Basic introduction

Broadcast cycle: July 29, 2012 - October 14, 2012 (every Sunday at 21:15, ***11 issues) Food judges: Cao Kefan, Liu Yifan, Li Zongsheng

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Main content

"Master Chef" is one of the oldest cooking and food programs in the world. It was launched by the British BBC in 1990 premiered and was a huge success. The Master Chef brand is popular all over the world. It has been produced and broadcast in Australia, the United States, Greece, Italy and other countries and has achieved good ratings. This program combines grand scenes with exquisite food production, and magnifies the personal dreams behind the food to the front of the stage. The final "Top Chef" honorary winner will realize his ultimate dream of cooking. The grand scenes of this show will give the audience an unprecedented visual experience and viewing enjoyment. The conflicts and cooperation between participants with different personalities, and the interaction between participants and judges are also the highlights of this show. The Chinese version of "Top Chef" will inherit the characteristics of the foreign original version and strive to create the first large-scale gourmet reality show in China to showcase the chef dreams of ordinary people. At the same time, combined with domestic audience viewing habits and program production formats, we adapt to local conditions, self-innovate, and highlight Chinese characteristics. The themes of all dishes are mainly Chinese dishes, putting "China on the tip of the tongue" directly on the dinner plate, allowing the audience to Watch it in front of the screen and feel the temptation of salivating and moving your index fingers.

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National food experts gather

Competing for China’s first “Top Chef” 60 folk food lovers from all over the country gathered in Shanghai to start a round with A food tour with a difference. In early June, "Joyang Boiling Pressure Cooker Top Chef" began secret recording in Shanghai. Folk gourmet experts face rounds of challenges, from showing off their specialty dishes to testing basic cooking skills, sometimes making specified dishes as required, and sometimes using their creativity to present unique surprises based on limited ingredients. All of these are just fighting for one very common thing - an apron with the "Top Chef" logo on it. With it, you will go further as a grassroots food expert and one step closer to realizing your dream. Among this group of folk food experts from all over the country, including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, there are children's hosts who are dedicated to desserts, female teachers who have been reborn after disasters, wage earners who do takeaways, and businessmen who have turned to cooking after their business has been frustrated. There are also beauties who are deaf but still confident. In terms of age, from the nearly 70-year-old to the children who have just entered elementary school, the span is astonishing. Such a group of people with very different temperaments and experiences come together because of the same dream. They want to become "top chefs" The real purposes are different for each, and are particularly curious.

From "Godfather of Music" to "Food Judge"

Li Zongsheng leads the food vertical line. Li Zongsheng's appearance on the food program is somewhat surprising. Although Li Zongsheng, who was far away in Vancouver, did not come to the event on the day of the press conference, he still sent a video to recommend this program to the national media. "Participating in a program like "Top Chef" is the most interesting thing I have done in the past few years. One thing that surprised me the most.” As a food show judge for the first time, the “Godfather of Music” expressed that he was not stressed at all and enjoyed it very much. "The whole feeling is very, very good, and I almost forgot that I am a musician." In Li Zongsheng's view, music and cooking have many similarities, "Your orchestration is your material, whichever is more, which is less, Which one will appear when, how long it will appear, and which one is the main theme, these are all the same." Li Zongsheng said frankly that serving as a judge this time gave him a lot of creative inspiration, "There is a small society among these participants. Human nature, competition, suspicion, and friendship are all in it." In the video, Li Zongsheng's generous praise of "Joyang Boiling Pressure Cooker Top Chef" also made people full of expectations for this show, "It should be me. Among all the domestic food programs we have seen, it is the best, the most serious, the most exciting, and the most inspiring. We will definitely attract attention, we will definitely create a trend, and we will definitely succeed. !”

The handsome head chef is very demanding to carry out his “venomous tongue” to the end

Steven Liu (Liu Yifan) from Taiwan, China, is currently the executive chef of the Peace Hotel. With a handsome appearance and great eloquence, it was his first time to participate in a TV show. When talking about his feelings, he said, "It's different from what I thought. Doing a show is different from ordinary operations." Although there are still differences between doing programs and real kitchen operations, Liu Yifan, who regards cooking as his life, has not lowered his standards. "I still face it with a very rigorous attitude and basically integrate it into real operations." It is reported that Liu Yifan got angry several times at the show's recording site, making sharp comments such as "What kind of rubbish did you feed me?" He can be described as the "venomous" judge in the "Gourmet Vertical Line".

As for the cooperation with the other two non-professional judges, Liu Yifan said that the three of them got along very happily in private, and even praised Li Zongsheng, "His dabbling in food is like a martial arts master to me." < /p>

"Gourmet" Cao Kefan: The quarrel of three taste buds

The famous host of Dragon TV, Cao Kefan, is also a member of the "Gourmet Line" this time, and his figure is not ugly. Teacher Chu Cao is very particular about food, and he is well-deserved to be called a "gourmet". As for cooking itself, Cao Kefan also has his own experience. "I have been in the sixth grade since I was in elementary school. My parents went to work and I did all the shopping and cooking at home." In his opinion, "eating" is also an important part of life. an art. Regarding the criteria for judging dishes, Cao Kefan said that the three judges often quarreled. Cao Kefan said: "The three of us have become a whole in terms of food. But the three of us have different taste buds, and we will have different priorities in judging." However, Li Zongsheng takes the overall situation into consideration: "We all have different tastes." It’s the result of discussion. We don’t say who we listen to. We don’t have leaders here!” Talking about the two foreign judges, Cao Kefan immediately asserted, “After the show was broadcast, Liu Yifan must have become a big hit. He is the ‘Master Nai Killer’. "In his eyes, Liu Yifan is "handsome and cool", with excellent expressive skills and full of charm. Due to his straightforward commenting style, Teacher Cao humorously expressed his concern for his life safety, "Brother Zong Sheng and I are going to jointly fund the purchase of ten hoods for him so that he can walk safely on the street."

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2. Broadcast time

Dragon TV's "Top Chef" will premiere nationwide at 21:15 pm on July 29, and the food review of the program will be for the first time Appearing, they are music godfather Li Zongsheng, famous speaker Cao Kefan and Peace Hotel executive chef Liu Yifan. Food experts from all over the country will compete for China's first top chef in 2 months.

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