Most annoying celebrity chef.

[ohiosmith]

Inspired by Rabrrrrrr.

[Dave Reynolds]

1. That pompous Mario

from Malto Mario.

He likes himself enough for both of us.

[peekaloo]

37. Enough with the cuttlefish!

:puke:

[patcox2]

65. And he's best friends with the pompous REM singer, Stipe.

What thats all about I have no idea.

Stipe is the biggest dick I have ever paid to see, he condescends to his audience, whats that, Hey Michael, if I am stupid, and I am your fan, what does that make you, "heroe of the stupid?"

[flamingyouth]

2. That's easy.

EVOO! :spank:

[terrya]

3. Bobby Flay

Gives new meaning to the word "annoying"

[tinfoilinfor2005]

29. How on earth could you say that about a man who obviously

knows that HE is the center of the universe? :)

VERY annoying.

[Robeson]

4. Alton Brown gives me a headache, and those camera angles..

...make me dizzy.

[Reciprocity]

5. I don’t call her tits and teeth umm I mean Giardia ...

no that’s not right either, how about anorexic model yea that sounds right, for nothing.

[KitchenWitch]

20. I am with you

I hate how she overpronounces italian words...:eyes:

[bo44]

105. I'm too Italian for my blouse I'm too Italian for my blouse it hurts

Just like every other Italian American beauty I am familiar with that hit the economic jackpot. Flash a smile and show off those tits because marrying well depends on rehashing nana's cooking for your waspy husband and his family.

[Lavender Brown]

106. .

:wtf:

[philosophie_en_rose]

6. Sandra Lee is by far the worse.

She's a complete moran and her show glorifies culinary nastiness. (i.e. be as generic and unhealthy as possible, while pretending to be perfect). :puke:

[LaraMN]

11. I am reknowned at home for my dislike of her.

I can.not.stand. Sandra Lee. ugh. She had one episode where she was serving her (extended) family, and she was so disgustingly fakey-pukey. Her nephews' postures around her suggested that they were probably used to dodging cooking utensils that flew from her bony little hands.

[philosophie_en_rose]

14. She's terrible.

To be fair, I've only seen bits and pieces of her terrible show. However, she really annoyed me when she carefully explained that one can stir gravy with a whisk or with a spoon. Seriously. She wasn't mentioning that she was going to get a spoon; she explained it as if it would never occur to viewers not to stir gravy (or soup or something) with their fingers.

:eyes:

Nothing she makes looks tasty, either. It sometimes looks okay visually, but not like something I'd want to actually eat.

[Left Is Write]

16. Um, he said "chef."

;)

[philosophie_en_rose]

21. There are varying degrees of cheffiness.

:)

[Left Is Write]

23. Probably...

but Sandra Lee doesn't achieve any of them. :D

(She did make some tater tot/cheese/bacon thing that looked pretty good once)

[philosophie_en_rose]

24. She's a chef like Dubya's a president.

Without seeing it, I predict her tater tot recipe is:

1 bag of frozen tater tots.
1 bag of shredded cheese.
1 box of precooked bacon.

Put tots, cheese, bacon, and maybe eggs in dish. Cook (preferably in microwave for extra class).

Turn a bowl upside down and put a plate on it to make a platter. Serve. Enjoy.

Voila. Elle est une chef qui suce beaucoup!

[Left Is Write]

25. Close.

Frozen tots - bake according to package directions. Remove the tots from the oven and put into a casserole dish, mix in crumbled bacon - leftover from breakfast (I take it she cooked the bacon herself) - and top with pre-shredded cheese. Pop back into the oven until heated through and cheese is all melty.

[jmowreader]

28. Who the hell has leftover bacon?

I mean, seriously guys. It is possible to put raw bacon back in the fridge.

So you either cook just enough for everyone, or you cook the whole package and go on a bacon binge.

[Left Is Write]

33. We've had leftover bacon. It happens sometimes.

If you knew you would be making a recipe later that used cooked, crumbled bacon, you might deliberately make extra bacon for that purpose (rather than having to cook bacon twice).

[jmowreader]

68. In which case I don't call it "leftover"

If you plan to have spaghetti tonight, cook spaghetti sauce and don't eat all of it, you've got leftovers.

If you plan to have spaghetti tonight and tomorrow night, you've got tomorrow night's dinner.

Same deal with cooking enough bacon to use in two recipes.

[Carni]

53. She actually used canned potatoes to make potato salad

I kid you not--the woman should be banned from the airwaves.

