Chefs coach amateur cooks in boxing glove cook-off

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorProfessional chefs swapped their knives for boxing gloves at a food festival in the French Alps, and had twenty minutes to coach amateurs through a soufflé omelette, Euronews reports.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFolks, I have three problems with this, and I'm going to number them, because somebody in this story should be organized.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNumber one. The chefs couldn't use their hands. They could only give advice while somebody else did the actual cooking. Really?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's called Thanksgiving, and nobody gave anyone a medal.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNumber two. The amateurs did all the work.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThey stood at the stove, took orders from a man in boxing gloves, and somehow nobody called a lawyer.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNumber three. The winner, Patricia Mathon, admitted she rarely cooks. Rarely. Think about that.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYears of culinary school, and the trophy goes to the woman who orders in.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd before you tell me the results were a disaster, the judges included Éric Frechon, who praised them, according to the report, despite a few burnt pans.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA few burnt pans. In France. At a festival. In the Alps. And we're told to just move on, like the pans didn't suffer.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo here's where we are.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe experts can't touch anything, the beginner wins, and the only people holding the burnt pans are the ones who tried.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI rarely cook either, folks. So I'm available for next year. I'll coach from the couch, like a professional.