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6/29/2008 Lainie "Gravy Jones" L. says:

There is this new show on RIGHT now with Anne Burrell who is Mario Batali's sous chef on Iron Chef. I was reluctantly excited about this show because I thought that maybe Food Network had finally gotten the idea that a lot of people don't like to cook like Rachael Ray or Sandra Lee. . .

Well. . Anne Burrell has got really weird TV presence. She flails her hands and arms around (even while having a knife in her hand) and is trying to make up catch phrases a la Le Devil Ray. . .epic fail. Why can't the producers reign in her flails? Her weird almost tourette's like . . how can I explain . .she makes these weird tics with her voice. . I don't know. . I guess I was foolishly hoping for more.

Anyone else seen this show?

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6/29/2008 Brad "Wow has yelp changed" B. says:
Lainie I agree.
Completely annoying and it seems she has her hair done at "stuck in a hurricane Salon"
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6/29/2008 Lisa "I heart SF" A. says:
I watched it this morning and felt embarrassed for her. The stuff with her voice and her arms was just bizarre! I think being a good chef and being a good chef on TV are two very different things.
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6/29/2008 Tam "that's Mrs. (or Miz) to you!" F. says:
I Tivo'd it and will get back to this thread when I watch it. I was excited to see a new show w/ her but now am a bit skeptical to watch...
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6/29/2008 T A. says:
I had to turn her off Lainie...all I kept thinking is "I wouldnt want this crazy bitch touching my food, she looks stinky and she bugs me"
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6/29/2008 Lisa "I heart SF" A. says:
BTW, could you believe how much salt she put in the sauce and pasta?
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6/29/2008 Lainie "Gravy Jones" L. says:
okay everyone . . i am glad that I am not crazy and/or jealous. . .WHAT is it when she does that gutteral screech? It's crazy. She is minus charming. .. plus at the end, she was flailing around and looked like she was in the weeds. . it did not garner confidence in her abilities. She must have naked pictures of someone at Food Network because I can't believe that a producer would not tell her to tone that shit down.

And while I know that there are probably a million ways to make bolognese, I can't believe she only used ground beef. .BAH!

let's see. . who could she have naked pics of. . . :)
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6/29/2008 T A. says:
Not Bobby Flay!! I have naked pics of him =) (don't I wish?)

I hated her hair, her outfit and the fact that she made fucking spaghetti on TV
Gong her - vote her off the island...while you're at it, take that assclown Rachel Ray with you and drizzle EVOO on eachother while screaming YUM-O.

Anne..the heatmiser called - he wants his hairdo back.
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6/29/2008 Michael "I have no nickname" M. says:
I saw less than a minute of this show before I had to change the channel.
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6/29/2008 Tam "that's Mrs. (or Miz) to you!" F. says:
Okay, so this should be called "The interperative chef show"...the hand movements reminiscant of dance...
The weird voice she uses w/ the words crap, crud, etc. The show is on at 6:30am for a reason. I bet it won't last long. What was up with the Bollywood music? 3 handfuls of salt, and I too could make food that tastes like any chain restaurant.
Not sure if I will every watch again...the 11 year old says "wow, she's weird"!
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6/29/2008 Lainie "Gravy Jones" L. says:
yeah. . it KILLED me how she called the fond on the bottom of the pan "crud".

eeewww, no thank you.
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6/29/2008 Jessica "My Milkshake Brings All the Boys to the Yard" K. says:
Everyone has to have their own "personality" or catch phrase apparently. It's the Food Network equation:

Annoying catch phrase+annoying wardrobe or hair+over the top food= the next Food Network star.

I'm switching over to the Travel Channel.
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6/29/2008 Lisa P. says:
3 hours ago Tanisha "The nicknamer" A. says:

Not Bobby Flay!! I have naked pics of him =) (don't I wish?)

I hated her hair, her outfit and the fact that she made fucking spaghetti on TV
Gong her - vote her off the island...while you're at it, take that assclown Rachel Ray with you and drizzle EVOO on each other while screaming YUM-O.

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LMFAO!! Don't forget to slap them with the "spoonula" while drizzling them with "EVOO". Sometimes I just want to reach through the TV screen and scratch her eyes out.
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6/30/2008 adzia m. says:
wow, you guys have so much hate, it's regular "Mean Girls" around here... i wonder how you'd do first time in front of the camera carrying a show - cooking, talking, entertaining, doing all those things the food network wants you to... i bet it wouldn't be pretty. then again, i'm sure you weren't called to audition for your own show by any network so you can bitch and moan since you have so much time on your hands. and i bet you will now attack me for holding a mirror. sad, kids. get a life
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6/30/2008 Nancy "Still Loves Eggs M's Reviews the Most" W. says:
Adzia - it's called 'having an opinion' and yes, we tend to push the envelope but... hello!... that is the nature of the internet - a safe haven from which you can snark anonymously.