[Carni]

52. She used to be a personal chef for Napolean Dynamite lol

You know *Give me some of your tots* etc (ok that was lame lol)

[eyesroll]

41. Oh my LORD she's horrible.

Let's make pumpkin-cheesecake petit fours! OK, so what you need to do is first bake the crust -- take sugar-cookie mix, cream cheese and a few other ingredients, mush them together, put them in muffin cups, and bake! What could be simpler?

OK, now let's make the filling. Take this $15 cheesecake you bought at the store -- scoop the filling out. You can crumble the crust over ice cream! Now take this $8 pumpkin pie and do the same thing! OK, now whip each pie filling separately with some cream so they're light and fluffy.

Take THREE ziplock bags. Fill one with pumpkin. One with cheesecake. And one with a little bit of both -- see, it makes a swirl! -- and pipe them into the petit fours shells. Top with whipped cream and an espresso bean.

Won't this look pretty on your tablescape? Your guests will never know you weren't slaving over a hot stove for hours to make this from scratch! :argh:


Why she doesn't buy pre-made tartlet shells, a can of pumpkin-pie filling and a box of no-bake cheesecake mix and do it that way is beyond me. It's like she HAS to choose something that's ready-to-go at the store, even if doing it even slightly more homemade would be faster and cheaper.

[Carni]

54. I watched that particular episode in horror lol

She's like a car wreck--I don't want to look but I can't help myself because of morbid curiousity

[2bfree]

101. That is awful!

What an idiot.

[grace0418]

43. Her Xmas show where she made everything from cool whip and

white chocolate made me want to barf. She blows!

[grace0418]

44. Did you see what Bobby Flay had to say about her?

There was some show where a bunch of celebrity chefs were working together and Bobby Flay got stuck with this moron. They would do this interviews with each chef where they would ask about the other. Most of the chefs would say something like "I'm so excited to be working with X because he/she is so good at ." What's Bobby Flay going to say? "Yeah, I just love that cool-whip white-chocolate pile of crap she just threw in a bowl!" So what he said was "Working with Sandra is great because you always know you're gonna get some lifestyle tips." LOL! I thought it was about the best forced compliment he could've given, but it was so obvious he was reaching.

[GOPisEvil]

48. Could she have flirted with him any more?

She looked she was tipsy and about 30 seconds from jumping Bobby's bones on the spot.

Ugh...

[Carni]

51. YES!!!! THANK YOU!

How in the name of God does that woman have a show?

What the HELL is up with her and putting unsanitray ribbons and other tacky craft type crap on top of cakes?

Her so called entrees are horrendous (Pillsbury prepared dough recipes look gourmet by comparison) and her baked cakes etc not only look like hell but typically most of what they are decorated with is not sanitray or edible!

[2bfree]

100. Her monotone is what gets me..........

And she says things like dough that comes in tube is tasty and delicious. Ugh.

[ET Awful]

7. It's a trick question, Rachel Ray isn't a chef.

Chef's don't use hot dogs as main ingredients.

[GOPisEvil]

12. She never claims to be a chef either.

:)

[JVS]

40. Does she eat the hotdogs in a seductive manner?

[ET Awful]

47. If you consider dicing them into small chunks first seductive, then sure

:P

[JVS]

57. uffda

[AlCzervik]

8. Bobby Flay is awful.

[patcox2]

63. He makes me ill; he reminds me of William Shatner

In the way his self-love shines from his face, and his lack of any consideration or care for any other being is equally evident.

Dick with ears.

[Telly Savalas]

85. At least Shatner does that with a bit of irony.

[TheProphetess]

9. Bam!

Oy!

[democracyindanger]

10. Gordon Elliott isn't a chef

He's always been a talk show host.

[dolo amber]

35. I'm not sure I'd even call him a 'celebrity'

:D

[MrSlayer]

13. I don't really know any of the others but I hate Emeril.

What an annoying bastard. I'd like to give him a "Bam" with a fucking 2x4.

[Arkansas Granny]

38. My sentiments exactly. Cannot stand to watch or listen to him.

[bullwinkle428]

99. "Emeril Live" is an utter abomination, with all of the sheeple

in the audience getting orgasmic every time the guy tells them he's adding garlic to whatever he happens to be making...:banghead:

Sure, Rachael Ray is annoying, but at least I can say I've used some of her recipes to make things that I actually did enjoy.

[Left Is Write]

15. BOBBY FLAY.

Period.

[MANative]

17. It was a tough choice, but I had to go with

Rachel Ray. Why in heaven's name does she giggle after every single utterance from her never-closed mouth? Rachel - you just aren't funny!!

[bigwillq]

18. Sandra Lee.

I hate her. :mad:

[supernova]

19. Tie between Bobby Flay and Emeril Lagasse

Bobby needs beating up just on general principles. Emeril annoys the hell out of me.

