Best cooking/food program?

[dcw@pr]

Curious as to what people think...?

PS Iron Chef America for me

Edited by dcw@pr on Thursday 16th April 16:25

[BigJonMcQuimm]

Great British Menu, then anything with Heston and then Saturday Kitchen.

[dcw@pr]

BigJonMcQuimm said:

Great British Menu, then anything with Heston and then Saturday Kitchen.

b****s meant to put in In Search of Perfection.

I have to say I like the friday episode of great british menu, but find the monday - thursday very slow going indeed

[edwardsje]

Anything with Rick Stein

[sleep envy]

depends what you mean by best?

if you mean as entertainment then the HB stuff is good

for stuff to try it'll be Saturday Kitchen, JO (as it's more italiancentric) and that really annoying chinese woman (Ching I think her name is) from Chinese Made Easy

[Urban_Ninja]

I like the hairy bikers/bakers.

mr whittingstall's stuff's alright aswell

[dcw@pr]

my definition of "best" is which program do you enjoy watching the most

[dougc]

Rick Stein's French Odyssey, or indeed any other programs by him.
Hairy Bikers are a laugh - less cooking, more larking about than other cooking shows

Used to like the Naked Chef but looking back at it, its almost a pisstake of itself now, all that 'Pukka' and 'Alwight geezer' stuff.

I can't stand Gary Rhodes. Something about the way he speaks makes me angry.

[mechsympathy]

HFW is my pick, simply because I have a great urge to do the full River Cottage thing. Heston's great for bonkers stuff you'd never actually get round to doing. Rick Stein is great comfort telly. The F word is a really good mix of chat and cookery and the only "competition"/reality cookery show I can stand, Ramsey's other progs are ste* IMO. Saturday Kitchen... you're kidding, I don't get to sit in front of the box during the day.

*That's a little unfair, Kitchen Nightmares is strangely watchable.

Edited by mechsympathy on Thursday 16th April 19:11

[jamiebae]

dougc said:

Rick Stein's French Odyssey, or indeed any other programs by him.
Hairy Bikers are a laugh - less cooking, more larking about than other cooking shows

Used to like the Naked Chef but looking back at it, its almost a pisstake of itself now, all that 'Pukka' and 'Alwight geezer' stuff.

I can't stand Gary Rhodes. Something about the way he speaks makes me angry.

I agree with you entirely

I do like River Cottage a lot too.

[missdiane]

Hairy Bikers or James Martin

[juice]

Good Eats - Alton Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW1zwHhBctY

Or "Iron Chef America"

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

On the US Food Network channel

Edited by juice on Thursday 16th April 19:28

[jazzybee]

Masterchef - Cooking does'nt get better than this!

Edited by jazzybee on Thursday 16th April 19:27

[Mobile Chicane]

'Market Kitchen' on Discovery Home & Leisure.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in anything a close second (just not underpants)

[Sheets Tabuer]

I like Floyd, I find far too many shows don't show you how or what they are cooking, they present a plate of cooked food and say there you go thats how it's done.

[Podie]

gotta be the 'airy bikers, man.

[jamiebae]

jazzybee said:

Masterchef - Cooking does'nt get better than this!

Edited by jazzybee on Thursday 16th April 19:27

That's filmed at my old uni halls!

[Mobile Chicane]

Sheets Tabuer said:

I like Floyd, I find far too many shows don't show you how or what they are cooking, they present a plate of cooked food and say there you go thats how it's done.

Blimey yes I'd forgotten about him. Very entertaining and never more than an arm's reach away from a bottle of wine, no matter where he was in the world.

[Patrico]

Massive fan of Rick Stein. Also Anthony Boudain is a great TV presenter and food writer, well worth checking out.

[Truckosaurus]

Other: No Reservations.