And the winner is................

Tonight our blog is going to be topical and a little controversial but hey, this is what blogs are for. They are here for us to impart knowledge, express opinions, to laugh and to cry. So this blog is topical and we want your feedback.
Let me start by saying that at Lee and Hock Lai's Kitchen, we love food. We love great menus and we are literally glued to a popular kitchen show on television.
Yes, I understand ratings. I understand that those ratings bring viewers and sell product but where do we draw the line.
Let me have a little pre-amble here:-
We all watch sports stars and celebrities. When they make a slip up with someone shoving a camera in their face, or they act badly, we howl them down saying that they are 'role models' for children and should be punished.
In a football game (let me say I know nothing here) a player gets a bit heated and a spur of the moment jab brings them into controversy.  Again, we as the viewer are divided between right and wrong.  Why in the first place do we set these people as 'role models'?  Maybe it's media hype too and it brings ratings but we are divided on their substance as decent people.
But we are watching our favourite programme and judging by the 'Logies' we are not the only ones. We want our kids to watch and we want them to learn skills in the kitchen. But, believe me - I believe we want them to learn a love of cooking, a love of food, a love of healthy eating habits and a love of exploring our taste buds.
But do we really want them to learn bitchiness? Yes, rating sell, but how far should we let them go? Do kids need this narkiness which borders on bullying to be common place on our screens? We would not tolerate this in our schools, why here on the television?
Television shows are pre-recorded and given that twist is not something to admire.  Isn't it about time Television networks share the responsibilities of being 'role models' als?
Yes in competition we all get a little touchy and bitchy but do we need children to see this as the 'norm' ?
Can anyone debate me on this topic? Do we promote bad behaviour on prime television and punish the celebrities with their occasional 'one of's' or should networks be responsible too?
And while I am on this forum please talk to me about waste. Do these shows really give us a great learning experience, or just teach us, and our children, that we live in a disposable world, and, to enjoy cooking it has only to be done with top ingredients?
Why can't these shows make us think of how to create without the most expensive ingredients? Why can't these programs show that it is possible to create brilliance from the ingredients that the majority of the world uses every day? Yes, it is nice to say open a bottle of expensive wine for a dessert, but, is that what we want our kids to learn?  Just tonight I saw the contestants prep a seafood stock. But, seconds before we saw them throw away lobster heads and tops and tails of vegetables etc that in a real restaurant would never be done.  Lets face it these contestants may win big money to set up their dream restaurant but, if these guys set out like this, their restaurants are doomed for failure just on their waste bills alone. One of the greatest profit losing factors is wastage.  Believe me that restaurant will not last the distance - let alone the first couple of months.
I hope I have left you tonight with a few topics for debate:- Are we accepting of bad behaviour? Are we accepting of pure wastage when millions of people go hungry daily? Please give me your thoughts!