Nigella Opens Wide

Published on Monday, September 18, 2006, by Stephanie365 / Edit Post

Finally, finally, FINALLY! After a few years being shunted to the Style Network for some unfathomable reason, sexy Brit cheftress Nigella “Food Orgasm” Lawson is coming on, erm, to the Food Network.

The stunningly beautiful and realistically curvaceous brunette has long been a popular food icon both in the United Kingdom and in the United States (I think she takes in even more territory than that) with four cookbooks and three cooking shows under her belt. At long last the Food Network has managed to strike a deal (or come to their sluggish senses) and will be carrying the new show, Nigella Feasts, in the fall. Described by The Palm Beach Post as a “[h]ottie food expert” who makes “cuisine that will blow away our taste buds,” Nigella’s displaying her media savvy as well by releasing her newest cookbook at the same time her show premieres. This could mean only one thing: Hold on to your pesto, Giada—there’s a new fooductress in town.

Turns out I’m not the only one who thinks there could be a cleavage challenge between Nigella and Giada, the current reigning food porn queen on the Food Network. The blog Food TV and Me, comments, “She also looks like she actually eats what she cooks. With Giada, I sometimes feel that the only bites of the food she actually eats are the ones that we see on camera.” Blog Food Network Addict adds that there’s been some “chitter chatter on these blogs about her competing with [Giada De Laurentiis]. Is this going to be a competition for best cook, best show, or best cleavage?”

I think a lot of people will be tuning in specifically to settle that décolletage debate and hoping for a banana deep throat-off.

Nigella Feasts premieres on the Food Network on October 1st.

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  • Thanks for responding, Foodnetaddict (I love your blog to distraction), and thanks for the comment about what the FN has been doing to boost the male sexiness quotient over there. I specifically meant to showcase your comment on the subject as one of someone who didn't get what all the other brouhaha was about.

  • I am the writer at FoodNetworkAddict.com. Just wanted to clarify that I really was unsure what people referred to when they said Nigella would be competing with GDL. At the end of the day, we don't watch shows on the Food Network simply because we care about the host's "cooking skills." And, yes, there are double standards when it comes to how men and women are compared on the FN (and in all...+READ

    I am the writer at FoodNetworkAddict.com. Just wanted to clarify that I really was unsure what people referred to when they said Nigella would be competing with GDL. At the end of the day, we don't watch shows on the Food Network simply because we care about the host's "cooking skills." And, yes, there are double standards when it comes to how men and women are compared on the FN (and in all media), but I would argue the FN has majorly boosted/played up the sex appeal of its MALE stars. I comment much more about Dave's sexiness than I do Giada's.-COLLAPSE

  • Um the Feasts book was released in Oct 04

  • My Nigella problem isn't with her babe factor--hey, I like to look at some nice cleavage just as much as the next gal-- but with the fact that her recipes don't work! I love the way she writes, but her recipes seem very sloppily thrown together, and none of the ones I've tried have come out tasting like anything you'd want to eat twice.

  • Hey, don't shoot the messenger -- I'm just reporting on what people are talking about. Maybe if the production on both shows didn't make so much of the cleavage and the sex, it wouldn't be such a topic.

  • The reason you haven't seen any articles discussing Emeril's sexiness is because he's a little leprechaun. Now, if we want to talk about how hot Alton Brown is...mmm.

  • I have to say I agree to a certain extent with Rara. I'm not as familiar with Giada, but I do like Nigella's cookbooks quite a bit and her cooking talents aren't lacking. I know the Food Network (like most of TV) uses sex to sell its female stars, and Giada and Nigella play along to a certain extent--but I think this post is a bit over the top.

  • I think it's really annoying that everyone has to comment on Giada's and Nigella's looks, especially thier 'cleavage'. They are both talented women who should be judged on thier cooking skills. I haven't seen any articles debating Emeril and Bobby Flay's 'sexiness'. A "banana deep throat off"? That's rather offensive Stephanie, you should be ashamed of yourself. How sad that this sexist article...+READ

    I think it's really annoying that everyone has to comment on Giada's and Nigella's looks, especially thier 'cleavage'. They are both talented women who should be judged on thier cooking skills. I haven't seen any articles debating Emeril and Bobby Flay's 'sexiness'. A "banana deep throat off"? That's rather offensive Stephanie, you should be ashamed of yourself. How sad that this sexist article was written by a woman.-COLLAPSE