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I have a confession to make: Before this week, I really had no idea who the hell Scott Conant was. I don’t watch Chopped, I didn’t see the episode of Top Chef where he served as a guest judge, and I’ve never eaten at one of his restaurants. I do know he’s the host of Food Network’s newest competition show, 24 Hour Restaurant Battle, and that he hates onions. And if the above video preview is any indication, he seems to have an unhealthy obsession with unbuttoned shirts and suit handkerchiefs.
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I cannot stand Scott Conant. I’ll probably watch just to see if it is the epic FAIL I think it will be.
I think I know how FN comes up with new shows. Take people from other shows I absolutely cannot stand and give them their own show. How the fuck does this smug assclown get his own show? He just has this douchey aura about him which I hope others will pick up. Sure he’s successful, but so are a lot of people.
Scott Conant is the most pompous asshole I have EVER watched on tv. I have officially written off chopped because I cannot bear to watch this compete douchebag How his wife can be married to this man is BEYOND me.
I *might* watch the reruns. No way I’m missing SYTYCD. I am curious to see just how big of a prick he’s going to be.
Amen! I won’t miss SYTYCD for this crap.
What does that abbreviation stand for? I’ve seen it a couple times now and I’m really starting to get curious.
So You Think You Can Dance? ;)
Ahhhh…knew it was something simple, but I just kept bonking my head against a wall, metaphorically speaking. Thanks.
No way I’m watching this. The sadism level at FN has just grown to deep for my tastes. Bring back Jim O’Connor’s show, which had a sense of fun and the joy associated with food instead of all this weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Okay, I expected the Silver Fox to show up…but Marcus Samuelsson? How could you?
What was up with the love fest in the last 30 seconds? It’s as if the show is trying to justify its existence by showing how they bring couples of all types together.
Why do I get the feeling that, were I to serve celery in a restaurant, that someone would complain that it was too stemmy?
Too stringy….the celery was way too stringy, ADITL. Hee hee! ;^)
Why are the contestants acting so shocked and strung out that they only have 24 hours to do this? They knew the premise of the show before they got on, duh.
Looks utterly painful to watch. Scott Conant looks like he relishes another opportunity to be in the critic’s seat.
I love watching Chopped and I had to look up Conant because all they ever say is he is a “restauranteur.” This man hates hates hates red onions, poorly cooked pasta, and he barely says anything constructive during the show unless it’s negative. He rants about things and has no personality. I don’t like him.
That being said, I will probably watch an episode of this, because it is like restaurant wars on Top Chef, which is awesome.
I totally agree! I can’t stand the man either. He is the most arrogant SOB to ever draw a breath. Even when he attempts to be slightly constructive, it still comes out snotty! I will watch it at least once just out of pure curiosity.
I would SO serve him a red onion sandwich in a heartbeat. And button your friggin shirt.Or are you too sexy for your shirt? (Ick, my stomach just did a flip.)
I agree with Jillian-who-posted-before-me (and FNH Jillian of course). I watch Chopped quite a bit, actually, because I enjoy seeing what they can make with crappy ingredients. But Conant is just a total dick on the show. Someone could make the best tasting dish in the entire world, and god forbid there’s a red onion in it, because he will knock them down hard. It really makes it aggravating to watch.
I don’t even get what the hell this show is about, and have no urge to watch it what so ever.
On last night’s show, Madison presented what might be considered, among Chopped judges, a perfect dish….and Conant agreed, but he had to find something. His criticism: the dish may have too many prunes.
Not for you, it doesn’t.
Good one!
Too many prunes in a dish might end up flushing him out so he won’t have any excuse for his pinched, constipated attitude.
Seems to be a major douche, at least on Chopped. Apparently one of his grandparents had Italian ancestry and he considers himself some sort of authority on Italian cuisine, pasta specifically. There was an episode of No Reservations recently where Bourdain’s “friends” prepared dishes in short segments. Conant made something incredibly simple, like penne with marinara sauce or something. He came across as more likable in the segment, but his dish was not impressive.
No way I would watch this drivel, but I can’t wait to read your posts mocking him, Jillian! Conant is a total asswipe.
