Iron Chef
I’ve written many posts about food TV and what I like and dislike about various shows. After a few years of being an avid viewer, I see some disturbing trends. Profit above quality (the American way, why should I be surprised?) Contrived judging in competition shows (maybe it has been biased all along, but at [...]
These days, about the only TV I watch is food oriented shows and a few other things like Masterpiece Mysteries and Premier League football (Go Liverpool!). For me, this was a somewhat late development, as I have never, and am still not, one to watch the how-to-cook shows like Emeril and Rachael Ray. What got [...]
New Iron Chef Forgione goes up against Chef RJ Cooper of Vidalia Restaurant in Washington, DC. Secret ingredient is bell peppers, an ingredient I am not crazy about, minimal flavor and the colors are garish. One of the judges stated that they are an abomination. I agree. As his first battle, I will be very [...]
Continue reading about Marc Forgione’s First Iron Chef Battle
Ignoring for now the fact that the Plymouth “Thanksgiving” in 1621 was almost certainly not the original or first Thanksgiving, let’s discuss turkeys in New England. When Marc Forgione stated that the original Thanksgiving was actually a harvest festival and did not include turkey, I was surprised and didn’t believe it. Bobby Flay demonstrated major [...]
Continue reading about Turkey at the First Thanksgiving and Next Iron Chef
This is a regular Iron Chef challenge and will decide who the Next Iron Chef will be. No point in going through this challenge in detail, but the winner is the person I predicted it would be, Marc Forgione. A very well deserved victory! Note that I have been correct in my predictions all through [...]
Continue reading about Next Iron Chef Final – Canora vs Forgione
Things are really coming down to the wire. Tonight the theme is Seduction, certainly something that great food should be able to convey. Four chefs left. Last week they were supposed to have a double elimination, but there were five chefs left. Eliminating two would have left an uneven number, so they had a “tie.” [...]
Five chefs remain and this is set to be a double elimination. These five have made it to Las Vegas for this week’s challenges. Pastry Mini-Challenge The chefs arrive at Jean-Philippe Chocolates and Pastries – Bellagio kitchen. Jean-Philippe pastry kitchen challenge is “Inspiration.” The chefs must create a wedding pastry using the secret ingredient, chocolate. [...]
Continue reading about Double Elimination? Next Iron Chef Episode 6
Hmmm, technical difficulties with both DirecTV and my computer, making me miss some of Next Iron Chef and lose the first draft of my initial commentary. Let’s try this again. The theme of this show is RESPECT. For the mini-challenge, the chefs must make a great dish from potatoes. I was surprised to see yams [...]
I haven’t had time to comment on The Next Iron Chef: Season 3 yet, but so far it has been great. As weak as this year’s Next Food Network Star’s first few episodes were, this year’s Next Iron Chef has been incredibly good. This week’s short challenge was 30 minutes to make a snack using [...]
Continue reading about Next Iron Chef – Season 3 – Episode 3
I recently discovered WannaBeTVchef.com, one of the benefits of being involved with Twitter (follow me @cooklittlebuddy), you find all sorts of cool sites. Chef Donald is no newcomer to the food scene, but he still hasn’t achieved two of his goals: Being the star of his own cooking show and World Domination. We can leave [...]
