PBS had and still has the best cooking shows. Forget most of the dreck competition shows on Food Network!

I used to adore Cooking From Quilt Country. Good, old-fashioned real food which was simple and wholesome. The hostess would don a pair of white, cotton gloves at the end of each show, and display quilts.

PBS still has some good cooking shows!

I use to watch all the old PBS cookings shows. I remember watching them with my mom when I was in my teens. I have watched cookng shows on Food Network and the Cooking Channel but don't much anymore.

I still watch cooking shows on PBS. There is Cooks Country, American's Test Kitchen, Martha Bakes to name a few.

PBS cooking shows

The Galloping Gourmet?

oh, how I remember the Galloping Gourmet! Didn't he have a health problem due to all of the rich, creamy food? Treena died a few years ago.

I detest the Food Network. We watch PBS on Sat and Sun afternoon when we can. There are a few good shows on.........Julia (We adore her and Jacques together!), ATK, Sara Moulton, Ming Tsai. There's a Scandanavian show on as well, he's basically travelling Scandanavia and cooking on site. There's also a Mexican lady, but too much of the show is wasted with her in the markets, talking Spanish to the vendors, with little emphasis on the cooking.

I remember my mother watching The Galloping Gourmet almost every day. I loved his show, which included spills and jokes.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+galloping+gourmet&qpvt=the+galloping+gourmet&FORM=VDRE

Me too, Debby! My mom would watch while ironing. I remember her watching General Hospital too.

GG seemed to be more about his persona than food. But he introduced me to using arrowroot.

I too enjoyed Frugal Gourmet and still have several of his books. He was an ordained Christian minister who unexpectedly found food and cooking to be a more interesting and lucrative sideline. What ended his career was when it was learned that he also had a passion for molesting and abusing young boys.

Mr. Food didn't have a show, per se, but I think he had a little segment on in the afternoon. I still make his Best Cookie Ever....which is an oatmeal, chocolate chip, cookie with walnuts or pecans and a milk chocolate candy bar thrown in for good measure. Another one I liked, which was on PBS was Johnny Carrabba and his uncle, Damien....can't remember his last name just now. They are local restaurateurs, although international now. I enjoyed their friendly banter back and forth. Since they were local guys....not sure if it was on anywhere but here.

Graham Kerr was the one who guided me. Not only was taste a part of eating, but the color and texture had a huge part of making a dish become good. Yeah, he was a bit of a ham, but whatever he did worked. You just don't put food on a plate, you present it.

The gals on Two Hot Tamales with Mary Sue and Susan offered different takes on what might be considered traditional meals. Again, presentation was a huge part of what they opined.

Emile. Oh my! What a showman! He allowed people to dare to add something extra to any dish (I with the missus would).

For reasons beyond my control (that is a looong story), I ate out last evening and again this morning. No only was presentation not good, the temperatures were horrendous. I want my 'hot' foods hot and my 'cold' foods cold. Neither place came close to doing that. Formal dinner last night was scheduled for cocktails at 5:00 and food at 6:00. Food did not arrive until after 7:15 and the server presented only one plate at a time as he held his notes! Disgusting.

OK...back to the original query. What does one expect from a TV show? A recipe? A cheat sheet? Knowledge? After watching several, one gravitates to the the show that offers whatever is important to you and your cooking.

Not a fan of GG and not so much of Jeff Smith but Loved Natalie Dupree and Jacques Pepin.

I remember learning how to chop an onion from Julia Child, and I occasionally watched the Galloping Gourmet, but I guess I wasn't all that into the old cooking shows. I'm a little surprised, because I was an avid cook, and read some cookbooks like novels. (The Blueberry Hill cookbooks come to mind.)

I'm still not much of a cooking show watcher, although I like some of them on PBS. I've had the pleasure of meeting Ming Tsai's parents, but I'd love his show even without that connection. America's Test Kitchen is another one I've enjoyed.

