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The Next Jersey Shore Food Network Star

So, after I wrote about the premiere of the Next Food Network Star yesterday, I realized I was onto something… Why not combine the two shows! Really, think about it. All the great “Jerseyness” of Jersey Shore cast combined with the “cooking” competitions of The Next Food Network Star.  The winner would get his or her own cooking show that would air simultaneously on MTV and Food Network.

Imagine it. Snookie trying to make a perfect hollandaise sauce.  Or Mike “The Situation” burning his six pack abs (because of course he would cook without a shirt) while attempting to make calamari.  JWoww calling it quits when she realized she couldn’t bully Giada and Bobby into voting for her. And Sammi & Ronni demanding that they compete as a couple. Oh, the tears that would flow over ruined souffles & burnt chicken! Watch out Neelys! Pauly D? He would probably win the entire competition by sticking to his Italian roots.

Why not? Let’s just go there instead of dancing around the perimeter.

MTV & Food Network, I will be waiting for your call….

Attack of the Stepford Blondes on Food Network

Okay… Really? How many stepford like blondes can The Food Network emplo? And yes, I am including Guy Fieri in this list.  So, first we had semi homemade with Sandra Lee. The stepfordiest of all the blondes.  An entire show dedicated to packaged food & ugly “tablescapes”.  Then they gave her Money-Saving Meals, where all of a sudden all the convenient foods she promoted on semi-homemade were now out of the question because they are too expensive.  LOL! Now we havy Melissa D’Arabian with $10 dinners. Wait. Isn’t that what Sandra Lee’s new show is about? I am confused! Another perky blonde that lives to cook for her family.  Don’t forget Giada… A little less stepford, but yet ANOTHER perfect blonde cooking dinner for hubby.  I included Guy Fieri in this because he is a stepford blonde in Ted Hardy clothing.  He is what the execs at Food Network knows is “cool” in middle America’s eyes without being threatening or “scary” (think Anthony Bourdain here).  But really, under the bleached spikes, he is just another stepford wife aiming to please. And when you try to please everybody, you get boring, cookie cutter television.