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wolf · 01-23-2005, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Charlatan

Anyone watch the Thirsty Traveller? I like this show as well. Travel the world and sample the best of alcohol and food that country/region has to offer...

It's a little bit travel, a little bit booze, a little bit cooking...

The host seems like a good guy too... Someone you'd like to hang out with...

I wish I had his job.

yellowchef · 01-23-2005, 08:19 PM

I havent seen that show in a while, I also liked Tony Bordains "A Cooks Tour" Hes one of my idols. He is awesome.....

wolf · 01-24-2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by yellowchef

I havent seen that show in a while, I also liked Tony Bordains "A Cooks Tour" Hes one of my idols. He is awesome.....

I totally forgot about him. I loved that show... what happened?

yellowchef · 01-24-2005, 09:35 PM

I dunno, read the book.. more graphic...

Also if you ever plan on eating out again, dont read Tony's "Kitchen Confidental"... Im being serious. (But I will neither confirm or deny anything you read in there if you decide to read it...Im just warning you)

rockzilla · 01-24-2005, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by yellowchef

Also if you ever plan on eating out again, dont read Tony's "Kitchen Confidental"... Im being serious. (But I will neither confirm or deny anything you read in there if you decide to read it...Im just warning you)

I'll second that. He has some pretty crazy stories in there, and I've seen enough to believe every one of them.

ironchefkorea · 01-30-2005, 01:42 PM

Kitchen Confidential is my bible. Tony Bourdain has been the best Food Network personality by far, followed closely by Alton Brown. Everyone else can fuck off, they've turned the food service industry into a circus. I would accept dry-goods room quickies from Giada or Rachel, though.

yellowchef · 01-30-2005, 03:48 PM

hahahahahahahahahahahah

I prefer the cooler. I dont get all sweaty in there.

la petite moi · 01-30-2005, 04:04 PM

I hate Emeril- he seems obsessed with himself. His obsessive BAMs and LETS KICK IT UP A NOTCHs piss me off.

bad_husband · 02-03-2005, 04:19 PM

Food TV is the Canadian version of food network. We get all the same chefs, but i"m wondering if you get Rob Rainford else where. You want some good barbequing get some of his.

pinkie · 02-03-2005, 07:02 PM

Jaime Oliver and Julia Childs are my favs. I used to like two fat ladies, too.

Jay Francis · 02-06-2005, 07:58 AM

For the person who misses Julia Child, me too. And I found her recently on the PBS-U channel on the Dish. They are repeating her Baking with Julia and Cooking with Julia shows. Which I never saw when they came out. Now that I am baking more, these baking shows are a godsend, being able to see the dough being made and shaped. Hooray!

Jay Francis · 02-06-2005, 08:08 AM

Bobby Flay.

A few years back, Bobby came to Houston to film a segment on crawfish in Texas. The show finished up with a crawfish boil in my back yard as Bobby and I talked about crawfish etc.

This guy is definitely a man in a suitcase. What I learned is that he has this exceptional production crew that comes in a few days earlier and does all of the background filiming at various locales, that becomes the part of the show where Bobby does the voice over. They do the set-ups for the on screen interviews and cooking portions so that Bobby can basically just show up and do his thing and then head off to the next portion. These guys are so good, and they've done it so many times that everything comes together like clockwork.

Information is provided to his production people ahead of time by email. Bobby does a bit of a read up on the information and when the cameras go on he just starts talking and interviewing. Very professional.

When he showed up at my house, he just kind of kept to himself, reading the USA
Today, talking on the cell phone to chefs at his restaurants back in New York. If someone came up and talked to him, he would talk to them, but he didn't go out of his way to socialize. And I let him keep his personal space.

So, he is stand offish.

But, I can't imagine juggling everything he has to juggle. Appearances, overseeing restaurants, producing tv shows, Iron Chef. How can he manage all of this?

Going in to the show, I didn't know much about him, except that I hadn't really been impressed by his tv shows. I even used to call him Bobby La Flaye.

After seeing him recently on Iron Chef America, my respect for him has increased. Also, seeing how they turned all this raw footage into a 30 minute tv show that made sense (including the part that I was featured in), I am more impressed.

Still, Alton Brown is my god.