Recently I ran across a several-years-old cooking show on one of the "off" channels that run older shows. I wish i'd noted the name of it. The show featured a young woman, and in the episode I watched she was making dinner for her sister. I learned about Gremolata bread crumbs (a first for me), and she made a salad dressing with mango chutney in it. I bought a jar of Major Grey's Chutney, but I don't have her recipe.

I liked Natalie Dupree too. I was very happy when not very long ago, I came across a cookbook by her in a thrift shop....brought it home. I watch cooking shows just because I don't watch much else on tv...like the weekly series. Just have never been able to get into them. I don't really watch them to get recipes, and I don't buy cookbooks to get recipes either. Most of the things I cook, I don't use a recipe for, except when I bake. I have tried some recipes on Pinterest and most of them I've liked and added to my limited repertoire. I just cook things I know I am going to like...not much on anything fancy. I like plain food, or maybe call it everyday food, but prepared well. I have over 200 cookbooks. I try to make myself stop buying them, and I am better about it, but I buy them mostly to read. I love the old ones that are splattered with cake batter and dog eared and notes written in the margins. So, I buy them at estate sales, thrift shops, etc.

Graham Kerr's problem was n't so much righ food but the amount of WINE he drank... all the time. He wasn't the microwave guy. Now I'm gonna make myself crazy trying to remember that name. Seem to remember it not being "normal" name like Bob or John?

One I remember watching in the 1970's was Justin Wilson, the Cooking Cajun show. He was fun to watch. I loved the Cajun and Creole food I had when visiting my sister in New Orleans years ago.

Original question was... who remembers name of guy who did all his cooking out of microwaves. His set probably had -6 going at the same time.

That would make the Chopped panel's heads collectively explode!

I loved to watch Justin Wilson! I lived in New Orleans for a while many years ago and learned to like the Cajun food. What wonderful memories!

The reference to the microwave person is in the third paragraph.

The fourth paragraph references: "What TV chefs do you remember?" Most people are responding to your fourth paragraph. Not the hidden question in the third paragraph.

Julia taught me to cook as a new bride 50 years ago. Great teacher!

I liked Justin (Joooos-tan) although doubt much of the stuff he made was ever edible. He'd say how much salt a recipe needed and then in stead of tsps he'd put in heaping TSPS. Jim_1... you need a Snickers (or is it a Milky Way)! ;)

Yes, yes, yes....I remember Justin Wilson.....loved him, too.....on-yo-on!

I remember that guy too. I thought he was a buffoon. He too seemed to be focused on playing a role, not cooking. The role was Gomer Pyle in the kitchen, cooking with unhealthy amounts of salt and calories and trying to make it as if the dishes were something special. I'm surprised he had a regular viewership, he was a one-trick pony, schtick-wise.

"Original question was... who remember name of guy who did all his
cooking out of microwaves. His set probably had -6 going at the same
time."

No, the original question was, "What TV chefs do you remember?"

OK, so I'll go eat a Snickers??

ok here in Detroit? we have an off shoot of pbs called CREATE...and they do have some of the older shows on cooking, travel, ect...plus some newer ones..but can't place the microwave...

I liked Justin Wilson. I got to meet him waaaay back when my late hubs Morrie, and I traveled to l]Looziahna. There was a festival some place near Lake Ponchatrain, and we were invited to go by some locals we met at a campground. he did a lot of the cooking and was soooo funny. Food was off the charts good . That was my first experience eating Gator and it was delish !! Jeff Smith was a favorite. I still fix his Cousin's Sechwan chicken.

Was it Kevin Woodford, Ready Steady Cook. Can't cook won't cook. Two of his cooking shows.

We watched all the PBS shows including the cooking shows. Loved the garden and gardening shows you. I learned so much about sewing watching Sewing with Nancy.

Was the microwave chef Donovan Jon Fandre? He goes back to the 1970's and had a TV show and cookbook.

Here is an article about him. Microwave chef

I remember my mom watching Justin Wilson and I used to watch him also. My dad got a big kick out of his "ooooweeee".

Justin Wilson video

Full episode

I'm so old that I learned to cook before TV was having cooks do their thing.

