TLC Launching "Best Food Ever" Series

by Michael D. Ayers, Posted Apr 22nd 2010 @ 4:30PM

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If you had to pick, could you really narrow down what's the best food ever? So many choices, so little time. But TLC's going to give it a go, starting May 3 with a six-part, one-hour series entitled "Best Food Ever." Unlike the Food Networks' recent series "Best Thing I Ever Ate," which has their TV celebrities riffing on one item in a broad category, TLC's take focuses on a specific niche, counts down a list of 10 and showcases the behind-the-scenes ingredients of each dish.

More on the new series after the jump.

Narrated by actor John Goodman, the first episode is dubbed "Sensational Sandwiches," and will highlight $100 Philly cheese-steaks (made with Kobe beef), chicken sandwiches served via a cone and a sandwich stacked a foot high of meat (yes, 12 inches high). While this may be considered "the best," it also feels as if they're potentially heading down the path of highlighting the bolder explorations of traditional foods. In other words, that has to be one great cheese-steak.

The other episodes in the series are "Bodacious Bakeries," "Fab Food Carts," "Darn Good Diners," "Crazy for Cheese" and "Buzzworthy BBQ."

Certainly these categories have been popular choices to highlight on television over the years, so here's to hoping that they're not just rehashing the same old joints.

'Best Food Ever' premieres on Monday, May 3 at 9pm.

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