/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>7974302

Alton has never even worked in a restaurant, let alone ran the kitchen. Thus he's not a chef at all.

Did you perhaps mean "cooks"?

>>7974321

Don't really care for his shows nowadays, but his books are a great read.

>>7974395
recommend one of his books for me to read senpai

>>7974400
Not the poster, but Kitchen Confidential us awesome. Medium Raw ain't bad, but I'd read it after KC.

>>7974400
Les Halles Cookbook; The Nasty Bits. I don't think his way of writing is for everyone, but I've certainly found it entertaining in my free time.

>>7974302
Alton Brown is not and has never been a chef.
Retard.

>>7974410
>>7974409

Thank you

>>7974407
yehe boi

>>7974395
Jim Morrison/Jesse Eisenberg?

kenji lopez alt

>>7974395
I don't think he was ever a real chef.

>>7974321
I'm pretty sure he's even said that himself

>>7974390
I ate at his new restaurant. They do a braised knorr stock pot simmered in knorr stock with a knorr stock reduction.

It was transcendent.

>>7974302

>>7974854
LOL ITS FUNNY BECAUSE THEY SPONSOR HIM

Ming Tsai seems really cool, his cooking shown on PBS is one of my favorites.

>>7974842

He was, just not at any restaurant that was all that noteworthy. He only really gained attention after writing Kitchen Confidential. He never even thought the book would be popular. When people went to talk to him they actually discovered he might make a good TV personality and offered him a Travel Channel show.

>>7974321
>>7974413
>celebrity chefs aren't chefs

Sure, and wwf wrestlers aren't wrestlers.

Congrats, you're fuckin stupid. Hulk Hogan would fucking rip you apart, brother.

>>7974409
>>7974410
Loved Kitchen Confidential, but then picked up and dropped A Cook's Travels. It seems that immediately after he ceased being a chef, he's just been phoning it in. I mean, good for him, that's his prerogative, but unless it's KC or No Reservations, I wouldn't bother.

>>7974321
>>7974413
>you're only a chef if you voluntarily become a wageslave getting screamed at by a melodramatic man in his 50s for any mistake
Alton's a better chef than you fucking cucks.

>>7975501
>>7975402
You quite literally don't know the definition of chef. You're on a food and cooking board and don't know the meaning of chef.

>>7975509
STFU cuck go jack off to Gordon Ramsey scream like a chimp at someone half his age for yawning in the kitchen.

>>7975402
>>7975515

>>7974302
As seen on "Cooking with Ja/ck/"

>>7974399
Funny story. My girlfriend's uncle is Raymond Blanc.

>>7974302
Seconded. Good eats is the best structured show ever. Period

Fav chefs

>>7974407
Is this guy actually a good chef or is he just a meme?

>>7975537
From Wiktionary:

Definition 3: "any cook."

Usage notes

When used in reference to a cook with no sous-chefs or other workers beneath him, the term connotes a certain degree of prestige—whether culinary education or ability—distinguishing the chef from a “cook”.

Alton Brown has both culinary education and prestige.

Dont be a definition autist. Words can have multiple meanings.

Who bait now?

>>7975657
>Have to use the third definition to support his point
You already lost. But you already knew that.

>>7975657
You don't have to play the semantics game just because you were exposed.

Words have meaning. Otherwise this thread might as well have been, "Which TV food personality is your favorite," in that case you can fuck off to /tv/

>>7975657
Here's the thing though:
Chef is basically the kitchen manager. It's much more of a business/management position than it ever has been about creating food or hell, even thinking about food beyond the costs/what'll get people's asses in seats.

>>7975657
nigga Alton himself said he isn't a chef do you realize how stupid you sound

>>7975501
He isn't a chef. He is a director. He started out doing music videos and then moved into television. He thought there weren't any good food shows when he was evaluating the market, so he went to culinary school to train up and started what would become Good Eats.

He's a documentarian turned TV personality, not a chef.

Alton brown is the best
I met him with a qt girl I was totally fucking and took a picture with him

>>7975544
Ive been whatching hia videos, hes the Donald Trump of cookong channels, he knows hes wrong and fucks upp but he manages to hide it with some other stupid shit, like the chess pie, that shit was undercooked as fuck but the crust was flaky

>>7975969
>fisting your political opinions Into every discussion

>>7975893
I love this.

i used to watch essence of emeril as a kid, but his live show was trash. always made good food though

>>7974302
my favorite chef was the white dude with the fro that painted tree's on PBS back in the 80's.