That’s no chef! It’s Wolverine!
Conant on Chopped proved him to be an arrogant turd, busting chops just because he could. Way to go FN, another, tearful, fretful, drama-queen show, how original of you, how original!
I liked it when Chopped was where they held their stupid or douchtastic judges in relative captivity. But since then, Sanchez, Guarnaschelli, Conant, that shaved head “ROCK N ROLL DOOD!” guy, and Freitag have begun infecting TFN elsewhere. At least I haven’t seen Zakarian on other shows (yet).
The only regular judge on Chopped I like is Murphy.
Zakarian competed on Iron Chef America a few weeks ago.
Against Morimoto (biiiiiiiig mistake!).
And lost, big time.
It was sweeeeeeeeeeeeet. As if all of the Chopped contestants at the receiving end of his criticism all got revenge.
Morimoto is a food god. If I ever get the chance–and I am fully aware that it’s likely to be a cold day in hell–I would eat whatever he cared to put in front of me. Don’t care if I don’t recognize it–if Morimoto serves it, it’s going to be gooood.
And I saw the Iron Chef America that Zakarian competed on. While I expected him to lose as soon as I saw who he challenged, I sort of had to give him grudging admiration for challenging Morimoto. I mean, if you’re going to go up against an Iron Chef, it takes guts to pick HIM. Even an arrogant chef can’t deny that Morimoto has won more battles than anyone else. He’s pretty much a living legend in culinary circles.
This is actually a reply to SaraCVT:
On Iron Chef America, Morimoto is the weakest chef as far as the judges are concerned. He has the worst record, even though he’s been on a winning streak this season. At the end of last season, he had a losing record, with more losses than wins. So I disagree, challenging Morimoto is someone going after the easy win.
That’s one reason I’ve grown to dislike ICA. Morimoto is a food god and everything he makes is unique, yet the judges constantly gave him poor scores, even on originality! He would create things never before created and the other guy would get more creative points.
Do you even watch ICA anymore? Morimoto almost ALWAYS wins! It’s like a given–as soon as you see he’s in a battle, you know he’s going to win, you just don’t know what’s he’s going to produce.
I find Marc Murphy to be just as douchey as Conant. Murphy snipes at people and is unpleasant and petty. Also, he competed on an ep of FN Challenge and didn’t even place in the top three, so I feel like he doesn’t have the chops to be judging other people’s work.
Scott Conant=World Class Jerk. He hates red onions, overcooked anything, undercooked vegetables, and pretty much anything else that doesn’t fit his narrow-as-a-needle eye worldview of food, which come to think of it after several seasons of CHOPPED we really still don’t know what the hell that is.
So you are saying that you LIKE overcooked food and undercooked veggies?? I have been to Conant’s retaurant Scarpetta in NYC and it is the BEST Italian food I have ever had. He may have high standards, but since when is that a bad thing??
I actually like overooked/burned food. It depends on the food, though. I don’t like tough meat/fish but other foods to me are improved with a bit of overcooking.
GAH! Scott Conant! My sworn mortal enemy! I want to serve this douche overcooked and rinsed pasta, fish with cheese on it, and RAW red onions. (God forbid he eat a Greek Salad).
Scott Conant (I can’t even say part of his name without finishing. like Booby Flay) is a fucking testicle.
So what you guys are all saying is that you can’t stand him, eh? :)
He just started following FNH on Twitter over the weekend. Before that, I had no idea who the hell he really was.
If I ever met him on the sidewalk, I’d punch him right in his oddly manscapped triple chin.
He must look himself up on Twitter every hour or so and then he retweets everything that he finds that mentions him. I’ve posted straight up that he is a dick and he even retweeted that.
I tweeted about him twice last night and both of them were retweeted by him within 2 hours. Kinda creepy.
He’s obviously so narcissistic, I bet he can’t look in the mirror without saying, “Well, hello there.” (ewww)
And shave that shit off your face. Do you know how that sticks when you kiss? Oh, but you only kiss yourself… nevermind.
He infected a recent issue of Men’s Health, with a creepy picture of him and his belly (what magazine was that again?) feeding some poor woman “morning after” breakfast.