Of course we're not carrying a show - we're the intended audience and how we perceive the show (and the rest of the folks that watch... or don't) has a huge impact on whether it survives.

If you can honestly tell me you've never said anything catty about a television/film or other entertainer, I will apologize. Otherwise, it's time to get off your high horse. Instead of responding in snotty/catty kind, if you have any vested interest why not actually try to create a dialog? As snarky as Yelp Talk can be (or any other message board), there are many, many people who are smart and thoughtful.

Believe me, if Ms. Burrell had hit it out of the park I would have been thrilled -- as would many other people who love a truly good show about cooking and food -- REAL cooking. Food Network has long been a total joke where cooking and techique doesn't matter, but the historical story of gummi bears, does.
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6/30/2008 T A. says:
Sorry to make fun of your pal, but she sucks Adzia. I'll say it to her face because I'm just that bitchy & mean I guess. =)
I really hope she improves, but... I doubt it.. I may watch just to play a drinking game to drink every time she says crud or clicks her tongue or bounces around the kitchen like a big fucking dork.
Aww, I guess I'm going to hell.
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6/30/2008 arnold "inuyaki" g. says:
I love it when questionmark heads try to be our moral compass.

I'm bummed that this show sounds so bad. I was really looking forward to it. I'll still watch just to make up my own mind but it does sound like a trainwreck.
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6/30/2008 Lisa P. says:
3 hours ago adzia m. says:

wow, you guys have so much hate, it's regular "Mean Girls" around here... i wonder how you'd do first time in front of the camera carrying a show - cooking, talking, entertaining, doing all those things the food network wants you to... i bet it wouldn't be pretty. then again, I'm sure you weren't called to audition for your own show by any network so you can bitch and moan since you have so much time on your hands. and i bet you will now attack me for holding a mirror. sad, kids. get a life
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Yeah, okay, but I don't recall ever trying to get my own television show nor being paid by a network for one. And if I had, I wouldn't have allowed it to be aired if I were that uncomfortable to watch. You see normally the network might want to be sure she's more comfortable in front of the camera before they actually put her on the air, assuming they want the show to stick around and all. They are being paid by sponsors and all for commercials to air and I'm assuming the network and the advertisers actually want people to stick around and watch the show. No? I might have "time on my hands" and need to "get a life", but even my time is too valuable to watch someone so obviously uncomfortable as it makes me uncomfortable for her.

I noticed you called us "kids". Are you Rachel Ray behind that question mark head? She seems to think it's okay to call people she doesn't know "kids" too.
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6/30/2008 Susy "doesnt play nice" C. says:
the very thought of bobby flay naked makes me hurl. he and emerill should fuck each other to sleep.
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6/30/2008 T A. says:
Hey Susy, you watch your effin mouth missy - thats my man you're talkin about
Bobby, not Emeril
Not very exotic of you to be talkin all that trash now! ;)
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7/1/2008 Anthony "Does my Elite badge make my ass look big?" L. says:
Rachel is an in the closet Speed freak. I think someone at the network spikes her coffee at the coffee house and at the studio just for her...

And Ann needs to take speech lessons because she is just a normal chef with an almost silent role in Iron Chef as a sous chef for Mario. If anyone, Mark should be with a show. He was wonderful with Anthony Bourdain when Anthony was in New York for a taping of his show. Mutton head anyone? And at a secret chef's floor where only chefs eat.
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7/1/2008 adzia m. says:
Nancy - you are the only one to even attempt "a dialog" about the show here. but how can you have a dialog when the comments are "crazy bitch" and "looks stinky"? not so much "having an opinion" as name calling was my first impression, really a bitchfest. as you see, i'm a total newbie here and you guys totally shocked me. it's true, i don't go on the internet and call people names or make fun of them. it's not high-horse-ish - i just don't get any pleasure out of it. i know some people say life is high school over and over again but i don't subscribe to it - but it feels like it around here.

