I was so happy to hear about the new show - 100 Cooks!

But I hate it. I hate everything about it, especially making a chef, cook twice in one episode. But im gonna force myself to watch it because I overly love food network competition shows!

Like cmon, imagine if someone in the breakfast round said “Im going to mash all the basket ingredients into a paste and serve it in a bowl!”

The only reason ice cream gets a positive reaction from the judges is because cold cream and sugar make everything taste good.

Any time I see someone make ice cream (so every single episode) it immediately reads to me that they couldnt come up with anything else. Part of the competition is creativity and technical skill, making ice cream demonstrates neither.

I've been watching old episodes of BBF and keep seeing a very distinctive woman in the audience. She has glasses and is wearing a white sweater with thin red stripes and a black headband with what appears to be pearls on it. Several times she's been shown for a second or two, usually at the beginning of the show when audience members are the focus, but on the long shots - the ones showing the cooking - she is nowhere to be found.

What's happening here? Did she attend one taping and for some reason they keep showing her? Is she the sister or girlfriend of one of the editors and they keep giving her screen time for... fun? Anyone else noticed her?

I’ve only recently started watching Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsay and everyone I’ve seen has the same plot where the owner/chef is completely stubborn. It’s getting to be boring. Have I just been unlucky or is this all there is?

When our carrier stopped having the food network we subscribed to Discovery Plus.
Then it was bought out and had a new app. It is awful. Since the most recent update It quits partway through a show but the audio keeps playing. Sometimes we have to reboot the app multiple times to watch one show. We’ve tried deleting and reinstalling. It makes no difference.

So I am done. I believe HBO max carries the same channels but I’m in Canada. I think I can get HBO through Crave. If I subscribe to Crave can I get the same channels as Discovery? I was trying to find a way to ask the question on the Crave website but couldn’t find how to chat or ask.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

The Editing was obvious to who would win! Despite multiple critical errors- serving fish with lots of bones, the winner survived.

BBQ Brawl

Vertical 'Cue

Episode 705

Captains Bobby Flay, Maneet Chauhan, and Brooke Williamson lead their teams as they build a multi‑component BBQ feast using only vertical fire -- suspended proteins, open flames, and zero safety nets. If the Brawlers can't master the swing, they won't be hanging around next week.

Several years ago there was a little girl on one of the baking or cooking shows who would wear a different headband every week. The headbands were pretty with cute patterns. They were very wide. Ive tried searching over and over and cant find which show she was on. My 5 year old niece is staying with me and we are watchin cooking shows. I got her to wear a headband when we cook. I wanted to show her the little girl with the pretty bands. It is not Abby from Kids Baking Championship or one of the twin girls.

This show is kind like 99 to Beat but with amateur cooks.

Some familiar faces like Manny from Masterchef.

Confessionals count

Antoinette 13
Evie 9
Bryce 8
Johnnie 8
Bella 7
Leanna 6
Jeff 4
Troy 4
Amy Decker 3
Manny 2
Gerry 2
Gigi 2
Lisa 2
Terry 2
Holley 2
Sruly 2
Justin 2
Connor 2
Eric 2
Jacques-Ellie 2
Ciria 1
Chris Joe 1
Rusty 1
Susie 1
Hannah 1

Marissa 1
Lorenzo 1
CJ 1
Sherry 1
Eric 1
Brianna 1
Matthew 1
Jacob 1
Kim Alexander 1
Jeezil 1
Mike 1
Alexia 1
Zach Bates 1
Sophia 1
Cowboy Chris1
Douglas Chau 1
Raphaella 1
Matthew Han 1
Keloni 1

NOODLE CHALLENGE

CJ: ELIMINATED - 3 mistakes (salt in the pasta and sauce, not among the best dishes)

Sherry: ELIMINATED - 2 mistakes (capers, not among the best)

Sruly: ELIMINATED - 2 mistakes (salmon, not among the best)

