Re: Valerie Bertinelli Trashes Food Network, Says "It's Not About Cooking And Learning" Anymore

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

NoBody@nowhere.com wrote:

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

Valerie Bertinelli made some negative remarks about The Food Network
several months after she was let go from the channel�s reality cooking
competition series, �Kids Baking Championship.�
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�I fell in love with Food Network two decades ago because of all the
amazing ITK [in the kitchen] shows,� the 63-year-old star wrote on the
social media app Threads, calling out Rachael Ray�s show �30-Minute
Meals,� Ina Garten of �Barefoot Contessa� fame, and �Giada at Home� star
Giada De Laurentiis specifically.
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�I learned so much. It�s sad it�s not about cooking and learning any
longer. Oh well, that�s just business, folks.�
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Her comments came in response to a Thread by cookbook author Marlynn
Schotland. She wrote, �I miss actual cooking shows on @foodnetwork.
Remember those? Do you know what this world does NOT need? Yet another
cooking competition show.�

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It's the Food game show network now.

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I remember thinkning things were bad when SLoP showed up.

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It's been going downhill ever since they lost David Rosengarten, and TASTE.