Last year I had the pleasure of seeing a few chefs in live demonstrations ( Guy Fieri, Jacques pepin, Robert Irvine...) And the common thing in all these live demonstrations were, they all screwed something up one way or another ( burning, missing ingredients ..) And the truth is , I loved it. I loved seeing them do what I always do, and seeing them work there way out of it. I think the FN shows are all over produced and edited. I remember the frugal gourmet ( jeff smith), Jacquese pepin, julia and others just cooking. Not for the ' show biz' factor,but just to show and teach. If they screwed up, they admitted to what they did, and explained how to get around it. I dont need the catch phrases or ' meals in 30 minutes' when it too kthe staff a few hours to prepare the ingredients prior.
My advice is go see some live demonstrations at food and wine festivals. I went to 3 of them last year, and had a blast. Now on my annual to do list.
larry