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What's up with the Mehta hate?

posted 15 years ago by rayden12
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I don't get you guys. Is it because he's Indian and cooks as such, there seems to be some hostility and displeasure towards anything Indian on Food Network and it's viewers I've noticed. Or is his personal style too refined and unmanly for American viewers, he's not brutish and gruff enough?

I didn't know that Food Network was just for Italian and random comfort cuisines. Don't be afraid of a little spice folks.

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[–] jack-bauer 15 years ago

Indian cuisine is one of my favorites, but I still can't stand Mehta. He's an obnoxious weasel. Enough with the freaking ice cream.

He lucked out when they picked Indian food for the double-elimination round. Anything else and he would have been gone.

[–] WeWillAllFloatOnAlright 15 years ago

I don't understand why he's a poor sportsman as some people say. Is it because he grabs ingredients before other people can? So what? EVERYONE else in this competition has done the same thing as some point. Every single competitor has a strategy and it's usually to fxck someone over. He doesn't talk crap behind anyone's back like a lot of the other chefs do. He's a great chef. I don't get it.

[–] shadowjack823 14 years ago

He was a jerk and it was not that he grabbed ingredients before others, he would take it all- like the sugar in the final four, it was on his table and he told Mullen with a smirk he did not have it. He did the same thing with the spice mixer and the ice cream maker, he said he was still using them, while he smirked and clearly was not. He played dirty- that is what makes me glad he did not win.

[–] para_owl 15 years ago

I guess they just trusted them with a credit card? I don't remember them saying the typical "you have ____ in $ and ____ amount of time to shop.." That's the only explanation I can think of because he had at least four times the amount of food that everyone else had.

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[–] GaelinW 15 years ago

That's it! The smirking.

I've been thinking about why I disliked Mehta since I saw this thread days ago. It has nothing to do with his ethnicity or food. Just saying it was his personality wasn't it exactly either. Because he could be entertaining.

It's the smirking. The nastiness hidden behind a guise of gentility. All of which is shown by his constant smirking. That's what bothered me most about him.

Oh yeah, there's also the ice cream. He was like a one trick pony with that.

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[–] nutsberryfarm 12 years ago

think some folks remember his old place, pankot palace, in 'the temple of doom' had some sketchy owners.

Life's like a Cabo Carne Asada: never know how spicy it's gunna get.

[–] Two-Spacer 12 years ago

One of his specialties was "Heart Ripped Still Beating from Chest, with mango chutney."

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[–] nutsberryfarm 12 years ago

he got raves for his plating of that dish.

Life's like a Cabo Carne Asada: never know how spicy it's gunna get.

[–] nutsberryfarm 12 years ago

he's going after spike!

Life's like a Cabo Carne Asada: never know how spicy it's gunna get.

[–] SnappyK 15 years ago

I have no problem with his personality, actually, I'm rooting for him to win. People have been playing dirty and rough the whole time, he's the only one who's getting any flack for it.

[–] Shenanyginz 15 years ago

i've been in and out but appleman has always struck me as the jerk in the group. i like mehta so i'm pretty surprised by all the hate

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[–] bhappy907 15 years ago

TheOddDuck nailed it. It wasn't his food or his ethnicity, it was his character - weasel, and poor sportsmanship.

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[–] winterview 15 years ago

I really enjoy Jeffrey Steingarten as a frequent IC judge, but I was literally flabbergasted he liked Mehta.

Mehta ignored Jeffrey's comments from prior rounds, and Jeffrey did not crucify him for it. Also, Jeffrey seemed unconcerned Mehta lacked much skill in basic cooking techniques, and Mehta grossly over embellishing, garnishing, and decorating should have had Jeffery spitting venom!!

I still like Steingarten, but this anomalous behavior in regards to Mehta might indicate a brain tumor or some other dire medical condition.

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