IRON CHEF! ....Ch4.....

[Oily Nails]

....someone explain, is the presenter on drugs? is this a serious cookery contest or a ps take?

The presenter massively over hypes every action a cook does...
"LOOK AT HIM CUT THAT ONION!!!!"........er he cut it in 1/2 and then 1/4s???????

and his entire head appears to be made from Marzipan.


So someone please help....

[Vvroom]

^^^ what he said

[Laurel Green]

I gave up trying to watch this after about five minutes. At a guess, would say 'it worked in the USA so we'll give it a go here' format. Atrocious rubbish!

[Langweilig]

Oily Nails said:

....someone explain, is the presenter on drugs? is this a serious cookery contest or a ps take?

The presenter massively over hypes every action a cook does...
"LOOK AT HIM CUT THAT ONION!!!!"........er he cut it in 1/2 and then 1/4s???????

and his entire head appears to be made from Marzipan.


So someone please help....

I like not his style of presentation. I have shouted at the telly, "CALM DOWN SON. YOU'LL GIVE YOURSELF A STROKE!"

[FourWheelDrift]

Laurel Green said:

I gave up trying to watch this after about five minutes. At a guess, would say 'it worked in the USA so we'll give it a go here' format. Atrocious rubbish!

Description says it's originally a Japanese format show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Chef

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd4f7hR3F7s

[Oily Nails]

FourWheelDrift said:

Laurel Green said:

I gave up trying to watch this after about five minutes. At a guess, would say 'it worked in the USA so we'll give it a go here' format. Atrocious rubbish!

Description says it's originally a Japanese format show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Chef

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd4f7hR3F7s

Fair enough the show format.........but WHY is is head made from Marzipan?

[Laurel Green]

FourWheelDrift said:

Laurel Green said:

I gave up trying to watch this after about five minutes. At a guess, would say 'it worked in the USA so we'll give it a go here' format. Atrocious rubbish!

Description says it's originally a Japanese format show.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Chef

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd4f7hR3F7s

Cheers for that. Me thinks Japanese shows don't travel very well.

[FourWheelDrift]

Japanese shows are always better even if we don't understand a word of it

Endurance, Takeshi's Castle, even their original version of Hole in the Wall was brilliant.

[redtwin]

I used to watch the original Japanese show when I lived in the US. It was shown on Food Network over there and was very enjoyable. The dubbed translation even added an element of humour as they reminded me of the cheesy Kung Fu movies I loved as a child.

Then someone at Food Network got greedy and decided to make a US version and it all went downhill. Not even the importation of Iron Chef Morimoto could help it.

[thetapeworm]

Presenter is usually one of the wine experts on Saturday Kitchen, he's always come across as a bit "out there", if anything he was toned down on Iron Chef when I saw it tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBQ8VY90DMk


He felt Anne Robinson's boobs on TV once though so he's probably slightly mentally scarred.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7334297.s...

[JerseyS2000]

Crap fact number 1 - Olly used to be a choir boy and his parents thought he would be the next Aled Jones - right until his balls dropped

Crap fact number 2 - his slightly more talented older brother William is a stand-up comedian who introduces himself as Will "no, not that one" Smith.

We grew up together here in Jersey.

And yes, he is a tt

[Morningside]

Sorry, but I see Olly Smith with a Conservative rosette doing some door to door canvassing - Cannot help it, sorry

I Sky+ it and thought it was a truly dreadful programme. Over excited presenters with irritating amateur zoom in zoom out hand held poor focusing style to try and give it that 'urgency' look.

Plus where the presenters payed each time they said 'Iron Chef'?