# Let's talk about Food Network **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 8, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-food-network/1001281 "2024-05-08T22:40:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-food-network/1001281/1 "2024-05-08T22:40:20Z")
As a food lover and an avid home cook, I watch a lot of shows on Food Network. Primarily the competition shows, but some other stuff as well. Guy Fieri is the current king of the channel, and I know he has a lot of detractors out there. I personally don’t have anything against him and he seems to do a lot of good as far as promoting chefs and charity work. It’s obviously a big business proposition, but where it used to be sort of looked down upon, world-renowned chefs like Daniel Boulud and Eric Ripert have appeared recently as judges on shows. What is your opinion? What shows do you like, if any? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-food-network/1001281)._