Sure, there's OOTV, but not every season of every show has its own thread. (Top Chef Masters Season 4?) Plus, it might be nice to have a thread where you can post about recipes you saw on TV or to talk about Nadia G.

The Next Iron Chef, Season 5 starts November 4, 2012:

Top Chef, Season 10 in Seattle premieres November 7 with Wolfgang Puck joining the judging lineup.

What's your favorite cooking instructional show? Mine is Good Eats, cause I'm a nerd.

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Where else can you find cool restaurants to give you the recipe to their signature dish?

Made many of them at home and others I've applied certain ingredient pairings or techniques to create new stuff.

Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives? I've found that to be a polarizing show. Some people love it because it is food they would eat. Other people hate it because they dislike Fieri or because they think the food on there epitomizes everything that is wrong with American food culture. I always thought of it as more of a food porn show than an instructional show, but they do have recipes on the FN website.

I don't watch it, but I love that it drives some foodie snobs completely batty.

Ya, he's annoying as hell and I've gone to places locally that have been on the show and more than one (read two) have said the guy is a giant dick.

I skip the deep fried recipes and burgers and other crap. Usually there is at least one of the three restaurants that he features on each show that has something interesting. They've done some Mexican/Cuban recipes are amazing.

You guys should check out the parody of these kinds of food shows, Porkin Across America by The Onion.



Check out the other eps on the channel. Weekly show.

can't beat the pbs shows with the likes of jacques pepin, hubert keller, Lidia Bastianich, rick bayliss

I have made several of the recipes from bayliss, bastianich and pepin. All winners. I love those follks.

Pepin's chicken with a mustard crust is fantastic, and Bayliss's carnitas are a real winner. Bastianich, everything I have cooked has been great, but the bacon, spinach, chickpeas and gemelli pasta recipe is freakin good.

Speaking of PBS, I also enjoy Simply Ming.

rick bayless much cooler than his douchey brother skip

Ming is good, but it's so annoying how he says he loves everything. "ok guys, here's my garlic mango cranberry fennel lychee puree WHICH I LOVE and I'm gonna make a dish THAT I LOVE using this swordfish WHICH I LOVE so first thing to do is get your pan hot and then put a little grapeseed oil in the pan WHICH I LOVE and then season your fish on both sides with salt WHICH I LOVE ..."

And he uses cranberries in like half the dishes, obv just because Ocean Spray is a sponsor.

Same for me....but I also like watching Giada. I shouldn't have to explain why...

Best food show I have seen, is Bizzare Foods. I regret not watching every episode while it was on Netflix. Its more of a travel show, even though it deals entirely with food.

I watch alot of the stuff on PBS. My fav recipe show are ones with Pepin b/c he is chill/awesome, Bruce Aidells b/c he is a flat out boss for meat, Paul Prudhomme b/c of the great sauces and enthusiasm. America's Test Kitchen is an excellent show.

There are two other shows I am trying to think of. One is a guy who cooks on a portable station in random locations. Seems to like sea food and sounds like he is from norway or something. Another show is with an attractive and classy blond who has some sort of accent and cooks home style pastries/cakes. Maybe she cooks other food as well. Both of these on PBS or Live well network.

I think I know who you are talking about, hes always like in the snow and cooking small fishes like whole sardines. I can't recall his name though.

I probably learned all my knife work from watching Essential Pepin and Fast food my way. Americas Test Kitchen is how I fill my Good Eats void. Their minestrone recipe is something I make at least once a month. I can also vouch for their foccacia recipe. Yvonne is sexy too

You're thinking of Andreas Viestad, he's Norwegian. The show is called New Scandinavian Cooking.

Anthony Bourdain. Bought "Kitchen Confidential" as a hardcover, first-edition in 2000-2001. Didn't realize he was the same guy on TV until about '05 or '06. He's one of those people that writes/talks exactly as he talks/writes. I watch his show twice a day usually. Never get tired of it.

Great book and great show. I recommended the book in the book thread I created in this forum. The France episode of No Reservations this season was excellent.

You're damn skipping right. Such a shame that No Reservations on its final season, but I'm sure Bourdain got other things he wants to do other than this or just take a step back, so yeah. Who knows?

I have been following Bourdain from the beginning. No Reservations is pretty much exactly the same show as A Cook's Tour, and I expect that whatever the title is on CNN, it will be pretty much exactly the same. Maybe a bit more money involved, but the same artistic freedom, the same producers and the same camera folk. It is going to be GREAT.

masterchef is the nuts in the uk, they have both an amateur version and professional. its so popular they show both usa and australian versions on other channels

Just found out a new season of Bourdain's "Layover" starts Nov. 19 on Travel Channel.

I'm happy.

i get the idea of the show chopped, and i do enjoy watching it from time to time, but the judges really bug me sometimes. You can't give some nobody chef a basket full of crap and then get mad when it doesnt taste good

Good Eats is definitely my favorite food show. Even though a lot of times the food doesnt look or sound that good to me, i still love it cause its so informational and i find Alton Brown really entertaining

My only problem with amateur Masterchef is the title. None of the contestants are chefs or ever will be, let alone "master" chefs, whatever that means. They might as well have a show called Master Dermatolagist where people who enjoy popping their own zits at home compete in challenges to diagnose skin conditions. The winner gets a bunch of money to start their own dermatology practice and a book deal or whatever.

While I will agree that some of "the food doesn't look or sound that good", I think that misses the point. You are right about the information - if you make an Alton Brown recipe, it probably won't be in the top 10% in terms of taste or appearance. BUT, the recipe will work, it will taste pretty decent (and better than a lot of other stuff out there) and you will learn something. A clear win in my books.

I think that's a little harsh, by the time they get to the finals in amateur and even celebrity masterchef are often extremely talented.

However, "masterchef: the professionals" is far and away my favourite cooking TV show, and it's just started up this week on bbc2, love it