You'll be going to their website now then soco? No point posting here if you don't like it anymore.

sagat, you can get a blow-by-blow daily blog from Jeni at her website www.jenibarnett.com

It's quite humourous. She always see the "ood" thing about the most common everyday experiences. It's no wonder she was so good on GFL!!

"moonscape" good one, cooking4one!! They really do need to relook their repeats schedule. Jeez.

thanks for the website link guys bookmarked

Soco, good on you!!! Vote with your remote!

But DO keep posting here until they come to their senses about this dreadful MK fare they are trying to feed us!

Thousands are voting with their remote, 73 thousand for one episode!
GFLForever/reg/ whoever else you post as, if people stop watching they canot have a valid view so no point to keep posting here.

Don't jump the gun, Mickey! This is not the first time MK has got figures like this. It's the long haul that counts, as rosti indicated with GFL.

Quite right TVFoodie it's not the first time MK has got figures like this, it is getting them every week now. The trend is up.

I know I'm a bit late in the day, but I am so with MK
The show has a totally unprofessional feel it and I utterly detest it !
To have presenters like TPB who have absolutely no idea about
culinary matters using there "names" to get on TV shows is disgusting !
I seriously wish they would bring back Good Food live, it was informative,
professional and well presented ! .....maybe it was just too expensive !
MK is one of the few programs on UK Food I refuse to watch.

Rant over !

Well hardly a rant lunberjack, you're just expressing the viewpoint of so many foodies. And their frustration with UKTVFood. Market Kitchen is totally unwatchable from so many angles. Worse for me is that the recipes are so not worthy of consideration. They are no where near food I'd try at home. It's just unprfoessional claptrap. Garbage TV.

the ratings are stable and beyond gfl. even mkDIARIES gets better ratings than the LIVE gfl shows. jeni barnet was awful the presenters of mk are proffessionals. better all round

Jumberjack, I too wish for the day they bring back GFL. That would be terrific. MK does indeed have its fairshare of untalented presenters, that's why it has that "unprofessional feel" as you call it.

Many do indeed detest this show, some for the reasons you have stated but also for many, many other reasons too. For me, it's the recipes themselves. Nothing that inspires me to cook, really.

So I also seriously wish they would bring back Good Food Live, for me it was informative, entertaining, fun, professional and well presented !

If MK gets higher ratings than GFL it is a sad comment on the taste of the British public and their interest in food. I have made several attempts to watch MK but find it too gimmicky and relying on names rather than people with real knowledge.

With GFL I loved not only the recipes but the information on wines and environmentally responsible food purchasing.

I still cook a lot of GFL recipes, but have rarely been tempted to try a MK one.

Sad indeed. The MK is horrible. I wish I had known of this GFL show.

Is it me or am I missing something here?


Sylive

Posted 9.24AM
Wed 10 Oct 2007
I so wish we could bring back the wonderful show Great Food Live with Jeni Barnett. It was such a joy to watch and really revolutionary television as it was the only live daily food programme anywhere. It was such a blunder to cancel this wonderful show.


Sylive

Posted 10.42PM
Thu 24 Jan 2008



Sad indeed. The MK is horrible. I wish I had known of this GFL show

I too wish we could just get rid of this Market Kitchen programme. It's terrible.

No need for GFL I suppose, even though it was 1000% better.

I think that's the point. The quality of food programming on UKTVFood has just gone into the toilet over the past year.

Hi Barshedale

No you're not going mad. It just highlights how forgettable the show was.


all the best
jan

Hi Jan, long time no see.

Perfect reply, thank you for making me laugh.

How are you?

Hi Rosti

A belated Happy New Year to you and yours.

Haven't been on the message board for a wee while, mainly due to family illness (mum's on the way out) but also because I got weary of the negativity on the board. I'm sad to see that it's not gone away - today I notice one poster posting the same comment multiple times on various threads - not sure what the motivation is for that.

However, it's good to read the posts of the stalwarts - even those I disagree with - because in the main, what they say makes sense and the posts are entertaining. To me that's the point of the posting community.

Hope you are well

all the best
jan

Hi Jan, and a great New Year to you too.

Sorry to hear about your Mum, I really hope she is comfortable.

Yes, the negativity is still a feature here, but not as much as it used to be.

Some of us are trying to make it a better place. We don't all have to agree, we can agree to disagree, and still have some fun along the way.

The site, as a whole, is supposed to be about food and people's enjoyment of food.

Come back soon, don't loose touch.

I posted a year ago and was upset with the loss of GFL but we move on. I cant see why people are still banging on about MK. If they are still posting about how bad it is now then they are still watching...why if it is so bad!

All good things come to an end, you just have to accept it, but keep going on about it.....

We really enjoyed Jenny and GFL. My boys still watch UKTVF from time to time but her loss is Power Rangers gain i'm afraid.

Our feelings were made known a year ago cant we let it RIP?

Welcome back Jan, albeit just a brief visit.
Hope eveything improves soon and you become more regular again.

Sorry to hear your news Jannymac. It is not an easy time, I had to deal with the same situation just before Christmas. I wish you and your Mum peace and comfort

Sorry to hear your news Jannymac. It is a difficult time for you and your family. I had to deal with the same situation just before Christmas. I wish you and your Mum peace and comfort.

Woody, I too feel I've made my point about how I felt about the loss of Great Food Live. We have to move on but it IS striking the feelings that still linger.

To answer your question, at least from my perspective, why people still watch Market Kitchen even though they don't care for it: it's the only daily food show on TV, anywhere. So if you like food programmes, you're pretty much stick with it.

That's my best guess.

Hi all

Many thanks for your kind words and thoughts. In essence that's what's drawn me back to the board - the people. So thanks again.

I watched MK last week and was quite impressed with the young chef Aaron Craze. He seemed very assured in front of the camera and apart from the tattoos (which distracted me somewhat!) - I think that he has real potential. Well done and good luck to him, but also, well done to Jamie Oliver and his people for seeing and helping to develop that potential. I was less impressed with Thomasina Miers (sp) - but maybe that's a hangover from the Masterchef series as I felt then that she was a one trick pony with her focus on Mexican food.

cheers all
jan