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New hosts for America's Test Kitchen

house_cat — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 13:38:12 GMT

Great choice!

Here's the scoop

Re: New hosts for America's Test Kitchen

hopi — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 13:40:05 GMT

Why did Chris leave?

Did they dump him?

Re: New hosts for America's Test Kitchen

philogirl — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 13:41:21 GMT

Thanks for the link. I agree that they made a great choice for replacing Kimball.

Re: New hosts for America's Test Kitchen

house_cat — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 13:54:48 GMT

@hopi wrote:
Why did Chris leave?
Did they dump him?

I don't know. I haven't been watching the show for very long and don't know all the history. All I can say is that he never gave me the warm-fuzzies. He seemed cranky and disagreeable and I never understood what his role was. I think the show will be fine, if not better with the new hosts.

Re: New hosts for America's Test Kitchen

momtochloe — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 14:05:09 GMT

@hopi wrote:
Why did Chris leave?
Did they dump him?

@hopi they couldn't come to an agreement when negotiating his new contract.

I think the new hosts are an outstanding idea and I wish them and the show well!

Re: New hosts for America's Test Kitchen

hopi — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 14:08:51 GMT

@momtochloe wrote:
@hopi wrote:
Why did Chris leave?
Did they dump him?
@hopi they couldn't come to an agreement when negotiating his new contract.

I think the new hosts are an outstanding idea and I wish them and the show well!

@momtochloe
I enjoyed Chris as someone for everyone to play off of during their segments. I hate to see him go.
It's a great educational show.

Re: New hosts for America's Test Kitchen

Havarti — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 18:12:00 GMT

I was surprised to see the taste tester guy, Jack Bishop, is the Creative Director. He was promoted to that title last fall, after the new CEO arrived on the scene in September. I read an article somewhere that said Chris Kimball did not get along with the new CEO David Nussbaum. Chris was actually the founder of America’s Test Kitchen & Cook’s Country and they grew to such proportion that the parent company, Boston Common Press LP, created the new position of CEO and hired Nussbaum to take charge in September. Kimball & Nussbaum purportedly did not see eye-to-eye on the future of the shows & magazines and the CEO held higher rank than the founder. So…Kimball decided to leave and is apparently working on starting a new venture. I wondered if he would woo away those two specific ladies to join him in his new business/show. They seemed to be able to handle him and yet not appear as intimidated as some of the other cooks do. By designating them as co-hosts that keeps them in place and stabilizes ATK going forward. They really were the most informative and both have a great on-camera style. I have always enjoyed both shows, but agree Chris often seem cranky and at times, off-putting. I wish them all well and would watch shows from both camps.

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Yahooey — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 15:24:12 GMT

This is my favorite cooking show. Although I may not cook a lot, I do enjoy the explanations of why things work or better, don't work. Despite some networks that think Giada's cleavage talks.

I never minded Chris and wish him well. Love the new hosts.

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QVCkitty1 — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 15:50:29 GMT

I don't know, I'll kind of miss cranky old Chris. I liked the way they all played off each other, and he seemed very knowledgeable .

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PamelaSue72 — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 22:02:26 GMT

I hope the powers-that-be know what they're doing. Chris was the heart of those shows. There's nothing wrong with either Bridget or Julia. But they're not Chris. He was very knowledgeable and the format was working. Evidently when the "new people" took over, they figured they could do without him. Something happened, even though it was agreed upon by both to have Chris leave.

I will check the new season out and see what's going on. But I doubt I'll be hanging around very long. And I may cancel my subscriptions to both CI and CC.

And I'm really hoping that Chris is already working on a new cooking show.

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DiAnne — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 22:16:29 GMT

I stopped watching that show long ago. I was never sure what his job was. I love to cook but there are no food oriented shows I enjoy right now.

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Snowpuppy — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 00:03:35 GMT

ATK is more for the upscale geek and never enjoyed it as much as Cook's Country.

The women seemed to be cooking for Chris so that was a turnoff. I like Jack & Adam the test ur gadget guy. Tho the top rated gadgets have been from some of their sponsors.

I wish the ladies good luck. Chris is said to be worth some $13M so my heart isn't breaking.

Re: New hosts for America's Test Kitchen

KALLIE — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 01:55:25 GMT

Great choices!

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Campion — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 11:03:11 GMT

I read it was a contract dispute that never could be resolved, so Chris Kimball left Cooks Illustrated and the TV show.

The current hosts are fine--they were on the show all along and they did a good job.

As to "cooking FOR him" being bad, you know, the way to a man's heart is sitll through the stomach, and I wish I still had my guy to cook for. It's not unattractive to be cooking for a guy. It's an act of love. It's all how you frame it. Is it degradation or is it caring?

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gardenman — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 11:25:20 GMT

This is a perfect example of why you should never give up control of a company you start. If you're not in control, sooner or later whoever is in charge will decide you're expendable and you'll be tossed out. Apple did it with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (Apple's original creators) before eventually bringing Steve Jobs back. You see it quite often. A person puts their heart and soul into a company and then gets kicked to the curb. While it's true that Chris Kimball has made a fortune off of his creations, I dare say their value is many times what he's earned. He's made $13 million, but the brand he created is probably worth ten times that.

It's tempting as the person who put so much energy into creating the company to decide to step back and let others take over the day to day hassles, but more often than not those people will decide you're expendable, so you're smarter not yielding power.