Glutton for Punishment is a program on Food Network hosted by Bob Blumer and produced by Paperny Entertainment. The show features the host in various food-related challenges. He is given five days to become proficient enough in the episode's featured specialty. His newly acquired skills are then put to the test by matching him up against champions and experts in the field. In several competitions, Bob Blumer surprises by qualifying ahead of many pros. When he is not doing so well, he acknowledges the difficulty he has, often with self-deprecating humour. The "Glutton for Punishment" crew most recently broke the Guinness world record for the largest bowl of salsa at the Jacksonville, Texas, 26th Tomato Fest on June 12, 2010. The final bowl weighed in at 2,672 pounds. The feat was filmed for Season 5 of "Glutton," during which Bob attempted to break six world's records.
The Surreal Gourmet is a program on Food Network hosted by Bob Blumer. The show features creative techniques for cooking and the memorable Toastermobile. Generally the foods prepared on The Surreal Gourmet are intended to be served at parties or other get-togethers. Past episodes included "Salmon in the Dishwasher," "Claw and Disorder," and "When You Fish Upon a Car." Cookbooks related to the series include The Surreal Gourmet: Real Food For Pretend Chefs, The Surreal Gourmet Entertains: High-Fun, Low-Stress Dinner Parties for 6 to 12 People, and Off the Eaten Path: Inspired Recipes for Adventurous Cooks.
Your favorite Food Network stars reveal their best-kept, most-intimate, guilty-pleasure secrets for the first time ever! We visit the locations and meet the chefs who make these crazy, ooey-gooey, “I-can't-believe-I'm-eating-this” food masterpieces!
Chef School is a reality television series which airs on Food Network Canada. It is a 26-part docu-soap that follows the experiences of 12 students at the Stratford Chef School, one of Canada's most prestigious culinary schools.
The show airs in Canada and Hong Kong.
Top chefs from restaurants in Toronto, Vancouver and New York judge and critique the students' cooking.
How'd That Get On My Plate? is a television series on the Food Network, which premiered in July 2008. It is hosted by Sunny Anderson. The program investigates how various foods are produced, from their rawest form to their finished state, and features visits to food production factories throughout the United States.
Alton Brown goes in search of America's culinary roots and Caribbean flavors in Feasting on Waves. He starts his journey on St. Kitts (aka St. Christopher), named by and for Christopher Columbus on his second journey to the new world. Alton, like Christopher, is traveling North and West through the Leeward Islands and on to the British Virgin Islands. Alton maintains the spirit of Feasting on Asphalt and seeks out the most authentic and traditional foods of the regions and meets the people who created them. Restaurants are the most obvious targets but Feasting is about the unexpected, so Alton also ventures to find roadside stands, street vendors, farmer's markets, farms, spice houses and homes of local cooks who make specialties of the region.
From flour to fondant, these baking duos are known for their spectacular cake designs, but which team has the skills and artistry to put them a tier above the rest? Six talented baking teams competing for the $25,000 grand prize and the title of Wedding Cake Champion.
Road Tasted is a television program shown on Food Network in the USA. The show was originally hosted by Jamie Deen and Bobby Deen, the sons of the popular Food Network host Paula Deen, as they drove around the United States searching for the best in family-run food businesses. It premiered on July 11, 2006.
Road Tasted was created by Gordon Elliott, a long-time friend of Paula Deen.
One of the show's primary appeals is that the businesses featured on the show can ship many of their products directly to customers. As such, the program always includes information about how to order the items shown.
Before Food Network settled on "Road Tasted", the show had the working title Two for the Road.
The Deen brothers eventually decided that they wanted to devote more time to their family restaurant, and thus did not continue as hosts. The show has since been renamed Road Tasted with the Neelys featuring the Food Network hosts Pat and Gina Neely.
Self-taught baker, teacher and cookbook author Gesine Prado believes anyone can bake; from sweet cakes, cookies and pies to savory meals, she shares tips that show how baking can be easy, accessible and fun.
Hit the road with Mark and Ryan, BFF dads with a combined love of all things grilled, fried, creative and downright flavorful. They'll showcase some of the most-epic bites to leave you wanting more-and perhaps serve up a few dad jokes while they're at it.
Valerie Bertinelli oversees a pair of competing families in a fast-paced, action-packed culinary competition that unfolds over three rounds of challenges. Each challenge has earned advantages and implements team strategy and family dynamics to ensure that these families are communicating with each other and are able to problem-solve effectively to get their dishes judge-worthy.
East Meets West is a popular cooking show on the Food Network hosted by the renowned Chinese American chef Ming Tsai. During the half-hour show, Tsai cooked Asian-European fusion cuisine. East Meets West aired from 1998 to 2003. In 1999, Tsai won the Daytime Emmy award in the category Outstanding Service Show Host for the show.