If you watch
Food Network on a regular basis, you must know — by the bombardment of promotional commercials — about its new culinary competition,
Chopped.
The show, which is described as a series that "challenges four up-and-coming chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. After each course, a contestant gets 'chopped' until the last man or woman left standing claims victory," is hosted by former
Top Chef judge,
Ted Allen.
Over the holiday break I happened to watch
Chefography, the hour-long show that chronicles the life of a chef on
Food Network.
The episode I caught featured the life story of the boyishly charming
Bobby Flay. I learned a lot about Bobby and thought a quiz would be a fun way for you to get to know the chef.
Bizarre Foods host
Andrew Zimmern doesn't like
Tyler Florence and he's not afraid to publicly express his disgust for the
Food Network chef. Last week on his
personal blog, Zimmern said in a discussion of
Ryan Seacrest's reality show,
Momma's Boys: Monday’s episode featured the worlds least talented TV chef, Tyler Florence, once again churning out the questionable cooking advice and the leading the ladies through a menu of the Moms fave recipes. Watching Florence wolf down the food, stare and ogle every ass that strolled by his cutting board and play the role of local TV stud was high comedy of the highest order.To find out what Florence had to say about ZImmern, .
As part of our
Best of 2008 series, you told us who was the
best rising celebrity chef of the year. You love
The Neelys and
Curtis Stone, but your number one favorite is
Next Iron Chef winner
Michael Symon. We agree with you; he's our favorite at Yum.
As part of our
Best of 2008 coverage we asked you what
website is your favorite resource for recipes. The results are very close:
Food Network beat out Allrecipes by one vote! Yum and I agree with the majority and are making Food Network the editor's pick for best online recipe resource.
In case you aren't familiar with them,
latkes (or latkas, depending on where you're from), are fried potato pancakes traditionally prepared during the Jewish
Hanukkah festival. Although latkes come in many shapes and forms — from zucchini variations to beet renditions — the classic latke is made of shredded potatoes, oil, and seasoning. It's garnished with sour cream or applesauce.
Whether you love her or hate her,
Rachael Ray, the
Food Network's biggest star, is here to stay. Although 2008 was filled with many ups and downs, it was a huge year for Ray. Things got off to a rocky start in January, when a secondhand story claimed that Ray, a
Dunkin' Donuts spokeswoman,
refused to drink Dunkin's coffee, instead opting for
Starbucks.
For
Food Network star
Robert Irvine, 2008 was dicier and more stressful than completing any challenge on Dinner: Impossible.
In February, news surfaced that the show's host had
embellished his résumé. Many of Irvine's claims — that he was a KCVO Knight, awarded a castle by the Queen of England, attended the University of Leeds, and helped make the wedding cake for Prince Charles and Princess Diana — turned out to be made up.
This year we watched many chefs step out into the spotlight. While they may not be new to the food industry, they are new to the over-exposed world of celebrity chefdom. As part of our
Best of 2008 coverage, we are wondering who you want to see more of?
