Top Chef Masters

I've never been a fan of reality TV. Unless it involves food. Cooked by people who know what they're doing. I also develop crushes based on people's abilities, often with absolutely no regard for looks. Cos I'm picky and not shallow like that.

I first saw John Besh on Food Network's Best Next Top Iron Awesome Chef the Man or whatever they called it. I wanted him to win because he has a great personality and seems to know what he's doing and doesn't have that weird and creepy Michael Symon laugh. Seriously. That thing weirds me out. (Another sign of utter roommate compatability, Tini is in total agreement. We didn't even watch it together! Came up in conversation!)

So channel surfing tonight, I immediately stop when I see Besh laughing and being self deprecating. I ended up watching all of Top Chef People Who Already Know How to Cook and Can Chop Off Your Ass. Liked it a lot. This is the kind of programming I wish Food Network would air. If I wanted to see amateurs cook, I'd drive to the nearest county fair. I used to watch copious amounts of Food Network. Granted, it was because Original Recipe Iron Chef was on a lot more, but still. You used to really cook, Food Network! Stop giving me people eating. And entertaining. And running. And bleeding. The bleeding is only ok on Iron Chef All of Them. If you keep this up, I'm gonna have to start watching Ming Tsai make really unappetizing fusion. At least he knows how to wield his Kyocera Santoku and doesn't use a damn Ginsu. (Just looked up what knife Rachel Ray uses to make sure it's not a Ginsu. Furi. Meaning I'm going to mock Christina to no end for loving her Furi knife MUAHAHAHA!)