going back and forth on whether or not I should spend $150 on the DVD's.

Iron Chef of course! Where else do you think I got my screen name?

Haven't watched a complete episode in a while though :-/ My goal is to become an iron chef of my own. I think I'm off to a good start and I love learning more about cooking and trying new things.

Good Eats and Molto Mario are my favorites.

I like most of the shows on the Food Network, it probably is in the top three of channels I watch ( and I wonder why I am so fat?). The Iron Chef voices are creepy and I really dont need to know ten different ways to prepare fugu and calimari.
Emeril seems cool, needs someone to write new routines though, he is getting tiresome ( USE THE KNOB!!, MY FLOUR DONT COME SEASONED!).

Dont these guys use an incredible amount of salt?

Good Eats is by far my favorite. Alton Brown goes beyond just how to make things and tells you the why. Plus he finds great cooking applications for everyday household items. AB's the best.

When I lived in Europe I used to watch Floyd all the time, he was hillarious - a total drunk. I wish they showed him here.

Rachel on FHM?!?!? she looked chunky on TV :?


Jamies Kitchen is really funny to watch

The Naked Chef is my favorite, he makes it look like so much fun and I actually pick up a tip or two. The two fat ladies were great as well - they always ended up smashed by the end of the show!

IRON CHEF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! iron chef punches all the other cooking shows in the face

i've watched a few.

but, i tend to only watch Good Eats and The Naked Chef on any given day.

thank god for Tivo.

Rachael Ray is definately worth it for the 30 minute stuff.

I was thinking the same exact thing. On the show, her lower half is large... and round (not that I don't find that attractive!) If you look at her pics in FHM though, she looks <i>damn</i> good.

I must admit I've become pretty addicted to Jamie's Kitchen. I think its a great reality type show. Some of those people he is forced to work with are totally useless!

yan can cook- also the burgermeister for LAUGHS

the 2 best shows are the galloping gormet and good eats their just funny and make things easy for the viewers to get

Emeril is a terrific chef, all you have to do is go back to some early shows he did with Julia Child to see how knowledgeable he is. But, the format of his show is irritating. I can't stand the cut aways to the audience looking on in awe as he, say, cuts up some garlic, or pours some liquor into a pot.

My vote also goes to Good Eats as the most watchable and informative show.

By the way, if anyone wants to see what I look like, in February, Bobby Flay FoodNation is going to have a show on Houston that features a crawfish boil hosted by me in our backyard.

Nigella does something special for me too, but I used to watch Justin Wilson and the frugal gourmet alot.

* Iron Chef
* Nigella Bites - http://www.stylenetwork.com/Shows/Nigella/Recipes/

see the one where they put em in a resturant and had them cook simple things. I was hearing "skate", anyways that was hilarious when Jamie started barkin out orders and sayin that people were complainin about the food and how it took too long and at the end he takes the students out to a empty resturant

I don't see how anyone can dislike A Cook's Tour (not Chef's Tour). Tony Bourdain is an awesome chef who has a real passion for his food and it shows through his books and his food, if you've ever been to Brasserie Les Halles. I love his humour and overall behavior.

I like Good Eats because of Alton Brown. He just presents a good show, in an easy to understand, light hearted way. I have yet to pick up his book.

Last, but definitely not least, is Iron Chef. Classic.

Rachael Ray's 30 minutes meals is a good show. You can get her stuff in books or at FoodTV.com. Everything we have prepared of her's has turned out pretty darn good and we have made many dishes several times.

Herher, Iron Chef and the Barefoot Contessa.

Iron Chef is fun to watch, but for truly usefull info I have to go with "Good Eats". It's the only tv show of any kind that I buy on DVD. All right, I bought Monty Python's flying circus too. But that's all!

I watch a lot of the cooking shows. I cant really say any particular cook is my favorite. When going for recipes they have some that I would love to try and then those that I wouldnt touch with a 10 foot fork.
I agree with Frankx I loved Justin Wilson's Cajun Cooking. It was always a fun show to watch specially with his measuring. Just add a little of this Louisanna Red Hot. His little was about 2 tablespoons full I think...lol

I am a big fan of the Naked Chef, especially the old ones. I think the show is interesting, and he explains his methods just well enough that I can usually recreate his dishes.

I also like Iron Chef. Has anybody seen the new American version? It's just as campy as the original.

I like Rachael Ray's cookbooks, but her tv persona is a bit too perky for my taste. My favorite foodnetwork show is definitely A Cook's Tour. I admit it, I have a crush on Tony Bourdain. And Les Halles is excellent. Steak Frites...mmm...

I have the digital recorder catch Good Eats. Alton Brown is funny and I love the scientific explanations. I also enjoy that much of it is taped at stores around here.

I feel fortunate when I catch Nigella. Actually I would like to catch her.

Recently I started taping Everyday Italian. After all, Giada De Laurentiis would stimulate anyone's appetite. I also like some of the food she does. I am surprised that no one has mentioned her. Her cadence can be distracting. Sometimes she can make a comma seem like a paragraph break, but I can overlook that.

I also really like watching the shows with Julia and Jaques cooking together. They always seem to be having so much fun.

looks like i found this thread a few months late... ah well.

i'll definitely echo the sentiments of those who enjoy the cooking-lady-triumvirate (<-- drunk spelling): racheal ray, nigella, and giada. i've made a number of racheal ray's dishes, and they've turned out damn good. nigella's don't really tempt me, but that doesn't stop me from watching. for italian, giada's fun to watch, but mario batali is the way to go. that man is damn knowledgable about the italian geography, culture, and cuisine - despite his large-red-hairedness.

I watch Emeril Live mostly because it's entertaining but I have used his recipe for Pork Chops in Sweet Potato Gravy many times and it's VERY good. I also like Food 911 because I'm usually a crisis in the kitchen :-D

I am so addicted to Good Eats that I have now Tivo's every one of them...

I feel I have to comment here.. I think my name says it all. ;)

Emeril, but a few years ago before he got big, and had his "live show" I don't watch him anymore. Though his resturaunts in New Orleans are fantastic.

Iron Chef is my favorite cooking show. I missed most of them as i just started watching it, but i found a website where i can download them so its all good now.

Good Eats rocks. I love learning why things work the way they do. That show has taught me so much it's amazing.

My other fav is Everyday Italian. Giada DeLaurentis is hot...

Oops. I meant to post the link to the Good Eats fan site here. I goofed and posted it as a new thread. Sorry.

Not a cooking show, but one darn fine website. You will love it.

www.chocolateandzucchini.com

Irooon Chef!

If memory serves me correctly, that is.

Another vote for Iron Chef, even if it's 10 different dishes of the same food.

Justin Wilson is another one. Very entertaining.

And another one was one Food Network was with a lady named Padma Lakshmi. I could cared less about the food whe was making, just a stunning beauty. Near fell out of my chair when I found out she was dating Salman Rushdie.