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Re-thinking Host Food Consumption on Shows

BizLiz — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:43:43 GMT

When COVID struck, QVC adopted safety guidelines for show hosts with regard to consuming the foods they were promoting. Show hosts no longer ate on their shows, and the eating was never as visually noticeable to me before COVID as it seems to me to be now. Eating on food shows has been reinstated, and we are back to watching show hosts sampling multiple products, and it seems most of the shows featuring foods have brought out quite intense embracing and tasting by the hosts. I find these show hosts have lost some indignity in their presentations, and I am turned off by all the focus on their putting the food into their mouths, chewing, talking while they're eating, rolling back their eyes in ecstacy, and doing dances to celebrate each bite of each item in each promotion. I'm assuming that program directors think watching the food tasting and ensuing ecstacy exhibited by the hosts increases sales. However, I would imagine that even without the tasting, QVC did qute well by its food vendors during the year-long COVID tasting restrictions. I also don't remember as much food being promoted as there is now. It seems there are hours of gourmet holidays, shows in the kitchen with various hots, food featured in home shows, and the incredible displays of prepared food shown to promote cooking products, followed by the tasting and sampling. These shows have always been very entertaining and full of variety due to the colorful personalities of the show hosts and the elaborate displays of food. Tara is a prime example of what one can sell by the pure art of preparation and display, and I have yet to see her take a bite on the air. I love the show hosts, don't get me wrong, but maybe a little less of the focus on their actual consumption of food with all the focus on their chewing and repetitive excited displays of delight.

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Sooner — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:45:32 GMT

I think most people are fine with others eating. We even have meals and parties centered around eating. I think if you are bothered, you are in a minority.

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Etoile308 — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:50:40 GMT

I don't need to watch someone eat. At meals and parties I'm not focused on watching someone chew.

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ValuSkr — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:59:16 GMT

How would you know the food is edible, no less very good, unless they eat it live on air?

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On It — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:02:08 GMT

The tasting doesn't affect me, but I would like to know how often the host is thinking I don't like this.

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spiderw — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:06:28 GMT

With all the food on display, I would hope everyone involved , hosts, camera people, producers etc. take the food home or it is donated. As far as hosts eating the food, I find it amazing how everything they sample they like!!!!! LOL

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mom2four0418 — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:08:04 GMT

@spiderw wrote:
With all the food on display, I would hope everyone involved , hosts, camera people, producers etc. take the food home or it is donated. As far as hosts eating the food, I find it amazing how everything they sample they like!!!!! LOL

Food that has been left out under studio lights is not fit for donation.

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Keybra — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:43:07 GMT

I stopped buying food during the pandemic. They were prohibited from eating even though food is not a carrier (didn't we all get take out ? ) but the amount of waste was unbelievable. They were doing the guy fron Shark Tank who was selling a cooked prime rib, for example, and the set was covered with over $1500 + and it all went in the garbage. People were all over the country were waiting for food most being prepared by strangers. I WILL NEVER buy food from QVC again.

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Krimpette — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 18:56:32 GMT

My theory about them having more food shows these days is the difficulty all the companies are having getting their hard goods delivered from overseas vendors. They are filling the void with food shows, IMHO.

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Carmie — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 19:41:57 GMT

This same issue is rehashed many times here on the forums.

I really don't care what QVC or any other business does. I have no involvement and I am not paid to give advice or critique business practices.

I don't understand why anyone cares if the host's eat or not or how much they eat or how much is wasted or thrown away.

A certain Host does eat, roll his eyes and dances. It must work. He moves a lot of merchandise.

There is nothing I can do about it and it is a normal business practice.

When you run your own food shows, you get to direct. When someone else does, you get no say in the matter. Most people just let it go or don't watch if it bothers them that much.

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Venezia — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 19:47:54 GMT

I didn't read all of the OP - too long with no paragraphs to break it up, but I get the general idea.

Same complaint, new poster. It isn't going to change anything.

@BizLiz and for any "new" posters, it might help, if you break up long posts. Makes for much easier reading!

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millieshops — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 20:10:41 GMT

@BizLiz the only effective way to get a change would be to gets the many shoppers who buy QVC food to but less and less of it.

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millieshops — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 20:14:22 GMT

@Keybra Unless you are donating the money you saved by not buying the QVC food, I do not understand how not buying it helps the hungry.

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millieshops — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 20:18:03 GMT

@Krimpette Makes sense to me, but it also makes sense to me that for all the millions of homes in which people are cooking more, there are also millions more ordering prepared food from QVC and elsewhere.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 22:14:23 GMT

The food eating/donation controversy is on-going, constant and tedious. One thing's for sure, QVC is damned if they do; damned if they don't. Nobody is ever satisfied over this earth-shaking issue.

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Roscoe the Rascal — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:22:22 GMT

I prefer they not eat. Make stupid faces and chew as if there is no tomorrow. Doesn't make me buy. Not necessary really and sort of wasting the products. They display lobster as if it is nothing and then charge a high price to the customer but waste as if nothing. Some hosts overdo more than others too.

Bugs me. Some hosts are just plain obnoxious. Not watching any more tonight and need a break.

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Patriot3 — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:50:57 GMT

@Roscoe the Rascal wrote:
I prefer they not eat. Make stupid faces and chew as if there is no tomorrow. Doesn't make me buy. Not necessary really and sort of wasting the products. They display lobster as if it is nothing and then charge a high price to the customer but waste as if nothing. Some hosts overdo more than others too.

Bugs me. Some hosts are just plain obnoxious. Not watching any more tonight and need a break.

@Roscoe the Rascal You are so right. Absolutely cannot watch some of those food show hosts!

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DJs mom — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:45:39 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
How would you know the food is edible, no less very good, unless they eat it live on air?

Well if it isn't very good the host eating it sure won't be the one to tell the viewers.

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HonestLife — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:54:26 GMT

@BizLiz After watching the Food Awards, I'm giving some kudos to all of the hosts who are expected to try everything. I couldn't do it. I wonder what the host does if the item is awful? I absolutely can not or even get near green/wax/lima beans. Not even in soup..anything. If I was expected to eat them and try to make a sales pitch, I'd fail miserably! I don't mind the hosts eating, as long as it's not a food I have an aversion to. Okay..my secret is out! 😖