The kind of 'reality TV' cooking show I would love to see...
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- Contestants are not chefs.
- Contestants are low-to-mid level income parents.
- A cupboard filled with a small amount of random ingredients found at a local grocery store. NO exotic ingredients. NO pricey ingredients.
- Contestants must also incorporate randomly selected ‘leftovers’ from a pre-cooked meal into their dish.
- The judges are kids ranging in age from 10-18. NO celebrity judges. NO chef judges.
- First prize is free groceries for a year.
@CptHacke I did really enjoy Great American Recipe PBS show for having a positive atmosphere while being mildly competitive, but the home chefs were all really good and cooked with a well-stocked pantry.
I had a similar idea where I would try cooking what I used to cook when I was right out of school, but maybe a little better. This would be an effort to provide simple recipe without fancy or niche spices/ingredients to show that you can eat dinner without ordering expensive takeaway or delivery.
For me it would be either pasta with a basic pasta sauce with seared boneless chicken and a (bad)...
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- Contestants are not chefs.
- Contestants are low-to-mid level income parents.
- A cupboard filled with a small amount of random ingredients found at a local grocery store. NO exotic ingredients. NO pricey ingredients.
- Contestants must also incorporate randomly selected ‘leftovers’ from a pre-cooked meal into their dish.
- The judges are kids ranging in age from 10-18. NO celebrity judges. NO chef judges.
- First prize is free groceries for a year.
I’d be tuning in each week
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- Contestants are not chefs.
- Contestants are low-to-mid level income parents.
- A cupboard filled with a small amount of random ingredients found at a local grocery store. NO exotic ingredients. NO pricey ingredients.
- Contestants must also incorporate randomly selected ‘leftovers’ from a pre-cooked meal into their dish.
- The judges are kids ranging in age from 10-18. NO celebrity judges. NO chef judges.
- First prize is free groceries for a year.
This sounds like a less interesting version of chopped.
Kids in general fucking suck at determining good food… I don’t know many people who’d want to watch who can make the best chicken nuggets or french fries.
Put judges on the panel who can at least determine a well balanced/cooked meal from a crappy one. Doesn’t have to be a professional chef, just someone with some level of experience with cooking… Home cooks, line cooks, etc. Not some 14 year old who thinks stouffers French bread pizza is a meal. That opinion is null and void in the world of cooking.
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This sounds like a less interesting version of chopped.
Kids in general fucking suck at determining good food… I don’t know many people who’d want to watch who can make the best chicken nuggets or french fries.
Put judges on the panel who can at least determine a well balanced/cooked meal from a crappy one. Doesn’t have to be a professional chef, just someone with some level of experience with cooking… Home cooks, line cooks, etc. Not some 14 year old who thinks stouffers French bread pizza is a meal. That opinion is null and void in the world of cooking.
I’m going to assume that you don’t have kids. Parents will understand where I’m coming from, I think.
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@CptHacke I did really enjoy Great American Recipe PBS show for having a positive atmosphere while being mildly competitive, but the home chefs were all really good and cooked with a well-stocked pantry.
I had a similar idea where I would try cooking what I used to cook when I was right out of school, but maybe a little better. This would be an effort to provide simple recipe without fancy or niche spices/ingredients to show that you can eat dinner without ordering expensive takeaway or delivery.
For me it would be either pasta with a basic pasta sauce with seared boneless chicken and a (bad)...
I guess what I’m trying to ‘simulate’ is the average parent coming home after a long day’s work with a houseful of hungry kids and going to the cupboard and having absolutely no idea what they’re going to make for dinner. It’s a real challenge that speaks to real people, and I think it would be a lot of fun and (hopefully) provide some ideas to desperate parents!
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- Contestants are not chefs.
- Contestants are low-to-mid level income parents.
- A cupboard filled with a small amount of random ingredients found at a local grocery store. NO exotic ingredients. NO pricey ingredients.
- Contestants must also incorporate randomly selected ‘leftovers’ from a pre-cooked meal into their dish.
- The judges are kids ranging in age from 10-18. NO celebrity judges. NO chef judges.
- First prize is free groceries for a year.
It’s called The Big Family Cooking Showdown and had 2 seasons on BBC and Netflix.
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It’s called The Big Family Cooking Showdown and had 2 seasons on BBC and Netflix.
Awesome! I’ll check it out! Thanks!
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- Contestants are not chefs.
- Contestants are low-to-mid level income parents.
- A cupboard filled with a small amount of random ingredients found at a local grocery store. NO exotic ingredients. NO pricey ingredients.
- Contestants must also incorporate randomly selected ‘leftovers’ from a pre-cooked meal into their dish.
- The judges are kids ranging in age from 10-18. NO celebrity judges. NO chef judges.
- First prize is free groceries for a year.
as someone who has been watching far too much Food Network on the treadmill: just give em some freakin time to cook. the best things i’ve made personally are low and slow or from scratch pasta or slaw that sat in the fridge overnight. the 15-45min time frame has produced so many undercooked or otherwise mangled $80 steaks. like, even for a weeknight dinner i’m using things i marinated overnight or whatever. and in a kitchen setting you literally have all morning to prep in addition to doing overnight prep or even coming in super early to start your fresh bread. the format precludes entire classes of dishes.
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- Contestants are not chefs.
- Contestants are low-to-mid level income parents.
- A cupboard filled with a small amount of random ingredients found at a local grocery store. NO exotic ingredients. NO pricey ingredients.
- Contestants must also incorporate randomly selected ‘leftovers’ from a pre-cooked meal into their dish.
- The judges are kids ranging in age from 10-18. NO celebrity judges. NO chef judges.
- First prize is free groceries for a year.
Not sure parents want to live this again through others…
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I’m going to assume that you don’t have kids. Parents will understand where I’m coming from, I think.
All kids including my own match exactly what was said: they’re Absolutely shitty judges (all on the younger end of your range and even below though! That might influence this quite a bit but “this taste bad, I don’t like it” because of a bad night is not shocking, about a food favorite.
It’s about consistency that such a show would need and that’s tough with kids to get - it’s more gambling if you have no idea what your benchmark will be.
Alternatively you could lean fully into it and the contestants could have a brief interview with each judge before each round.
Now that I think about I like your idea better and better, just needs a few details to lean into the chaos kids would bring!
Talk about a 180 … And I’m supposed to be the “stable adult”.
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