Friday, November 16, 2012

Around the World in 80 Plates: Part One

Is now the time to mention that you can only cook an ingredient so many different ways before I realized I've already tried this before?

As you can tell from this title, this blog is discussing the current reality competition Around the World in 80 Plates, which is on the Bravo network. The show follows 12 chefs competing in a culinary race across 10 different countries in 44 days. The show is hosted by chefs Curtis Stone and Cat Cora, two individuals who made their fame on the Food Network. The format of the show seems like a rip off of Celebrity Apprentice, which makes this show all the more reputable. Everytime a team wins the competition for the week, they get some sort of reward for their hard work and dedication. The whole idea is to not only recreate, but reinvent the menus for world-renowned restaurants. Each of the contestants have a cooking background of some sorts. Like all other television cooking shows, this does nothing for the cooking genre. No matter what the content of the show is, if it is reality programming, it all has the same kind of atmosphere. You can only have so many shows that consist of cooking something different to be "unique" only to win a competition after betraying your friend you have such a close bond with. If I never watch another reality television program for the rest of my life, I would die a happy man. If I type any more about this idiotic nonsense, this blog will turn even more into a rant then it might already appear to be.

I would tell you when to turn in, but the first season is currently over.
http://www.bravotv.com/around-the-world-in-80-plates
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  1. AlexisNovember 17, 2012 at 7:30 PM

    This show seems pretty cliché, cooking + contest = done all the time. I'm not too much into the Bravo network, don't think there is one show I've ever sat down and watched on that channel. I think this show is a good fit for them and with what they show on the network though (hence why I'll never watch either) but hey, to each their own. Having all the different countries and restaurants is probably the tiny twist that will keep this show going and getting views.

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