As a fan of Guy's Triple D series, and a dedicated home cook, I thought I'd give his supermarket-based series a look, and I enjoyed it.
The 2013 episode I caught had one man and two women converging on the Flavortown store for a chance to cook in the aisles and win a cool $10,000.
Taped around New Year's, but eschewing goals like losing weight, this segment was fun to watch, as the contestants, brimming with can-do creativity, grappled with assigned categories of cooking (i.e. Pickled or fried), chose from among mandatory or banned ingredients, and raced the clock to create entrées that tantalized on a plate.
I liked that Guy got the contestants' back stories. The day-job salesman had personally visited dozens of Triple D stops, while one of the ladies wished to evolve from food blogger to professional chef. The viewer roots for such intrepid souls. (Eventually the guy won, with a snazzy version of a pork-belly banh mi, and I definitely wanted a bite.)
Who says that pushing a shopping cart has to be a bore? This show could inspire anyone who's gotta eat!
The 2013 episode I caught had one man and two women converging on the Flavortown store for a chance to cook in the aisles and win a cool $10,000.
Taped around New Year's, but eschewing goals like losing weight, this segment was fun to watch, as the contestants, brimming with can-do creativity, grappled with assigned categories of cooking (i.e. Pickled or fried), chose from among mandatory or banned ingredients, and raced the clock to create entrées that tantalized on a plate.
I liked that Guy got the contestants' back stories. The day-job salesman had personally visited dozens of Triple D stops, while one of the ladies wished to evolve from food blogger to professional chef. The viewer roots for such intrepid souls. (Eventually the guy won, with a snazzy version of a pork-belly banh mi, and I definitely wanted a bite.)
Who says that pushing a shopping cart has to be a bore? This show could inspire anyone who's gotta eat!