Last week, the 6th season of MasterChef US crowned their new winner. Claudia Sandoval snatched out the title from her competitor Derrick Peltz (who I always thought should have win). This season, I got myself a lot of favorite contestants. I think I love all the Top 6 Contestant and cried on the elimination every week :))
I kind of love cooking for a long time. I’m not good at it and I think the only one who enjoy my cooking is myself only. My sisters always finished up my cooking but no one said it’s that great :)) But I still enjoy it. That’s why I always love to see cooking competition show and cooking show in general. Here’s some of my favorite cooking show list I love to watch at weekend.
Nigella Lawson
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I heart you, Nigella <3 For many years, Nigella Lawson has been on many shows and writes many books. I think the close up shots of ingredients or food on her show is what makes me love it. Nigella often cooks for her guests who visit, so she sometimes share other tips like table arrangement and party preparation.
Jamie Oliver
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Who doesn’t love Jamie Oliver? He is a revolutionary chef and maybe you lost count of his cooking shows, books, and restaurants number. He once initiated a campaign to encourage British school children towards eating healthy foods and cutting out junk food. My personal favorite show are Jamie’s 15 Minutes Meal and Jamie at Home. The thing about his show that I love is how he always encourages to use home grown spices/vegetables. He also shares some tips to save leftover ingredients and the right time to use cooking shortcuts, like using canned ingredients and spice, etc.
Buddy Valastro
Buddy Valastro is more known by his Cake Boss show, that tells the story of Carlo’s Bakery. Buddy and his team have been baking cake masterpiece everyday. But my favorite Buddy’s show is his Kitchen Boss, where he cooks daily food. He sticks to his Italian/Sicilian roots and produce a lot of mouthwatering comfort food. The interesting thing about this show is he often invites his family to help him cooks; his wife, his cousin, his mother, etc. Italian family loves to eat together, that’s why he always cooks with his family member in a big portion.
Bara Pattiradjawane
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Bara Pattiradjawane has been my idol for a long time, maybe since his Gula-Gula show at Trans TV back in my college year. I think I owe him a lot of breakfast and lunch boxes during those years, because I always followed his recipes :)) I diligently watch his show every weekend and I bought some of his books. What I love about his show is most of the time he doesn’t have the exact measurement of the recipe, which is awesome~ He also has some YouTube series Done in 7, where he cooks simple dishes that can be done under 7 minutes. He cooks everyday meals which is easy to follow and just perfect for anak kost-an :))
I think there are other chefs and cooking shows that I love, like Rachel Ray (but I don’t get a chance to watch a lot of her show) and the recent one, Eat Street (review of food trucks around US and Canada). Do you watch a lot of cooking show yourself?
Note:
Recently, I also found Just Try and Taste, which gives easy to follow recipes (Mba Endang, aku padamu banget). I came to her blog when searching for the recipe of this Nasi Biryani, but of course I haven’t got the time to make it :))