Cause that’s how we cook at home 🤷♀️ I wash my hands and just cook. We want perfection, but do you really bubble wrap yourself cooking for your fam? Get over it
Oh, even earlier than that! Since they were taken over by Scripps in the late 90s, they went downhill faster than an Olympic skier. They dropped all the real chefs and started up with their plastic Food Network “Stars”.
Why can’t cooking shows be as simple and enjoyable as the Two Fat Ladies. No fake, plastic smiling, no bizarre gimmicks, just enjoyable and fun to watch. FN has lost its touch.
A plethora of bad behavior. Bobby Flay is the most egotistical man ever! They are all human and some of these are just poor or ignorant mistakes. Others are despicable!
Shouldn’t be surprised by bad behavior by chefs. Professional kitchens are rife with egomaniacal owners and chefs exploiting overworked employees under extreme stress, in dangerous conditions. Some of them who can palaver get on TV, but only a small handful can capture the simple dignity of Julia Child. Mostly it’s just hype
I swear social media is really just for people whining when they don't get something. The parents of that kid aren't entitled to anything special from Ina Garten...and then going to social media to whine about it pissed me off. Just because she said no doesn't mean you get to smear her by whining about her saying no. Anyone including celebrities can and have the right to say no to a charitable request at any time for any reason. It doesn't make you a bad person.
That makes 5 of us and I'm sure there are hundreds of thousands of people who dislike him. I started by not liking him by just having a bad feeling about him but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt. I saw how cocky and ruthless he was besides bullying everyone he can. Then when he cheated on his wife, that did it. A normal innocent person would deny it but no such words from his mouth. He's just an A_S!!!
Who is? We're not perfect, none of us? Everybody has something that someone else will find something offensive. It's sad that we turn our noses up when we find out that there is imperfection in humans. It will never end
I am married to the same woman for 44 years. The Neelys were as phony as they can be. My wife and I don't do this "lovey dobby" stuff in the kitchen especially if you are dealing with bake good. With Ina, as an Asian, I saw a show where she did some food with sauces. She described one sauce as"Chinesey": I was offended- she should have said it a balance on sweet and sour with heat.- or something like that not "its Chinesey" You never mentioned Giada who had I believe a fling with Bobby Flay and the way she treated her stadd.
The Food Network does not tolerate discrimination, but we have to tolerate their seemingly endless game shows masquerading as entertainment. Great Food Truck Race ... that's almost as abominable as the scandals shown here. And don't get me started on Worst Cooks in America.
Back in the early days of Food Network they used to have actual cooking shows with recipes that you didn't have to be a master chef to try to cook. Those cake baking shows are way beyond my baking abilities. Imagine a cake made into the full depiction of WW II or the French revolution!
I HATE HOW MUCH FN PLAYS WITH FOOD WHEN SO MANY AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE LIVING IN FOOD DESERTS OR ARE STRUGGLING. I think this is why Chopped was so popular because people really are out here stretching meals based on whatever they have at hand in their pantries.
My mama taught us to pull are hair back and wear an apron and never go barefoot in the kitchen while cooking (?) we never questioned our mama we just did what we we're ask to do, and always washed our hands before beginning
Like anything else, you don't like the person, turn the TV off or watch something else. Hardly worth losing sleep over a TV program. I don't watch a cooking show to critique the chef, I watch it for recipes I might want to try. Apparently other people's lives are so perfect they can criticize these people. Good for you.
Should put Bobby Flay on top of the list. Left Food Network, after he demanded a $100mil annual salary, thinking he was the Food Network, when all he is is a POS
I do not like Robert Irvine. Then he lied about his resume, they fired him, THEN they brought him back. Are there so few entertainment chefs out there?
As most famous and busy celebrities, I'm sure Ina Garten has a staff that handles her mail and charity requests, etc. She may not of even known about the request until it became a social media thing, then that's when she said okay... However, it was too late.
When Food network cancelled Paula's contract, I stopped watching anything on Food Network. I am fed up with the racial BS. I was raised in a very racist home and used almost every negative term you can imagine. I've since changed my way. With this type of BS, people could berate me for what was done in my past. Grow up people. We can all learn and change.
Exactly! I've stopped watching also. I still have some assorted cook books, I don't need more or to watch more. On the barefoot contessa subject we don't have to oblige anything from strangers.. most likely the parents tried to make that happen.
