As a long time worker of the service industry, I have worked with several chefs of varying talents and eccentricities. I have also been a long time boycotter of reality television. But reality TV has finally found my weakness: the reality of the culinary arts. The only thing that disappoints me is that those in the reality televsion business have focused strictly on chefs and ignored the rest of the service industry.
But shows like Top Chef and Iron Chef America: The Next Iron Chef, the drone-like world of reality TV has finally sucked me in. The atmosphere that is created in a kitchen is a perfect forum for a drama-laden reality show. Emotions are flowing, egos are boiling over and the expletives are flying faster than the chopping knives. Not only to you get a glimpse into the lives of chefs, who are truly their own breed, but we get to witness the creation of some the best (& worst) looking dishes some of the finest chefs in the country have to offer.
As much as I hate to be a slave to TV, most notably reality TV, shows like Top Chef and Iron Chef America keep me wanting more. The shows boil down to one main thing, the most important thing in the culinary world. Whose food reigns supreme?
1 comment:
Whatever, dude...caving late is still caving. I guess you've crossed over to yet another dark side...first you eat eggs, now you watch reality television. What's next - are you gonna be one of those guys wearing jean shorts with a cell phone strapped to your belt because it's "comfortable and convenient"?
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