Bob Ross or some shit, dude made some mouth watering dishes. I could watch that hippy cook all day long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we2iWTJqo98
sandra lee makes a mean kwanzaa cake

the lazy man's celebrity cook
chef Scalfani

Despite the "personality" they turned her into, this chick got mad skillz. Watch her work as an assistant on early Iron Chef America episodes. Mad chops. Fast and precise.

>>7974390
>filename doesn't say who this is
>google literally says "person"

...help?

>>7976303
Whatever happened to ICA anyway? Was it cancelled?

>>7974302
But anon, you already posted him

>>7976455
Knorr spokesman

>>7976479
Named...?

This jolly motherfucker

>>7976482
Marco Pierre White

>>7976482
>>7976488
Also known for making Gordon Ramsey cry.
Or rather made Gordon choose to cry.

>>7976488
Isn't that a bitch. He was world renowned as a great chef, the bad boy, a traditional innovator, a contradiction through and through.

And then he becomes the spokesman of pre-stock....

Really shows you could be a great bridge builder and fuck a goat once and only be known/referred to as a goat fucker.

>>7976494
>Also known for making Gordon Ramsey cry.
haha what? story?

>>7976488
Shame about his son

>>7974321
Yeah, don't mess with Hluk Hogan!

>>7976498
White, who made his name at Harveys in Wandsworth, south London, claimed that Ramsay "cracked" after a particularly fearsome rebuke.

White said: "He had been a protégé at Harveys and he was always a hard worker and showed tremendous resilience when it came to my bollockings. He never cracked. Or rather, he never cracked until his final night at Harveys.

"I don't recall what he'd done wrong but I yelled at him and he lost it.

Gordon crouched down on the floor in the corner of the kitchen, buried his head in his hands and started sobbing. 'I don't care what you do to me,' he said as he wept. 'Hit me. I don't care. Sack me. I don't care.' I was hardly going to sack him; he was leaving the next day - I'd got him a job working for Albert Roux at Gavroche."

Tyler Florence is one of the best all around celebrity chefs. Most of them seem to have a specialty but he has good recipes for just about everything.

>>7976247
n-no homo

it's a toss up between alex "pear mom" guarnaschelli and robert "jesus christ that upper body" irvine

i don't really care about how they act or cook i just think they're both amazingly physically attractive

Heston

Jacques Pepin

her

Best recipes

>>7974302
These two

>>7976964
She's hot but I can't stand the way she pronounces foods with her bullshit Italian accent.

>>7976987
Seconded

>>7976977

Christ, she can't even use a knife properly. She tries to chop everything with a fucking mezzaluna and fucks it up every time. I've seen 8 year olds with better technique.

>>7977020
Rustic, mate

>>7977022

Triggered.

true iron chef coming through

>>7977020
>I've seen 8 year olds with better technique.
you sick fuck!

>>7976987
this

>>7976036
If anyone is interested, here's a young Emeril not acting like an assclown. Super comfy video.

http://www.pbs.org/video/1094273768/

>>7974302
guy is the best afterall hes the mayor of flavourtown

in 40 years this man will be considered a classic American chef.

>>7974302
I love Alton Brown. He's what got me into cooking. That being said, he's a great cook, and T.V personality. But he is not a chef.

>>7977860
>canadian

>>7977860

What is idiocracy?

>>7975573
Sure

edited for legality

>>7976994
you listen to her talk? you should turn in your man-card

>>7977860
He's Canadian you fucking retard

>>7977716
i think u meant flavor, friend

>>7976987
I just bought the big pasta book written by that greasy meatball on the right.

>>7975657
>Wiktionary

>>7975681
>>7975683
>>7975695
>>7977904
>>7975881
>>7978649

>all rekt, btfo style

Look guys, when someone posts the definition of a word, and it turns out you are wrong, its best to acknowledge your error and let it go.

>>7978711
Well done sir. Best chef indeed.

>>7974321

>>7976406

Top taste, I admire the lengths he goes to for food.

I unironically like ramsay. Come at me.

>>7974321
I'm no alton brown fan but you're wrong, he cooked in a restaurant (in Boston I believe) for a few months after he finished culinary school at NECI. Granted, it's not a life time as a line cook but still more experience than most posters on this board.

>>7979039
I've heard he's actually a really nice guy outside of the TV shows.

>>7976543
Hes actually good friends with one of my old culinary arts instructor so he would come work with us from time to time. Cool as fuck, fun to cook with

>>7976543
I agree, his Swedish meatballs recipe in particular was, to me, fantastic. And he seems like a genuine good person inside. Haven't heard from him in a while is he still on tv?

>>7976502
What's the story behind his son?

