Door Knock Dinners
Door Knock Dinners is a program that aired on Food Network in the late 1990s.[clarification needed] The program featured Gordon Elliott taking a guest chef (or himself) into the home of a busy person/household and cooking the family a dinner using only the items they had in their home.
The Door Knock Dinners guest chef list includes the following:
- Paula Deen – her appearance on the show led to her debuting her own show, Paula's Home Cooking, in November 2002.
- Tyler Florence
- Rokusaburo Michiba and Masaharu Morimoto – appeared on the show and prepared dinner for a family in Rye, New York ahead of Morimoto's first Iron Chef battle against Bobby Flay in New York City, which Elliott was the English-speaking MC for. The show adapted many Iron Chef mechanics in honor of them, including graphics and announcers as if the challenge were a Kitchen Stadium battle, and footage from the show was used in the Iron Chef New York Special, including the original Japanese version that aired on Fuji TV.[1]
Reception
In a negative review, Michael Farkash of The Hollywood Reporter called the show "a disappointing, disjointed presentation", writing, "Better jokes or even more sarcastic gibes are needed to spice up the show."[2] Rolling Stone reviewer Chris Napolitano thought the show was "the best dinner theater on the tube".[3] The Associated Press's Lynn Elber found Elliott's performance to be "refreshingly quirky" and praised the program's "homespun sweetness".[4]
References
- ↑ "Iron Chef episode of Doorknock Dinners (Video)". YouTube. 30 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 10 September 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Farkash, Michael (1999-11-01). "Gordon Elliott's Door Knock Dinners". The Hollywood Reporter. 360 (13). p. 14. ProQuest 2467946432.
- ↑ Napolitano, Chris (1999-11-11). "Door Knock Dinners". Rolling Stone. No. 825. EBSCOhost 2429911. ProQuest 2629592737.
- ↑ Elber, Lynn (1999-12-10). "When a gourmet dinner comes to you". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. ProQuest 418936800. Archived from the original on 2025-06-14. Retrieved 2025-06-14 – via Newspapers.com.
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