[patcox2]

64. Yeah, but Flay is evil, Emeril is just annoying, asshole vs. jerk

I give annoying people the benefit of a doubt, sometimes they know not what they do. Emeril is so schticky, and he obviously thinks his stupid tired old schtick is so cool, but I tend to think thats because he is kinda dumb.

Flay, on the other hand, is obviously an asshole.

[Cocoa]

22. Paul Bremer

http://www.alternet.org/images/managed/Blog+Image_paulbremer.jpg

[pokerfan]

26. Jeff Smith

AKA the Frugal Gourmet

Though I would use stronger language than 'annoying' to describe an alleged child (adolescent?) molestor.

[Sacajawea]

27. The Swedish Chef.

:D

[hickman1937]

104. Aw come on, he was the best.

Better than Mario or Wolfgang. He was a CHEF.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

30. I really miss the Two Fat Ladies.

:(

[Left Is Write]

34. I do too! Couldn't someone at least air the reruns?

Instead of running its primetime lineup twice each night, couldn't Food TV slip in an episode or two of Two Fat Ladies (and the Galloping Gourmet would be nice too)?

[Carni]

56. They were entertaining but their recipes weren't my bag lol

There was a whole lot of *streaky bacon* being bandied around on that show!

[Left Is Write]

74. And cream and butter...

not shy of dietary fat, those lovely ladies!

I remember one time Jenifer was being very critical of recipes that suggested using yogurt instead of cream.

"Yogurt is NOT instead of cream," she sniffed.

[Carni]

102. LOL

I can deal with the butter and cream (and OK even the streaky bacon wrapped around most things on rare occasions) but all the various innards recipes gave me pause.

Kidney anything is enough to send me screaming!

I will say though that I tried their baked salmon filets in ten tons of butter recipe and it was actually very good (rich as hell but good)

[liberalhistorian]

31. How can I possibly

choose, they're ALL annoying as hell! :shrug:

[JI7]

32. i hear Bobby Flay is a real asshole

and while Emeril and Rachel may be annoying, i do hear they are still very nice people.

[patcox2]

62. Emeril story, not too nice.

This story is in a cookbook written by Pat Conroy, who wrote the Prince of Tides and a bunch of good books.

At the time when he signed the deal to sell the movie rights to Prince of Tides (this is long ago when Emeril was completely unknown) he, his agent, and family went out to celebrate, and went to a local restaurant that had garnered a great reputation.

At the end of the meal, he realized that the place didn't take checks or credit cards (apparently emeril didn't like paying taxes). So there he was, very embarassed, with Emeril now come out of the kitchen and demanding immediate payment. Conroy offers a check and to return immediately with cash. No. Conroy offers to give emeril his wife's $10,000 diamond necklace. No.

One of them has to get a cab (this was also long before there were ATMs everywhere) and go get cash, I forget how, but it was an ordeal).

Sounds like a dick to me.

[peekaloo]

36. Jamie Oliver needs to wash his hands!

I'm not eating that food!

[JVS]

39. I'm surprised to see the hatred for Rachel Ray considering the...

lauditory things I've seen posted about her. I'd like to see the factions on this issue hash it out :popcorn:

[jmowreader]

70. The only "laudatory thing" I've ever read about her is that she's cute

As Dudley Moore told Daryl Hannah, cuteness is very important.

Rachael Ray is very cute. She can't fucking cook, her knives are duller than Matcom's wit, the giggle's got to go, and the next time she uses "EVOO, that's Extra Virgin Olive Oil" in a sentence I think someone on the crew is gonna throw a hammer at her.

But she is cute, and for some people that's what's important--who in fuck is gonna eat the shit they cook on one of these shows anyway? It's like the "Makin' Bacon with Macon" skit Parker and Stone did on the old South Park DVDs...they'd make some recipe that contained seventeen pounds of bacon and nothing else.

[LostinVA]

42. Ray-Ray is not a chef

No, I mean she really isn't. Saying "cook" would be okay.

But, she's the most annoying on the list, that's for sure.

[Squatch]

45. Andrea Immer

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

46. How is Tyler "Extreme Close-Up" Florence not on this list?

I voted for Ray, and would have under any circumstances, as I live only to see her drawn and quartered, but Mr. "I make love to my mirror" should definitely get some recognition here.

[Lavender Brown]

58. He's pretty good though

His travel/cooking shows were kind of interesting, and his cookbook is good too.

[supernova]

60. Tyler's a hottie

Don't touch Tyler. :spank:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

66. Trust me, I won't.

:-)

[Lavender Brown]

81. Yay

[Inspired]

95. Hot is right!

I love Tyler. He can cook in my kitchen anytime.

