Woodwork Vs Cooking

[Auld Bassoon]

G'day Mick,

I love cooking (which is a bonus as I now live alone), and have always done so.

Perhaps it's the French part of me, but I find it very relaxing to come home from work and spend an hour or so 'faffing' around in the kitchen.

Cheers!

[Daddles]

No Steve, it's the wine you drink while cooking that relaxes you.

Richard

[Ianab]

I guess it comes down to potential audience....

Maybe 5% of the population has the skills / equipment to do any serious woodworking. And thats probably lower in the big city where the TV execs live.

95% of the population have access to a kitchen and could probably make the dishes Jamie Oliver and Co. show.

So if you have this crazy idea to cut down a tree and use it to remodel your kitchen... ummm.. Internet time

Cheers

Ian

[jow104]

Blimey, has our Jamie reaced that far south?

[Auld Bassoon]

Hi Richard,

Drat. You have me there

[ele__13]

Blimey, has our Jamie reaced that far south?

God yeah hubba hubba love watching him so do our girls heheh cheers all jules

[Harry72]

I think its just no ones really tried to make a woodwork show that'll appeal to the young too mid aged generation... a sexy type show if you must.
RFI sorta had it going with Tom Williams, but he moved on to prob one of the best jobs around... and BHG's Rob Palmer doesnt really come across that way(although I like his attitude)he's very much like Shirely(as Studley mentioned)

It would be hard to get these young/mid generations involved in our WW hobby, the males wouldnt be to hard to get interested but females would be a different story... its just not trendy enough... cant keep making jewellery boxes and shabby chic for the yuppies!

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I suspect that if a cookery show had the breadth of coverage we expect from a decent woodwork program, it'd quickly lose any sense of "sexiness." There ain't much sexy about tracking down your ingredients and killing 'em, nor in skinning, gutting, etc.

However, I notice that pseudo-woodwork shows are becoming more popular. Mainly the one's where some male bimbo simply drops into the local DIY shop, buy bits of the shelf according to his list and then assembles a 3BR house in a day. "And here's one I built a bit earlier."

I guess the differences aren't that big after all... [shrug]