Nothing on the radio that I recall with cooks talking about cooking.

Caflowerluver! YES! That's him!

I liked Chef John Folse... Louisiana cuisine, I think?

How about Euell Gibbons? Doesn't really fit the category though. He did commercials for Grape Nuts cereal. We'd joke that he ate twigs and bark... maybe he did?

I liked The Splendid Table... used to be on Saturday's on WHYY/npr. Or Jim Coleman, A Chef's Table... relatively local guy... Philly area (loosely).

How about Three Dog Bakery and Two Fat Ladies?

I liked Two Fat Ladies! I know almost nothing about cooking but found myself enthralled with their tv show! The banter, the smoking, the drinking, the motorcycle with the sidecar. It all tickled me. I recall they always cooked for a group of people right on-site and their recipes were God-awful concoctions of ingredients like tripe. Odd ladies and odd food. I loved it!

Kessala

The Galloping Gourmet was my all time favorite. Gram was a HOOT!! I also enjoyed Natalie Dupree. I still think of her every time I chop an onion or peel garlic. Pretty sure she is the only one I actually used her ideas..

Kessala, I liked the Two Fat Ladies too. I don't have cable but I watched it when I was house sitting for a month at a time for a friend of mine, and then "due to a series of unfortunate events" (as in, she killed her husband) her family asked me to house sit again, and I was there for five months. They did cook some horrific things!

Anyone remember the older tiny Cajun woman who had her grandkids come on once in a while? Gotta be about 15 years or so ago. I don't even remember what network she was on.

The Splendid Table is still on NPR around here, Sunday at noon. I love Lynne Rossetto Kasper.

I also got a kick out of Two Fat Ladies.

Anyone remember Yan Can Cook from the 1980's? Or was it just a local CA show?

Yan Can Cook was on PBS and not long ago, I saw him on tv again. I am pretty sure it was PBS. (If Yan Can Cook....So can you!)

I answered myself. That was Miss Lucy's cooking show.

I used to watch a lot of cooking shows -- Julia Child, Galloping Gourmet and Mike Roy. I learned some useful tips.

Two Fat Ladies! I so enjoyed watching them. Remember their preparing bubble and squeak

Microwaves are for Cooking, with Donovan Jon Fandre. That show was on at the time microwaves were becoming popular and he had a good show to encourage people to be less afraid of microwaves. He'd deliberately leave a metal mixing spoon in the bowl to prove that metal in a microwave is not such a big deal. I enjoyed the show and learned a few tricks.

Favorite show was Justin Wilson. Not so much that I'd do his recipes, but he showed that cooking is cooking, and don't get hung up on recipes. A little too much of this, too little of that isn't the crisis that some believe.

Nathalie Dupree was a favorite. Her thing seemed to be to tip the bowl of whipped cream over her head to prove it was thick enough. I watched Galloping Gourmet but never was too thrilled about him or his show. It got old that he couldn't go 5 minutes without some comment about Treena. Liked the Frugal Pervert, er, Gourmet because of the history he'd bring up during the shows. Again, showing that measurements are less critical than many think. There was show, I think it was called Lavonne's Kitchen? Thin, younger black woman who demonstrated a lot of home cooking/family recipes. Haven't seen that for years. Also Franco Palumbo's show was interesting and informative. 2 Fat Ladies was a riot, though few of their recipes would I ever try.

Can't stand the 4timeFelon and the Belle of the Bigots so I avoid them like the proverbial plague. I do like Cook's Country/ATK and Kevin Belton's show. ]

I had recorded virtually every Cooking Cajun and Outdoor Cooking with Inside Help show and made the mistake of loaning the tapes to a friend. Tapes have never been seen since. :( And the shows aren't broadcast around here anymore. I did get a lot of his recipes downloaded right before and right after he died. He used to post them but after he died they pulled them off the site and won't give them out anymore. But he got me using and appreciating Louisiana Hot Sauce, and a pinch of cayenne. And after putting black pepper and parmesan on garlic bread, it's the only way I make it anymore, though I add Italian seasoning too.