Looks like Food Network's switching gears to focus less on cooking expertise and more on entertainment. On the roster for 2010: more Brian Boitano, and a new show, Worst Cooks in America.
Worst Cooks in America, which premieres Sunday, Jan. 3, features 12 "hopeless cooks" who are divided into two teams, one under the tutelage of network vet Anne Burrell and the other led by Arizona chef Beau MacMillan.
The show's premise: bad cooks undergo a five-week "culinary boot camp" where they will learn kitchen techniques from Burrell and MacMillan that they must apply in weekly elimination challenges.
After the contestants have been narrowed down to two, they will compete for a grand prize of $25,000 in a final challenge that has them preparing a three-course meal for a panel of food critics who think the dishes have been prepared by chefs Anne and Beau.
For even more entertainment, Brian Boitano fans should also stay tuned for the return of the Olympic medalist, who's back with a second season of the screwball show What Would Brian Boitano Make? in March. Will you tune in to watch either of these shows — or are they too far a departure from the classic cooking shows that once dominated Food Network?
Bunny Hug
I'll be there.
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2"Looks like Food Network's switching gears to focus less on cooking expertise and more on entertainment. "
That gear was switched about seven years ago.
3Way to go Beau! I had the great pleasure to work with Beau a number of years ago at a small restaurant in Massachusetts. His wonderful demeanor will make this show fun and interesting... I wish him well!
Francois
4I am excited for "Worst Cooks in America". I think it'll be fun to watch people learn some new skills and get more familiar with how to cook.
5I'll give it a shot. WCiA sounds entertaining. Watching might help improve my own techniques ^_^
6Brian's show is a lot of fun to watch.
7What happened to the shows like ‘The Next Iron Chef’? Why can’t Food network have similar shows rather than “The Worst Cook” show? ‘The culinary peaks that were evident in 2009 through chefs like Chef Mehta in Next Iron Chef will no longer be seen in 2010’! If this is true then its bad news for me. I used to love the show and enjoyed the innovative dishes that were put together by the contestants. Especially by Chef Mehta, his cooking style and his talent to whip up some of the best dishes on the show left me spellbound. Most of the dishes that he had made during the show have sort of initiated a trend for 2010. A quick example would be the flowers that he used for making his dishes. Use of edible flowers in food has now been acknowledged as a rising trend by critics. I would appreciate if FN continued with their standard and came up with innovative culinary shows rather than concentrating on the entertainment factor.
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