[madinmaryland]

49. Other . . David Rosengarten.

The most pompous person I have ever seen, except for Wolf Blizter.

http://www.centralmarket.com/cm/cmCookDavidRosengarten.jsp

[Carni]

103. Rosengarten's recipes also suck

I had one of his cookbooks and anything I made via his recipes was horrendous--

I don't know who the hell tests those recipes out but they are NOT GOOD.

[Divameow77]

50. Emeril

yuck, I can't stand him, but some of his recipes are good.

I can't believe anyone would pick Alton Brown, he's my secret chef crush :blush:

Rachel Ray really doesn't bother me and my husband sure thinks she's cute.

[Mrs. Venation]

55. It's A Tie

between Bobby Flay and Emeril Lagasse. Both of them are egomaniacs.:grr:

[Swede]

59. Julia Child.

Or maybe Graham Kerr.

[Left_Winger]

61. I'd have to go with Molto Mario

:puke:

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

67. EVOO, Baby. EVOO. Garbage bowl it.

[Maddy McCall]

69. Paula Deen, Yawl.

[GOPisEvil]

72. She says PEE-can.

It's a pe-CAHN, dammit! :argh:

[stanwyck]

73. C'mon, any woman who

can turn the word "pie" into a six syllable word should get some respect. Her show is pure food porn. I never make any of her recipes....but just listening to her drawl "butter...cream....sour cream...sugar (no lowfat/South Beach/glycemic nonsense for Paula)in her low-country syrupy purr is well, kinda food erotic.
(I guess you can tell I'm on my January diet)

[bigwillq]

71. To all you Rachel Haters:

:mad:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

75. bwahahaha!

:nopity:

[bigwillq]

76. What's with all this hate???

What did Rachel ever do to any of these people here??? Turn off the fucking TV then if you don't like her!

:) :hi:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

77. thats what I do when she comes on

:P

;):hi:

[bigwillq]

78. Well good then

More people need to turn her off then if they don't like her instead of attacking her. They are adding to her popularity by talking about her.

:)

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

79. lol...

although I hate emeril more :grr: hes the pits. I dont really hate Rachel...i just find her, grating

[bigwillq]

80. Emeril drives me nuts too.

How many fucking times are you going to say BAM!?? :mad:

So I don't watch him. See, it's that easy. You don't like someone, you don't watch! ;)

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

82. do you know the only reason he has his 8 pm show

is cause he owns a huge share of the food network stock?!?!?!

[GOPisEvil]

83. Food Network is owned by Scripps though.

:shrug:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

89. thats it!

he owns a lot of Scripps stock I believe! I knew it was either food network or its parent company

[GOPisEvil]

94. Hmmm...interesting!

It explains a few things though, if that's the case.

[bigwillq]

84. Never knew that.

IS that really true. :shrug:

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

90. I believe its

the parent company, GOPisEvil corrected me above

[bigwillq]

92. I read GOPisEvil's post

that's why I doubted you! :P

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

93. hahaha

:blush:

[stanwyck]

86. Be honest. More people cook

like Rachel than like the gourmet chefs. Face reality. I want my son and daughter to cook. Rachel isn't intimidating. She's straight-forward and easy to follow. And her menus are done within 30 minutes.
The elaborate cooking is great when you have the time. And money. But Rachel's recipes and methods are more practical. With fewer and fewer people cooking, we need Rachel. We'd all be better off - calorie-wise and wallet-wise - if we followed her lead.
And I like her personality.

[bigwillq]

88. Exactly!

I bought my sis two of Rachel's books for XMas and she has made several great dishes. They were affordable and cheap (price-wise)!

Plus, she's easy on the eyes! :hi:

[henslee]

87. Boy-ar-dee.

[jobycom]

91. Face it, most just haven't heard of the others. nt

[calico1]

96. I would have to go with Rachel Ray.

Her cutsey terms like EVOO, sammy, insanely good and others drive me nuts. And her silly giggling at her own lame jokes. Ay! I just want to slap her!

I did not even consider Sandra Lee because she is not a chef or a cook. What a train wreck.

Give me PBS cooks over Food Network anytime. I want to learn. I don't need to be entertained by self centered cooks who think they are just soooo good. :eyes:

[u4ic]

97. I guess no one has seen

the Lonely Chef.

Hands down the most annoying, idiotic and pathetic chef ever.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

98. Giada De Laurentiis

I do not trust skinny chefs who have never at any point been at least pleasantly plump.
Duckie

[auntAgonist]

107. Graham Kerr : The Galloping Gourmet

anyone remember him?