My Favorite: Food Network Shows

I have to tell you guys something, I love food. I'm what you would consider a foodie, and enjoy eating and looking at delicious food. I also love television. So I'm lucky that the Food Network exists to appeal to two of my loves. Now one would think that Food Network would have a limited selection of programs, but you would be wrong. Food Network has your basic how-to-cook shows, but there are so many other shows that Food Network offers and I'm going to list some of my favorites to you:

Food Network Challenge- The big grand daddy of the competition shows. This is a food competition show that deals with a variety of different competitions, from BBQ to Sugar, but they often focus on my favorite the Cake battles. This show often revels in the drama that is created, sometimes a little too much (like how it makes the moving the finished cake to the judging table an event, even though dropping a cake very rarely happens). But it is so amazing to see all the cakes that are created in the limited amount of time they have.

Ace of Cakes- Duff Goldman is a pastry chef who made a few appearances on Food Network Challenge. He never won, but amazed everyone with his extreme cake designs often featuring movement and other elements. The executives then came up with an idea, a docu soap show that follows the day-to-day dealings of Duff and his employees at Charm City Cakes and the cakes made. It is so much fun to watch Duff and crew create these amazing cakes and having fun. This is a show that makes you want to hang out with them and order a cake. The employees are larger than life and add life to the show. This is a personal favorite of mine, and I was really upset to see it end.

Cupcake Wars- This show has become a new favorite of mine. This is a competition show based around cupcakes that is as light and fluffy as the cupcakes the show revolves around. This show doesn't have the heavy drama and overall polish of Challenge, but is a fun little dish that revolves around creating unique displays and cupcakes with unusual ingredients. It's definitely formulaic and sometimes predictable, but it's often a fun romp that enjoyable like a favorite romantic comedy.

The Best Thing I Ever Ate- This show is probably the best example of food porn, it's a show entirely devoted to Food Network personalties and chefs describe food from restaurants that they think is the best of a certain topic (like BBQ or breakfast). Now I imagine this sounds like a boring show, but it's really amazing. The people on this show describe these meals like how you would describe an amazing meal to a friend, and they often go into the making of this delectable dishes, to a certain extent (it's a pretty safe bet that every meal has at least one secret ingredient, especially if it's a specialty dish). It reveals in amazing food, often with humor and exemplifies what Food Network is about.

Now this is a short list of what I like, if there's a Food Network show you really enjoy: mention it in the comments, I'm really curious what other television foodies think. But before I end this, I would be remiss if I didn't mention another show I liked. That show is Dinner:Impossible, and I like it for three reasons:

CHEF ROBERT IRVINE. "What do you mean by that?" Just look:

Yum, yum. <3