"Dennis Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:While ICA improves on the IC USA attempt, it is still
flawed, and leaves
the impression that
Quoted message said:the results were fixed.
Oh, I wouldn't go so far as to say 'fixed'. I think the
results were due
to
Quoted message said:the horrible selection of judges. Most of them didn't seem
to have the range of experience needed to appreciate the
dishes by the Japanese Iron Chefs; it didn't look like
they easily got past the "eww, this is weird" reaction.
Overall, I think ICA had a lot of promise to it. The
show's mood seemed about right, whereas IC USA tried too
hard to be self-parodying and seemed to focus on the
silliness rather than the food. I liked the new Chairman,
and Alton Brown did a fantastic job as host. Mario Batali
and Wolfgang
Puck
Quoted message said:both brought a lot of skill and originality, and they both
looked like
they
Quoted message said:were having a fantastic time. (Their good attitude was
almost as
infectious
Quoted message said:as Bobby Flay's weird lip herpes)
I've never really cared for Puck based on his own show,
but watching him here, I have a newfound appreciation for
his talents.
Quoted message said:
If they make ICA a regular show, they need to either get
more qualified judges or stick to chefs of "Americanized"
cuisines. You just can't bring on a guy who hates raw fish
when one of the chefs was trained as a sushi chef. The guy
on the floor (Kevin?) needs to be replaced with someone
with
Quoted message said:more knowledge -- what's the point of having someone down
in the kitchen
if
Quoted message said:they can't recognize benito flakes or foie gras? And yes,
Bobby Flay
needs
Quoted message said:to be replaced as an Iron Chef. Forget about the whole cutting-
board controversy. Forget about his arrogant attitude
(although it really made him stand in poor comparison to
Batali and Puck). The guy just doesn't
seem
Quoted message said:terribly original -- he may be a great chef, but in his
three solo battles on IC, I think he's made essentially
the same set of dishes each time.
Agreed. But who else is there from Food TV's stable of
chefs? Emeril wouldn't work, he'd be just as bad as Flay,
everything would have tons of garlic and pork fat in it.
Ming Tsai (spelling?) is the only chef I can think of that
might fit. Is he even associated with Food TV anymore? They
don't list his show on their website anymore.
The majority of the Food TV celebrity hosts are just that,
HOSTS, not chefs. I think Jamie Oliver is the only other
real cook on the network.
