All-time best TV chef

[eric5148]

Martin Yan gets my vote. Fast chopping = very entertaining.

Keep in mind I'm a young guy, so there might be some older people/shows that I don't know about.

[elwoodblues]

Julia really was a pioneer and deserves credit for much of the success of the others.

[Men the Master]

Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto would kick Martin Yan's ass all over the kitchen.

[ThaSaltCracka]

clearly its Chef from South Park.

[elwoodblues]

Having voted for Julia, I must say that my favorite cooking show is America's Test Kitchen. I have used many of their recipes and have had 100% success.

[eric5148]

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Having voted for Julia, I must say that my favorite cooking show is America's Test Kitchen. I have used many of their recipes and have had 100% success.

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Yeah, I always watch that one, have you made the flourless chocolate cake?

[elwoodblues]

No, but it is on my list. It looked really good --- pretty dense cake.

One of my favorites was the cinnamon rolls. Those were just fantastic.

I keep a binder where I print out all of the recipes from their website (pretty geeky, I know.) I really should buy their cookbook just to support the show...

[jesusarenque]

I like Jaime Oliver (the Naked Chef). I find Emeril unbearable.

[M2d]

http://images.scrippsweb.com/FOOD/2003/12/16/Giada_De_Laurentiis2_d.jpg
Giada De Laurentiis

[Edge34]

If you're talking sheer entertainment, Yan can cook, but Emeril is sweet. The only problem I have with his show is that most of the stuff he cooks is too damn hard to make by rookies like me.

I've never seen anything Julia Child did, but I'm sure it was excellent...maybe I'll have to give it a try sometime.

-Edge

[Edge34]

I need captioning on half the time to understand what the hell the "Naked Chef" is talking about...

And thank god he's not ACTUALLY naked...

[eric5148]

I like the food Emeril makes, it's his showmanship that's annoying. They must have electric chairs in that studio that shock people whenever he puts garlic or Tabasco in something. And if they don't start clapping and whooping, they die.

[fatmongo]

Alton Brown. Gets my vote hands down. Not only does he make dishes that most people can pull off, but he doesn't just teach you how to make the dish, he schools your ass in the process. His show on the Food Network is called Good Eats. According to my preview guide, tonite at 7 hes making cheesecake. Check it out and see what I mean.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

Good eats is my favorite cooking show currently on television. Refreshingly original. I don't think Alton Brown is the best all-time TV chef though. Martin Yan gets my vote. He captivated me when I was little.

[fatmongo]

Yeah I just felt like giving Alton Brown a nod. As far as all time chefs, I grew up with Yan Can Cook. But did he even cook? Or just fling butcher knives around and make jokes the whole show. Nah just kidding. He is the best.

[sfer]

It's the odd dual stubbornness of Jacques and Julia together.

Martin Yan is annoying to the point of physical pain.

[Rob Blackburn]

I always liked Justin Wilson the Cajun Cook, his slang and description was golden.

America's Test Kitchen is effin' sick, all of the recipes work so well. I Tivo it.

Also 30Minute Meals so I can check out some Rachel Ray, I'll give her 30 minutes, um ok probably only 2 minutes, but it will seem like 30 to me.

[offTopic]

Other - Alton Brown on Good Eats, and it's not close.

[wayabvpar]

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Other - Alton Brown on Good Eats, and it's not close.

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Ditto. He may not be the greatest chef, but his show is definitely the most entertaining and informative. AB rules.

[YourFoxyGrandma]

Does anybody else hate Bobby Flay? I can't stand the guy. He was on iron chef a while back, jumping on the counters and raising the roof like an idiot. Show 'em how we do it in America, Bobby!

[MtnDave]

No one has mentioned Dan Ackroyd (sp?) yet?

[TJSWAN]

Have you seen the one where he made chili?

He's very entertaining and educational at the same time.

[WDC]

I voted for the gal, Rachel Ray, who hosts 30 Minute Meals and $40 dollars a day on the food channel. Anyone who can make something tasty 30 minutes and tell me where to get three squares on the road for under $40 has got to be given some appualse.

[Lazymeatball]

Nigella Lawson
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Contest over.

Oh, and I had never heard of Alton Brown so i googled him and realized that's the guy I always watch when flipping through chanels at night. Great show.

[MercTec]

Iron Chef Italian, Masahiko Kobe...and its not close. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

I think only the Halo Brown Trouts will get this

[CCass]

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I always liked Justin Wilson the Cajun Cook, his slang and description was golden.

America's Test Kitchen is effin' sick, all of the recipes work so well. I Tivo it.

Also 30Minute Meals so I can check out some Rachel Ray, I'll give her 30 minutes, um ok probably only 2 minutes, but it will seem like 30 to me.

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The old Cajun guy is/was the bomb!!!

[AncientPC]

Alton Brown.

I think Giada's hot, but something about her is starting to bother me.

[Alobar]

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clearly its Chef from South Park.

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werd

[Hallett]

Alton Brown is my second choice. He is great, extremely informative, funny, etc.

But number one is Anthony Bourdain (Books: Kitchen Confidential, A Cook's Tour) The series for Cooks' Tour on the food network was FANTASTIC.

[Diplomat]

It's her eyebrows.

-Diplomat

[cjromero]

I voted for Julia Child as the pioneer, but Rachel Ray is the current bomb. My wife has all of her cookbooks, and everything she has ever made out of them has been fantastic. Not to mention that Rachel had a nice recent spread in Stuff, FHM, or the like. I can't remember which.

[Duke]

Where's Chef from South Park, you insensitive clod!

An homage to /. seeing as there are obvious missing poll options.

~D

[B Dids]

Bourdain just seems like an icky person.

Brown by far. He's simply the best at actually teaching you how to cook and why things work they way they do.

Also, the guy from America's Test Kitchen is good.

btw- Rachel Ray is hotter than the other female chefs linked in this thread.

[AncientPC]

Rachel Ray pisses me off the most out of all the cooks. She has such a limited vocabulary describing foods she's eating ("Mmmmmmm it's so good" x 10 per show) and half of the stuff she makes on 30 minute meals looks like crap that I wouldn't even feed my dog.

[M2d]

http://www.alysonhannigancorner.com/galleries/rachael_ray/rachael-web/1big.jpg

[andyfox]

Indeed. I loved the way she loved what she was doing, and how she would wipe her hands on her clothing and let things fall on the floor. Dan Ackroyd's "save the liver" parody on SNL was a classic.

About six months before she died, she was on with Emeril and he was making chicken. He showed her the chicken before he started his work and her comment was "What a scrawny chicken."

[B Dids]

Oh- I think her cooking is somewhat non awesome. I just think she's cute as hell.

[jaybee_70]

I love Yan. When I heard "Yan can cook, and so can you!" I immediatly went out and bought a nice cleaver. . .still have all my fingers too!!!

[eric5148]

Rachel Ray may be hot, but I can't stand listening to her whiny voice for more than 10 seconds. Her cooking isn't all that great either.

I'm surprised there's only been one vote for Trotter. He's boring, but his cooking is very complex and interesting, and he explains his reasons for doing everything very well.