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Post by Arielflies on Sept 3, 2019 22:54:28 GMT
Isn't Katie Lee on The Kitchen? I've seen her as a judge on Beat Bobby Flay. I don't know what her dessert background is - I thought she was savory.
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Post by Kao on Sept 3, 2019 23:04:18 GMT
Okay, I think I remember who it is now from Beat Bobby Flay! She seems like a lot of fun; I just hope she works well with Carla, Zac, and John. It shouldn't matter if she's mostly savory as long as she does both. Carla has done both (both on Top Chef and her restaurant) but then again she's the fan favorite and the only judge that has been there since the beginning.
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Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 5, 2019 21:21:06 GMT
Alton Brown just announced on Twitter that there will be never-before-seen episodes of Cutthroat Kitchen following the new eps of Good Eats on the next three Sundays!
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Post by Kao on Sept 15, 2019 17:49:54 GMT
They are beginning to show previews for the Halloween shows now. I am getting excited!
For those who like the Halloween Baking Show they are re-airing Season 4 on 9/21!
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Post by libgirl2 on Sept 22, 2019 18:56:42 GMT
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Post by Kao on Sept 22, 2019 23:37:26 GMT
I'm absolutely stunned, and saddened. I loved him on Guy's Grocery Games and he was way too young to die. I can't imagine how guy, his wife, and the other chefs who worked with him on GGG must feel. He was just an all around awesome dude.
edit: Apparently he had a heart attack in his sleep. How horribly tragic. His poor family.
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Post by Arielflies on Sept 23, 2019 0:11:29 GMT
I remember when Guy went to Florida and introduced us to Carl's wife who is also a chef. She seemed to be the strong one in the relationship. I hope she finds resolution and peace.
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Post by Kao on Sept 24, 2019 18:17:19 GMT
Halloween Baking Championship aired last night. I like this bunch of bakers. However, I'm on the fence about Katie Lee.
Both the preheat and main event bakes were fun. I really liked the "Monster under the bed" concept and felt really bad for the girl who made the big eyeball that basically smashed her cake. She was lucky someone did a tasteless cake that didn't look like a two-headed monster that went home instead because otherwise it would have been her.
Afterwards there was another Halloween cake show hosted by Duff that was like the Wedding cake show with a preheat and then a showstopper that takes 5 days to create. It was funny (and nice) to see Ray from the HBC Season 3. His Showstopper was very nice but the one that blew everything out of the water was a cake of a "dead" dragon that came to life and literally breathed fire. Duff and the judges were literally cheering at that one. The show is definitely worth a watch if you have On Demand.
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Post by libgirl2 on Sept 24, 2019 18:55:51 GMT
Halloween Baking Championship aired last night. I like this bunch of bakers. However, I'm on the fence about Katie Lee. Both the preheat and main event bakes were fun. I really liked the "Monster under the bed" concept and felt really bad for the girl who made the big eyeball that basically smashed her cake. She was lucky someone did a tasteless cake that didn't look like a two-headed monster that went home instead because otherwise it would have been her. Afterwards there was another Halloween cake show hosted by Duff that was like the Wedding cake show with a preheat and then a showstopper that takes 5 days to create. It was funny (and nice) to see Ray from the HBC Season 3. His Showstopper was very nice but the one that blew everything out of the water was a cake of a "dead" dragon that came to life and literally breathed fire. Duff and the judges were literally cheering at that one. The show is definitely worth a watch if you have On Demand. I agree with the girl who made the eyeball cake. As soon as I saw the other two headed cakes, I knew she would be safe. I enjoyed the show. There is a woman currently on Great British Bake Off that bakes most of her cakes and breads with a horror theme. The week they did cookies she did green witch fingers. |
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Post by Kao on Oct 1, 2019 21:16:00 GMT
Lots of fun last night on HBC. The preheat where they had to make liquor-infused desserts was fun, Carla doesn't drink at all so it was funny seeing her get lightheaded at some of them. The main heat was to reconstruct old school desserts into a Day of the Dead theme, ands a lot of the bakers did well. Right now, my favs are Jocelyn, Utah Man, and Mr Fong as they seem to have consistently good bakes. Naturally, Sheldon and Brittany had the bottom slots. Sheldon's dessert didn't set, while Brittany's rice pudding was horrible. At first I thought it would be Sheldon going home but at least his dessert was edible.
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Post by Kao on Oct 8, 2019 21:45:25 GMT
They're beginning to advertise the other holiday shows on FN. I saw ads for The Thanksgiving Challenge and the Holiday Baking Show. Lorraine Pascale is going to be on the Holiday Baking Show along with Duff so maybe she got tired of doing the Halloween show? As a Carla fan I'm glad she will be on the Thanksgiving show with Duff.
Last night's Halloween Baking Show was like one big advertisment as both the preheat and the main heat had them creating things for the new Adams Family movie. For the main heat they had to make cakes that were like portraits of different Adam Family members. Jocelyn made a great deconstructed Grandma cake, while Mr. Fong made a fantastic Uncle Fester. The winner made a wonderful Pugsley and the actual cake was so delicious the judges ate all of their portions. Sheldon finally went home after his Wednesday cake basically collapsed and didn't taste that great but he's run into time management issues the whole time he's been on the show. I felt really bad for him.
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Post by Arielflies on Oct 8, 2019 22:57:30 GMT
I felt bad for him, too, especially since he won the pre-heat with his partner, Karl Fong (from Hercules in NorCal).
I thought Alex Guarnaschelli (sp) hosts the Thanksgiving show like she did last year. She was in the commercial. Duff has that new Halloween cake show.
