Television audiences have an insatiable appetite for cooking shows, but since we also love to see ordinary folk engage in cutthroat competition and be humiliated by people more experienced than them, cooking reality shows are becoming their own distinct TV flavour.
The Taste, debuting Tuesday on ABC, looks kind of like The Voice for chefs, as hopefuls from all walks of culinary life cook for, and are judged by, a panel of experts. Food will be prepared, blind tastings will be had, teams will be formed and dreams will be crushed as contestants are kicked off one by one.
The panel of four judges includes No Reservations' Anthony Bourdain, Nigella Bites' Nigella Lawson, famed French chef Ludo Lefebvre and chef/restaurateur (and Top Chef: Miami contestant) Brian Malarkey.
Once Mel Brooks began to "make a noise," thankfully he never shut up There’s an apt evaluation in the first minute of the documentary Mel Brooks: Make a Noise. "Mel was not interested in the little laugh," observes writer/director Barry Levinson. "He literally wanted you to collapse and fall on the ground and can’t ... Read more
'SNL' season finale full of goodbyes As Stefon would say: This Saturday Night Live had everything. Kanye West, Jennifer Garner, Anderson Cooper, a musical super group, a surprise guest appearance from Amy Poehler and what looks like the departure of not one, but three cast members. Bill ... Read more
Reporter congratulates Matthew Perry on sitcom axe In what could be one of the biggest live celebrity interview fails of all time, a Fox sports reporter congratulated Matthew Perry on the cancellation of his show “Go On” (which lasted one season) during an NHL game. The impromptu interview ... Read more
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