• BURN@lemmy.world
      271·
      9 months ago

      Watch him on master chef junior and you can see how well he treats the kids and how encouraging he is. Even on master chef he’s a lot less of an asshole vs hotel hell or hells kitchen

    • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
      24·
      9 months ago

      Exactly. In the UK version he was not an angry, shouty cunt. That was added for the US show.

      It’s as if people think The Rock was actually the heel he played in WWE or Anthony Hopkins is actually a cannibal who kills and eats people.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      151·
      9 months ago

      This is it. His shows are overproduced for Americans, using cheap effects and dramatization for terrible reality TV. So I never watch him.

      I think it’d be a lot different if I saw a version that was just what happened. Like kitchen nightmares but without all of the dramatics. That I would watch all the time. So of course they don’t make it.

      • Xakuterie@dormi.zone
        7·
        9 months ago

        He did some sort of traveling-around-the-world-and-cooking-local-dishes documentary. Watch it for yourself, I personally didn’t like his personality and his picky character. And he tanks almost every local dish (hilarious reaction by the lao monks…they did not like what he had prepared for them).

    • FireTower@lemmy.world
      5·
      9 months ago

      Spot on. Him on TV playing into his character seems like a POS. But from some of his other stuff he seems like a decent dude who acknowledges he doesn’t know everything.

    • 9715698@lemmy.world
      5·
      9 months ago

      Is it really for American audiences? He seems the same to me in the UK Kitchen Nightmares

      • Stern@lemmy.world
        4·
        9 months ago

        In the U.K. he’s way less hard on folks then in the states. Of course, it could also be they’re way less combative. No Amy’s Baking Companies in the U.K. I don’t think.

  • guyrocket@kbin.social
    156·
    9 months ago

    A British chef? Oxymoron much?

    Brits are going to teach the world about FOOD? Do they even know what spices are? Does ANYONE else think BEANS on TOAST is GOOD?

    Next we’ll get some Jamaican bobsledders, one-handed clapping, military intelligence and accurate estimates.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago

    After seeing him attempt and fail at making a “fancy grilled cheese” I don’t even know if he’s really a chef or just an actor. What kinda chef uses cheese that doesn’t melt to make a grilled cheese sandwich?!

  • DarkGamer@kbin.social
    61·
    9 months ago

    His video on how to make eggs has totally changed how I prepare them, now breakfast is my favorite meal. I like his cooking more than his reality TV schtick.

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      Thanks for sharing! I had not seen that!

      I love how it ended.

      “It’s 3-2.”

      “It got two?”

      “Um, so, uh, the winner is… James.”

      “Are you any good at driving?”

      “Beaten by a fucking shaggy tramp, that spent four hours peeling his fucking potatoes!”

  • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
    5·
    9 months ago

    I really enjoyed watching Alton Brown on “hot ones”, he was cool and composed the entire way through, actually had critique of the flavors and why they didn’t work well, he never complained about the spiciness of the food, but had a nuanced and appreciative evaluation of what was occurring in his mouth.

    The algo recommended this chuckleheads appearance on hot ones next, he went full schtick with it, I don’t think I got hallway through before getting tired of it.

    I enjoy seeing him humble (how to cook eggs), or humbled (James May head to head), but I don’t like his manic energy and crass style of criticism delivery.

      • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 months ago

        I don’t watch a lot of hot ones, but his is shoulder above heads better than any other episode of ‘hot ones’ I’ve seen. There have been other good episodes, but for a sauce/flavor breakdown Alton Brown does it phenomenally

        • athos77@kbin.social
          2·
          9 months ago

          I watched it last night and the way he was just like, “oh, nice use of ginger”, “too much cilantro”, and “I can fix this!!” was great! He wasn’t focusing on the heat, he was focusing on the taste and it was great!

          • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
            2·
            9 months ago

            It’s amazing to me that he can separate the discomfort from the quality, I went into the other "chefs"that have done the show looking for similar evaluation, and I’ve been disappointed every time. Alton Brown is truly another level of professional, I need to re rewatch good eats.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
    5·
    9 months ago
    1. All trash beyond the early European version of kitchen nightmares
    2. Probably generally fine as he actually started as a decent chef in actual restaurants, but they are very likely not “his” recipes and instead written and maintained by an editorial staff.
    3. Unfortunately modeled after actual fine dining restaurant chefs from my first hand experience (though things are likely evolving from after the financial collapse forward and the general shift away from fine dining).
  • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
    4·
    9 months ago

    I think it’s mostly a personality made up for TV. He seems fine. I don’t think I would consider the majority of TV chefs to be the top tier in the culinary world. Not to mention, the definition of the “best” recipe isn’t static. There’s a whole lot of “well how much work do you want to put into it?” and not to mention “are you OK if it has an entire stick of butter in it?”