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Post by helles on Apr 11, 2009 6:55:40 GMT -5
.. unless of course, you are Anthony Bourdain.  |
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Post by nemesisgalofdoom on Apr 11, 2009 11:59:23 GMT -5
You know, I hate how arrogant some of them can be. I mean the general/non culturally specific educated types. On the one hand, they can be cool and make a good dish.. But I've found that they think they know cultures a lot, when in fact they don't know shinola. And sometimes their food is a pale comparison to an authentic dish. I can't comment on the celebrity cooks because I don't know them, so I'm talking small scale here. Some of my friends.. Some of them start thinking they know Japan or something because they can make Sushi.  They tend to think they can improve upon or top things or get jealous if this little mom and pop joint is said to be better than their stuff too. Could be anything.. Italian Food, Mexican Food, Thai food.. I don't know... I can appreciate a well cooked meal, but something bugs me about professional cooks. Good cooking is not knowledge.. It comes from the heart. Haha word. My husband is a professional cook (but doesn't work as cook, he has learned another job and he only cooks at home - so I never have to cook ^^) - and we know roughly what u are talking about. There are a bunch on snobbish "celeb-cook" in Germany - and also "self-claimed" pro-cook on tv. They are in fact arrogant and thinking to know everything - even about another culture, and ther critics moslty doesnt make sence, its just to let themselved makes looking "important"  |
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Post by betahat on Apr 11, 2009 14:11:55 GMT -5
I've had a couple of chef's come out and chat, including Bobby Chinn who runs a nice restaurant in Hanoi and also had a travel show called World Cafe Asia. They were both really friendly. I guess many successful chefs are tightly wound - I think they have a very intense, high stress job - and the more successful, perhaps, the more arrogant.
I think anyone who thinks they know a culture or country because they can make the food is a little bit unhinged, though to be fair what I think of as "culture" is about 50% food.
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Post by helles on Apr 11, 2009 15:13:57 GMT -5
I don't really like Bobby Chin, i know he's EA, but i just don't like his show and persona very much. :/
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Post by betahat on Apr 11, 2009 15:21:42 GMT -5
His food is damned good though. One of the better restaurant experiences of my life. He was pretty friendly, we talked about the Bay Area and about how he too was once an economist/finance type before embracing comedy, and then cooking. I've only seen one episode of his show, so I can't say too much about his on-air persona, except that I still find him less annoying than Rachel Ray. Of course, the best personality of any celebrity chef I've seen is Paula Dean (on the American "Food Network" channel).
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Post by decepticons on Apr 11, 2009 18:01:56 GMT -5
i always loved Chef Morimoto from the japanese Iron Chef. i saw this show about him opening his restaurant in...phili or wherever. he seemed like such a genuinely nice guy.
his poor manager lady was stressed as all hell though. she was freaking out about getting the place open and morimoto was having everyone take part in making a 20 foot sushi roll.
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Post by palaver on Apr 11, 2009 19:57:26 GMT -5
Of course, the best personality of any celebrity chef I've seen is Paula Dean (on the American "Food Network" channel). Cooking is so much more interesting when a chemical engineer explains it. My favorite cooking personality is the host of Good Eats, Alton Brown. He pretty funny, but a lot of his jokes can go way over your head.  |
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They tend to think they can improve upon or top things or get jealous if this little mom and pop joint is said to be better than their stuff too. Could be anything.. Italian Food, Mexican Food, Thai food.. 
