What is your favorite show about food?

[tomwed]

A Chef’s Life [click here to watch it] (http://video.pbs.org/program/chefs-life/) It is a PBS show.

[My Review--This is a great show for me, my favorite show. I love cooking using local ingredients and I always wanted to know what it's like to run a restaurant. That's what it's about and more. It feels very homey, even the theme song. You see the pressure between husband and wife being business partners. So it's a reality show too without the BS and ego. The chef Vivian is a real working mom with 4 year old twins. I especially like when Vivian goes to the local farms and fisheries. You do learn about cooking and presentation too.]

What follows is from the website:

A Chef's Life is a half-hour character-driven documentary and cooking series that takes viewers inside the life of Chef Vivian Howard, who, with her husband Ben Knight, left the big city to open a fine dining restaurant in small-town Eastern North Carolina.

Each episode follows Vivian out of the kitchen and into cornfields, strawberry patches and hog farms as she hunts down the ingredients that inspire her seasonal menus. Using a chef’s modern sensibilities, Vivian explores Southern cuisine, past and present — one ingredient at a time. A celebration of true farm to table food, the 13-week series combines the action and drama of a high-pressure business with the joys and stresses of family life.

About the Show

Vivian Howard originally made a name for herself in the Manhattan restaurant world and with her own gourmet delivery service. Acclaim and potential investors poured in, but it was the offer from her own parents that called to her the loudest. They would help her build a restaurant — but with one catch. She had to open it back home in Eastern North Carolina, a place to which she swore she would never return.

And so The Chef & the Farmer, located in Kinston, North Carolina, was born. Six years in, Vivian and her restaurant have won numerous accolades, including her selection as a James Beard semi-finalist, but the challenges continue. As the series opens, Vivian and Ben are juggling the restaurant, raising twins and anxiously building their own home — right next door to her parents.

[Bonny]

I love cooking competition shows. 2 favorites are The Next Food Network Star and Master Chef. There are so many good ones.

[Ecuadog]

The two Cooks Illustrated shows, America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country, are my favorites. I haven't tried A Chef's Life yet, but I will.

[Medtrans]

Master Chef, Top Chef, Pioneer Woman.

[pbkmaine]

Agree with Ecuadog on the Cooks Illustrated shows on PBS.

[KayakerNC]

Been 13 years, but I still miss Justin.
http://markp427.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/justin_wilson.jpg

[Bonny]

I remember my mom and I watching Wok with Yan. He was so funny !

[tomwed]

I remember my mom and I watching Wok with Yan. He was so funny !

Was it Yan Can Cook? I didn't meet him but I got real close. About 3 years ago I was in San Francisco. He opened a new place on the top floor of a mall that was several stories high. You could sit at the counter that was seperated from the kitchen by a thick piece of glass. The guy sitting next to me was a local foodie and pointed Yan out to me. He was not cooking but in a suit. You should see his guys cook and goof around. It was very entertaining.

[Bonny]

Was it Yan Can Cook? I didn't meet him but I got real close. About 3 years ago I was in San Francisco. He opened a new place on the top floor of a mall that was several stories high. You could sit at the counter that was seperated from the kitchen by a thick piece of glass. The guy sitting next to me was a local foodie and pointed Yan out to me. He was not cooking but in a suit. You should see his guys cook and goof around. It was very entertaining.
Wok With Yan was Stephan Yan.
Yan Can Cook was Martin Yan.
Martin Yan actually worked for Stephen Yan in the 80's.
We really enjoyed them both. They both were so entertaining.

[KayakerNC]

Wok With Yan was Stephan Yan.
Yan Can Cook was Martin Yan.
Martin Yan actually worked for Stephen Yan in the 80's.
We really enjoyed them both. They both were so entertaining.

Stephen Yan was the guy with the apron puns.
Wok & Roll
Wokking My Baby Back Home
Danger, Men at Wok
Wok Around the Clock
Wok the Heck
You Are Wok You Eat
Wok Goes up Must Come Down
Wok's New, Pussycat?
Wokkey Night in Canada
Stuck Between a Wok and a Hard Place
Raiders of The Lost Wok
Moon Wok
Jailhouse Wok
Over Wok, Under Pay
Wok Me to the Church On Time
Woksy Ladies
Wok-A-Doodle-Doo
Martin Yan was the chef that did the super fast chopping while smiling at the camera. Never lost a finger but....wow.

