We are really excited about it! Are you going to watch it Glenda?

I am looking forward to it....thanks for the reminder.
Gonna watch Hell's Kitchen before and then Chopped afterward.
Big night for TV for me!

Thanks for the heads up!
Kathy G in MI

It is a winner

it was interesting...try it..

at least gordon ramsey was not foul mouth on this one :o)

Any recipes you'd like to post for those of us that didn't see it?

I thought it was interesting too. The gal with the book of her mom's recipes made me cry tho!

Carol in California, we watched the same TV last night! LOL!!

I enjoyed it, but could do without Joe Bastianich (judge). I would have loved it if his mom Lidia was a judge. I have always found Joe to be very arrogant. I thought Ramsey and the other judge were good.

The "funeral potato" dish was disgusting, although Paula Dean would have loved the amount of butter and cheese LOL

We think much alike matti5! I dozed off earlier so I missed the shows so I went to the website to watch Hell's Kitchen and only saw one episode. Checked the TV logs and saw it was Master Chef afterward so I thought OK, should be good. Was pretty disappointed. I liked the people, like Ramsay and the fat guy but Pompous Joe makes me sick. Boy has he lost a lot of weight! He looks almost anorexic compared to on Lidia's shows where he was downright fat. But his snobbishness and self-centered attitude shined through. And it's not an entertaining one like Simon Cowell or others. Not sure I can stomach that arrogant assparagus. He always looks like he's had a couple too many glasses of wine. From what I've seen of his cooking on his mother's show, I certainly am not impressed with his culinary qualifications.

The one with her mother's recipes, the one with "slap yo mama!", the very first one chosen and a couple of the others really were entertaining. If dopey Joe weren't on there, it could be so much better. BTW, does anyone know if he actually owns the 20+ restaurants and 3 winerys or if they talking about Lidia's operations? Does he really have that many separate operations from her or is he taking credit for "nona's" stuff?

Although I suppose it could be worse. I'm rather surprised they didn't feel compelled to have a female on there too, and yes Lidia B. would have been a great fit. Not sure which would be worse, Joe or the cackling southern fried succubus. Oh wait a minute... yes I do. I guess it definitely could have been worse!

Cynic, yes we think alike! I was really excited about the show until I saw Joe walk out, then I was deflated. I didn't look at the show credits, but I'm assuming he is a producer.

Lidia's cooking show is my absolute favorite. I'd give anything to have a meal at her house (without Joe)! I noticed several months ago when Joe made an appearance that he had lost alot of weight. The body maybe slim, but the ego is massive. I occasionally see him cooking with Lidia, but it's only at her direction. His expertise is in wine parings or so he says. I'm not sure if he actually owns all that he mentioned. Lidia has built quite a little empire for her family. Kudos to her! I do know that Mario Batali is a partner with Joe and Lidia in a few of the restaurants.

I also agree that the other alternative you mentioned would have been worse.