Women TV Chefs/cooks don't seem right anymore

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I am currently watching Saturday Kitchen Live. There is a female Australian Chef cooking something which just doesn't seem right somehow anymore as I'm so used to seeing just men doing the cooking all the time on TV.

It seems to be a mans world now which has always been the case in my house because my wife can't cook to save her life lol. I actually really enjoy cooking, it pains me when I haven't planned something for dinner and end up using something out of a packet or something frozen like Birds Eye stuff etc.

Who does the majority of cooking in your household?

[mybad]

Can cook won't cook .

[Super-Shiny]

Funny you mentioned cooking, i just cooked up some homemade crisps with a splash of sea salt...yummy yummy yummy in my tummy

Kids are loving them too.

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i do cos i'm the only one here to feed the brats. made a lovely beef stew last night with first ever dumplings. was nice too!
that james is a bit of a hunk *drool*

[Super-Shiny]

Back to the question, i am the worker, cook, cleaner, fixer, she just watches

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oh i want someone like you Romelee!

[kurotoshiro]

Just some thoughts: I reckon there are two entirely different things here - domestic cooking and professional cooking.

Cooking on TV used to be primarily about domestic instruction. Hence the appearance of more female cooks, as they were (and often still are) the gender expected to deal with the task of cooking in a domestic context.

Nowadays, TV cooking is primarily about giving an insight into the skills and techniques of professional chefs. Hence the appearance of more male cooks, as they are the gender who remain (despite some improvements in the situation over recent years) more likely to receive respect and be rewarded with success in a work environment.

[Super-Shiny]

Mar 2, 2013 11:28:35 GMT @spikeyfridge said:

oh i want someone like you Romelee!

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keith floyd was my all time favourite chef. such a character

[Super-Shiny]

Mar 2, 2013 11:32:29 GMT @spikeyfridge said:

keith floyd was my all time favourite chef. such a character

If it was not for him i reckon t.v cooking would not be so famous.

[Super-Shiny]

My Fave cook at present is Nigel Slater, good old grub

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Mar 2, 2013 11:23:40 GMT @spikeyfridge said:

i do cos i'm the only one here to feed the brats. made a lovely beef stew last night with first ever dumplings. was nice too!
that james is a bit of a hunk *drool*

You think he's a hunk

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Mar 2, 2013 11:26:34 GMT Super-Shiny said:

Back to the question, i am the worker, cook, cleaner, fixer, she just watches

Pretty similar in my house. She just does the ironing and I do eeeeeeeeeverything else, car cleaning, house maintainence, gardening, majority of the cleaning, some washing, all the cooking, making daughters packup, feeding all our pets, food shopping, paying bills, sorting out car insurance on 2 cars every year and anything else I've missed out. I have no idea what she is here for

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Mar 2, 2013 11:28:35 GMT @spikeyfridge said:

oh i want someone like you Romelee!

I'm better

[mybad]

NO ONE can better my beautiful Nigella