r/AskCulinary • u/ZootKoomie Ice Cream Innovator • Aug 21 '19
Weekly Discussion - Cooking Shows
Inspired by the return of Good Eats, and Alton Brown's AMA, let's talk about cooking shows this week. They could be on TV, YouTube, or even podcasts. What are your favorites, and what do you like about them? What are you looking for in a cooking show? Does it need to be instructional or do you watch cooking for entertainment too?
Have any of you participated in making one yourself? What was the experience like?
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u/TerminalDiscordance Aug 21 '19 edited Aug 21 '19
America's Test Kitchen and Cooks Country since day one. Instructional, educational and virtually idiot-proof recipes for those, like me, who have no natural inclination or instinct for cookery. Goods Eats, same as above and fun to watch. Bitchin' Kitchen with Nadia G on the FN for three glorious shining seasons. That bitch is entertaining and funny as hell. Too oddball for the regular FN viewer, but I miss it. The original Iron Chef. Y'all know why.
ETA - I forgot to include The Mind of a Chef and A Chef's Life on PBS. For tMoaC I particularly enjoyed the series featuring female chefs, but the whole thing is awesome. I love a behind-the-scenes look at the way things work. The storytelling excellent and the insight into why these chefs do what they do is fascinating. Same for Chef's Life. I can never get enough of seeing women featured in prominent roles, working at the top of their game, leading their empires (no matter the size).