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Default Favorite Cable TV Chef - Bourdain OR Zimmern?

On Apr 22, 12:07*pm, "Van" > wrote:
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> >>>> 2. Who do you prefer out of Bourdain and Zimmern?

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> >>> 3. Are TV celebrity chefs really yesterday's news and are you fed up
> >>> with them?

> > Those idiot foodtv personalities know little about food/cooking...
> > they have writers who do know a little something... they are just
> > following a script. *Most of the food was prepped/cooked by someone
> > else. *It's TAPED TV, there's LOTS of editing/retakes... when they
> > screw up they simply keep retaking until they get it right... then
> > they edit it all down to fit in the few minute time slots between ads.
> > Perfoming to a live audience is easy, they just cut away many times.
> > the aired show lasts 30 minutes of 1 hour of air time, the audience is
> > there 3 hours. *FoodTV is strictly a showcase for kitchen products...
> > many of the restaurants purportedly owned by the personalities are in
> > fact owned and supported by the kitchen products advertizers... real
> > commercial kitchens don't use $300 sauce pans, etc... designer
> > kitchens is real big business but FoodTV is FAKE, all of it.

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> In all due respect, neither Bourdain or Zimmern are on FoodTV *I think
> Bourdain used to be, but I've never seen a show with either of them actually
> COOKING anything.
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> They are both currently on the Travel Channel, generally in foreign
> countries sampling the local cuisine. *Some looks like something I'd like to
> try, and other stuff is really disgusting. *(For me, no insects - dead or
> alive - reptiles, rodents or pig anuses). *The surroundings & local customs
> of their travels is much more interesting to me.
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> As for the actual COOKING shows on FoodTV, I think you are spot-on. *Rachael
> Ray, I sure takes much longer than 30 minutes to create her 30-minute show.
> The Emeril Live show must take about 3 hours, as you speculate. *Maybe I'll
> go down to the city one of these days to attend a taping. *I'll report back
> here the results.
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> Van
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> PS: We've got a couple of businesses here in Albany that specialize in
> COMMERCIAL cookware for restaurants. *It's NOT Le Creuset, or anything like
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FYI, I've seen Bourdain cook several times - once in Italy, I believe,
when he did a family dinner, and once this season, but I forget
where. In addition, in some of the early shows, he also cooked -
doing the work himself.

N.