Cooking Shows

IMHO cooking shows now don’t teach anything. I learned how to cook watching PBS. Those chefs/cooks actually taught techniques. And the basics so you could move on and create wonderful food.
 
msmofet said:
IMHO cooking shows now don’t teach anything. I learned how to cook watching PBS.
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I agree. On a FoodTV show, many years ago, I remember Sarah Moulton explaining, then demonstrating how to remove the thin white tendon from a chicken tender. I still do it - thank you, Sarah!
 
msmofet said:
IMHO cooking shows now don’t teach anything. I learned how to cook watching PBS. Those chefs/cooks actually taught techniques. And the basics so you could move on and create wonderful food.
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karadekoolaid said:
I agree. On a FoodTV show, many years ago, I remember Sarah Moulton explaining, then demonstrating how to remove the thin white tendon from a chicken tender. I still do it - thank you, Sarah!
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I've learned most of what I know from TV programmes. But I'm talking about UK cooking programmes which are on the whole very different from US. Rick Stein's Inda for example is literally one of the best series I have ever seen. It's filmed in India. I think Rocklobster agrees with me on that one. I think you can't have seen that karadekoolaid. I've also learned many new techniques from watching Professional Masterchef (UK), for example.

There are good, bad and very bad cooking programmes. I used to head up a practical film and video course at University and we specialised in factual programming. Many of my students went on to work in TV documentary. One in particular ended up as Exucutive director of food series which many of you will have heard of featuring Nigella, Rachel Koo, etc. They are beautifully made programmes which really do show how to cook recipes.

I agree with janine05 about Jamie Oliver. He is usually quite clear in how he shows how to execute recipes.
 
janine05 said:
Jamie Oliver is good in the UK with teaching how to cook things. I always go to his Youtube videos for ideas, especially at christmas.

Janine
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We just started his cookbook competition show. Haven’t really watched him before but I think we will checkout some of his cooking shows. I think Sara Moulton has been shown on our PBS channel recently. I forgot about her. One that really like, my wife not so much, is Kevin Belton.
 
karadekoolaid said:
Oh yes - I've seen that. Dreadful show.
The comedian has a much better idea. Open my fridge and you'll find beer, cream cheese, fennel, eggplant, Greek olives, chorizo and hot dogs. Try doing something with that!!
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Another one I can’t watch is Beat Bobby Flay. He goes up against a chef that is cooking his signature dish and Bobby has to make it as well. Of course he has every ingredient he needs readily available. And like all those shows, they all get done at the exact time the clock runs out of time.
 
pocofan said:
Another one I can’t watch is Beat Bobby Flay. He goes up against a chef that is cooking his signature dish and Bobby has to make it as well. Of course he has every ingredient he needs readily available. And like all those shows, they all get done at the exact time the clock runs out of time.
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I have to admit, I do watch it from time to time when there is absolutely nothing else to watch on TV. It's really kind of just background noise anyway unless they are making a dish that I find really interesting and I haven't made before (or it's being made a different way than I make it).

karadekoolaid want to see him get beaten with a stick...
 
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