Be My Guest with Ina Garten

So refreshing-not just another cooking show! I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about the celebrities on the show & about areas in the Hamptons! I have also been having fun trying the recipes for the items prepared for each episode. Keeping my fingers crossed we will see more of this show.

I love all of Ina's other cooking shows; this one is not her best effort. I watch her shows because I enjoy watching her cook. She has an extremely no fuss agenda when she cooks. Her personality is upbeat without being cloying. That being said, that does not pertain to this mess. If I wanted to watch a bunch of airhead celebrities spill their guts about their lives, I would watch Dr. Phil. I never watch Dr. Phil and never will. Nathan Lane was her most interesting guest, many of the rest of her guests were snooze fest. In addition, the tours of the Hamptons were just fillers for a show that should be thirty minutes long instead of a seemingly endless hour.

Just watched the first episode with Julianna Margulies and it was fantastic. I have watched another show many years ago where Ina was cooking, and this reminds me of that. So calm, so happy, so inviting and warm, this shows how relaxing and fun learning to cook new things can be.

I've watched dozens of Ina's episodes over the years, loved most of them; this is the first time i'm disappointed. Cooking part is fine, but the theme is basically wealthy, entitled people fawning over each other ad nauseam. I know Ina lives a privileged life, but she always managed to keep it classy and subdued. This new one is daytime talk show level (that's not a compliment). I'll be sticking with reruns.

If you want to watch the intro of 10 minutes of a celebrity being nervous to drive to meet Ina Garner and then talk about themselves, then this is the show for you.