Originally Posted by
flyernick
I think I'm in the minority in that I actually enjoyed Amanda as host. She worked for me in sort of a not-very-polished way. Alpana did grow on me eventually and was like-able, but the current host isn't interesting or entertaining at all.
I haven't seen all that many Amanda episodes, I didn't really start watching it until season 4 or 5 and they don't rerun the really old ones very often. Alpana was fine, but annoyed me whenever wine would come up. Yes, we get it, you're a sommelier, fine. Shut up and let the people talk about the restaurants not about how some obscure wine pairs with what they ate. Catherine doesn't bother me, she's okay. One thing that's clear now is that the stupid puns about people's jobs came from the producer, not Alpana.