First off, the all round structure. It's not groundbreaking, and it doesn't do anything particularly interesting with its challenges. The concept of a willy wonka style "everything is edible" room to get ingredients from really didn't play much of a role and seems like a LOT of wasted effort for a backdrop.
Round 1 is "magic ingredient," the contestants need to feature a specific ingredient. It's been done well before, here it's poor. They keep picking really generic ingreadients to feature like apples, tomatoes, and mushroom. In what world are those challenging or entertaining over seeing something weird and harder to use. On the plue side, contestants know the challenges ahead of time and the show doesn't pretend it's a surprise.
Round 2 is "the reinvention," again something we've seen before; take a well known food and present it in a new way. The rules seem unclear about this and many contestants take it in different ways that make the judges frown on their work.
Round 3 is "the final feast," which seems to be basically the exact same as round 2 but with a broader theme, like picnic compared to hamburger.
In terms of the judges/host. First, calling your judges "food gods" its pretty pretentious. I think they were aiming for the gods coming down from the heavens to a garden of eden to try the food, but it was never really referenced and just came off as uppity.
I didn't mind Jayde, the host, she had some funny moments, but I can see how she'd rub some people the wrong way. Carla, in any other situation I would have found a bit obnoxious and over the top, however alongside the two masters of bland personality, she was needed. Heston, whoever he is, may be famous for being great at cooking, but he has all the personality of white bread. Niklas barely spoke from start to finish, and watching him take a bite of any food gives far too much insight into what his face looks like in moments of... intimacy. Contestants were really dime-a-dozen, except the first episode where you really wish you were there for the tactile pleasure of smacking an annoying tool.
All in all, it's not bad, it's just very short and doesn't do anything that other shows haven't done better.
Round 1 is "magic ingredient," the contestants need to feature a specific ingredient. It's been done well before, here it's poor. They keep picking really generic ingreadients to feature like apples, tomatoes, and mushroom. In what world are those challenging or entertaining over seeing something weird and harder to use. On the plue side, contestants know the challenges ahead of time and the show doesn't pretend it's a surprise.
Round 2 is "the reinvention," again something we've seen before; take a well known food and present it in a new way. The rules seem unclear about this and many contestants take it in different ways that make the judges frown on their work.
Round 3 is "the final feast," which seems to be basically the exact same as round 2 but with a broader theme, like picnic compared to hamburger.
In terms of the judges/host. First, calling your judges "food gods" its pretty pretentious. I think they were aiming for the gods coming down from the heavens to a garden of eden to try the food, but it was never really referenced and just came off as uppity.
I didn't mind Jayde, the host, she had some funny moments, but I can see how she'd rub some people the wrong way. Carla, in any other situation I would have found a bit obnoxious and over the top, however alongside the two masters of bland personality, she was needed. Heston, whoever he is, may be famous for being great at cooking, but he has all the personality of white bread. Niklas barely spoke from start to finish, and watching him take a bite of any food gives far too much insight into what his face looks like in moments of... intimacy. Contestants were really dime-a-dozen, except the first episode where you really wish you were there for the tactile pleasure of smacking an annoying tool.
All in all, it's not bad, it's just very short and doesn't do anything that other shows haven't done better.