Food shows on TV enjoy wide popularity as many people want to try the recipes being prepared by chefs at home to captivate near and dear ones. The craze for the latest kitchenware, too, seems to have caught on as viewers are bowled over by the dazzling kitchen ambience of the shows
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Every season, men and women from across the globe, huddle round the TV to watch every episode of MasterChef India.MasterChef India is an Indian competitive cooking show based on the original British MasterChef. The show captures the hearts not only of aspiring chefs but also those who fancy highly-advanced fashionable kitchenware.
Television today has taken cookery onto a new level altogether transforming foodies into passionate chefs. Cookery shows today not only make your mouth water by showing delicious dishes but also present exotic recipes and the full variety of international cuisine. Today the food shows in many channels focus on innovative and special dishes.
Archana Panda from Bhubaneswar feels cookery shows have revolutionised the kitchen of the yesteryears. “I remember the dishes that I prepared years ago were good and tasty but lacked in the decoration part. Today I have learnt the value of placing the dish neatly in a white serving bowl and garnishing it well. So the simple dish of yesterday has become the appealing dish of today,” she says.
“That apart the shows give many tips on easy and fast cooking and also focus on various regional recipes. I would have never tried my hands at making dhokla or bhature if the cookery shows had not shown how easily they could be made. The shows encourage the viewer including me, a woman of 70, to try recipes at home and win the hearts of my grand kids,” Panda adds.
Dibya Jyoti Giri, a housewife from Bhubaneswar, says we Indians are always interested in anything related to food. “We have a very food-centric culture. What has happened now is that interest has grown. People have become aware that food is not necessarily what we eat at home and they want to know all about the different recipes and try them at home. The cookery shows on television both feed this craving and feed off it. Food shows and the information they offer like restaurants serving exotic cuisines and the desire of viewers to try the different dishes at home contribute to the popularity of these shows,” she says.
“Earlier, there used to be only a limited number of shows. Today there are shows in the regional language channels too. I have tried many recipes I learnt from TV shows at home,” adds Dibya.
Sagarika Satapathy, social worker based in Bhubaneswar, says, “When you’re placing the food on the plate, the goal is to how to entice someone to take that food; it depends on your garnishing. Place the most attractive food in the front of the plate so that the dish looks enticing. These are things we are learning from cooking shows.”
She adds, “These shows create the feeling that one’s kitchen ambience ought to match the one shown on television with the right equipment and decked up kitchen interior. We also get an idea about what kind of food is good for health.”