Was Monica Gellar a bad cook?
On Friends, there are frequent references to Monica's cooking. As I think back, most of them seem to be negative. "Monica's cheesecake is dry and peely", "At least all my songs don't taste like garlic", "Push the duck. If they don't eat it, you will, and it's not very good!", "Tiny portions of pretentious food", And the episode with the bad review, the episode where Janice sends the chicken back over and over, And the episode where they are trying to decipher the chocolate chip cookie recipe, she puts down Phoebe for not detecting nutmeg (which there wasn't so Monica was wrong)
I'm wondering if it was supposed to be a running joke that Monica's food was bad, or if these are just offhand comments not too be taken too seriously? Most of these references are in later seasons, so it could have been something the writers had decided to play on.
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Actually that is not the case. There are several statements & moments that suggest Monica was good in cooking. But as every person have good days or bad days at their job, Monica has them too. Specially with cooking experiments for something new can be good or bad. And even for a best chef, someday the ratio can go wrong and they can get a bad review, doesn't mean they are bad at cooking. Here is some reason why it's clear that Monica was good.
Fake student at the rookie class for cooking
In S09E19 The One with Rachel's Dream she was the head chef of her restaurant which was doing great.
Monica's fancy restaurant Javu is doing great, so she's flat out, too badly to accept joining Chandler on a surprise trip he booked to Vermont.
In S09E03 The One with the Pediatrician
Chandler is leaving for Tulsa without Monica, because she has got a great job offer.
Great job offers don't come to incompetent people does it !!
And there were many more segments where she was appreciated for her cooking. The lines that you wrote are mainly said to her on her bad days or inside an argument to tease her, not to prove the quality of her cooking.
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Is Monica a good or bad chef?
Here is some reason why it's clear that Monica was good. In S09E19 The One with Rachel's Dream she was the head chef of her restaurant which was doing great. Monica's fancy restaurant Javu is doing great, so she's flat out, too badly to accept joining Chandler on a surprise trip he booked to Vermont.Was Monica toxic?
Monica was always bossy and obsessive of order, but in the first seasons it was in a tolerable way. She was kind, empathetic and protective to her friends. Her competitiveness was even funny. But in later seasons, she became manipulative, rude, and very irritating.Did Monica become a chef because of Chandler?
As legend has it, Monica had a crush on Chandler, and then overheard making fun of her weight... which led to her accidentally cutting off his toe. Oh, and she became a chef because Chandler complimented her mac and cheese-making skills. So essentially, it was destiny.Why is Monica toxic?
At Ross's wedding, she came looking for Joey but slept with Chandler instead. Not that there was anything wrong with that. Monica always thought she was free to do whatever she liked, like invite her ex-boyfriend's son as a date. She hated it when people made fun of her for dating young Ethan.FRIENDS- Monica's cooking classes
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