Emeril, Bobby Flay, and Barefoot Contessa too, I think.

But still -- "food no way you can make yourself" is not a viable Food Network show.

Yeah, and his response to their past criticism - "in order to Keep It Simple I'll throw together some crap even I don't like" was strange and off-putting.

It's Amy's to lose at this point. I'm a little shocked, actually, that at this late stage in the game, she's the only one who seems to have grasped that the performance element is a Big Deal.

Though Jag at least did give it a shot, and I wonder if that isn't what really gave him the edge.

The vast majority of FN shows are some variation on this -- the only exceptions I can think of off the top of my head are Good Eats and Iron Chef. [edit: Oh, and the various eye candy travel shows, which are mainly about getting Giada into a bikini.) Everyone else is about impressing your guests without putting any effort/money into it.

This is true, but Dave Lieberman actually mentions entertaining on a budget at the beginning of his show.

Everyone else is about impressing your guests without putting any effort/money into it.

I'd separate effort and money into two separate categories, though. And Rachael Ray and the other "quick meal" folks are about feeding your family, more than impressing guests.

Dave Lieberman is who I was trying to think of.

Right and I think that the Hearty Boys are also about entertaining.

I'm not sure that Dave Liberman's show has been renewed.

Hell's Kitchen -- the men's team, well blue team since Melissa joined, lost and Rock completely lost it. Threw a temper tantrum right in the kitchen over the fact their "innovative" food lost and the plain cooking won. Although Bonnie or Jen pointed out that Ramsay doesn't like froofy food.

The other guys have a good attitude. Rock is still not over this and is still freaking out.

After watching a bunch of episodes of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares I have to agree that Ramsay likes simple food. Not plain food but good tasting, well cooked food that's not complicated for the sake of being fancy and "edgy" .

Hell's Kitchen: Any chance I might root for Rock went up in flames with his meltdown tonight. Was it a shitty punishment? Yes. Was that doubly shitty when Ramsay brought him out just to pick up the trash? Oh HELL yes. But, seriously, what show did he think he was competing on? Grow the fuck up! EVERYTHING is a test, asshole.

It's pretty much just down to Julia for me now. Maybe Jen, especially since she's kept her actual experience on the down low. But I LIKE Julia. Just not sure she's got the vision for the job.

Wait, what? Did you get it early? It's not even halfway through here.

Watch and post, brenda.

But they've already lost?