Week 9, Food TV Flashcards
Collins Food TV Early Period
1946-1962
Cooking shows shot live
Conduits to sell kitchen products
Educational/marketing
Julia Child: You can do this.
Collins Food TV Middle Period
1963-1992
Take French cooking and fine dining to home, make it accessible.
Food centred, host centred.
Collins Food TV Modern Period
Now there’s a whole channel dedicated to cooking.
Cooking shows have low production cost and high revenue.
What did programmers recognize in the 90s?
The importance of making a chef a celebrity, the importance of the educational aspect of television, and that their audience is not necessarily those who love to cook, but those who love to eat.
Merge celebrity with education.
What did Swenson conclude in her writing?
Men are put in private sphere through cooking shows but with conditions that protect their white masculinity.
Progress has been made but it comes with exceptions.
According to Swenson, how are men portrayed during daytime kitchen programming?
Their cooking is either a hobby or a flex.
According to Swenson, how are women portrayed during daytime kitchen programming?
Their cooking is domestic and/or a labour.
According to Swenson, how are men portrayed in travel food shows?
They have manly appetites, they are on an adventure to try exotic dishes.
According to Swenson, how are women portrayed in travel food shows?
They are thrifty homemakers.
