Dear Food Network,

Huge fan of network, if you walk into my house and the TV set is one chances are your channel is on, but you got some problems as a fan and friend.

Next Food Network Star, just turned it off, like Alton said in last weeks show can we get rid of them all, just don't care if any of them get a show. Previous shows this far in I had a favorite chef, not this time. I blame the way you structured the show. In the past you had them do cooking demos early and you started to get, according to what the job is what is, to see what they will be actually doing. This time you have eliminated half the field and still hadn't had them do an alone demo, more team based than cook based. That was your mistake, this isn't a team game, at the end of the day you have lost people who weren't the best team players, but probably had the cook chops, now we will never know. So I turned off your show tonight and started to watch DVDs.

Bring back the old favorites, even if rerun. Original Iron Chef, Jamie Oliver, heck loved Anthony Bourdain's work, even if he didn't like you and it's mutual.

Expand the base, you need to get into new regions. The channel needs an Indian Emeril or Jiada they have over a billion people according to wikipedia and many immigrants here, plus a popular style of restaurants. Exploring their style of cooking and the rest of Southeast Asia would be a great topic.

Likewise taking a Food Network host and let them spend 6-8 weeks teaching a regional cuisine. Start simple maybe Polish or Nicarguan. But cover the globe, find the best local chefs and have them work with the host to show their best regional foods. Cuban, South African, heck even a month in depth of Minnesota local traditions might make a good segment. It's a wide world of food and who better to show us.

Travel and eating, sucks. But travel and teaching? I tune in to learn more cooking methods and ideas. If I just want a travel show there is a whole network for it.

A Concerned Fan