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    "Big Brother Cafe" and the psychology of marketing and packaging on food choices

    for product "placement" and that I’ll routinely look for products with the “Healthcheck” symbol which at one time meant the product met strict guidlelines from the Heart and Stroke Foundation (a non-profit I...

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    Who's on your Top Chef Masters Dream Roster?

    I wonder if they will have the same high level of product placement. Are they really oging to ask Michael Cimarusti or Wylie Dufresne to make something using Swanson broth or Uncle Ben’s rice?

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    Non-Participating Franchises -- @#&*!

    What TDQ said MAJOR Toyota and Subway product placement in the show (haven’t really noticed such prominent food product placement in other shows, maybe there’s a thread there!)

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    Best Ham in Cleveland

    've had some other products from the Sausage Shoppe but I’ve never tried the ham that they sell. Judging from its placement on their website, they are very proud of it. When Sheffler Hams closed their doors the proprietors...

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    'Top Chef' Ilan @ Craft?

    are the show’s most important concern. And product placement appears to be a close second in their priorities.

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    "Barefoot In Paris" - Barefoot, but brought my kitchenaid?

    It’s unfortunate, but I’m a firm believer that advertisers are influencing many of the Food TV network “chefs”, whether by product placements, or statements like “Heinz is the best” etc. in...

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    Dexter inspired food for my halloween party

    I would go with Cuban food because it’s so Miami. There are a lot of scenes where characters are chowing down on what looks like great Cuban food. It makes me wish the show were slightly more into product placement. Maybe...

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    All Clad Master Chef 2 (MC2) vs. Stainless

    As has been noted elsewhere, the principal reason All-Clad appears on so many cooking shows is that the manufacturer pays for product placement. So, yes, it’s good enough for the folks on Iron Chef America, but who knows...

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    Top Chef Premiere (spoilers)

    Of course they were taken in an SUV — no one who has ever watched the show thinks otherwise. The only thing that was different was that they didn’t actually show the vehicle — no Toyota product placement this...

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    Restaurant Cookware

    Actually I’m sure you’re wrong about them giving those shows their pots and pans for free. The truth is they PAY those shows big bucks to get them to use the stuff. It’s called "product placement" in the trade;...

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    Top Chef-Favorite and Least Favorite Challenges

    challenges All the frozen or boxed meals The Bailey’s, Bombay and Beer pairings (too much product placement to pay attention) Fetish dessert

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    Wine Refrigerator Recs

    And one additional consideration is does it vent front, or back. This could well affect the placement of the unit. If built-in, you will want vent front. I also agree that Wine Enthusiast has a vast array of different sizes,...

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    Top Chef Bait & Switch

    the “palate test” challenge. If TC starts bringing everyone’s mother/SO in, I’m going to be muttering WTF? I’m also not liking the blatant product placement thing. Last week I was like, OK,...

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    Substitutes

    Soy Delicious is not so new. But it is a wonderful product. Hey, if you watched “King of Queens” last night you could actually see Doug and Carrie sitting on the couch noshing on their own pint of Soy Delicious IC....

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    Top Chef Miami-Ep: 2

    .....hopefully he doesn’t have a random snafu that eliminates him early. hah..."these burners suck!" nice product placement! Also...maybe Trey is all talk.....

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