Shocking Cooking Show Secrets Revealed

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    According to user ‘Elroypaisley’ who worked on a daytime talk show with daily cooking segments, “most of the food is not edible (undercooked chicken, just browned on the outside to look good for camera or sprayed with shining spray to make it look glossy)".
    2/6 According to user ‘Elroypaisley’ who worked on a daytime talk show with daily cooking segments, “most of the food is not edible (undercooked chicken, just browned on the outside to look good for camera or sprayed with shining spray to make it look glossy)".
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    User ‘Elroypaisley’ also revealed most the hard work is done by a food stylist behind the scenes. “Many of the chefs have no idea what the recipe is, what they are cooking when they arrive, or how it’s made. A food stylist shows up two hours before taping, having been up the night before making the final dish. Then the stylist lays out every ingredient, every bowl, every tool that will be needed and briefs the chef before they go live.”
    3/6 User ‘Elroypaisley’ also revealed most the hard work is done by a food stylist behind the scenes. “Many of the chefs have no idea what the recipe is, what they are cooking when they arrive, or how it’s made. A food stylist shows up two hours before taping, having been up the night before making the final dish. Then the stylist lays out every ingredient, every bowl, every tool that will be needed and briefs the chef before they go live.”
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    If you’ve ever seen a cooking show where the chef is given a special ingredient at the start of the show and you’ve been amazed by how quickly they brainstormed and executed their dish, well... don’t be amazed. “My brother was a chef on a popular food competition show,” wrote Reddit user ‘LadyofRivendell’. “He said the secret ingredient was revealed a few hours prior to filming and the chefs sat down with their sous chefs and planned ahead.”
    4/6 If you’ve ever seen a cooking show where the chef is given a special ingredient at the start of the show and you’ve been amazed by how quickly they brainstormed and executed their dish, well... don’t be amazed. “My brother was a chef on a popular food competition show,” wrote Reddit user ‘LadyofRivendell’. “He said the secret ingredient was revealed a few hours prior to filming and the chefs sat down with their sous chefs and planned ahead.”
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    When it comes to shows such as MasterChef, ‘absinthevisions’ wrote that “each dish can be made several times so there is a lot of waste”. “If it’s a contest style show, the judges don’t eat the version that you see cooked and plated. That version is thrown away and a new version is cooked specifically for them to eat. Then they take 2-3 bites from a plate and throw the rest away.”
    5/6 When it comes to shows such as MasterChef, ‘absinthevisions’ wrote that “each dish can be made several times so there is a lot of waste”. “If it’s a contest style show, the judges don’t eat the version that you see cooked and plated. That version is thrown away and a new version is cooked specifically for them to eat. Then they take 2-3 bites from a plate and throw the rest away.”
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    User ‘Landlubber77’ worked as a production intern on a food network and said the dish prepared on screen by the chef isn’t usually the one featured in the fancy photos. “When they want to stage shots of just the food on its own they have an intern make a duplicate of the meal (doesn’t matter if it’s undercooked inside because nobody is gonna eat it) which just has to look good on the surface. They then spray it with an aerosol can of preservatives to make it stay."
    6/6 User ‘Landlubber77’ worked as a production intern on a food network and said the dish prepared on screen by the chef isn’t usually the one featured in the fancy photos. “When they want to stage shots of just the food on its own they have an intern make a duplicate of the meal (doesn’t matter if it’s undercooked inside because nobody is gonna eat it) which just has to look good on the surface. They then spray it with an aerosol can of preservatives to make it stay."

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A post on social media site Reddit asked people who have worked on the set of food shows to reveal the strangest things they’ve seen while working. And the responses didn’t disappoint...

 

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