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Post by Kao on Oct 9, 2019 1:28:50 GMT
The commercial I saw just showed Carla and Duff so perhaps Alex is the third judge?
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Post by Arielflies on Oct 9, 2019 2:29:28 GMT
The commercial I saw had one of the newer "Star" winners (Christopher?) sitting at the table...unless they showed a bit from last year.
Boy, Duff is hosting a lot of shows this fall.
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Post by Kao on Oct 9, 2019 4:57:05 GMT
Duff is up there with Guy and Bobby Flay for the amount of shows he has on the network right now. From what I've heard he's really easy to work with which goes a long way. Carla is also easy to work with but up to now she's always been busy with The Chew with Michael Symon (Iron Chef America, Burgers Brew and Q) to do more FN shows other than the Halloween one.
I hate to be a Negative Nancy but the HBC panel has been a downer since Lorraine left. It doesn't have the same energy. I don't want to blame Katie, but...yeah. Is it just me?
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Post by ccl on Oct 9, 2019 12:04:14 GMT
No, I prefer Lorraine too. But Katie is fine I guess. And Carla is still there and she’s the best judge.
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Post by libgirl2 on Oct 9, 2019 12:58:42 GMT
No, I prefer Lorraine too. But Katie is fine I guess. And Carla is still there and she’s the best judge. Katie is okay but I prefer Lorraine. |
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Post by Arielflies on Oct 9, 2019 13:52:17 GMT
Same here...Katie just can't roll her eyes the same way Lorraine can.  |
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Post by Kao on Oct 9, 2019 19:48:59 GMT
Maybe it's just her Britishness but I love how she used to describe the bakes and puts emphasis on certain words. "It's like a BLEEDING BLOODY HEART!"  Interesting enough, she's famous in her own right; she was one of the first Black models on Sports Illustrated and had a very successful career. When she started to age out of modeling she went to culinary school and specialized in baking, has written 2 best-selling books about cakes and had her own television show in the U.K. Food Network actually headhunted HER to be on their network, and now she spends time between NYC and London. What a remarkable woman! |
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Post by Arielflies on Oct 10, 2019 4:52:20 GMT
The commercial I saw had one of the newer "Star" winners (Christopher?) sitting at the table...unless they showed a bit from last year. Boy, Duff is hosting a lot of shows this fall. Saw the Thanksgiving commercial again. Like last year, Giada is hosting and Alex, Christopher and Carla are judging. My brain gets like mush sometimes. |
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Post by Kao on Oct 10, 2019 19:00:55 GMT
Odd...I could have sworn I saw an ad for the Thanksgiving show with XCarla and Duff! I'm going to pay more attention the next time it comes on.
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Post by Kao on Oct 12, 2019 23:32:59 GMT
The commercial I saw had one of the newer "Star" winners (Christopher?) sitting at the table...unless they showed a bit from last year. Boy, Duff is hosting a lot of shows this fall. Saw the Thanksgiving commercial again. Like last year, Giada is hosting and Alex, Christopher and Carla are judging. My brain gets like mush sometimes. Ok, finally saw the commercial with Giada, Alex, Carla, and another guy so I guess that's who is hosting and NOT Duff. Weird. |
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Post by waywyrd on Oct 15, 2019 12:40:39 GMT
There are sooo many holiday shows it's hard to keep track. Poor Jocelyn (I think that was her name) on Halloween Baking Championship last night - she had soup instead of a pie, which got her sent home. I think Karl is going to win this one... |
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Post by nicksmom on Oct 15, 2019 14:59:09 GMT
There are sooo many holiday shows it's hard to keep track. Poor Jocelyn (I think that was her name) on Halloween Baking Championship last night - she had soup instead of a pie, which got her sent home. I think Karl is going to win this one... I think Karl will win too. The other guy is good too, but I too thought the crust was going to be why to thick. |
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Post by Kao on Oct 15, 2019 15:50:11 GMT
I love Karl and his bakes so I would be more than okay with him winning. I'm glad he won the main heat last night.
I really liked Jocelyn and her creativity and was sad that her pie was soup. You could tell that the judges felt bad about it because Jon stated "Well, we have to go by the rules." Technically, she did not have a pie, so she had to go.
That Halloween show with Duff that comes on afterwards is wild as hell. Someone made a ofrenda that opened up on its own to reveal a half skeleton/half flesh Frieda Kahlo. They won too.
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Post by ibot2much on Oct 21, 2019 20:06:10 GMT
I have been watching reruns of THE KITCHEN so all I am seeing for commercials are ads for either WAR or CHALLENGES be it Halloween, Thanksgiving or Holiday...seems like a lot of the same type.
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Post by Arielflies on Oct 22, 2019 1:15:42 GMT
This time of year the holiday challenge shows are in abundance. One I like that is wrapping up next Sunday is a Gingerbread building challenge because one of the judges is J. Smith.
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Post by Kao on Oct 22, 2019 2:45:15 GMT
I'm watching a new episode of Halloween Cake Off right now and I remember both Brian and Christina (contestants) being on Food Network shows before. That's the nice thing about this network; if you're good but didn't win they will invite you back on another show.
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Post by waywyrd on Oct 22, 2019 12:30:45 GMT
I thought those two looked familiar on Cake Off! Christina did well - they all did, but I felt so bad for the poor girl whose mummy cake fell apart. It looked good, just couldn't hold itself up. On Halloween Baking Championship, I don't know how she made a cake with fennel. I think I would have just walked out right there. |
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Post by Kao on Oct 22, 2019 15:57:59 GMT
I can't believe Julie went home last night...I thought for sure it would be the other lady since they seemed to like her cake a little more. Hopefully Karl will win next week!
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