I made goofy faces when I first heard that Syfy was putting out a cooking show. I thought, "Oh God, please don't make it Mary Knows Best in the Kitchen!"
Marcel's Quantum Kitchen starts on the 22nd. I will be covering this on that day to remind everyone, but also because I'm actually really really excited about this show! Marcel became notorious for his boastfulness on Top Chef, but this "kid" (okay, he's 30, but in chef worlds he's a pup), puts together a team of really crazy and interesting cooks with special weird skills and makes a catering company that caters over the top insane themed parties. His take on cooking is like a mad scientist experiment (molecular gastronomy) and just way over the top cool. This show is a great choice for Syfy and with his personality as a bit of a little cocky punk who is so gifted he doesn't get along with regular folk makes this a winner in my book.
I got to see the first two episodes and I was floored! It's not only really interesting, and the characters are instantly adorable and likable and talented, but you watch the team sit around kicking out ideas for over the top insane catering. They don't just cook. They invent. They tinker and cause fires and flops and all kinds of craziness. You learn more about cooking in that show than any Food TV episode. You begin to look at foods like you never did before. And, you want desperately to be invited to these damn parties!
I was not only sold on the show, but it is likely to be one of my favorite shows. One episode and you'll be hooked too. It's reality TV with obstacles being thrown in Marcel's path, but the guy is genius and actually a sweetheart and a control freak at the same time. You can forgive him because in the end he's a fantastic chef and an inventive creative mind that we so need out there. He's an outside the box dude and you know I admire that!
Here's a sample:
I believe I've seen this fellow 'cooking' with liquid nitrogen* and doing other wild things that resemble mad scientist experiments more than any kind of cooking I'm familiar with.
ReplyDelete(*That stuff always reminds me of making Dippin' Dots ice cream)
He does mind-blowing stuff. I'm impressed. It's not all bells and whistles, though. The food is excellent. I know that because I'm a recipe snob and he's putting all the right stuff together. I love the Tiger's breath item that made people able to puff breath like wintertime. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteThis looks interesting!
ReplyDeleteI'll mark calendar. Looks like cool futuristic cooking show and that great scene where they all eat in fog.. or eat fog.
ReplyDeleteThe two episodes I saw totally sold me. I didn't even want to pause to use the restroom-very good sign.
ReplyDeletei really hated this guy on top chef, but you convinced me to check out this new show.
ReplyDeleteSandra;
ReplyDeleteI totally did too. Didn't want him to win, but the more I watch him, perhaps it's the psychic in me, but I pick up tones of a guy who reminds me of a genius only child who goes at a speed that others can't keep up with and he can't get why anyone can't. He is a pup and it's adorable. He's also a freaking genius. I never thought I'd like a reality celebrity. Good God! First time.
good stuff, being a cook myself, i like this kinda things, hell yeah im gonna follow up on this.
ReplyDeleteMalkavian;
ReplyDeleteI'm a cook too and I have to admit, I am thinking about it differently. I love theme parties and making a menu to match so I am inspired.
Does that mean I'm a kid too? Woo!
ReplyDeleteI was stoked too. At first, I half expected to see Rachel Ray...
Good God! Rachael Ray is the worst cook ever!!! None of her recipes work. She's a poser and obnoxious. Hey, I say it like it is. And, the woman can't make desserts. WTF?
ReplyDeleteI have been seeing the previews of this show and it looks good. I will definitely have to watch it.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to check this out. I used to watch Top Chef all the time and remember the season with Marcel pretty well. I'll probably end up loving this. If there's one thing I enjoy more than horror it's food and cooking.
ReplyDeleteOnipar-it's a match made in heaven.
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