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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 3:09 pm
Starts tonight!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 3:37 pm
Fabulous Banner! Thanks for the reminder, I better figure out if I need to tape anything tonight. I think Drop Dead Diva is on as well.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 4:38 pm
Yup -DDD is on at 9:00, so I'm taking NFNS at midnight. Have you all gotten the new COOK channel, too? It's on 232 on DirecTV, and they had the Two Fat Ladies on, plus a host of shows this afternoon that were fun. Julia is on during the afternoon, so I'm taping her this week. 
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 8:18 pm
Ok, I don't know who that idiot was that was screaming and yelling throughout the cooking, but he needs to go as soon as possible.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 8:47 pm
And, why is one person with raw chicken ok and one not. I hate inconsistent judging, if they guy with raw chicken was bad, then the girl with raw chicken should be joining him. Doesn't matter if she did better on presenting, raw is raw. So they if they want DAS to be in the bottom two they should have used a different reason than raw chicken.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 8:54 pm
Oh and one other thing, that is the oddest mentoring I have ever seen. Teach these people some stuff before you force them to perform in front of the camera, how about teaching them the proper way to do a script. I have always felt that they need to work with them a little before them plunge them into the challenges.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 4:13 am
I was glad we had a two-hour opening show. With that many people, it is hard to get a feel for personalities and skills in an hour - I am looking forward to seeing them again next week! The guy that went home was just painful to watch -
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 5:04 am
Damn, I didn't know it was starting. Have to set my DVR now
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 6:15 am
I agree that Alex needed to go home. He was too starstruck. I don't thinkt he raw chicken was the only reason DAS was in the bottom 2 -- I think it was, as they said, his shameless self-love during each of his promotions. It wasn't about the food...it was about him. Same with the girl Brianna...didn't care for her at all! So Dzintra was saved because she was on the winning team? Lucky girl! I think the judges really caught the essence of the people on the show and were spot-on in their evaluations. Loved how they called people out. Love this show! Glad it is back.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 6:16 am
I'm loving Aria. However, I've read in interviews that those who you think are gonna make it all the way, don't. I hope she makes it far, though... she really lights up when she smiles and I love her personality. Alexis (that's a guy's name?) really way very painful to watch. Although Doreen was a very close second. Both of them deserved to go. For the women: I'm liking Aarti and I think she's got a fresh perspective. I'm bored already with the "party girl" Brianna. And Dzintra was a real piece of work... to say that's not how she would've done the sabayon dessert, but she wasn't there and she can totally thank the others on her team for pitching in for her. I'm liking Serena, and can't wait to see what else she does. For the men: I think Tom is a hot mess, but he's such a kick to watch. The other guys -- Brad, Herb, and Paul -- need to do something to stand out cuz right now all three are jumbled up in my mind. The only reason I remember Herb is he won the first challenge (with Aria). I think Das has potential, but he seems to really not understand what he wants to be.
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Smokey
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 11:34 am
I am pulling for Brad. I like him. I think he's cute. 
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 11:51 am
I like Brad too but not sure he has the personality for this kind of show. The good thing so far (to me) is that all of these contestants seem as if they can cook right from the get-go (raw chicken notwithstanding...I didn't get the impression that it was bad because of the preparation, just the timing). Didn't it seem last year that some of the contestants just didn't cook very well?
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 12:38 pm
I think its going to be Herb all the way.FN needs someone with a gimmick and I think he will incorporate fitness and food together.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 1:16 pm
He's gonna have to become way more likable. So far, I've been kinda put off by him. I'd like to see something more ethnic, too, like Aarti. Actually, what I'd really like is to see a whole freaking half-hour weekly show devoted to vegetarians. It'd be nice not to be the afterthought, for once...
