Re: The airline food competition

<janospetrik@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>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.