And I would gladly have sex with Sara Lee or Giada Di Laurentiis. Rachel Ray if I could duct tape her mouth.

la petite moi · 02-15-2005, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by pinkie

Jaime Oliver and Julia Childs are my favs. I used to like two fat ladies, too.

Oh yes! Two Fat Ladies was the best! I love how they actually cooked with a purpose, whether for a school or for some countryside farmers. It was great.

01-30-2005, 01:42 PM	#46 (permalink)
ironchefkorea Insane	Kitchen Confidential is my bible. Tony Bourdain has been the best Food Network personality by far, followed closely by Alton Brown. Everyone else can fuck off, they've turned the food service industry into a circus. I would accept dry-goods room quickies from Giada or Rachel, though. __________________ If it wasn't for microsoft, if we lived in the middle east? Y'all wouldn't have no hands....

02-03-2005, 04:19 PM	#49 (permalink)
bad_husband Upright	Food TV is the Canadian version of food network. We get all the same chefs, but i"m wondering if you get Rob Rainford else where. You want some good barbequing get some of his. __________________ I forgot to take out the trash and with a slap on the wrist I was told I was a...

01-23-2005, 08:19 PM	#42 (permalink)
yellowchef Addict Location: Shalimar, FL	I havent seen that show in a while, I also liked Tony Bordains "A Cooks Tour" Hes one of my idols. He is awesome.....

01-24-2005, 09:35 PM	#44 (permalink)
yellowchef Addict Location: Shalimar, FL	I dunno, read the book.. more graphic... Also if you ever plan on eating out again, dont read Tony's "Kitchen Confidental"... Im being serious. (But I will neither confirm or deny anything you read in there if you decide to read it...Im just warning you)

01-30-2005, 03:48 PM	#47 (permalink)
yellowchef Addict Location: Shalimar, FL	hahahahahahahahahahahah I prefer the cooler. I dont get all sweaty in there.

01-30-2005, 04:04 PM	#48 (permalink)
la petite moi Filling the Void. Location: California	I hate Emeril- he seems obsessed with himself. His obsessive BAMs and LETS KICK IT UP A NOTCHs piss me off.

02-03-2005, 07:02 PM	#50 (permalink)
pinkie Helplessly hoping Location: Above the stars	Jaime Oliver and Julia Childs are my favs. I used to like two fat ladies, too.

02-06-2005, 07:58 AM	#51 (permalink)
Jay Francis Psycho Location: Houston, Texas	For the person who misses Julia Child, me too. And I found her recently on the PBS-U channel on the Dish. They are repeating her Baking with Julia and Cooking with Julia shows. Which I never saw when they came out. Now that I am baking more, these baking shows are a godsend, being able to see the dough being made and shaped. Hooray!

02-06-2005, 08:08 AM	#52 (permalink)
Jay Francis Psycho Location: Houston, Texas	Bobby Flay. A few years back, Bobby came to Houston to film a segment on crawfish in Texas. The show finished up with a crawfish boil in my back yard as Bobby and I talked about crawfish etc. This guy is definitely a man in a suitcase. What I learned is that he has this exceptional production crew that comes in a few days earlier and does all of the background filiming at various locales, that becomes the part of the show where Bobby does the voice over. They do the set-ups for the on screen interviews and cooking portions so that Bobby can basically just show up and do his thing and then head off to the next portion. These guys are so good, and they've done it so many times that everything comes together like clockwork. Information is provided to his production people ahead of time by email. Bobby does a bit of a read up on the information and when the cameras go on he just starts talking and interviewing. Very professional. When he showed up at my house, he just kind of kept to himself, reading the USA Today, talking on the cell phone to chefs at his restaurants back in New York. If someone came up and talked to him, he would talk to them, but he didn't go out of his way to socialize. And I let him keep his personal space. So, he is stand offish. But, I can't imagine juggling everything he has to juggle. Appearances, overseeing restaurants, producing tv shows, Iron Chef. How can he manage all of this? Going in to the show, I didn't know much about him, except that I hadn't really been impressed by his tv shows. I even used to call him Bobby La Flaye. After seeing him recently on Iron Chef America, my respect for him has increased. Also, seeing how they turned all this raw footage into a 30 minute tv show that made sense (including the part that I was featured in), I am more impressed. Still, Alton Brown is my god. And I would gladly have sex with Sara Lee or Giada Di Laurentiis. Rachel Ray if I could duct tape her mouth.