>>7978685
i accept being wrong just fine

>>7974828
The patrician choice, well done.

>>7975893
well meme'd friend

>>7979031
I ended up making his trifle from the Perfection series last month. Sourced the exact sherry he used, same glasses, and everything. You're right the lengths he goes to are incredible, it took 2 days of solid work to make.

>>7974302
You, OP

>>7979591

Fuck me mate, that looks amazing. it's been on my to-do list for years.

I've made his treacle tart though I just went with my staple homemade vanilla ice cream rather than fucking about with dry ice. Planning to rectify that for christmas. The tart itself is superb even if the pastry is an arse to get right.

>>7976920
I love the way he said "sauce."

>>7977716
I never see him eat, honestly I'm worried he might be anorexic.

>>7979684
Thank you man. That treacle tart is next on my list. Have you ever checked out insearchofheston dot com? These guys made all 16 of his perfection recipes, it's a pretty cool resource. If you've not tried his spag bol yet I'd recommend that next.

>>7979737

Yeah I love that website, the little bits of "what the fuck am I doing with my life" matched up with my experience of aging the treacle.

One day I'll make that gateau, but I'll definitely try the spag next. Shame I can't pick up rustichella anywhere locally, I guess I'll have to wait until next weekend.

>>7977103

>watching iron chef america
>its another morimoto episode

gee, i wonder if hes going to make something japanese this time...

>>7979807
Yeah, it's comforting knowing that other people have had the same experiences with this.

That gateau is so intimidating to me, I think it's probably because of the paint sprayer

>>7979855
>a Japanese chef cooks in a Japanese style

what'd you expect?

>>7974302
Guy Firey

>>7979855
>watching iron chef america
>not superior nip iron chef
you are honestly missing out. like i'm not even trying to be smug it's so much better.

Make way for the greatest Iron Chef.

>>7980213
Couldn't agree more (although I'm not american).

>>7980229
nigga that's not fucking sakai

There is no other choice.

Top choice coming through.

>>7979915

not hating on the guy but it seems like all the other iron chefs branch out into a lot more styles than he does. I don't think he should get a pass for only cooking Japanese cuisine all the time.

>>7977479
I was really enjoying this until he put the poop/digestive tract contents into the stock

but also whole shrimp alongside the prepared one

and then two extra helpings of salt when his seasoning mix was mainly salt

>we'll add some bay leaves, three or four
>throws in about seven

I bet it was delicious but this didn't make much sense to me. He had time to prepare everything before ever going on camera.

I guess I'm too old for this board now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eZyy54pM_k

I watched this mofo every time he came on PBS growing up.

>>7981343
No love for Justin Wilson? For shame /ck/

>>7975501
he's never gonna be as good as someone that spends all day cooking in a high intensity environment

>>7981987
I GAREUNTEEE

>>7980245
my nigga

>>7976502
holy shit his son is fucking HAWT

>>7975402
Alton says he's not a chef

>>7976920
My man!

>>7979591
you've posted this before and I've saved the image, fucking great job, again, I really admire you for this

>>7979463
>>7982051
hahaha, his son is an ~e-celeb twatty drug addicted rich kid.

>>7976508
>showed tremendous resilience when it came to my bollockings. He never cracked.
Bullying is stupid.
His book is stupid.
He's stupid. Let's not keep idolizing him. You can judge a person by their children, nuff said.

>>7978952
>Steven Raichlen
Yup, he's a smartie.

I grew up on The Frugal Gourmet and early on PBS chefs. Sara Moulton from Gourmet, had that Cooking Live show which some of the best James Beard winning peeps across the lands showcasing their signature recipes. Not sure why they don't replay those, except her suzy homemaker sweet personality might not be "cool" enough, but her knowledge was sound and classical.
>>7979041
Are you sure about that? Wasn't just coursework to be in a kitchen somewhere during the program? I don't think Alton was ever a chef (or even a cook). He was a film guy and small film educator, who only got the cooking degree for the credibility to his current line of work at the time, which was educational (grant-funded) TV. It was a calculated move to get the next step in funding. I heard him speak in D.C. at Olssen's bookstore and 95% of the bookreading/booksigning crowd were mac geeks wanting filming tips and secrets (which very much annoyed him). He was considered pretty innovative with the fridge and oven camera angles, I guess, so I'm guessing he was NOT the set genius around those stunts personally to be kind of irritated that no one asked him food questions.

>>7974816
Spicy memes
Spicy dreams

>>7974321
Pretty sure you got jebaited
What are the odds someone starts a "best chef" thread with the one food personality that has actively gone out of their way to make it clear they are not technically a "chef"