i don't like rachael ray but i don't spend time thinking about her or getting annoyed by her or going online to disparage her - i mean, who has the time??? - i just don't watch her show. but, wait, maybe that's why she's so successful? she polarizes people but, in the end, you guys keep talking about her - good or bad, doesn't matter, as long as there is chatter? in which case, Ann Burrell and her show will do just fine, lol. by the way, yes, i DID like her show, even if she was a bit over the top and still negotiating the camera. i actually did learn something from her. i hope the FN powers that be let her relax into the show, instead of pushing for that entertaining angle.

eeeeeehahahahh, i know you are totally going to have me for breakfast after this, so i'll be kissing you good bye...
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7/1/2008 neil "laser squid" c. says:
eh, food network is almost all FAIL. Still, I like that they tried to make a COOKING show, not a vaguely food related show.
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7/1/2008 Lainie "Gravy Jones" L. says:
Here is a video of Anne Burrell talking about cookbooks. ..

http://www.youtube.com...

she seems relaxed and she seems HERSELF. . so perhaps the problems are the producers of her show trying to make her be something she isn't. that's too bad.
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7/1/2008 Tam "that's Mrs. (or Miz) to you!" F. says:
I was excited about this show, and after watching The Next Food Network Star, I really thought that they would have worked a little more with Anne Burrell before airing her show. I talk with my hands too, but it was strange seeing this in a cooking show with someone wielding a knife in her hand. The biggest turn off for me though was the using that strange deep voice. I mean, my friends and I will use different accents sometimes when talking, but the gutteral noise she made was off-putting.

Adzia-welcome to Yelp. Can I ask what you are doing bashing folks in a SF Talk thread when it says you are from NY? If we all went around making nice-nice with all TV shows,personalities, etc., we wouldn't be the individuals we strive to be-opinions, pimples, snarkiness and all. BTW, there is a lot of love on these threads too. No one bashed Anne Burrell as a person. We bashed her persona on a new TV show that depends on viewers like us for ratings.
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7/1/2008 adzia m. says:
or like this http://www.foodnetwork... -- the FN Dish video
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7/1/2008 euge "fanfuckingtastic" l. says:
bobby flay is the suck.... and ive got a picture of him groping a drunk chick trying to break free in a vegas club.

emril can bam himself.

rr is the antichrist

anne burrell should stick with sous chef duties. nothing wrong with that. some people are made to be in front of a camera, some are made to be in the background. not to say she might not learn the trade and become another food network talent, but for now, my opinion, woman, get back in the kitchen and bake me a pie.

now wheres that boobie booble head with the porn soundtrack?
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7/1/2008 Lisa P. says:
1 hour ago adzia m. says:

eeeeeehahahahh, i know you are totally going to have me for breakfast after this, so i'll be kissing you good bye...
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You think way too highly of yourself. Most on here don't care what trolls have to say.
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7/1/2008 Lisa P. says:
5 minutes ago Miz Tam "Oregon Bound" T. says:

I was excited about this show, and after watching The Next Food Network Star, I really thought that they would have worked a little more with Anne Burrell before airing her show. I talk with my hands too, but it was strange seeing this in a cooking show with someone wielding a knife in her hand. The biggest turn off for me though was the using that strange deep voice. I mean, my friends and I will use different accents sometimes when talking, but the gutteral noise she made was off-putting.
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This is exactly what I was thinking. They seem to really do a good job of trying to coach the next foodnetwork star's on being on camera, yet she wasn't anywhere near as comfortable as they teach these contestants to be. They are doing her a disservice by not helping her get more comfortable before airing her show. It's too bad as I really liked the idea of the show and was hopeful. And, it wasn't another Bobby Flay show.
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7/1/2008 .Hazel "Thistle lander" T. says:
i don't like rachael ray but i don't spend time thinking about her or getting annoyed by her or going online to disparage her - i mean, who has the time??? - i just don't watch her show.
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Newbs...who has the time to even post?
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7/1/2008 Anthony "Does my Elite badge make my ass look big?" L. says:
Food Network is just too freaking commercialized now for my tastes. I mean, I still watch an occasional Iron Chef America and Good Eats and Dinner Impossible. But apart from that, it's really just a commercial to hawk their products onto you...
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7/1/2008 adzia m. says:
Miz Tam - thanks for the welcome. a NY blog linked to this thread, i didn't realize it was city-specific . i don't really know my way around here yet.
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7/1/2008 Lisa P. says:
1 minute ago adzia m. says:

