Do you watch cooking shows?

Canada
August 10, 2010 7:52pm CST
What are your favorite cooking shows? I like Gordon Ramsey's Shows. I like watching anything to do with cakes: Aces of Cakes, Cake Boss, Ultimate Cake off. The food network has a lot of food challenges that are pretty fun to watch. I sometimes watch Iron Chef, Chopped, Bobby Flay's Shows, Diners Drive-in & Dives. I watch them for fun but why do you watch cooking shows?
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34 responses
11 Aug 10
I love Gordon Ramsey lol. These shows are fun to watch but my only problem is they make me hungry so I end up switching off the tv and going to get some shopping. I actually learn from some of these shows and write down the ingredients occasionally but since I don't know how to cook (truth is I don't like to) I give the list to my mum who then makes the masterpiece for me to gobble down my throat :)
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• Canada
11 Aug 10
Gordon Ramsey has so many shows: Kitchen Nightmares,Hell's Kitchen, The F Word, Masterchef? and a cook along show. I also get hungry watching these shows and wish I had the food right in front of me. Happy MyLotting!
@elmiko (6630)
• United States
11 Aug 10
no, they bore more then anything on tv.
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• Canada
11 Aug 10
Some cooking shows have no personality or move slowly and I find that boring but even I can get bored with cooking shows, especially when they show the same thing all the time.
@Jaluke (676)
• United States
11 Aug 10
I've recently become addicted to the Food Network. I love Mexican Made Easy and At Home With The Neelys (I think that's what it's called haha). I'll also watch random shows as well. There's really only two I don't like. One is Paula Dean and the other is another woman, but I don't know what it's called. I love Cupcake Wars as well. I have the privilege of actually living close to a shop that actually won Cupcake Wars. It's awesome.
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• Canada
11 Aug 10
The Food Network is awesome. I don't really like Paula Dean either, as well as Nigella Lawsen, Rachel Ray. I also watch The Little Chocolatiers. I don't think I've seen Cupcake Wars but I'll keep my eye out for it. Thanks for your reply.
@juryse (752)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
I love Top Chef! I love how the chefs can whip up a dish in a matter of minutes.
• Canada
11 Aug 10
I haven't seen that show in a while but those are the kind of shows I like. In the show Chopped they have people make dishes out of really weird food items. Thanks for posting.
@romzz05 (572)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
Cooking show is something I enjoy since I love food. I watch top chef, true confection, Iron chef, even cooking segments and travel shows that features local delicacies.
• Canada
11 Aug 10
A lot of people like Iron Chef. It's a pretty cool show and sometimes it's funny. I can't remember if I've seen True Confection but I'd probably watch it. I see most of the food network shows a least once.
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
i really like watching "Iron Chef".. Also i like watching Robert Rainford in his show "License to Grill". All of his dishes that he cooks are really mouthwatering..although i dislike his first season due to lack of energy...which he showed at Season 2...
@anncherry (406)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
I do! You see, me and my brother once lived by ourselves for a year, and I had to prepare meals for both of us if I don't want us to live solely on unhealthy takeouts or fast food deliveries. And so, I had to learn cooking viands of various kinds through my mother's notes (prepared before they left for abroad), and yup, through cooking shows! :) I especially love the local show with the tagline "15-minute kitchen wonders", and they have this multiply site at that time where they post their recipes featured in previous episodes. I practically copied all the easy-to-make ones, tried most of them, used my brother's judgment for the taste-test (since he pretty much enjoy stuffing his mouth, hehe!), and so, I really enjoyed it though it's hard work. It was a really huge accomplishment for me. I'm happy to have experienced that. :)
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• Canada
11 Aug 10
It's fun to actually make something you see on tv. You could have quite the recipe collection from the stuff you see on food shows. I would watch shows for dessert recipes and anything that had chicken in it. I like stuff that is quick and easy to prepare. Thanks for your response.
@Angelwriter (1954)
• United States
11 Aug 10
I watch the Food Network Challenges. The ones that involve baking of some kind or anything to do with chocolate or sugar.
• Canada
12 Aug 10
The Sugar Showpieces are really amazing. They make these things so tall and when they break it looks so devastating to the chef.
