Ted AllenTed Allen to bust some myths on The Food Network
The season finale of the Bravo reality show Top Chef will be airing soon, but out cooking maestro Ted Allen won't be off TV long. The Food Network has tapped the former Queer Eye guy to host its new show, Food Detectives. The show will look at "commonplace misconceptions and myths" about food, and it will premiere this summer during the network's "Guys Night" (and how great is it that an openly gay man is hosting a show on something called "guys night"... unless they mean Guy's night?). I'm not sure what food myths he's going to debunk, but I have a few ideas for him: Bubble Yum contains spider eggs. (Actually, I know for a fact that this is true, it happened to a friend of a friend's cousin.)
Eating carrots leads to improved vision. (Actually, this one is true, as well. On Gilligan's Island, Mary-Ann ate some radioactive carrots, and she could see all the way back to Hawaii.) Soylent Green is people!
Green M & M's make you horny. (Of course, that's silly...or is it?)
And my all time favorite ... SOY IS TURNING KIDS GAY! You can watch Ted doing his detective work starting July 29th at 9 pm. Submitted by on Wed, 2008-06-11 10:40. AfterElton Briefs: John Barrowman's "Phantom" rumors, Tom Colicchio's bear following, and more!
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Ever-adorable Top Chef judge Ted Allen (shopping for jeans) In a continued effort to bring you all that is important in the world of gay entertainment and ensure that you are being spoon-fed images of gorgeous, commoditized manflesh, we present the newly-minted AfterElton Briefs. Following the usual assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.
Submitted by on Thu, 2008-01-24 17:36. Goodnight, Queer Eye
Last night, Bravo aired the series finale of Queer Eye, a show that was a breakthrough when it debuted in July of 2003 as Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (with its time slot partner the gay dating show Boy Meets Boy). Proudly announcing the sexual orientation of its stars in the series' title, the series made gay men the leads of a reality TV show. Instead of chasing away viewers by being so openly gay, Queer Eye became an instant hit that brought buzz to Bravo, the former arts and culture channel. The show was such a sensation it got special airings on (Bravo's corporate sibling) NBC, was highlighted on the cover of Entertainment Weekly and inspired a variety of international editions and one short-lived spin-off. The show's audience included viewers in conservative areas of the country that was expected to avoid a show with "Queer" in the title, seeming to signal an unexpectedly optimistic level of gay acceptance.
While I find those complaints valid, I think it'd be a shame to overlook what the series accomplished. Not only did it show that a program led by gay men can find a widespread audience, it helped set the tone for the variety of gay-inclusive shows on Bravo. We regularly see gay competitors on Bravo's talent-based competition shows who are valued for their abilities. Meanwhile, Bravo's reality soaps like Work Out and Flipping Out show us gay people who are talented and have complicated personal lives. More importantly, when we caught up with Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas and Jai Rodriguez before the final season's debut, they talked about hearing from gay viewers who were happy to finally find someone they could look up to. Even after the buzz had faded, Queer Eye tried to bust down barriers, like in one episode that featured a transsexual male. While Queer Eye's time has clearly come and gone, it'd be a shame to forget that it represented a step forward for gay representation. Happily, things have moved so quickly in Queer Eye's wake that it made itself obsolete. Submitted by on Wed, 2007-10-31 16:00. Top Chef Reunion Recapatini: Dale the Mo' Sex Symbol
On Survivor, the reunion specials offer the pleasure of seeing people who clearly loathe each other pretending (badly) that they don’t any more, as well as after-the-fact insights into the hugely misguided thinking behind their failed strategic decisions. That’s something Top Chef can’t really replicate -- how interesting would it really be to hear reflections along the lines of “I guess in retrospect I really should have cooked that chicken all the way through” -- so the only real interest I had in watching the second reunion special this season was confirmation that it wasn’t just a horrible dream and Hung had in fact won. (Part of me was hoping we’d actually get a “do-over” challenge here, because it’s not like this show has proven itself above that kind of blatant disregard for established procedure.) Oh, and I also wanted to see if Dale is still cute. Happily, the answer is "Yes," but sadly, it’s also "Yes" to the Hung question as well. The reunion kicks off with this very topic, as Bravo Andy (a.k.a. “Brandy”) asks if the right chef won. The only one to answer is tellingly the person who spent the least amount of time with him, Sandee, who says, Hung was “the one to beat,” apparently forgetting about the other 13 cheffersons she also wasn’t able to beat. Brandy pushes the point and directly asks if Hung should have won and is met with a show of hands. These are not, I suspect, hands raised in support of Hung but more likely requests for permission to leave the room and barf. I was hoping that in an hour of television that managed to find time for such urgent topics as which person Gail would like to cater her wedding, Brandy would ask Hung if there’s a special someone in his life and of what gender, or at least clarify his “I can go both ways” comment from his audition tape. No such luck. Instead, Hung is given yet another chance to defend his strategy of being an a-hole. Hung blah blah blahs about not letting feelings get in the way of competition. And Dale, bless his bandana-ed heart, pipes in here that it’s also about the kind of chef you are and says he’s the type of chef who’s going to help out the person next to him, whether it’s in the restaurant kitchen or in a competition. Submitted by on Thu, 2007-10-11 14:20. Liveblogging the Top Chef Finale
We’ve made it through Clay, Sandee, Micah, two Saras, and a bunch of other people I don’t really remember or care about. We’ve also made it through two wars, IQF, the Smurf Village, disasters on sea and air, dinner at the Elks, and dinner made from elks. And now, we’ve finally made it to Top Chef: Miami: Aspen, and it’s going to be coming to you (almost) live. I’m a liveblogging virgin, so please be kind. And if you can’t be kind, please be quiet. For the occasion, I’ve lined up a festive meal for myself of an applecore amuse bouche, vanilla lobster tail, reinterpreted meatloaf, raw jerk chicken, broccolini, prosciutto cigars, black-and-blue elk, yogurt cheesy poofs, and of course everyone’s favorite -- salmon -- all stored in the fabulous, handy Glad family of products. (There you go, Glad people. I did it just like you asked, so you can go ahead and send me that check now.) And of course I’ve got my big bottle of Bombay Sapphire Gin (ditto for you Bombay). I plan on drinking whenever Padma does, so who knows if I’ll even be able to type after the Quickfire. This should be, if not coherent, at least interesting.
Across the blogosphere, Hung or Casey are the odds-on favorites, but here, we’ll only let ourselves celebrate if the self-proclaimed “Big Gay Chef” wins. He might not be crowned Top Chef, but here at AfterElton.com, Dale will always be Top. Liveblogging starts after the jump a few minutes before 10PM EDT! Submitted by on Wed, 2007-10-03 23:17. Top Chef Recap: "BrokeElk Mountain"
Finally we’ve made our way to Aspen, the appeal of which I have to admit is largely lost on me. I’m more on the Eva Gabor end of the Green Acres spectrum, and all the John Denver outdoorsy porn shots in the world – snowcapped mountains, gurgling rivers, and all that fresh air crap – aren’t going to change that.
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