Much like the sudden rise of the
metrosexual, a recently released study discusses the rapid growth of the next major male demographic: the gastrosexual. According to the
Daily Mail, these men use their culinary skills to impress their friends and potential love interests.
Leading the pack of gastrosexual men are celebrity chefs, like
Jamie Oliver,
Danny Boome, and
Gordon Ramsay, who glorify the high-stakes world of the restaurant kitchen.
In what is becoming a disturbing trend, more and more celebrity chefs are hamming it up on screen and being made to look like cartoon characters. Take the beginning of
Hell's Kitchen, for example. The cheftestants frolic around stupidly: one throws a giant animated tomato, another catches the tomato, and yet another slices the tomato in half with a larger-than-life animated knife.
Earlier this week I got a call from
Food Network's latest star, the British charmer and self-proclaimed renaissance man, Danny Boome. Danny's new show,
The Rescue Chef, debuts tomorrow at noon and I'll be watching. The show pairs Danny with home cooks who are desperate to overcome culinary obstacles.
It seems like
Food Network is rolling out several new shows this season. We're already looking forward to the
Neelys, but now we can add Rescue Chef to the list of things to check out. Rescue Chef is actually British-born Danny Boome — veteran of both Canadian and English TV shows — and in the show he will be rescuing everyday cooks from their culinary catastrophes.
