Two fat ladies

Just because we like to stir up a bit of controversy every now and then, we wanted to note this article by The Guardian, "The ten best TV food shows."

Some of the names may not be familiar in the U.S., but some will be, and this list could help our U.S. viewers keep a look out for some new names. And we'd love to hear who you might add to the list to make it global, so we've added a few of our U.S. suggestions at the bottom to get you started.

Here's the list from The Guardian, (with a few of our comments in parens)

  • Floyd on fish
  • MasterChef
  • Jamie's Kitchen (there had to be a Jamie Oliver entry)
  • Nigella Bites (ditto, Nigella)
  • Nigel Slater: Life is Sweets (ditto, Nigel)
  • The Great British Bake Off
  • Two Fat Ladies (we're sure everyone on both sides of the Atlantic agree on this)
  • Man vs. Food (not sure about this one - not the U.S.'s best export)
  • The Galloping Gourmet (ah, memories)
  • Vic & Bob do Master Chef

 From the U.S. we'd suggest at least the following (in no particular order):

  • Julia Child's French Cooking (a no-brainer)
  • For our quirky entry, instead of Man vs. Food, we'd nominate Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern.
  • Julia and Jacques [Pepin] Cooking at Home
  • Good Eats with Alton Brown
  • Yan Can Cook

Love to hear your thoughts.