The airline food competition

[j***@hotmail.com]

I think this was an unfair challenge. The chefs were required to make
dishes that are meant to be served left-over on an airplane and the
judges judged them using restaurant standards. (Yes, I know it was a
competition about performing under pressure).

I've flown many times and the food has always been a few steps below
mall food, and often inedible. The food I had in the high school
cafeteria and in Navy bootcamp was fine cuisine compared to this awful
stuff.

I think the people involved with IC have gotten a little too full of
themselves. It's an entertainment show. Maybe they should lighten up.

Does anyone else agree?

[Professor]

Post by j***@hotmail.com
I think this was an unfair challenge. The chefs were required to make
dishes that are meant to be served left-over on an airplane and the
judges judged them using restaurant standards. (Yes, I know it was a
competition about performing under pressure).
I've flown many times and the food has always been a few steps below
mall food, and often inedible. The food I had in the high school
cafeteria and in Navy bootcamp was fine cuisine compared to this awful
stuff.
I think the people involved with IC have gotten a little too full of
themselves. It's an entertainment show. Maybe they should lighten up.
Does anyone else agree?

Absolutely. Why make the Next Iron Chef challenge be virtually the same as
the one for top chef? I also don't like that who wins and loses is up to
three opinionated critics, one of which I'd never seen before. I think
there should be five judges, people we're all familiar with.

[professorwolf]

Post by j***@hotmail.com
I think this was an unfair challenge. The chefs were required to make
dishes that are meant to be served left-over on an airplane and the
judges judged them using restaurant standards. (Yes, I know it was a
competition about performing under pressure).
I've flown many times and the food has always been a few steps below
mall food, and often inedible. The food I had in the high school
cafeteria and in Navy bootcamp was fine cuisine compared to this awful
stuff.
I think the people involved with IC have gotten a little too full of
themselves. It's an entertainment show. Maybe they should lighten up.
Does anyone else agree?

It's been very silly. The chefs should be competing in Kitchen Stadium, in
front of a panel of usual judges.

[Kyle]

Post by professorwolf

Post by j***@hotmail.com
I think this was an unfair challenge. The chefs were required to make
dishes that are meant to be served left-over on an airplane and the
judges judged them using restaurant standards. (Yes, I know it was a
competition about performing under pressure).
I've flown many times and the food has always been a few steps below
mall food, and often inedible. The food I had in the high school
cafeteria and in Navy bootcamp was fine cuisine compared to this awful
stuff.
I think the people involved with IC have gotten a little too full of
themselves. It's an entertainment show. Maybe they should lighten up.
Does anyone else agree?

It's been very silly. The chefs should be competing in Kitchen Stadium, in
front of a panel of usual judges.

FWIW, that's the way the final contest will go. I'm pretty sure the
blonde and the scrawny, almost goth-looking character have been judges
on ICA (not that I much like either of them); and I think Ruhlman's an
acceptable choice as judge.

[shawn]

Post by j***@hotmail.com
I think this was an unfair challenge. The chefs were required to make
dishes that are meant to be served left-over on an airplane and the
judges judged them using restaurant standards. (Yes, I know it was a
competition about performing under pressure).

It was an unfair challenge. One thing that made no sense was how the
chef for the airline made a big point out of the need to provide extra
seasoning for airline food because the tongue doesn't pick up the
flavor as strongly when in the air (and at lower air pressure.) Yet
they served the food on the ground. So it was a setup if someone
actually listened to those instructions and provided extra seasoning,
since the food was bound to have too strong a taste when served on the
ground.

[j***@hotmail.com]

Post by shawn

Post by j***@hotmail.com
I think this was an unfair challenge. The chefs were required to make
dishes that are meant to be served left-over on an airplane and the
judges judged them using restaurant standards. (Yes, I know it was a
competition about performing under pressure).

It was an unfair challenge. One thing that made no sense was how the
chef for the airline made a big point out of the need to provide extra
seasoning for airline food because the tongue doesn't pick up the
flavor as strongly when in the air (and at lower air pressure.) Yet
they served the food on the ground. So it was a setup if someone
actually listened to those instructions and provided extra seasoning,
since the food was bound to have too strong a taste when served on the
ground.

Yes. Another good point: the food was meant to be served in the air.
The airline chef judged them unreasonably, since he's the one who laid
out the instructions. I wonder if any of his passengers think his food
was any better.

As for the other judges, I would describe them as silly, condescending
fops.