Nope… At least I like him. OK, so not everyone is into his personality. For me… I don’t give a flying f*ck about all that personality crap! IMHO, FN has been infected too much by the “personality bug” that has plagued us with the likes of “Semi Edible Aunt Sandy” Lee and “Queen YUM-O!” Rachael Ray. I don’t mind real chefs like Scott Conant returning to FN and showing us what real food is.
In terms of arrogance, I’d say it goes:
1) SCOTT CONANT! Can’t even SAY his name without wishing bodily harm and red oinions on him.
2) Gee. Ferry. ‘Nuff Said.
3) Ted “I just wanna wear crocs!” Allen
4) Jeffrey. Everytime he sneaks that bite of food from Ina’s unphotographed recipe, it just want to sock him in his smug face.
See, I’ve never found Ferry to be arrogant, just stupid and obnoxious.
That list seems woefully inaccurate with the absence of Flay.
I’ve already seen a sneak preview. While the rest of you were out boozing it up over Christmas, it turns out that Food Network showed the pilot for this (several times), as they did for “Private Chefs of Beverly Hills” and at least one other new series I can’t remember. So this has been in the can for a while.
It was…OK. Think of “restaurant wars” from “Top Chef” but with teams of just two contestants who have a relationship with each other. Menu, decor, cooking, serving, in a provided space with kitchen, all in 24 hours. It seems pretty clear where they got the inspiration.
Just as “Chopped” is often very good depending on the chefs and the particular sadism of the ingredient baskets (last night’s final two blew all the judges away, including Conant), this has potential. But not enough to miss another show you like, particularly since FN will show it again 3 hours later and again over the weekend.
I watched last night’s Chopped. It was one of the best episodes, mostly because Madison (the dude who won) kept saying that cooking was like making love. And that made me giggle. And also because it was a Chopped first. Not one “judge” had anything really negative to say about a dish.
Except that Scott Conant said how it would be bad if he ate too many prunes. I, however, think it would be just the thing he needs to get that stick out of his ass.
I kept thinking it was a shame that Lance (the other chef in the final two besides Madison) was in this particular show. Any other show, he would have walked all over his competition. I mean, Amanda Freitag actually said he made her a better chef because she will now push herself! But no–he got paired up with Madison, whom my husband kept calling “the freight train”, because he was pretty much the ultimate Chopped competitor. Since he had been homeless at one point in his life, every ingredient was a gift to him.
I agree! Last night’s Chopped was the best episode yet. The judges gave praise where praise was due and the final two chefs were awesome. They should have split the $10K!
Also agree– last night’s Chopped was the best episode I’ve seen. The chefs were overwhelmed (and somewhat intimidated) by the talent of the final two competitors.
Also, it was the first time I’ve EVER seen a chef (Madison in the final round) say he was unhappy with his dish and even specify what he didn’t like (“you know what I’m talking about?”) and have Scott Conant, of all people, say, “No, I DON’T know what you’re talking about because this is, like, awesome!” Scott Conant passing up the chance to be critical? Must have been filmed in a parallel universe…
Definitely the best episode ever! I wanted them both to win, and I think they should have made an exception and given them BOTH $10K.
OMG, I couldn’t agree more. I absolutely loved this episode, and have only recently begun to enjoy CHOPPED—due primarily to the fact that just looking at the sour mugs on the judges’ faces is so depressing to me. I, too, wished they’d have awarded the $10K to both (though I knew, of course, that this wouldn’t happen)—and I also truly appreciated the fact that the judges, for ONCE, seemed as though they weren’t disgusted to be sitting on that panel. I agree with everyone here about Mr. Conant’s negative vibe and cannot for the life of my understand why someone with such a deeply rooted aversion to ANY ingredient, be it onion or farina, would accept a position as a judge of – helloooooo – food. So imagine my shock when I googled him and found, among other things, more than a few majorly RAVE reviews of one or another of his restaurants—twice from the New York Times, for pete’s sake. Blow me down. Doesn’t excuse for an instant, however, his hifalutin’ ways. No way, no how.
“I think we have overestimated ourselves”
Welcome to FN.