Miz Tam - thanks for the welcome. a NY blog linked to this thread, i didn't realize it was city-specific . i don't really know my way around here yet.
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My advice then is to hold back on the mud slinging and name calling until you get to know your way around.
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7/1/2008 Lisa P. says:
1 minute ago adzia m. says:

Miz Tam - thanks for the welcome. a NY blog linked to this thread, i didn't realize it was city-specific . i don't really know my way around here yet.
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My advice then is to hold back on the mud slinging and name calling until you get to know your way around.
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7/1/2008 .Hazel "Thistle lander" T. says:
And realize the system may double-post now and then.
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7/1/2008 adzia m. says:
Lisa, seems like you DO care "what trolls have to say" after all. you don't like the (hardly!) "mud slinging and name calling"? any examples? hmmm, maybe now you realize how the comments read to someone from outside of this circle? nah, i have no illusions... have a field day, princess!
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7/1/2008 T A. says:
Wow, for someone who apparently has more of a life than all of us, you sure took a lot of time to come on here to give us a piece of your mind newbie.

Welcome to yelp-- now carry your precious ass back to New York since SF is too hard for ya.
Crazy bitch hahaha

SUCK IT!
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7/1/2008 Lainie "Gravy Jones" L. says:
don't feed the trolls. . . .this one appears especially hungry.
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7/1/2008 K O. says:
Start your own cooking show on YouTube. I'd watch it.
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7/1/2008 euge "fanfuckingtastic" l. says:
26 minutes ago K O. says:

Start your own cooking show on YouTube. I'd watch it.

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speaking of whcih. i like this little korean lady. a bit akward yes, not the best recipes nor techniques, but hey, its on youtube.

http://youtube.com/use...
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7/20/2008 T A. says:
Its on again.. I'm watching her.. nothing has changed. She's breathing hard into the mic this time.
Trainwrecks always catch my attention... I blame reality TV
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7/20/2008 Rebecca C. says:
uhh..that's not how you're suppose to cook? I thought you were talking about me :) If I don't fling utensils all over the kitchen and throw food or call out odd names, it's just not fun
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12/13/2008 francesca s. says:
Just a comment, I love the food network channel, however this Anne Burrell is the worst. SOMEONE SHOULD TELL HER THAT USING THE WORD "CRAP" WHILE COOKING IS DISTASTEFUL AND UNPROFESSIONAL AND UNAPPETIZING. In every episode I have seen she uses that word. I am no longer watching her program. Whoever produces her show should be aware. It is bad enough that Giada's breasts have gotten so large that her show is now distracting as well. I really am disappointed at the food network channel for selling into "street talk" and "boobs". What happened to just watching a professional actually cooking? You need to have more chefs like Bobby Flay, " Molto" Mario, Ina, Nigella, etc. People who are serious about what they do and not concerned about their "image and ratings". It is unfortunate that all the new programs you seem to have involve casseroles, mac and cheese, and bbq unhealthy food we can all find receipies to on the side of a box. I really hope someone in "food network land" really listens to their watchers, however, I am sure this will fall on deaf ears.

Thank you.
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12/13/2008 Gil "whoo hoo" S. says:
The problem is that they *are* listening to the watchers, who basically want boobs, barbecue, and bad language.
12/13/2008 Harry A. says:
I get the feeling that Giada's "friend" would beat her like a pinata if given the chance
12/29/2008 Harry A. says:
just saw the show -- that woman is a raving lunatic
awful hair
terrible wardrobe
I agree -- fail
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12/29/2008 nooooqn a. says:
Anne Burrell's still on? Jeepers, I haven't had a TV in six months and I absolutely hated her show. She has less talent and presence than Ina Garten...I'm sick and tired of hearing "Poor Jeffrey...he has such a long day..." BOO Fricking HOO!
12/29/2008 Harry A. says:
Is Jeffrey a real person?
I've never seen him
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12/29/2008 nooooqn a. says:
He shows up every once and a while. There's an episode where they celebrate their anniversary and he gives her a bazillion gifts. He usually comes in at the end of the episode --- drives up in his car and dotes all over Ina and how fabulous she is. Barf.
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12/29/2008 Roger "Jolly" G. says:
Giada's show pioneered the use of porn camera techniques on food. Watch for the obscene extreme closeups...

..but now they've started doing it on their other shows. I really don't need to see egg whites dribbling over Mario Batali's fingers. *hurl*
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12/29/2008 Roger "Jolly" G. says:
Oh, and don't get me started about the weird fisheye distortion they're using on Food Network HD for shows not originally filmed in highdef...

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