I've loved Bridget's sassy humor for years. (She could deftly handle Chris' grumps and snark.) She's always been my favorite person on ATK and Cook's Country.
Bridget Lancaster is so charismatic, so charming, so intuitive. She is always listening, and lets others shine. She might be a different person off camera, but Bridget seems like she would walk up to you and start a conversation ("...my new book is over there...")
I have always loved watching both of them. I'm glad that Head office didn't look outside of the company. and Realized Lancaster is a gem and they had better keep her.
I'M a big fan of AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN ever since it debuted on P. B. S. Julia Child got me interested in cooking by the casual approach she took in preparing meals that everybody wanted to make at home. BRIDGET and JULIA add a nice light touch to the program as well as all the other cooks on the show. I maybe going on 90 next year, but that doesn't mean that I shouldn't keep my Interest in preparing my own meals. Chow everyone and Bon Appetite.
At first when I started watching, I thought BL was a bit too tough in her demeanor, especially when Chris Kimball challenged her on some points of the recipes. Then, I realized that she had a totally fine sense of humor and wasn’t afraid to use it. As I followed the show week after week, I realized she and the other members were the best parts of the shows. When Kimball left to do Cook’s Country, I knew that BL and the rest of the cast would go on to make ATK one of the best cooking shows on PBS. That’s precisely what happened too. And then when Cook’s Country came to join the other show, I thought that everybody was willing to work together. Then Kimball raised that snooty attitude again and it wasn’t long before the rest of the cast was feeling like they were being walked on. That image evidently was seen by the higher ups in charge and they soon took care of the issue. The moral here folks is if you’re going to work together, then you can’t let a dominant personality take over because it will become his show. But fortunately for us as an audience, we got to save two cooking shows that are truly inspiring and that will help us become better at cooking from simple stuff to more complex meals that would make us feel defeated if we didn’t have help. So thanks Bridget, Julia, Jack and everyone else for all your help in making better cooks out of us all.
I love ATK and Cook's Country for it's easy to understand food prep and humorous crew of chefs. Bridget and Julia have become such a wonderful matched set over the years that it is impossible to imagine those shows without them. Thanks for the great video!
Chris Kimble was still on ATC when I started to watch. I think around 2015. Both ladies are fantastic - gravitate naturally to Bridget with her softer voice and ways. Hope the show last many more years. Love on the cooks and they make some really great eats.
Bridget and Julia made the art of cooking more approachable and less intimidating. Love ATK and CC with these capable chefs leading. Great ladies with warmth and depth for viewers, making all their chefs feel welcome to show their skills! Appreciate Bridget! ❤❤❤
I watch 13.3 on the regular TV and wish I could see it on cable. It's called create TV. I love public TV of all kinds, I love the fact that's its informative and no commercials . With that Thank you Lancaster and crew. ❤
Bridget and Julia are great together. They didn’t need CK at all. The other staff on ATK are all very good and come across as super relatable. Carry on ATK!
In an odd way, they're like the cooking show version of Adam and Jamie from Mythbusters, with Julia as Adam and Bridget as Jamie (one more ebullient, one more staid).
Hey, some of us have massive gardens we tend and even a dairy, mine were goats,...I might taste everything cooking but. I seldom sit down to a full meal..( and if I do it's child's size)
A skinny chef may just mean they have a fast metabolism. Or that they're a whirling dervish in the kitchen, multitasking, and racing from station to station.
Bridget and Julia are great, BUT... I'll take the previous host, Christopher Kimball, over these 2 any day. There is something fake about the humor and the chemistry seems forced. Also, you don't have to disparage one person to pump up another. I have started seeing this pattern more frequently in recent years. It's silly and it doesn't work. Do better.