Exactly! We've all made mistakes and we shouldn't have to pay for those mistakes for the rest of our lives. None of us are the same people we were 10, 20, 30 or 40+ years ago. We live, we learn, we do better.
@@LyndieLouWho yes it's never too late to change for the better the negative path your never going to be happy and the positive path makes you stronger and happier because of the blessings we receive for the work we put in to be on that path. I've learned more in my older years because we were so sheltered growing up. I grew up lost and I didn't realize it until I had my daughter who was born with a disability, she brought God into my life, she technically doesn't speak but her gesturing and her own language speaks volumes. I rather live in reality than to be lost forever. Blessings to you Lyndie Lou Millerd.
I'm glad I'm not a celebrity. I say what I think and try not to be insensitive or hurtful, but I'll be damned if I cater to people who are scraping to find anything to be offended by.
A lot of people focus on what Paula said but what her employees went through tends to be ignored, which was always the real problem the statements were just supposed to be used to back up what was really happening behind closed doors which as a business owner she was in charge of stopping but didn't.
@@bernicesmith4248 her brother who was working as a manager for her was being outwardly racist towards staff and a bunch of other stuff anyone else would have been fired for.
Yes I also just loved Graham Kerr!! I have gone back to watching Paula Deen on occasion, but have dropped watching all the rest you mentioned for quite a while now. If I need a recipe, or knowledge on how to cook something, I look it up on the internet, or RU-vid, or one of my many cookbooks.
It's not about being obligated. It's about being a decent person. He's a dying 3 year old boy who idolizes her. If she cant set side her inflated celebrity ego long enough to make time for him, that's sad. And not somebody I'm interested in supporting.
@@mikelleabner3721 I think it’s easy to say and be on your high horse when you’re on your phone but if you were actually in her situation rather than observing from a far I think you’d see things differently and she changed her mind after the constant publicity from the family mind you not her-and in the end tried to bend over backwards.despite what they’re poor son went through, his family seeking public attention leaves a bad taste in my mouth. People in the public eye usually don’t address situations like this at all. No one is entitled to anyone’s time. To think so shows immaturity and lacks actual understanding of boundaries.
I stopped watching Food network, because of their hypocritical attitudes. I figure their ratings hit a nose dive when they fired Paula Deen. It just goes to show you, that a person can never apologize enough in this clown/woke world we now live in.
The people related to sexual abuse & child abuse were heinous and scandalous, however, most of the other ones are simply a picture of today's society who are endlessly "OFFENDED" about pretty much everything. Turn off the TV and get over it!
That's what I.say as well. Those buttons on the remotes are for just that and no.one forces us to.wstch what we wish not to. Freedom.pf choice. Why spend so.much.time on some you hate watching Make your self happier and let it stop controlling your emotions and mind ? Not one of us out here are perfect. No matter what goes on in.this life. I'm.on.the front side of being nearly 90 years of age. Seen a lot good and bad. Make your self happy live long enough and you will.learn this.is the best thing we can do for our selves. All have to.take life one day at a time.we have no control over that. We never know what another day will bring. Hope you'll will be happy.
Right! Mary Soto, a year before the pandemic hit I planned on retiring early so my older daughter could start college because she stayed home to be an aide to her sister so I could work, I also took out a part of my 401k to help me out until I could officially retire, but I told my daughter let's not tell anyone our business about the money. Well the majority of friends and family assumed we were broke and left us alone which was ok with me I enjoyed the privacy, now that we're kinda getting back to having little get togethers people ask how are we and how did we make it through the pandemic I just say we were taken care of and that's it. If people know you have money they'll think up reasons to borrow or help you spend it by inviting you somewhere hoping you'll foot the bill or hint at how hard of a time their having that cost money. I've learned that true friends and maybe some family don't want anything from you but your friendship those are the ones to spend time with because you all pitch in to have a great time.
Read your Bible. The LOVE of money is the root of all evil (though I'd strongly disagree - people who work hard and save money rarely get into trouble, especially kids. No, they are not just "people" or they wouldn't have restaurants, shows and cookbooks.
Most chefs I ever met were hacks, a lot of those on TV are not even chefs. Anyone with money can have personal assistants that do most of the work. Executive chef only means that you get other people to do the work and take all the credit. They are super flawed narcissists.
