Bobby Flay

On Aug 21, 12:53 am, "Bob Terwilliger" <virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz>

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Kyle said:

Speaking for myself, I don't have animosity towards Flay; I'm merely
annoyed by him. His food is Chili's-calibre; his culinary repertoire
is limited; and he's a miserable speaker, constantly garbling his
words and sentences. I saw a show once where he pronounced the word
"chipotle" differently each time he said it. Flay also has the speech
impediment which plagues Jacko; instead of "reputation" Flay says
"weputation." It's very annoying.

You should have heard him trying to say "molcajete" on one of his older
shows. As near as I can reproduce what he said, it came out
"mole-cal-HELL-ta-lay."

Let's not also forget that his was the voice-over chosen to promote
"Gwillin' and Chillin'" week on Food Network.

Even so, I've noticed that his cooking on Iron Chef America has become more
varied and interesting these last couple of years, and that's what people
REALLY ought to care about, isn't it?

Bob

I agree with you that Flay's cooking on ICA has gotten better. For
the first few seasons it was absurdly predictable; he was in a wut. I
mean a rut.

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Marginal....

Reflective....

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On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:58:51 -0700, LarbGai wrote:

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> How is it that everytime Bobby Flay cooks on Iron Chef he wins???
> Most times the other chef is streets ahead but Bobby always wins.

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Flay lost his first Iron Chef to Morimoto, and won the second
battle. But he's still a loser no matter what he does.

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If he's still appearing on Iron Chef, then I haven't seen it. Is
there even still an Iron Chef America? I haven't turned on
FoodTV in a couple years, but almost always had it on from
2000-2003.

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-sw

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Why the animosity toward Flay? Is he banging your wife/sister/mother?

There are rumors about who he's banging, and it's not anyone's wife or
sister or mother!

Speaking for myself, I don't have animosity towards Flay; I'm merely
annoyed by him. His food is Chili's-calibre; his culinary repertoire
is limited; and he's a miserable speaker, constantly garbling his
words and sentences. I saw a show once where he pronounced the word
"chipotle" differently each time he said it. Flay also has the speech
impediment which plagues Jacko; instead of "reputation" Flay says
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Not to drive Flay-bashing into the ground, but there are a few other
things about him that annoy me. He talks with his mouth full and
chomps with his mouth open in a way that's *really* obnoxious.

Now, just about all the FN personalities do this; I wonder if Tuschman
tells them to or something. But Flay's the worst (though Guy Fieri's
catching up; he didn't do this at first, now he does it multiple times
per D,D, & D show).

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Your post clearly seemed to be dismissive of his cooking skills
based on the claim that he advocated boiling ribs.

It "seemed" to you.

Indeed. I'd be surprised if it didn't seem that way to most people.

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Are you stating that he is a skilled cook and chef?

I said no such thing.

Heh.

Brian

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If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
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Christine Dabney said:

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On 2007-08-20, Default User <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Perhaps he was educated by another professional.

Perhaps.

He was. He was in the first class of the French Culinary Institute in
NYC. Jacques Pepin is one of the Deans there, and teaches there I
think. So I would venture to say he was taught by a
professional...LOL.

Yes, but I was referring specifically to BBQ ribs. If indeed he at one
point advocated boiling ribs, and doesn't seem to now, I'd suspect his
contact with experts in the field through his TV shows may have had an
influence.

Brian

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If televison's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who
won't shut up.
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Not to drive Flay-bashing into the ground, but there are a few other
things about him that annoy me. He talks with his mouth full and
chomps with his mouth open in a way that's *really* obnoxious.

There's some little annoyance in many of them. I just can't stand Paula's
voice.

But the main reason I don't watch her much is that I check her recipes
before I watch a show and you'd be surprised of how many of them are recipes
similar to the style of Sandra and Rachel -- using box cake mix, etc.

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Not to drive Flay-bashing into the ground, but there are a few other
things about him that annoy me. He talks with his mouth full and
chomps with his mouth open in a way that's *really* obnoxious.

There's some little annoyance in many of them. I just can't stand Paula's
voice.

But the main reason I don't watch her much is that I check her recipes
before I watch a show and you'd be surprised of how many of them are recipes
similar to the style of Sandra and Rachel -- using box cake mix, etc.

Yeah, I find PD's voice extremely annoying as well. I've never been
able to tolerate her for more than a few seconds.

Kyle said:

Not to drive Flay-bashing into the ground, but there are a few other
things about him that annoy me. He talks with his mouth full and
chomps with his mouth open in a way that's *really* obnoxious.

the way he chews and talks can't hold a candle to a co-worker. It's
gross. People have tried to nicely tell her that it isn't considered
polite here in the US, but she hasn't gotten the hints to date. Other
than that, she's a very sweet person who wouldn't intentionally offend
anyone.

--

Ham and eggs.
A day's work for the chicken, a lifetime commitment for the pig.

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Kyle said:

Not to drive Flay-bashing into the ground, but there are a few other
things about him that annoy me. He talks with his mouth full and
chomps with his mouth open in a way that's *really* obnoxious.

the way he chews and talks can't hold a candle to a co-worker. It's
gross. People have tried to nicely tell her that it isn't considered
polite here in the US, but she hasn't gotten the hints to date. Other
than that, she's a very sweet person who wouldn't intentionally offend
anyone.

I was watching a 2005 Hell's Kitchen late last night where Pierre, the
maitre d' told a heavy-set contestant guy to stop touching his head (I
assume including his eyes, ears, hair, nose.)

I absolutely go bonkers in a restaurant when I see this. Something about
it! OMG!

Still working on our kitchen and had to go to hardware and McDonald's this
morning -- had coffee. DH went back up to pick up the little creamers. The
gal dropped one on the floor, picked it up and handed it to him. Did he
take it? No.

Yes, I'm neurotic, according to some -- not the time in my life to test my
immune system.
Dee Dee

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How is it that everytime Bobby Flay cooks on Iron Chef he wins???
Most times the other chef is streets ahead but Bobby always wins.

Must be his frightening demeanor. 🙂

He dresses in that chalk blue shirt that reminds me of my dentist!

That and he's an Ultra-white-boy!

Andy