Food fight! The celebrity chef cult
By JAMES CROOT - The Press Last updated 08:46 20/10/2009
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PERFORMANCE ART: Julia Child.
Today's food programmes seem more focused on the chefs than the food. Has entertainment displaced education?
All those Kiwis bemoaning the antics and airtime afforded to Gordon Ramsay and his competitors should remember that we only have ourselves to blame. After all, we helped create the cult of the celebrity chef.
If we hadn't allowed Graham Kerr on to our screens in 1959, The Galloping Gourmet and its template of cooking as entertainment might never have happened.
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