TV Cooking Shows/Chefs

[Duke]

Do you watch TV cooking shows? What is/has been your favorite shows/chefs over the years? Have you ever made dishes you saw prepared on these shows?

 

[Stevedog]

Cooking shows have become a staple in our household. In high-school, before there was ever a Food Network, I used to watch Yan Can Cook. My Mom was not a great cook, most meals she fed us growing up came from a drive-thru bag or a cardboard box in the freezer or pantry. So learning to cook for myself was a priority.

Later on when I had moved out and could pay for cable I discovered the original version of Iron Chef. Those guys encouraged me to experiment more with food. Then along came the Food Network and my favorite show, must see TV for years, was Alton Browns Good Eats. It perfectly captured my love of cooking and shows like Mythbusters. I still watch reruns of Good Eats today as well as a whole collection of YouTube cooking channels from Chef Jon's Food Wishes to Cowboy Kent Rollins, Sam the Cooking Guy to Binging With Babish.

And yes, I cook all manner of meals from these shows and others. Some have even become household regulars that I prepare. Sometimes my wife just points to the TV during a cooking competition show and asks "Can you make me that?" Which I've also managed to do successfully.

 

[Debi]

My late hubs was a big fan of all cooking shows and an "experimental" cook. He'd watch all these great recipes on the Food Network but he just could not resist doing his own "version" of things. Now, granted, some came out pretty good, but he was very heavy handed with seasoning and once made a chili that was so hot he couldn't even eat it! I took one bite and was pretty sure I was gonna die as my throat closed off and I couldn't breathe...lol

I'm making a potato soup in the crockpot today that I got off a recipe site. I'll let ya know how that turns out later.

 

[Duke]

My two favorite were the "Two Fat Ladies" (from the UK) and Cajun chef/comedian Justin Wilson. I don't watch any of the current shows/chefs, other than "Man v Food." I've found a lot of restaurants from that series.



I've made dishes from both these shows, as well as others, with varying degrees of success.

 

[Debi]

My two favorite were the "Two Fat Ladies" (from the UK) and Cajun chef/comedian Justin Wilson. I don't watch any of the current shows/chefs, other than "Man v Food." I've found a lot of restaurants from that series.



I've made dishes from both these shows, as well as others, with varying degrees of success.

We never missed an episode of either of these shows. I adored the Two Fat Ladies! OMG...they were so funny and just such strong personalities!

Hubs was a huge fan of Justin Wilson...and used him as a reason to season everything with as much "ewwwwiiiiiie" as possible.

 

[Debi]

I'm making a potato soup in the crockpot today that I got off a recipe site. I'll let ya know how that turns out later.

This came out really good! Very soothing comfort food.

 

[T-Bob]

I'm a big fan of Cowboy Kent Rollins. He's a true-to-life cowboy chuckwagon cook. He gained notoriety after meeting his now wife, Shannon, who started producing his Youtube videos. He's now got a following of more than 3 million.