Ben Pobjie
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Don’t watch this cult cooking show if Jamie Oliver is as weird as you ever want to get
Just a Dash with Matty Matheson sees The Bear star bringing his cult YouTube show to the Netflix mainstream. So, is it any good?
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In the overstuffed buffet of celebrity foodie travelogues, this is the most charming
He may be best known for creating ’90s sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, but Phil Rosenthal’s greatest television legacy may well be Somebody Feed Phil.
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‘Prepare to be stunned’: This festive show crackles with the sweet, jolly, ridiculous things in life
Think you know what cake looks like? ‘Is It Cake? Holiday’ will have you questioning everything, literally.
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Quirky humour over manufactured tension? No wonder this cooking show still reigns, 16 seasons in
Lapsed fan Ben Pobjie returned to review GBBO with some trepidation. Could it still measure up to the giddy heights OG hosts Mel and Sue took it to? You bet it can.
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This cooking competition − and its judge, Martha Stewart − is ‘horrifically mesmerising’
“Yes, Chef” is best viewed as a comedy, because the only other way to view it is as a harrowing look into the darkest heart of humanity, writes Ben Pobjie.
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‘Aspirationally epic’: This Korean cooking show is equal parts weird and wonderful
Culinary Class Wars trades the usual emotional theatrics of Western reality TV shows for bonkers nicknames and a quirky, dramatic flair.
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This ‘exquisitely simple’ TV show is the perfect antidote to these frantic times
Quiet Japanese gem Midnight Diner will leave you with new cooking skills, a strange and beautiful new perspective on life – and most likely in tears.
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This show highlights an aspect of food rarely discussed: its capacity to inflict pain
Fame, food and pain collide in this outlier in the food entertainment ecosystem.
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Your favourite former MasterChef contestants have come back to win. We rank their chances
No one knows more about the quirks of MasterChef contestants than resident recapper Ben Pobjie. Here are his top (and bottom) contenders for the new season.
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After months of blood, sweat, tears and umami, the MasterChef winner is crowned
It’s Nat versus Pezza cooking up a 113-step dessert storm in the MasterChef grand final. Who fluffs things up and who gets to hold up the big shiny plate?
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