{"id":2219490,"date":"2024-04-12T14:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T18:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/valerie-bertinelli-trashes-food-network-says-its-not-about-cooking-and-learning-anymore\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T18:49:37","slug":"valerie-bertinelli-trashes-food-network-says-its-not-about-cooking-and-learning-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/valerie-bertinelli-trashes-food-network-says-its-not-about-cooking-and-learning-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Valerie Bertinelli criticizes Food Network, citing a shift away from cooking and education"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvalerie-bertinelli-trashes-food-network-says-its-not-about-cooking-and-learning-anymore%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2219490&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Valerie Bertinelli criticized The Food Network post-exit from &#8220;Kids Baking Championship.&#8221; She expressed nostalgia for the \u200dnetwork&#8217;s\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-10-viral-food-trends-of-2020\/\" title=\"Top 10 Viral Food Trends of 2020\">cooking<\/a>\u2063 shows \u200dand lamented its current \u2064focus. Sharing \u200bher views on Threads app, Bertinelli highlighted iconic chefs like Rachael Ray\u2064 and\u200b Ina Garten. \u2063Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-promotes-clip-of-nikki-haley-saying-republicans-are-also-to-blame-for-economy\/\" title=\"Joe Biden shares Nikki Haley's clip blaming Republicans for economy.\">comments resonated<\/a> with others missing traditional cooking \u2064shows, sparking a conversation on the platform. Valerie \u2064Bertinelli shared her discontent with The Food Network after leaving &#8220;Kids Baking Championship,&#8221; longing \u200dfor the channel&#8217;s past focus \u2063on cooking\u2062 shows.\u2063 Through the Threads app, she praised chefs like Rachael Ray \u200cand Ina Garten, \u2062striking a chord \u2064with those yearning for traditional cooking\u2064 programs and \u200bigniting discussions \u200damong users.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Valerie Bertinelli<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  made some negative remarks about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tv\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Food Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  several months after she was let go from the channel\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/reality-tv\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reality<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  cooking competition series, \u201cKids Baking Championship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI fell in love with Food Network two decades ago because of all the amazing ITK [in the kitchen] shows,\u201d the 63-year-old star <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@wolfiesmom\/post\/C5jRn9pP4Uv\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  on the social media app Threads, calling out Rachael Ray\u2019s show \u201c30-Minute Meals,\u201d Ina Garten of \u201cBarefoot Contessa\u201d fame, and \u201cGiada at Home\u201d star Giada De Laurentiis specifically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI learned so much. It\u2019s sad it\u2019s not about cooking and learning any longer. Oh well, that\u2019s just business, folks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her comments came in response to a Thread by cookbook author Marlynn Schotland. She wrote, \u201cI miss actual cooking shows on @foodnetwork. Remember those? Do you know what this world does NOT need? Yet another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crew-walk-out-shuts-down-production-on-netflixs-nailed-it-halloween\/\" title=\"Crew Walk Out Shuts Down Production on Netflix\u2019s 'Nailed It! Halloween'\">cooking competition show<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bertinelli previously hosted a Food Network cooking show, \u201cValerie\u2019s Home Kitchen,\u201d from 2015 until 2023. She also hosted \u201cKids Baking Championship\u201d for 12 seasons before unexpectedly not being invited back in January, which at the time she said, \u201creally hurt my feelings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt really sucks,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/valerie-bertinelli-reacts-to-being-dropped-from-kids-baking-championship-really-hurt-my-feelings\">said<\/a> in a lengthy video post at the time<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She went on to describe how she was on the show during her \u201capex year of hell\u201d as she was going through a divorce from Tom Vitale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLike I was going through it and pretending everything was just fine, because that\u2019s what you do,\u201d she said of filming season 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnd, without sounding like a drama queen, the show saved my life. Working with all those really wonderful people and feeling productive and knowing I could spread some kindness and not just wallow in my hell and just try to keep my head above water, it helped me, it was like a flotation device,\u201d Bertinelli continued. \u201cSo it really hurts that I won\u2019t be able to go back and see everybody and say \u2018Hey, I made it through, hi!\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to all the bakers that are coming in for the new season, even though I won\u2019t be there, I\u2019ll be there with you in spirit and I just want you to remember this: You are there for a reason. You\u2019re some of the best bakers in America right now. And if you don\u2019t make it to the next round, please always remember this, it\u2019s not because you\u2019re not a good baker, you just had a bad day,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After parting ways with &#8220;Kids Baking Championship,&#8221; Valerie Bertinelli, 63, voiced criticism about The Food Network&#8217;s shift away from informative kitchen shows. 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