Jason Smith, winner of Food Network Star, season 13. Eddy Chen/Courtesy of Food Network hide caption
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Chef Sang Yoon prepares a dish at the Top Chef Masters Season 5 Premiere Tasting Event. The rise of competition cooking shows has quickly overtaken the traditional, how-to style of cooking television. Evan Agostini/Chase Sapphire Preferred/AP Images hide caption
The New Food TV: The Era Of Julia Child Packed Its Knives And Went
According to journalist Allen Salkin, Emeril Lagasse initially opposed bringing Rachael Ray, pictured here in 2007, onto the Food Network – and, at first, Ray agreed with him. "You have this all wrong," she told executives, "I'm beer in a bottle; you guys are champagne." Scott Gries/Getty Images hide caption
(Cabbage) Heads Will Roll: How To Make A Food Network 'From Scratch'
Paula Deen is the host of the Food Network's Paula's Home Cooking and Paula's Best Dishes. Chia Chong hide caption
The first prehistoric chef who looked out at a field of grass in Africa and said, "dinner!" may have helped our ancestors use new resources in new locations. Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Food science guy Alton Brown says the last thing you want to see is flames touching food on the grill. iStockphoto.com hide caption