@youless (112100)
• Guangzhou, China
11 Aug 10
I like watching cooking shows because cooking is one of my interests. I have watched Gordon Ramsey's shows before, but I personally think he is not a very kind person. I prefer to watch Jamie Oliver much more. Sometimes the cooking shows can give me inspiration to make some new dishes. I love China
• Canada
11 Aug 10
Sometimes Gordon Ramsey looks like a nice guy, on talk shows, maybe he is pretending to be nice. I sure wouldn't want to cook in his restaurant but he would be a good person to learn from.
@LIENROSE (910)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
yeahh I love cooking and watching cooking shows is simply excited for I discovers new techniques in cooking,,, good discussion... happy mylotting
• Canada
12 Aug 10
I also like to see recipes that I've never heard of and you realize what you've been missing. Thank you for your reply.
@laniekins (4579)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
I sometimes watch it when its available in tv. It's fun to watch and I salute them for creative foods they do and how good they are in cooking. I hate cooking but it feels good whenever I watched chef cooks and looks like they are enjoying cooking. I've never enjoy cooking in my life.
• Canada
11 Aug 10
If the recipe is easy to do then I would cook more often. I like baking stuff sometimes. Some of the stuff they make on tv looks really fun.
@laniekins (4579)
• Philippines
12 Aug 10
Yeah and some of them are really hard to do while the dish show helps a lot of moms specially in budgeting.
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• Philippines
11 Aug 10
hello Viv, I do love watching cooking shows..here in my country we do have this channel that is focus on cooking...& i do love watching kitchen battles,iron chef.I do watch them to know new recipes & to be able to try them out myself.
• Canada
11 Aug 10
Iron Chef has some pretty creative ways to make food. A lot of it looks new & unusual to me. It seems that Bobby Flay wins most of them though. It would be cool to try out some of those recipes.
• United States
11 Aug 10
I used to find them exciting... until I found myself getting extremely hungry in the midst of watching them lol. I especially like the Paula Deen show and the black couple's show on the Food Network. I don't think I could ever actually try and cook none of that gourmet food... but it looks good!!!
@akn1961 (1034)
• India
11 Aug 10
i see very rarely ,my daughter see for this purpose ,she is expert in cooking and tries to cook new food and we enjoy the same
@LIENROSE (910)
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
it is good to know that you enjoy both cooking with your daughter... happy cooking and mylotting
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
yes i watched it sometimes and i'd like to cook what they are cooking though.but its too fast for me and sometimes they dont show the exact ingredients.maybe they want us to buy their cookbook.
• Canada
11 Aug 10
I would probably have to watch a cooking show many times before trying to keep up with them. I also don't like when they are not clear about the ingredients. I like when they show it in words on the screen.
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
11 Aug 10
i don't mind watching them but my hubby is the foodie in our family. he loves shows like this. we don't have the food network but we watch tlc and shows that they have on relat
• Philippines
11 Aug 10
i love cooking....so i always watch cooking shows because its where i get some of my ideas when cooking.
• India
12 Aug 10
I really love watching cooking shows.. Mostly i watch indian cooking shows. I like the Sanjeev kapoors shows, Tarla Dalal shows.. I had may of their dishes.. its really very tasty n awesome...
@JayJay45 (157)
• United States
11 Aug 10
I only watch one cooking show. It's Hell's KItchen... it is so funny!
• India
12 Aug 10
I am i big fan of watching cooking shows. I don't miss the shows giving in traveling and living. Where i get to see lot of idea to cook. And the varieties of stuff, which are very fresh ans cute.
• United States
11 Aug 10
Ironically, I just finished watching a DVRed episode of Chopped from last night on the Food Network. In response to the question, yes, I do watch cooking shows. In all honesty, the Food Network is my number one network, and will about 90% of the time be tuned in to it. I tend to watch whatever is on. I love the classics on the network such as Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives, Unwrapped, Iron Chef America. However, I also am loving some of their newer shows such as Chopped, Kid In A Candy Store, The Best Thing I've Ever Ate. I've never watched a full episode of Cupcake Wars, but, from what I have seen it, it doesn't seem to bad. I love watching cooking shows, they give me inspiration to experiment with food and cook. The only downside is that I end up being hungry after watching the Food Network!