Ciria: ELIMINATED - 2 mistakes (pasta overcooked, not among the best)

Jacob: ELIMINATED - 2 mistakes (seasoning, not among the best)

Justin: ELIMINATED - 2 mistakes (dish needed one more ingredient, not among the best)

Leanna: ELIMINATED - 2 mistakes (sauce consistency, not among the best)

Antoinette: 2 mistakes (bread needed to be toasted, didn't make the best dish)

Manny: 2 mistakes (pasta shape, didn't won immunity)

Evie: BEST DISH

CHICKEN DUEL

Antoinette: ELIMINATED - 3 mistakes (meatballs, chicken wasn't the star, lost the cook off)

Bryce: IMMUNITY - 1 mistake (acidity)

EGG CHALLENGE

Susie: ELIMINATED - 4 mistakes (cut and use of prosciutto, muffin could have been toasted, didn't rank among the best dishes)

Holley: 4 mistakes (sad bread, burned two other slices, didn't make the best dish)

Andrew: ELIMINATED - 2 mistakes (flipped the egg breaking the yolk, didn't rank among the best)

Eric, Lisa, Rachel, Brooke and Elyse: ELIMINATED - 2 mistakes (raw egg, time management)

Josh: ELIMINATED - 2 mistakes (worst omelet of his life, didn't rank among the best)

Bella: 2 mistakes (too much crab, didn't win best dish)

Zach: ELIMINATED - 2 mistakes (oil, not among the best)

Gigi: ELIMINATED - 2 mistakes (too much tuna, not among the best)

Brianna: 2 mistakes (lack of salt, not the best dish)

Matt, Lauren, Cody, Matthew, and Bill: ELIMINATED - 1 mistake (not among the best dishes)

Soo, Nicholas, Tani, Mike, Pryia, Alexia, Jeezil, Rece, Jeff, Jerry, and Angel: 1 mistake (did not win best dish)

Gerry: BEST DISH

LAST CHALLENGE

Rusty: ELIMINATED - 3 mistakes (size, garlic, not among the best)

Bella: ELIMINATED - 2 mistakes (use of ingredients, not among the best)

Troy: ELIMINATED - 3 mistakes (cheese, proportion, not among the best)

Amy Decker: 2 mistakes (thickness of the bread and crumbling)

Johnnie: 2 mistakes (rice in the fryer, too acidic)

Jeff: 1 mistake (fat from the duck)

From the FN site:

Give It 100

Episode 101

Host Terry Crews welcomes 100 of the best home cooks in America to the most unpredictable cooking competition. In this round, over 50 cooks compete in five different challenges to impress judges Alex Guarnaschelli and Nick DiGiovanni. The challenges include best noodle dish, a rotisserie chicken battle, an egg challenge, a blind taste test, and best party bite. Twenty-six cooks will be sent home, and the remaining amateur chefs will continue on to compete for a life-changing amount of money!

For those of you with DVRs, looks like a two hour episode tonight.

I hate losing so many cooks in the first episode again..... it would be nice to actually get to know the chefs a little before they are jettisoned off (but that's just me.....)

I had the pleasure of interviewing Lee Anne after her much-deserved win.

Lots of fun details here, including that Jonathan Sawyer recommended she bring extra socks to change into every few hours, and also that 24 hours is actually 27 or so because they stop the clock to bring in judges or clear the stations. That makes it seem even more impossible to me!

For example, I think Shannon (Crushcakes) should have won the third episode she was on. I also feel like Jeff (pumpkin guy) shouldn’t have gone home when he did in the second episode he was on.

I am watching Flavortown Food Fight, and I just have to say Nancy Silverton has such a fun fashion sense. I love her little barrettes and the wild combination of colors and patterns! The only person I love more is Marcus Samuelson.

Nick Giovanni, one of the judges for the new show that premieres tomorrow, June 7, posted a youtube video showing behind the scenes of the show including the trailers, culinary, and the set.