The few times that I've watched a couple of minutes of the cooking competition shows (whichever one it is, they're all the same to me), I get this sick feeling in my stomach when I see a cook who poured every ounce of sweat into creating something in hopes that the judges will like it. Then you see the cook get "voted" or "vetoed" and belittled, and made to feel like a complete failure, and you see they just want to burst into tears. It's like watching American Idol, or one of those dance competitions. I just don't find it entertaining. But I get why people participate in these shows and why they're willing to take a chance even if it means being treated like the lowest form of scum by these asshat judges. For some reason, this generation seems to look at a career in cooking like being a hipster, rockstar. I've met a lot of people who work in this industry. It's interesting to talk about cooking with them. What people don't know is that people who work in this industry work like dogs. They're on their feet all day for 12-16 hours a day. So if some anonymous cook from some town gets a chance to compete and maybe become a Food Network rockstar, it's all worth it.
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