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Anyone Can Be a Cooking Show Star -- Even Barbie

'I Can Be TV Chef' Playset. Photo: Amazon.com

When a colleague mentioned she bought this doll for her niece (who loved it, for the record), we were mesmerized with horror and glee. Barbie has come a long way from the basic townhouse days when we knew her -- now she can be anything from a fashionista to a race car "cutie."

Barbie has apparently become a foodie as well. Her kitchen is fully stocked, and she has all the camera gear needed for a full-on cooking show. To be honest, we think her skirt is questionably short for actual cooking, but that aside she could conceivably pass as a Sandra Lee-Giada hybrid. And yes, we kind of want one for the office . . .

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Tags: Barbie, barbie can cook, cooking show, cooking shows, featured

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MyLastBite

1-08-2010 @4:53PM MyLastBite said... I have it in my kitchen. Customized of course... http://www.flickr.com/photos/mylastbite/4257810664/
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Julie

1-09-2010 @1:27PM Julie said... When I was a kid most girls wanted to be secretaries or teachers and the boys wanted to be doctors, policemen or firefighters. Now so many children want to be chefs or have some type of career involving food. I think it is great, I have been in food service most of my adult life, it's hard work but extremely satisfying. So TV chef Barbie is perfect for reflecting how times have changed.
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quickmealhelp

1-11-2010 @6:44AM quickmealhelp said... Considering my 11yo daughter created a mix-n-match version of this Barbie set years ago (from garage sale food finds and misc. kitchen appliance finds), this is a winner. And that filming camera assumes she'll be all set to host a show -- wow, (even with that short skirt) have we come a long way, baby!?
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gchad2003

1-11-2010 @2:39PM gchad2003 said... Interesting. The most anorexic doll on the planet is a cooking show host - - - hmmm. Wonder why our little girls are so prone to self-image problems!
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pherrod

1-12-2010 @11:04AM pherrod said... I had barbies back in the olden days when they came out. we didn't care that she was built like she was. she was barbie, and we were who we were. i didn't become anorexic, but since i became 50, i've gotten kind of fat. maybe i need to play with barbie again.

Frank

1-12-2010 @11:37AM Frank said... sounds like you're the one with problems, signing in to attack a doll.

Samantha

1-12-2010 @2:30PM Samantha said... Image problems come from the home, not Barbies. It is up to the parents to let children know that they are acceptable and that their bodies are unique and shouldn't hold Barbie as a standard body type. With 35% of our children being obese, maybe having a prototype that has a fit physique will let them know that it's not okay to be 25 lbs. overweight and that they need to be active. So, don't blame Barbie for distorted body images. Blame parents that let their children sit in front of a computer or television for hours at a time with no physical activity. A sound body really is a sound mind.

Barbie Lover

1-11-2010 @4:21PM Barbie Lover said... I would have loved this set up when I was a kid! Love it now too!
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Cybil

1-11-2010 @1:17PM Cybil said... Obviously you are unacquainted with the long history of Barbie paving the way for girls to do whatever they aspired to do. Astronaut Barbie first appeared in 1965. I could go on to list her many careers but that could take all day. As a bonafide Barbie lover though I have to say, the skirt on this one is way too short and inappropriate for this job. Somebody at Mattel screwed up.
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Cheryl

1-11-2010 @1:53PM Cheryl said... Just FYI, the Zoo Doctor Barbie has on a belly shirt and short shorts. I do like the concept here.
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Jenny

1-11-2010 @1:48PM Jenny said... What's that girls name off of the Beverly Hillbillys? Ellie May Clampett? Looks just like her...
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Carlotta Vance

1-11-2010 @1:45PM Carlotta Vance said... Remember the noice about how short the skirt on Teacher Barbie was? Mattel had to add panties to the doll in later productions! LOL!
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carol

1-11-2010 @1:51PM carol said... Carlotta, it NOISE - evidently you weren't in Miss Barbie's spelling class?

HallNeedsaRose

1-12-2010 @10:02AM HallNeedsaRose said... Carol, it IS NOISE - evidently you weren't in Miss Barbie's English class.

BigD

1-11-2010 @1:48PM BigD said... WHO CARES ABOUT THE SHORTNESS OF A DOLL SKIRT....IT'S A DOLL
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CINDY

1-11-2010 @1:52PM CINDY said... I couldn't agree more BigD............It's a DOLL people!!!! Get over it!!

Amy

1-12-2010 @2:14PM Amy said... Anybody ever think about the little girls who are playing with these dolls when they are attacking the length of the skirts? My daughter is five and the longer the skirts are the harder they are for little hands to put on.... so maybe, just maybe thats why they are the length they are!! So I agree with Cindy & BigD who cares how short the skirts are, unless your some kind of Barbie pervert!!!

Dre'

1-11-2010 @2:09PM Dre' said... Hey, Where is Streetwalker Barbie?
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Master Chef

1-11-2010 @2:04PM Master Chef said... Now what they need is an Gordon Ramsey doll that replaces Ken. Then he can yell at her, and she can screw up everything she cooks.
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jay

1-11-2010 @3:15PM jay said... i used to have barbies in my house, until i overheard the play conversation between the youngest and the oldest of my neices. the conversation went something like this; i'm barbie, bitch, and i can do anything i want! when they left, so did the barbies. they went home and the damn dolls went in the trash. i won't have them talking to each other like one is better than the other. so much for the toy being "just a doll." call me a loser if it makes you feel good, but the girls learned. they have new found respect for one another.
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