Well you're absolutely wrong about them being hacks. Narcissists? I don't know a successful CEO, politician or artist who is not. I'm a cook and have eaten at their restaurants and spoken with them. All became "stars" after putting in incredibly long hours and honing their craft. Do folks think people snap their fingers and a cookbook appears or that cooking a meal in front of a camera without SNAFUs and smiling the whole time is easy? Flay was cocky/friendly, incredibly knowledgeable, Ina was...Ina, Paula Dean just like her tv persona, Gordon Ramsey (one of the worst dinners I've ever had) nicer than on TV. We loved eat at Casa Mono, Mario Batali's Basque restaurant - cozy, incredibly food and the one time he was there he was super entertaining yet always "teaching"
Can we all just stop and give Stephanie March (Bobby Flay's ex-wife) her dues for being so gangster by hiring out the plane with the "Cheater" banner? Bad. Ass. On the whole, The Food Network is made up of trash.
I feel so disappointed that it went completely downhill. They don't have cooking shows anymore. I no longer watch the food network because of the boring grocery game shows. I don't want that network anymore so I asked my cable provider to cancel it. I just don't like it anymore.
I think it's more like a club than a Network. They have the same cluster of Host chefs and Judges and it's like nobody outside "the family" is allowed in and very easily black listed to protect the network.
I bailed when and the game shows started. I haven't watched TV at all in years. But before I kicked the habit I watched the PBS cooking shows. Nice and calm.
With the exception of Robinson and the tragic death of a child……the rest pale in comparison. These cooks go on TV to entertain, hardly an idol to look up to. They are human just as the rest of us.
I have a 12" stainless steel with a copper bottom pan and a stainless steel chef's knife I bought at K-Mart at least 20 years ago with Martha Stewart's name on it. Both pan and knife have been and still are used on a regular basis. They can't be beat at any price!!
We too have those pots and pans and still use them. Though not as often as the nonstick ones. We now have an electric stove for the first time in our lives. I'm curious how the stainless ones work on it compared to nonstick. With heat being hard to control on electric i've been thinking of using the stainless more to get a feel for them on this stove.
I never watch the Food Network----big egos, big hype, big money----a dangerous combination. These so-called "stars" have forgotten where they came from and the little people who bought their cookbooks and products.
This video is missing the Sandra Lee Kwanzaa cake where she slathers an angel food cake with doctored up frosting, huge candles and "acorns" (which were really corn nuts) and sunflower seeds all filled with canned apple pie filling.
Anne Thornton’s show Dessert First wasn’t renewed for a third season because she was accused of having plagiarized her recipes from Ina Garten and Martha Stewart.
I watch cooking shows because I like to cook and try new recipes,not to watch so called chefs eat other people's food and act like it's not good enough for them.I only watch the cooks that actually cook,not those crap contest cooking shows.
Paula Dean was unfairly fired for allegedly saying a racial slur in private decades ago, when most use the same slur in casual conversations and lyrics to this day. The double standards we've created are mindboggling.
I use to watch Food Network all the time....after yrs of watching the same old chefs I stopped! Now everybody just wants to be a star....I want them to hire NEW chefs and just COOK FOOD!!!
Its life we all not perfect its only because they in the lime light do they get scrutinize.I love cooking shows there to see the food and skills how they act or what they say doesn't phase me.
She was committed to a book tour at the time and couldn’t schedule it. Maybe she thought the kid’s time would run out and he wouldn’t get a wish, so better if he made another choice.
Hmmm, I DON'T understand why that person's (can't think of his name) WOULDN'T let his son go on set with Ina Garden, hell that's what he wanted to do AT FIRST!!!
Shame on you - this is nothing more than jealous people who hate other's successes. None of these Food stars claim to be perfect, none of us can. To hold them up to such a standard is nothing more than destroying and tearing down people and punishing them for their success. Sorry, but stories like this are little better than gossip - you know, those tasty morsels that go down so good, but end up poisoning one. The reporting of this is overplaying your hand. I felt terrible about Paula Deen. She did not deserve to have her career destroyed over thoughtless comments. Does destroying others make you feel better? Does it show grace and class to throw someone's mistakes in their face and dance gleefully while you enjoy your special role as judge, jury, and executioner? The cause of all these scandal stories is plain and simple jealousy - the green monster.
WOOOW!!!! I've always felt that there was something WRONG with that show. Thank was for this. Per Bobby Flay, he had an affair with, and married Giada, check your facts and revise.