Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:09:40 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.food-network Subject: Re: Valerie Bertinelli Trashes Food Network, Says "It's Not About Cooking And Learning" Anymore References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:17:24 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 65 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-ZbJ79e513memHfI8XuP0nVrlE6lSdSCifJKS7dbR4OedDMfB47+QZb7XYofH4u8yFaXMiK+Nwn49y/L!KFSQkezIk/n0LSUolpVnRJMDbVQphPCh8zHFXBVJ+7Vm17sUtiab6W29nhOJWpShK3UXMBPMhkYG!vpw= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 4449 In article , Ubiquitous 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. > > "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. > > "I learned so much. It's sad it's not about cooking and learning any longer. > Oh well, that's just business, folks." > > 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." > > Bertinelli previously hosted a Food Network cooking show, VALERIE'S HOME > KITCHEN, from 2015 until 2023. She also hosted KIDS BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP > for 12 seasons before unexpectedly not being invited back in January, which > at the time she said, "really hurt my feelings". > > "It really sucks," she said in a lengthy video post at the time. > > She went on to describe how she was on the show during her "apex year of > hell" as she was going through a divorce from Tom Vitale. > > "Like I was going through it and pretending everything was just fine, because > that's what you do," she said of filming season 12. "And, without sounding > like a drama queen, the show saved my life. Working with all those really > wonderful people and feeling productive and knowing I could spread some > kindness and not just wallow in my hell and just try to keep my head above > water, it helped me, it was like a flotation device. So it really hurts that > I won't be able to go back and see everybody and say 'Hey, I made it through, > hi!'" > > "And to all the bakers that are coming in for the new season, even though I > won't be there, I'll be there with you in spirit and I just want you to > remember this: You are there for a reason. You're some of the best bakers in > America right now and if you don't make it to the next round, please always > remember this, it's not because you're not a good baker, you just had a bad > day," she concluded. I said this over a year ago when Food Network canceled Bertinelli's show. Looks like I was right. > Valerie Bertinelli Says Food Network Canceled VALERIE'S HOME KITCHEN after 14 > Seasons: "I Have No Idea Why" (April 8) > > I do. It's because it's one of the few shows left on the Food Network that > isn't a ridiculous competition. > > You used to be able to watch Food Network to watch people make interesting > dishes and teach you how to cook them. Now every show is a half dozen chefs > racing around like lunatics, hyperactively edited like a John Wick fight > scene, trying to throw together something to beat a relentless clock counting > down to zero, then a panel of the same judges from every other Food Network > show decides which one wins. > > I liked Bertinelli's show because it was just her, in a kitchen, teaching you > how to make good stuff. And that's why Food Network is dumping it.