Chopped, on Food Network, is a wicked good show. Basically, there are four chefs who battle each other until there is an ultimate winner. Each chef that advances, has to prepare a meal for the panel of judges. The first dish is an appatizer, the second is a main course and the third is a dessert, my favorite. The winner recieves a grand prize of $10,000.
Another great show is cupcake wars. I read in a magazine that it was one of the most popular show of the summer. It's interesting to watch how the bakers made unique cupcakes out of unusual ingredients that you wouldn't expect in an average cupcake. The final challenge is the best because each baker needs to make one million cupcakes. The winner gets their cupcakes displayed at an event.
I think food network should make more competative shows rather then the home cooking ones. I don't think anyone actaully watches them and decides to cook the food they're making on tv. I think viewers would rather watch a compition because it is more intense. The Next Food Network Star is a good example of a competitive cooking show. Its interesting and its fun to see who gets eliminated each week.
Parmeet- I am psyched that you wrote about Food Network! As I mentioned in class, I LOVE CHOPPED! It is totally intense when the chefs are standing there on the chopping block and the judges are pulling no punches telling each of them why their meals stunk. I also like the fact that they choose such strange ingredients to pair together in the baskets, and it makes you think about how you might use them if you were cooking in the kitchen. I haven't really gotten into Cupcake Wars yet, but I will have to check it out based on your recommendation. Nice post.
ReplyDeleteOne million cupcakes? Are you sure? That's like 1,000,000 cupcakes man. Sounds ridiculous. What the even do with all the cupcakes? Just throw them into the streets and have homeless people eat them or birds or something? Sounds farfetched to me, but I'll check it out.
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