im really into the reality cooking shows and my favorates are top chef and hells kitchen. my other favorates are bourdanes no reservations and bizzare foods but theyre not really cooking shows, i love watching these guys eat strange stuff.
Hairy Bikers, anything Ramsay, Jamie, Nigella Lawson, Rick Stein, Delia Smith, Antonio Carluccio, Ainsley Harriott. The Best, Tony and Giorgo, Gary Rhodes Cookery Year, Cook and Chef, Masterclass at Large, Japenese Iron Chef, Two Fat Ladies, Posh Nosh, Consuming Passions etc
Don't like [censored]'s kitchen...it's a reality TV show. The Kitchen nightmares made me like (rather than abhor) Ramsay, as they were educational to the people in the places he "helped" hard lessons, but they were lessons.
[censored]'s kitchen (only seen the first episode so far) is the biggest loser/survivor type show that I dislike intensely. Very little teaching of the "contestants" is evident.
I like Nigella, but she does too many desserts these days.
Oliver with his garden and wood fired oven pique my fancy (but not enough to get out the bricks and mortar).
Rick Stein is great
Fat Tony (Carluccio) I enjoy thoroughly.
Anusly Harriot, I don't like very much at all.
Nick Nairn was great when he was on. Shooting and cooking venison, harvesting razorfish, lobster etc.
And that dude...aaargh hopeless with name I am...Had the old brick place/cottage, grew his own stuff and bartered/sold produce, plinked rabbits etc...some hyphenated name...stuffed if I remember it, but he was good.
Yes I forgot Nick Nairn, loved his show in the sailboat travelling round the Scottish islands. What amazing food. Maybe your thinking of Hugh Fearnley Whitingstall? He's a bit out there?