LOL!! This was a HILARIOUS clip for them to have included in their promo. Can’t decide if it’s because they’re too dim to have realized how ill-advised the inclusion of this quote was…or rather they think the collective intelligence of their viewership is so low that we’d not be likely to get it. Either way – major boner.
holy fake… 24 hours to build a restaurant, 24 hours to have the show taken off the air….
We all need to rally together and throw raw onions at Mr. Conant. First one to get a scallion to stick in his perfectly groomed beard gets 5 points.
Like most if not all the Chopped judges they are actually nice people before the editing room turns them into assholes.
With that said that doesn’t give them a free pass to avoid being made fun of! Those unbuttoned shirts are hilarious. All he needs is a gold medallion and some chest hair and the image is complete.
I plan the watch the show though. It sounds like it will be cool.
whaaaaa??? What about the other sightings we’ve had of Conant, Guarneschelli, and Zakarian (these are the ones I’ve seen elsewhere…can’t speak for anyone else)…I’d imagine they might be nice at a cocktail soiree, or a FN Xmas Party…but whenever I’ve seen them on TV, these 3 have been major party-poopers completely lacking in any semblance of a sense of humor. You can’t blame the editors of all these shows for everything!
This show is going to be an epic fail.
So this is basically the finale of Hell’s Kitchen, just not as entertaining or with as high standards.
Scott Conant is the ultimate douche nozzle. What “chef” hates onions? I mean, really. There are so many applications where onions are practically a mainstay. He seems to think he’s the be all, end all of food critique. Get over yourself ass pirate.
Hehe, ass pirate… one of my favorite expressions. Oh and new one from a Geico commercial… Jackwagon, lol.
He’s hardly the only chef to hate onions. I mean, the guy is a giant douche and definitely doesn’t have the personality or star-power to carry his own show – but he really is not alone in his onion hatred.
Yeah, but he’s the only one to make such a huge deal about it. He’s said in the past that using onions was “irresponsible”, like you could cause, I don’t know, injury by adding a vegetable to your dish. I myself don’t like raw onions, but I recognize that other people do, and I just pick them off when I am presented with a dish that has them. Pick ‘em off, dude–it’s not that hard.
Fine! It’s a free country…he’s well within his rights to hate onions. But why, oh WHY, then, does he pimp himself out as a judge of food? Why should each and every cheftestant to darken the doors of CHOPPED be required to read the “Conant Anti-Onion Primer”? If he detests onions, let him judge pastry contests, for pete’s sake. It’s just danged idiotic. As if these chefs don’t have enough on their plate…”OK, lessee. I’ve got 20 minutes to create a killer appetizer using blood sausage, melted ice-cream-sandwich innards, fermented pumpkin rind and non-clumping cat litter. And OH! God! Almost forgot!!! Can NOT use onions of any sort, lest Conant press the EJECT button and catapult me through that hole in the roof.”
I bet he WISHES he had an EJECT button–come to think of it, so do I. That’d be cool to watch…
I guess I am Scott Conant’s only fan? Admittedly on Chopped he can be harsh, but it’s all about entertainment and I am always excited to see him as a judge. The show is designed for the judges to be snarky – ratings would drop if the judges were gushing over everyone all the time. When I see him doing other bits like The Today Show he is the complete opposite – very likable (and dare I say it? He is smokin’ hot, too).
But can you imagine sex with him? How stern and critical he’d be? LOL
Instead of walking up to him covered in whipped cream, I wonder what the reaction would be if they were covered in pureed red onions.
He’d be like, “Bitch, either move those hips or get in the kitchen and make me some grub… and if there’s any red onions, I’m gonna show you what an ass pirate really IS!”
I just can’t see this scenario, because you know he doesn’t think anyone else is good enough to cook for him.
Are you related to him?
Ha ha! I wish I were, because I could get him to cook for me – the food I see in the reviews of his restaurants always looks like perfection. Although, it would make my comment about him being hot a little creepy if he were family.
I wonder at which point TFN will be all “reality” shows, all the time? It’s headed down that path. I hardly watch it at all, anymore. I watch Anne Burrell, Alton Brown, and Chopped, but that’s about it. I guess Scripps has decided to use the Cooking Channel for it’s “real” cooking shows.
