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BY GEORGE DICKIE When TV foodie series get weird

Anyone who has ever undercooked a turkey or overbaked bread knows that weird stuff can come out of the kitchen.

Same holds true for cooking shows. As culinary TV adds more and more to its number these days, programmers are going to greater and greater lengths to make foodie shows that stand out from the rest. To them, weirder is better and viewers seem to be eating it up (pardon the pun). Such as these productions, past and present.

“Hotties” (Hulu, 2022-present): Forcing down really hot food and collaborating on cooking challenges helps to break the ice for attractive singles on their first date in this foodie/dating show hosted by comedian Jade Catta-Preta from a food truck in the middle of the California desert. Hot, hot, hot.

“Is It Cake?” (Netflix, 2022-present): “Saturday Night Live” player Mikey Day hosts as skilled bakers create realistic replicas of everyday items such as a handbag, a radio and a bowling pin in the hopes of fooling a panel of celebrity judges into thinking they’re real. Those that are successful win a $5,000 prize

“Hot Ones” (YouTube, 2015-present): Similar to “Hotties,” excessively hot chicken wings are the catalyst for conversation between host Sean Evans and celebrity guests in this foodie/talk series. Nothing like a wing that scores high on the Scoville heat scale to bring the real out of the likes of Ricky Gervais, Henry Rollins, Al Roker, Jeff Goldblum and Neil DeGrasse Tyson, among others.

“The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell” (Netflix, 2018): Part cooking show, part “Addams Family”-like sitcom, this goth-inspired series follows artist and baker McConnell in her haunted mansion as she creates morbid-looking desserts such as gingerbread haunted houses, caramel spiders and wolf claw donuts. Certainly imaginative but unfortunately it lasted only six episodes.

“Crime Scene Kitchen” (Fox, 2021-present): In this competition series hosted by Joel McHale, contestants must enter a kitchen and examine clues left behind – crumbs, flour, etc. – to determine the dessert that was just consumed, then must recreate the confection. Those that guess right and recreate the dish that best impresses the judges wins a $100,000 grand prize. Not bad work if you can get it.

“The Colgate Culinary Hour” (NBC, 1950-55): One of the rotating elements of “The Colgate Comedy Hour,” this spinoff series features Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis cooking. That’s right, suave Dino and silly Jerry. In the kitchen. Cooking. Yes, this is going back a ways to the Golden Age of Television but we couldn’t resist.