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 1:32 pm
The thing about this show is that there's such a focus on their personalities instead of the food. I don't CARE about their personalities: the people I watch, like Ina and Giada, are virtually devoid of personality (to say nothing of people like Lidia and Jacques Pepin on PBS!). I suppose there are lots of people who DO want big personalities on Food Network, though. That's why people like that guy with the bleached blond hair has about 14 shows and then Ms Deen cackles her screeching cackle as she adds another stick of butter to whatever concoction she's making. It's the more is never enough school of cooking/television.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 1:38 pm
I rarely learn anything from watching a cooking show. I would rather just read the recipe. I do watch cooking shows to be entertained.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 2:29 pm
I watch the cooking shows to get ideas, because 9 times out of 10, I can't cook what they are doing (that veg thing). So because of that, personality matters to me. That said, the over the top personalities, like Guy Fieri (the bleached blonde guy) can get old real quick. And Guy is turning into a very ubiquitous character on FN, and I'm really getting tired of him. He's getting to be as obnoxious as Emeril used to be, always bamming everything. So the personality has to be likable, for me, not overly huge, and able to make me want to watch even if I can't cook what they are making.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 2:35 pm
I don't think anyone can be as obnoxious as Emeril, but Guy is getting close. 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 2:42 pm
The really sad thing is that I liked him when he won his season on FN. But now? So not so much!
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 2:44 pm
I don't mind Guy or Emeril. The ones I can't watch are the married black couple I don't know their name. But this crop of Cheftestants are duds, so far. For me the personality is a major factor. I think I can cook just about anything so I don't need the "teaching" aspect of it. For me it's more about the personalities.
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Lazylu
Member
04-09-2010
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 2:54 pm
Lilfair, I have changed my mind, the married couple is more obnoxious than Emeril and Guy put together. Although, I do like Guy on DDD. I watch the food shows for entertainment, not the recipes.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 3:16 pm
LOL I am in good company! Guy has become annoying to me I couldnt watch minute to win it - Emeril has gotten better now that he isnt so over saturated everywhere. and I dont know why I dont like the Neeleys, but I dont. I do like they are a loving couple, I do like southern food, and BBQ, but I just dont like them! I do love the site that someone posted here awhile back the Food Network Humor! http://foodnetworkhumor.com/ Too much good hockey for me to follow the show - I know I'll catch the rerun, I saw most of it, felt sorry that the lady that had the scratch on her cornea was raked over the coals tho - big difference from having something in your eye to having the cornea scratched.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 3:20 pm
oh and another thing - DAS used the "$500 pan" to pound his chicken (see food network humor.com) My first thought, you'd think they would watch the 30 min meals for tips and tricks to get things done in such short periods of time - Rachel Rays trick is to take that huge chicken breast cut it in half thru the thick part like slicking a thick slice of bread, you can slice it to make 2 thin slices of bread (hope that makes sense) Then you can "beat" it thin and it works so much easier!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 3:25 pm
Lazy, the Neeleys. I can't stand them. Paula Deen "discovered" them. Her voice drives me nuts, and their syrupy sweet smoochy schtick seems so phony! And Reader, while I never EVER watch that 30 minute person (I'll break my neck to change the channel), most people I know who need to pound chicken breasts will butterfly the breast first (although not cutting it into two separate pieces). I did LOL at someone who commented on the pounding though.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, June 07, 2010 - 3:29 pm
I rarely learn anything from watching a cooking show IMO this is Food Network design. I learn stuff all the time from Jacques Pepin, Lidia, Ramsay's F Word show on BBC, Martha, and I used to learn a lot from Mario. But the shows now are really not designed to teach. I'm kinda old school, I guess. I started cooking because of Martha, who made cooking seem cool because it was exacting and difficult, not because you could throw in as much pork fat/garlic/butter as humanly possible. I still watch the couple FN shows that excite me, like Ina and Giada, but even then...this week Ina had a Tex-Mex show and Tex-Mex is probably the food I hate most in the world. But she didn't even make most of it! She had a friend there to make "Tex-Mex" chili with brisket (?) and beans and--gasp!--basil instead of cilantro. Not that I care, because it's just slop anyhow, but basil in "Tex-Mex" chili? Je ne crois pas. And Giada, who's been trained at Le Cordon Bleu as a pastry chef, sometimes makes cakes from boxes, so what's the point?
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