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* ''[[Sweet Genius (TV)|Sweet Genius]]''
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* [[Adored By the Network]]: Many examples. Given that cooking/travel/reality shows can be produced relatively quickly, its easy for the network to air their shows noon and night until the audience finally gets used to, or sick of them.
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** Anne Burrell started as Mario Batali's sous chef on ''Iron Chef America ''. Now she has two shows herself.
** Several stars on the network started out as competitors on ''Iron Chef America'' (almost all of the ''Chopped'' judges including Alex Guarnaschelli who, though she was an early Food Network star and got on ICA because of such, essentially got a second career boost) or were part of profiles on other people's shows (The Neeleys on the Deen brothers' show. Paula Deen on Gordon Elliott's)
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* [[Bald of Awesome]]:
** Chris Santos
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** [[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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** [[Rachael Ray]] and Paula Deen are by far the worst for this, but [[Giada De Laurentiis]] puts in some genki moments on a fairly regular basis as well.
** Sunny Anderson, of ''Cooking for Real'', is this as well.
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** Marc Summers, host of ''Unwrapped'' but better known as the former host of Nickelodeon's ''[[Double Dare 1986|Double Dare]]''. He also counts for this behind the scenes: ''many'', if not the majority of non-competition/reality shows on Food Network (including ''Unwrapped'') come courtesy of his own production company based in Denver, CO (also explaining why many profiled restaurants and Food Network events, such as ''Food Network Challenge'', are hosted there)
** You may also remember Ted Allen from ''[[Queer Eye For The Straight Guy]]''
** Brian Boitano, as, well, Brian Boitano, although in this case it's more of "Hey, it's Brian Boitano! What the hell is he doing on [[Food Network]]?"
* [[Hot Mom]]: [[Giada De Laurentiis]], though it can come off extremely forced and a competition to see how many ways can she display "the girls".
* [[Jerkass]]: [[Alpha Bitch|Alex Guarnaschelli]] on ''[[Chopped]]''. She [[Does Not Like Men|hates men]], [[He
** Most of the female judges on ''Chopped'' seem to be more critical and less personable than their male counterparts; Guarnaschelli is just the most [[Egregious]] of them.
** [[Mean Brit|Kerry Vincent]], master cake decorator, became infamous on ''Food Network Challenge'' for exactly the same reasons, and to the point where ''FNC'' in turn became most notable and infamous for her judging.
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* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Gina Neely. Stereotypes? You're soaking in it.
* [[Science Show]]: ''[[Good Eats]]'', ''Food Detectives'', and ''Ask Aida''.
* [[Screwed By the Network]]: Sara Moulton was a highly qualified, well-versed chef who cut her teeth working with Julia Child and quick enough to host a live call in cooking show when the network was just getting started. Later she was axed and had to leave for PBS when the network [[Network Decay|decided against more technically-based shows]] [[Viewers
* [[Ship Tease]] / [[Foe Yay]]:
** Alton and W on ''[[Good Eats]]''. Despite the former being, y'know, ''married''.
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* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: The Neelys.
* [[Silver Fox]]: Geoffrey Zakarian.
* [[Spin
* [[Straight Gay]]: Ted Allen, Cat Cora.
* [[Southern Belle]]:
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* [[Travelogue Show]]: Several food-related ones have aired; among them are ''[[Rachael Ray]]'s Tasty Travels'' and ''Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives''.
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: In Sandra Lee's 2011 Halloween special, one segment features Sandra Lee dressed as a ghost, claiming to be the spirit of a Viennese ex-pirate (which itself is a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]]) who died in 1430 and was 560 years old. Assuming the episode was set in 2011, she's been dead for 581 years.
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]:
** Sunny Anderson, although not [[Egregious|egregiously]] so -- born and raised Army brat, US Air Force veteran, military Armed Forces Network Station DJ and later hip-hop radio DJ, TV chef -- she's had a lot going on over the years.
** As mentioned above, Ina Garten also. Ina's careers have included a job as a nuclear budget analyst at ''the White House'', owning a catering business, and her current career as a Food Network host and cookbook author.
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