[Bonny]

Stephen Yan was the guy with the apron puns.
Wok & Roll
Wokking My Baby Back Home
Danger, Men at Wok
Wok Around the Clock
Wok the Heck
You Are Wok You Eat
Wok Goes up Must Come Down
Wok's New, Pussycat?
Wokkey Night in Canada
Stuck Between a Wok and a Hard Place
Raiders of The Lost Wok
Moon Wok
Jailhouse Wok
Over Wok, Under Pay
Wok Me to the Church On Time
Woksy Ladies
Wok-A-Doodle-Doo
Martin Yan was the chef that did the super fast chopping while smiling at the camera. Never lost a finger but....wow.
LOL, it doesn't get much more entertaining than them !! ;)

[kissmelatr]

Food net work channel. Chopped, cut throat kitchen and pioneer woman.

[Chi-Town]

Man Vs. Food. Reruns now but still fun.

[marianne237]

Definitely Cooks Country on Create TV

[Patty55]

The Barefoot Contessa is one of my favorites, also like Diners, DriveIns and Dives.

The Pioneer Woman, Farmhouse Rules and Semi Homemade-I just want to smack them.

[Ecuadog]

The Barefoot Contessa is one of my favorites, ...

She is one of the few whose recipes I trust. I like her show too.

[Bonny]

I like Diners, Drive Ins and Dives ! (aka Triple D)

[tomwed]

I used to enjoy Graham something or other from Australia. [maybe Kerr?] When he drank he was pretty funny.

I liked Beard too and The Frugal Gourmet a long time ago [80's]. I like cooking shows that teach you how to cook. Too bad the smells didn't float through the tv too.

[2BNTV]

Triple D, (Dinner Drive-in and Dives). Guy Fieri, has such a large personality.

At Home with Giada DeLaurentis.

The Barefoot Contessa.

[jebartle]

It's a toss between Ann Burrell and Giada......One talks to her food (very entertaining) and Giada is so tiny but REALLY enjoys every morsel she samples.

[BobandMary]

We watch Food Network, Cooking Channel and PBS cooking shows. Enjoy Pioneer Woman, Barefoot Contessa, Triple D, and Lydia. When we aren't working or watching Food TV, we stalk all of you. Thanks for all the great info you've provided over the months.

[Baileysmom]

Definitely Top Chef is my favorite especially the new season which is in Boston. :)

[Blessed2BNTV]

Giada,..have been TiVoing episodes for the last several months in preparation for our move to our forever home. Since we are Italian her recipes look yummy and what I remember my grandma cooking.

[zcaveman]

I have several:

Tyler's Ultimate with Tyler Florence. Easy to follow recipes and you can find them on the internet.

Good Eats with Alton Brown - informational and entertaining - great hints

Bobby Flay - several shows - I always liked the Grillin and Chillin show.

Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello

Down Home with the Neelys - Patrick and Gina Neely - good recipes - unfortunately I read that they are getting divorced.

I also liked Paula Deen. She gave me some great hints.

Barefoot Contessa has great hints also.

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[anaug67171]

I like Barefoot Contessa. She
Tests all recipes in her East Hampton home. My neighbor's niece!! I trust her recipes.

[Happinow]

My top ones are Chopped, Top Chef and Master Chef.

[tomwed]

I like Barefoot Contessa. She
Tests all recipes in her East Hampton home. My neighbor's niece!! I trust her recipes.
How cool is that. I like her son too. She is the cook I want to be. That she seems to be everyone's aunt just credit's PBS's good judegement.

[jblum315]

I like Chopped for entertainment, NOT to learn anything about cooking.It's fun to imagine what would I do if I were given anchovies, strawberry jam and scallions to make an hors deuvre. I dunno.

[asianthree]

We watch the chew. Have made some great dishes from each host

[Steve & Deanna]

We used to love Julia Childs on PBS and watched Rachel Ray prior to her having a talk show...but Julia was the best...especially when she wanted to add a little wine to the dish she was preparing. While here in TV, we stumbled across a show called 'Cook Your Ass Off' and watched it only because of the outrageous title. It usually has three different chefs trying to cook something special for it's panel.

[Patty55]

We watch the chew. Have made some great dishes from each host

I've got some great ideas from that show. I think a lot of people here are watching it, they'll show something and I run out to get the ingredients and Publix is sold out of them.