Muy Caliente!

Something's hot in the kitchen these days!

	29% (5)	Alton Brown
	5% (1)	Rick Bayliss
	5% (1)	Martin Yan
	11% (2)	Anthony Bourdain
	11% (2)	Ming Tsai
	35% (6)	Jaques Pepin, only and always Jaques

Graham Kerr. Only and always the Galloping Gourmet.

In Response to mkinyon (#31597):

Pre or post alcoholics anonymous?

I would have voted for Martin Yan but his chopping of vegetables to a rhythmic beat while he looks up and smiles annoys the hell out of me.

Alton's humorous and I learn cooking history to boot.

Jaques has a house one town over from me in CT. I never saw signs of life in it when going by.

In Response to Rich (#31598):

The Graham Kerr I grew up with. He was just as much a part of my childhood as Mr. Rogers, and considerably more entertaining.

BAM!

In Response to deerboy (#31603):

There are several chefs that I intentionally left out, as it is clear that almost nobody takes them seriously.

Paul Prudhomme and Justin Wilson, for example.

I would have liked to find a way to include Wolfgang Puck, but I was too lazy.

Gareth Blackstock [imdb.com]. Because even Anthony Bourdain never thought to tell a line cook:

Let me explain the order of things to you. There's the aristocracy, the upper class, the middle class, working class, dumb animals, waiters, creeping things, head lice, people who eat packet soup, then you.

In Response to gtyrrell (#31605):

My favorite Garethism doesn't seem to be on the IMDB quotes page. It's his description of unpasteurized Stilton: "Gone off milk and bugs living together in perfect harmony".

In Response to gtyrrell (#31605):

You know this is out on DVD.

I know you know this because Lore got it for Christmas.

In Response to mkinyon (#31601):

He almost killed his lovely wife with his talents. But i personally am more likely to cook his 1990s recipes instead of his 1960s recipes (most of the time, anyway) although i probably wouldn't mind Death-By-Kerr. I eat red meat and dairy products, but in much healthier (i.e., usually smaller) portion sizes nowadays. My medications raise my cholesterol even when i'm cooking like Marilyn Diamond [amazon.com] , and it just seems terribly ironic that i have these elevated cardiovascular risks despite the fact that i'm usually on the borderline of being underweight. So i enjoy watching Kerr's oldest shows from the CBC, but i prefer to imitate his PBS material from three decades later. More zucchini, less whipped cream, etc, etc.

In Response to zamphir (#31604):

I really miss Kurma [kurma.net]... i haven't seen him on television for so many years. I might have voted for him, if you'd left Ming Tsai out of the poll. But Ming Tsai is guaranteed my vote in just about any poll... yum yum yum yum yum. Oh, and his recipes look delicious, too.

In Response to Teledildonix (#31609):

I knew I'd get someone by adding in a bit of fusion cooking.

I should have expected it would be you.

In Response to zamphir (#31607):

I know that you know that I knew that.

Unfortunately, they produced a DVD of the utterly excreble third series of Chef!, about which the less said, the better. But the first two series comprise Lenny Henry's best work (possibly excepting his reading of the Anansi Boys audiobook).
 

In Response to gtyrrell (#31605):

even Anthony Bourdain never thought to tell a line cook

Actually, he probably did, only he used the words cocksucker and motherfucker more.
 

In Response to gtyrrell (#31620):

I know that you know that I knew that.

Well.

I know you deceived me, couldn't sleep last night...

Too many mojitos in my payamas.

Jeff Smith of Frugal Gourmet fame. Of course he's dead.

In Response to Dynedain (#31637):

Of course he's dead.

And possibly a sexual predator. Ever wonder why he had Elmo on the show so many times?
 

In Response to Dynedain (#31637):

Glad to know someone else has fond memories of that show. It was my first real foray into cooking TV.

In Response to gtyrrell (#31641):

I don't remember Elmo ever being on the show. But I do have the cookbook and its full of nice simple (and tasty!) recipies.

In Response to Dynedain (#31646):

It was in the later years that Jeff Smith had Elmo on the show.

It was around the same time that he had the much younger (but still "age of consent") chef on - um.. Ken something?

Also remember that Jeff Smith was a Presbyterian minister, so Elmo was doubly suspicious a guest.

Sure, not a Catholic Priest, but...

Also, should I have included Mary Sue Milligan and Susan Feniger in the previous poll? I mean from their time on Great Chefs of the West, not their much lamer follow-up "Two Hot Tamales".

In Response to zamphir (#31648):

Also, should I have included [....]

Two Fat Ladies [imdb.com]. That show was scrumptious.

In Response to zamphir (#31648):

It was around the same time that he had the much younger ... chef on - um.. Ken something?

Craig Wollam.