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In article <uvomhu$1lc8m$1@dont-email.me>,
 Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> 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.