Who is your favorite all-time TV Chef?

[BBLouise]

For myself it was Julia Child.

[momophile]

1. Alton

he's so cute.

[thefool_wa]

17. All Hail Alton Brown

I've learned more about food and cooking from him than I did from my mom, and believe it or not that is saying a bunch. My mom is one of the best cooks EVER!

[Reciprocity]

18. Alton also.

However it is exhausting to watch him cook french fries.

[cautiouslywaiting]

22. Lol he is.

He makes cooking interesting.

[I Have A Dream]

28. Yep, he gets my vote also. n/t

[OllieLotte]

37. Ditto. n/t

[grasswire]

2. David Rosengarten

Where did he go, anyway?

[madinmaryland]

8. To the pretentious hall of fame

Annoying as hell.

[grasswire]

7. different strokes for different folks

Should we assume that you're a Paula Deen fan, then?

[scarlet_owl]

3. I always enjoyed Justin Wilson.

Edited to remove an extra word.

[leftofthedial]

20. I'm gonna tell you what I'm a gonna did.

I GAR-on-teee!

[VelmaD]

32. you gotta...

measure it out exactly (he'd say as he just threw ingredients in willy-nilly). I just adored him.

[FuzzySlippers]

4. Jacques Pepin.

He has enormous Gallic charm and a very practical, no-nonsense approach to cooking. The show he did with Julia was cool, too. They had great chemistry together.

[wickerwoman]

5. Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet

One for the pot and one for the chef :-)

[querelle]

19. Yes!

Graham Kerr was the best! He had such style and panache! He taught my mom to cook with booze, because before Graham my mother would never have used alcohol in the kitchen. And yes, she now drinks while she cooks. Makes for some very interesting dinners.

Q

[Left Is Write]

35. Oh, yes. I loved him as a small child and as an adult too!

I'm not sure I can pick just one favorite, though. I also love Julia Child.

[peekaloo]

6. Justin Wilson

mde me larf.

[SoCalDemGrrl]

9. Still gotta love Martha Stewart! & she's a big Dem supporter!

[Deja Q]

10. Lenny Henry!

http://www.amazon.com/Chef-Complete-Collection-John-Birkin/dp/B0009NSCTY

[u4ic]

29. Baldrick!

"Rat au Vin - it's rat that's been run over, by a van..."



"I smell something fishy...and it's not the contents of Baldrick's apple crumble..."

[Kutjara]

11. Gordon Ramsey.

Gotta love someone who swears like a docker but still makes sublime food.

[YankeyMCC]

12. Alton

Closely followed by Bobby Flay - Yeah I know he can be a little full of himself but he does have cause.

[jmowreader]

13. Chef. Who else?

Not only was Chef the supreme lover and the only sane adult in South Park, he was the champion of foodservice budgeting. No other school chef in history has managed to serve gourmet meals to public schoolchildren on the money a school kitchen is allotted.

[sakabatou]

14. Alton

[yellowdogintexas]

15. Julia, without whom the others would not be here, I think. Nt

[dropkickpa]

16. Martin Yan was always so fun to watch

I wonder if FN will ever show the old Yan Can Cook shows?

[Truebrit71sbruv]

21. Rick Stein

a man that has championed the cause of excellent, simple and stunningly tasty cuisine (in the UK), together with reinvigorating the small independent producers to stay the course and celebrate the quality of their produce.

And all this with a laconic wit...

[Twillig]

23. Elzar

him or Emeril. :-)

[HEyHEY]

24. Swedish

[XemaSab]

33. It's really the only choice

:D

[Crabby Appleton]

40. yep here he is making chocolate moose

[populistdriven]

48. I agree completely - he blew things up - bestest chef ever! (VIDEOS)

swedish chef videos! http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=swedish+chef+&hl=en

LOL HERE HE IS HEAD-A-SPLODED! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3569590578701395201&q=swedish+chef&hl=en

Muppets Swedish Chef Collection http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments&v=QCJLCc8DRrk&fromurl=/watch%3Fv%3DQCJLCc8DRrk

The computer game includes the Kitchen of DOOM http://www.amazon.ca/Muppets-On-With-The-Show/dp/B00008BRAP

[Phillycat]

25. Alton Brown, by a mile

The most interesting cooking show of all time.

[begin_within]

26. Kathy Hoshijo of "Kathy's Kitchen" (vegetarian show on PBS for 12 years)

[Shakespeare]

27. If anyone has an answer other than Julia Child, they are a...

...philistine and a republican. Julia rules them all. Without Julia, there would be no TV chefs.

[u4ic]

30. Stephen Yan - Yan Can Cook

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wok_with_Yan

[rucky]

31. Mark Bittman

I'd say Alton, but that's more of a science show, IMO.

[swag]

34. Chef Boyardee

[Blue Gardener]

36. Paula Deen, Alton Brown

It's a toss-up.

[TheMightyFavog]

38. Masaharu Morimoto

Iron Chef Regns Supreme!

[femmocrat]

39. Graham Kerr

[Twillig]

41. But how many are really chefs?

Alton Brown--not a chef.

In page one (sentence one(and two)!) of I'm Just Here For the Food Alton Brown writes:

"Let's get one thing straight right up front. I am not a chef."

I quote that because I have the book right here on my desk.

The OP did say chef's.

[petronius]

42. Gareth Blackstock...

http://www.siegler.net.nyud.net:8090/chef/images/image6.gif

[Twillig]

43. I almost bought that impulse style 'whilst' browsing Borders DVDs

is it funny?

[petronius]

46. Absolutely hilarious

Of course, you have to enjoy extremely sarcastic humor and Gareth's lengthy and eloquent verbal dissections of his staff - it doesn't go in much for hugs and kisses...

[petronius]

47. Dupe... never mind!

[InvisibleTouch]

44. Chef from South Park, of course! :) n/t

[Generic Brad]

45. I liked Jeff Smith, the frugal gourmet

I don't recall why his show was yanked, but I seem to remember there were some rather unpalatable charges leveled against him.