Sorry for the typo: ‘for its “real” cooking shows.’ ;)
scott conant = douche douche douche
Yay! A spot to vent about Scott Conant. I stopped watching Chopped because of him. Having to hear him bitch about hating onions in every Chopped epi I saw him in got on my last nerve.
I won’t watch this new show with him and his Las Vegas wardrobe.
I will watch it because I think Scott’s kind of hot.
Amen to that….he’s gorgeous.
Not to defend Scotty, but I think his hatred extends only to raw onions, not cook onions.
I despise the fingertips-together hand pose. Drives me nuts.
Quit being so critical…I hate to think what you’re doing with YOUR hands
i’ve pretty much stopped watching fn entirely. too many moronic cake, cupcake, and desserts. no wonder most of their hosts look bloated and need to watch their a1c. and any of the shows that need judging drive me f’n nuts! doucheman is an effeminate little troll especially when seated next to fogleschtup. their criticisms are so freakin arcane. off topic, but one of the things about top chef that made me want to stick ice picks in my ears, was top crocoshit always whining about salt! salt it yourself asswipe. my wife went to his “cut” restaurant in beverly hills. nothing but an expensive salt lick palace; an expensive applebee’s.
keep up the great work jillian!!!!
i’m an idiot (my wife will vouch for me). the restaurant was craft, not cut. apologies to mr. puck.
Red onions are to Scott Conant as wire hangers were to Joan Crawford.
But only red ones–is the color that drives him nuts?
The red/raw onions are too strong for his delicate pallet. Phhllgghh! That guy is crying for a red onion enema!
Ooops! Correction: “his delicate palate”
I’d think red onions to conant would be as wire hangers were to crawford’s CHILdren. Anathema?
That show will probably be a big pile of fail. The restaurants are too plain – snooze fest.
But what was with that b*tch customer who snapped at the waitress about interrupting them? Do people really act like that in restaurants??? I’d knock that chick out.
I noticed her, too – and, like you, wanted nothing more than to deck her. THAT said, I’d think she’d almost have to have been an FN plant – to spice things up, as it were. Everything else looked boring as hell, that’s for sure…
Oh man, why why why make this man the host? I much prefer Amanda Freitag. She’s probably my favorite judge on FN.
She has been known to be pretty arrogant herself. I will say that it seems lately though since her stint in the Iron Chef competition, her arrogance has tempered somewhat. I guess being on “the other side” has humbled her superior air.
Total ripoff of Top Chef’s Restaurant Wars. Originality – thy name is not Food Network
It pisses me off when he bitches about red onions. In one Chopped episode, he practically ORDERED a chef to not use red onions. So when the guy joked about making onion jam for dessert, Conant the Barbarian got his panties in a bunch. Listen up, Scotty…your job is to judge the food, not tell the chefs what to cook/not cook. The chefs can make anything they want, as long as they use the basket’s ingredients,
PS- It’s obvious that he got some facial work done in anticipation of his new hosting gig. Botox around the eyes, lipo on the chin…
Did you see the one where the chef waved a red onion at him during the cooking, kind of taunting him with it? I nearly LMAO, even though I knew he’d get yelled at for it later by Conant the Barbarian (I LOVE that name! Thanks, Fury!)
Though it pains me to say this, I think Conant had a point on that episode. When you tell someone that you hate raw red onion, then maybe they should know not to use that ingredient. He gave the guy a pass on the first dish (pretty much just mentioned he didn’t like raw onion), but why would you do something you know would piss a judge off with your second dish? That chef was also kind of an arrogant jerk himself and should’ve taken the judges’ warning to heart.
That said, Conant is the least likable judge on Chopped. He comes off condescending and rude.
That IS true (about that chef being an arrogant jerk himself). I blush to confess it, but I was glad to see him to get chopped just on his personality alone. And the customer (even if he is a condescending jerk of a judge) is always right.
I’m noticing an FN trend – grab on to any and everyone who has ever appeared on Top Chef/Bravo and do whatever you can to get them to appear in any of their shows possible. Smacks of desperation, in my humble opinion.
