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FN rose to fame in the late 1990s, after picking up Emeril Lagasse's show ''Essence Of Emeril'' and its hit follow-on ''Emeril Live''; he was the face of the network for many years until [[Rachael Ray]] and ''30-Minute Meals'' came along. Also the network that was willing to take a chance on [[Good Eats|a certain offbeat cooking-science show]] back in 1999, as well as introducing most of the USA to ''[[Iron Chef]]'', a show whose exposure had been limited mainly to the Bay Area before then.
Has been accused of some level of [[Network Decay]], with the biggest complaint being that the how-to shows aren't as technically rigorous as they used to be (''Semi-Homemade'' is usually held up as the worst example of this) and that the channel has been focusing too much on documentaries and [[Reality Show|reality shows]] (albeit, a bit of a natural progression from the popularity of ''[[Iron Chef]]''). Despite all that, even the most ill-advised shows have been at least tangentially about food, thus sticking to the basic premise in some way.
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* ''[[Cupcake Wars]]''
* ''[[Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives]]''
* ''[[Dinner: Impossible]]''
* [[Giada De Laurentiis]]
* ''[[Good Eats]]''
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* ''[[The Next Food Network Star]]''
* [[Rachael Ray]]
* ''[[Restaurant: Impossible]]''
* ''[[Semi-Homemade Cooking]]''
* ''[[Sweet Genius]]''
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** Once the network discovered Guy Fieri may have a chance among the much-coveted young male [[Demographic]], they began to run his shows constantly. If you tune in to Food Network at any given time these days, chances are that they're showing ''Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives,'' or are about to start showing it within an hour.
** Emeril Legasse had [[Wolverine Publicity]] for a while, and made a big deal over how much butter and fat he used long before Paula Deen came on the scene. He has since been [[Demoted to Extra]].
** As of 2011-12, Food Network has basically become the "''[[Iron Chef]]'' and Anything Like It" Channel, featuring hours upon hours of ''[[Iron Chef]]'', ''[[Chopped]]'', and similar shows clogging up the schedule.
* [[Ascended Extra]]:
** Anne Burrell started as Mario Batali's sous chef on ''Iron Chef America ''. Now she has two shows herself.
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]:
** Wolfgang Puck was this for some people.
** One might also mention Rokusaburo Michiba from the original ''[[Iron Chef]]''.
* [[Cool Old Lady]]:
** Paula Deen may be considered this for some people, especially on her ''Paula's Party'' show.
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** Definitely averted with ''Eat, Shrink And Be Merry''.
* [[Cultural Translation]]: The original ''[[Iron Chef]]'' gained enough success to earn the aptly-named spin-off ''Iron Chef America''. The reruns of the original version on Fine Living were given the retronym ''Iron Chef Japan''; Cooking Channel, to which the reruns were carried over from Fine Living, has also picked up the name.
* [[Author Existence Failure|Creator Existence Failure]]: Jennifer of the ''Two Fat Ladies''.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Sandra Lee is not only notorious for this, but it defines her entire style.
** [[Two Words]]: Kwanzaa Cake.
** Even worse - her Hanukkah cake is filled with what looks like Kraft marshmallows, which aren't kosher.
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: Robert Irvine, mainly in ''[[Restaurant: Impossible]]'' where he often ends up delivering [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] to various people with failing restaurants. The fact that he used to be in the British Navy, and in fact got his start as a chef there, certainly helps.
* [[Fag Hag]]: Ina Garten. Her parties are attended almost entirely by her gay friends.
* [[Fan Service with a Smile]]: [[Giada De Laurentiis]] is known for this.
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** ''Emeril Live'' [[Catch Phrase|took this up a notch]] this for 60 minute food "live sex show", featuring "ohh"s and "ah"s from the audience. [[Egregious|Egregiously]] so when he added a great deal of butter or garlic and the camera cut to a closeup of someone reacting in the audience..
** Alex Guarnaschelli takes it to an even more disturbing level. Virtually every sentence she speaks describing food is practically dripping with a sensuous tone of voice, and [[Purple Prose|such admiring physical descriptions of the food]] that she makes it sound like it's a person that she wants to date, rather than a piece of food. Her orgasmic facial expressions when describing the food just make it worse.
*** She does it on Twitter too. Spoofed by Food Network Humor, who created "A Sensual Reading of Alex Guarnaschelli's Tweets": https://web.archive.org/web/20140106011054/http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2010/07/video-a-sensual-reading-of-alex-guarnaschellis-tweets/ There's also a Part 2. Don't worry, it '''is''' perfectly safe for work. Basically just the FNH editors reading Alex's [[Purple Prose]] in a rather exaggerated fashion.
** Then there's the Neelys, who somehow always find a way to slip in sexual innuendos during every show, as they endlessly flirt with each other. They pretty much embody the [[Sickening Sweethearts]] trope. Until they divorced.
** Alton tends to pick on his Food Network siblings over this. During the crossover Thanksgiving special he said mocked Giada's garnish by saying "You're one of those people who eats with their eyes, aren't you?"
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* [[Lipstick Lesbian]]: Cat Cora
* [[Long Runner]]: The longest runner on the network is ''How To Boil Water'', which has aired on the network since the day it launched, though it is now relegated to an early-morning slot. Other shows, such as ''The Essence Of Emeril'' (debuted in 1994) and ''Emeril Live'' (debuted in 1997) are also long runners, though ''Emeril Live'' has since [[Channel Hop|hopped over to]] Fine Living/Cooking Channel, staying on Food Network only for reruns. ''Good Eats'' had a 10-year anniversary special, but is now dead as a series except for the occasional hour-long special episode, and its reruns are now on Cooking Channel.
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: [[Giada De Laurentiis]], Aida Mollenkamp, [[Rachael Ray]], and, as of her second season, apparently Claire Robinson as well.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Ever heard Rachael's voice?
** During the ICA battle where Flay and Giada went up against Rachael and Batali, [[Fark]] [[In-Joke|warned the]] [[Memetic Mutation|kitten population]] [[A Date with Rosie Palms|to be on alert]].
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