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What do you think about "The Kitchen"?

house cat — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 03:04:48 GMT

I'm watching it for the first time. I think it can be a winner.

(I won't mention all the long hair hanging on the chefs. That opinion got me in trouble in an earlier thread.)

The show is nice, though.

Have you seen it? What do you think?

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VaBelle35 — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 03:08:29 GMT

I didn't like it. I don't like The Chew either, though.

Either demonstrate a recipe or talk. This whole "instagram" conversation while he was making a recipe was annoying. Iwanted to hear about the recipe, not instragram.

If every recipe is going to be about grocery store rotisserie chicken and left over rice, I won't be watching.

It doesn't appeal to me.

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sassy68 — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:52:18 GMT

It's a copycat show of The Chew. Too much fooling around and not enough about the food. Didn't like it.

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Mizona — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:56:25 GMT

I was not impressed either. And I'm a big fan of Sunny Anderson! Just too much chatter. Not really recipe oriented. Not sure what they are trying to be, a talk show, a cooking show, a social media show. I'll probably give it one more try though.

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brii — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:57:31 GMT

I will give it another chance - but my first impression is it's annoying. They are all talking at once and trying to outdo one another. Maybe 5 people is just too many...

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Sunshine Kate — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:58:07 GMT

On 1/6/2014 sassy68 said: It's a copycat show of The Chew. Too much fooling around and not enough about the food. Didn't like it.

I agree.

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Sooner — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:00:10 GMT

I just can't work up any enthusiasm for shows like that. Too many people talking at once and they usually are very rushed or run out of time when actually DOING anything. I quit watching the Today show because of that.

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bigkat — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 01:15:28 GMT

Well it was on again today and I was able to watch it, being snowed in. I want to like it and I hope it works out. It would be nice to have some fresh new programs on Food. It seemed to be too unscripted (which can be good at times) that it needed a leader to wrangle things in. Like someone else said, 5 might be too many?? I try to be positive...I will watch more and to see how it goes!

One good thing being snowed in and doing some baking with FoodTV on, I saw at 3pm there was a new show Kelsey's Essentials. I know she has been on the Cooking Channel (which I don't get), but it shows new programs for her on Food. I'm usually picking the kids up from school at that time, so maybe she has been on and I didn't know. I found her show enjoyable, cooking and learning about the product.

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MathisFan — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 01:19:01 GMT

The only thing I noticed was that it took the place of Ina's and Giada's shows on Saturday.

Giada I didn't miss but Ina I did.

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homedecor1 — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:20:15 GMT

Boring!!! Talked over one another (sounded like some hosts and vendors from Q) I enjoy the chew and will not watch the kitchen not for me!

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brewhaha — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:22:54 GMT

It's not my taste.

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TeezNu — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 02:30:26 GMT

I enjoy The Chew occasionally, and was eagerly anticipating The Kitchen. However, all the talking over each other and horseplay was way over the top and greatly distracted from, and superseded, much of the actual cooking. I feel like I missed a lot of pertinent and relevant information that was omitted, either due to time constraints, or to distractions by the other hosts who were not cooking at the moment. All this to say, I'm glad to hear that others feel similar to me, and hope show producers will make some adjustments in the near future.

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AnneMary — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 06:24:35 GMT

Like most of you, I'm not very impressed with the program either. Too much talking and most of the time too many talking at once and it was almost like they were trying to outtalk and outshout each other. I want to see them talk the recipe and make it!! I will give it another try though because I am eager to see something new. Their programming lately is very bad, and Guy's Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives is monopolizing our cable network up here so bad that it's sickening! He's on night after night after night, and I am hoping the network will come up with some new fresh shows. This might or might not be one. Time will tell.

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Shogirl — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 06:40:26 GMT

I enjoyed it, but maybe because I like all of the participants. I don't care for the Chew.

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MALC — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:55:15 GMT

I saw it for the first time yesterday when I tried to watch Ina. I would not watch it again - too many people all talking at the same time. I want Ina back!

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lyndapace — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 08:20:29 GMT

On 1/6/2014 Mizona said: I was not impressed either. And I'm a big fan of Sunny Anderson! Just too much chatter. Not really recipe oriented. Not sure what they are trying to be, a talk show, a cooking show, a social media show. I'll probably give it one more try though.

sunny used to have her own show years ago. she cooked a meal and was by herself. I really enjoyed watching her. then the show disappeared and last year I saw a few of the shows from as far back as 2011. I wondered what happened. her shows were good old-fashioned cooking and she acted like an everyday person cooking a meal. guess that wasn't good enough for the FN. so, she needs to go back to the style of show she had before. I cannot stand any kind of show where a lot of people are talking over each other, or in the case of Susan Graver, only she and the host trying to talk at the same time.

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lyndapace — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 08:23:40 GMT

On 1/6/2014 Mizona said: I was not impressed either. And I'm a big fan of Sunny Anderson! Just too much chatter. Not really recipe oriented. Not sure what they are trying to be, a talk show, a cooking show, a social media show. I'll probably give it one more try though.

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marky — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 20:24:40 GMT

Give me Julia Child, The Galloping Gourmet, Yan Can Cook, Justin Wilson, or The Frugal Gourmet any day over all of this cra# they are showing these days. These shows centered on cooking and entertainment. There was usually just one person, who spoke coherently and in a normal voice. No frantic rushing to complete the recipe and no one was showing clevage or grinning non-stop, no one screaming and trying to out-talk someone else. Granted, there was a little bit of frantic entertainment with Yan and The Galloping Gourmet but it was enjoyable rather than annoying. Justin was a little repetitive with his comments but that was his schtick.

I like to watch Ina. She is calming and enjoyable to watch and I like Trisha Yearwood's show. I like Ree Drummond too. Some have stated that Ree smiles too much but if she weren't smiling, we wouldn't like that. I can't watch any of the others. They are too phoney or frantic. They make my blood pressure rise so I don't watch. No way I can watch the ones that have so many people talking at once.

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Missouri Heartlander — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 20:29:31 GMT

OT but wasn't the Frugal Gourmet arrested for being a pedophile?

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Chicagoan — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 20:36:35 GMT

I love "The Chew", I DVR it daily. I will give the Kitchen a few more viewings, but, I don't think they have the chemistry like The Chew has.