Also smacks of someone over there taking a look at the bottom line. As in, wouldn’t be surprised if everyone (except Rachael Ray, natch) must sign a contract that reads something like “we’ll pay you $17 million/annum & will bankroll your next 8 books and 4 lines of bakeware with proviso that you appear whenever and wherever we say you’ll appear. And OH! All such appearances will be on, exclusively, FN. Maybe the occasional Bravo spot, with our prior approval”.
Gordon Ramsay must be rolling over this one. Really, what a bad idea for a show.
Besides, he already does it on Hell’s Kitchen–and much better, too.
If you are a giant bag of gas, one tablespoon of chopped (pun intended) red onion could send you over the edge. Blowing about the room like a rapidly deflating balloon. Then, all our suscpicions would be confirmed….just sayin’.
OK, I’ll watch it. I admit it. I’ll watch it, dammit!
Any time real food is snuck onto FN, even on silly competition shows, I appreciate it. After all, wasn’t Food Network once upon time about FOOD??!! I want real cooking, dammit, and let’s be fair… Scott Conant is a real chef who’s delivered great food at his restaurants. In fact, I can hardly wait for Scarpetta and DOCG open at the new Cosmo casino this December!
Even if this show is a blatant rip-off of “Top Chef” (specifically the “Restaurant Wars” episodes) and “Hell’s Kitchen”, I’ll watch it for Scott Conant and the contestants cooking real food.
And btw, I know a lot of you will scream at me for this… But I find Scott Conant kind of hot. Well, at least I know he can cook his way into my heart (via my stomach)! :-D
I went grocery shopping today and just had to remark to my husband that I was going to be the bane of Scott Conant since I wanted to try a new dish that called for red onion. Sorry, Scott, but it does look good–Pork Chops with Spicy Sweet Pineapple Relish. The red onion is in the relish.
I have to say I am totally shocked at some of the comments made about Scott Conant. I think he’s awesome and one of the main reasons I watch Chopped. He’s a JUDGE. He’s SUPPOSED to critique a dish…and he seems happy when the winner is selected. He’s paid his dues, he’s successful and he knows cooking. I’ll watch this show and probably enjoy it.
I think he’s attractive. I think YOU’RE all NUTS.
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH KAREN AND PLUS HE IS JUST TOO FINE AND THE SEXIEST JUDGE ON CHOPPED HES MY FAV (GUESS IM THE ONLY SCOTT FAN HERE)
GROSS. Seriously? He’s hideous AND an asshole.
I just want to shove chopped raw red onion in every oriface of his. I hate this man.
Excuse me, orifice. I am sleepy. :)
I set the DVR to record this show and it recorded some kind of cupcake battle instead! I was really looking forward to watching this. I don’t know why so many people are calling Scott such horrible things…I think he’s a fair guy. If you can’t stand criticism then don’t sign up for the show.
RE: Italian challenge on 24 Hour Restaurant Battle–
If the criteria is a restaurant ready for prime time is the criterial for the show- how many days can “Nonna” show up to carry the decorator mom and home cook daughter. 4 items does not a menu make.
It’s all about getting a restaurant ready to go- and all the rum in the dessert isn’t gonna carry them more than a week.
This isn’t a one-time catering event- it’s a concept for a restaurant.
Tonight I saw him pass verdict on clams in pasta with Parmesan cheese – apparently, according to this man, YOU DON”T DO it. It seems like, as with red onions, there is another thing for him to act like a jerk about. You would think a judge would be a little more open-minded.
I found this site because I Googled “asshole chopped judge” when I couldn’t remember his name in conversation. It worked. Apparently I am not the only one who thinks this man is a little over the top, anyone else beside me like Parmesan on their linguine with clam sauce?
So the premise is that the food network people fuck up, and the contestants don’t have enough time to fix the network’s mistakes? Harsh.
I have just read all these comments on my lunch break and am laughing so hard, I got tears running down my face! You people are hilarious!!
ZOMG i’m the arugula girl, and it was really stemmy, real talk. It was like chewing on a piece of wood.