Comments on: Natalie Portman Vegetarian Episode Of Top Chef Disappoints Plant-Eaters

By: ronit

ronit — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:03:12 +0000

if i remember correctly, the point wasn’t just to make a good vegetarian meal, it was to feature a vegetable as one would a steak at a steakhouse.

By: serafina

serafina — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:34:10 +0000

I recently turned to a vegan diet and I find my creative outlook on food has become highly enhanced. I am thinking in ways that I never have thought before. I am an avid Top Chef watcher and I was utterly dissapointed that these “great Chefs” couldn’t even comprehend the idea that a vegetarian/vegan dish could actually be beautiful, delicious, and satisfying. It did make me a little upset, because it kind of gave the message that a plant based diet cannot be fine dining. I do agree that the chef that one deservedly won, but the episode was an overall disater when it came to bringing a new outlook on vegetarian/vegan diets.

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By: MM

MM — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:37 +0000

I saw the show and believe that the producers chose to say “vegetarian” on camera but instructed the chefs to aim for vegan off camera. I don’t believe that out of 7 chefs there would be a complete absence of dairy. Just my $.02.

By: Zaldon

Zaldon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:24:25 +0000

And how exactly is tofu not a processed soy product?

By: Yasmin

Yasmin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:29:13 +0000

All of the meals were uninspired. The episode with Zoey Deschanel was more creative. Maybe the chefs were tired. Still, as a vegan ans always having to order side-dishes, the episode was a typical stereotype of my dining experience. Maybe next time.

I loved the vegan corn-bread stuffing of last year and Carla’s pecan-crusted tofu–and if I recall those were made on non-veg challenges.

By: VeggieTart

VeggieTart — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:50:17 +0000

I was also disappointed by the uninspired (well, most of them were pretty) dishes. Were there no grains or beans in that kitchen? True, they were time-crunched and had to make do with what they had, but still! I bet they had it at a steakhouse just to pull the switcheroo on the chefs.

Still, I’d like to see more veg challenges.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:12:37 +0000

I’ve been vegetarian for almost a year and vegan for a few months. *I* was capable of more inspired veg meals when I first cut meat out and I don’t consider myself an aspiring chef. Heck, my 8 year old niece could’ve come up with something more interesting and filling. More and more people are adopting a vegetarian lifestyle – chefs would be wise to wake up and start learning how to cook truly good and filling vegetarian dishes.

By: Bunnyv

Bunnyv — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:17:18 +0000

I think it was probably just the chefs on that show. On Hell’s Kitchen, the chefs were put on the spot to come up with a veg meal, and they came up with some pretty good looking plates, and they looked like meals! Those people (Iron Chef) looked like a bunch of amateurs.

By: Elaine G

Elaine G — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:33:56 +0000

I only have one thing to say about this comment: Seitan is NOT processed nor is it soy. It is wheat gluten and extremely healthy as it is very high in protein. It is not, however, for those who are gluten intolerant.