1. Rachael Ray - a cutie and a hottie, but her forced laugh sometimes turns me off (but I could learn to live with it)

2. Bobby Flay - I used to really hate his smug attitude, but now that he is doing a couple of series on BBQ/grilling, I have to cut him some slack.

3. Alton Brown - I used to hate him - he is such an ubergeek. But the content of his show is great and I watch it despite him.

Kind of how I feel about Alan Colmes.

Iron Chef French - Sakai
Bobby Flay
Rachel Ray
The American Iron Chef Italian - I can't think of his name right now.

I liked Emeril for a while but his show has gotten boring.

You guys forgot Snorton! :dis:

mario batali? i like that guy too, he is like the american sakai.

Good catch Bayou Bengals. He is from Boston.

I thought it was a small town in Conneticut? He has been real good to New Orleans though over the years, living there and bragging about it all the time.

i'm gonna have to vote for the one that i personally know and work for Paul Prudhomme

Let's call it the NorthEast.

He doesn't spend a lot of time in NO, with his TV show and all that. My sister is good friends with his oldest daughter, and she doesn't see him all that much. He seems to live most of his life on an airplane.

I believe that. He's a busy man, I've really liked his show for years.