I will watch almost any stupid cooking contest to the bitter end, but my word, this took some real fortitude to make it to the finish.
There is just nobody to root for. Mercifully, we only had to sit through one over-dramatized sob story (someone says they had a "transplant" and you're thinking oh wow, what- heart? Lung? Kidney? No... a Tendon). The contestants are all annoying or talentless or both. And yet, each one was stunningly confident. They never admitted their mistakes nor did they seem to learn from them. Their dishes were just as insipid and boring in the beginning as they were at the end. Confusing. They all seemed to "stand by" their awful dishes.
The lack of imagination while in one of the most culinarily inspiring places on the face of the earth. Some of these knuckheads' dishes in the semi-finals/ finals: boiled cabbage, stuffed baked tomatoes, poorly executed (aka raw) pork chops, a leaden raviolo shaped like a gas cap, steamed asparagus. Really?? In Iconic food paradise TUSCANY?! After they had full access to that incredible market!! They should all be charged with a crime.
I stuck it out to the end and I was dumbfounded when the winner was announced. One of the worst and that is saying a LOT for this group- Holy Smokes!
I don't know what happened to Guernacelli- she has really lost her signature "bite"- her honesty and scowling countenance was her best attribute as a judge back on Chopped. Here she seemed to be defending the atrocities these "chefs" put out. Plus someone please get this woman a stylist. About 3/4 way in her makeup and hair improved, but on the whole, she is in dire need of a makeover.
The Italian guy- have NO idea what or who he is, didn't add anything to the show.
A real disappointment in every way.
There is just nobody to root for. Mercifully, we only had to sit through one over-dramatized sob story (someone says they had a "transplant" and you're thinking oh wow, what- heart? Lung? Kidney? No... a Tendon). The contestants are all annoying or talentless or both. And yet, each one was stunningly confident. They never admitted their mistakes nor did they seem to learn from them. Their dishes were just as insipid and boring in the beginning as they were at the end. Confusing. They all seemed to "stand by" their awful dishes.
The lack of imagination while in one of the most culinarily inspiring places on the face of the earth. Some of these knuckheads' dishes in the semi-finals/ finals: boiled cabbage, stuffed baked tomatoes, poorly executed (aka raw) pork chops, a leaden raviolo shaped like a gas cap, steamed asparagus. Really?? In Iconic food paradise TUSCANY?! After they had full access to that incredible market!! They should all be charged with a crime.
I stuck it out to the end and I was dumbfounded when the winner was announced. One of the worst and that is saying a LOT for this group- Holy Smokes!
I don't know what happened to Guernacelli- she has really lost her signature "bite"- her honesty and scowling countenance was her best attribute as a judge back on Chopped. Here she seemed to be defending the atrocities these "chefs" put out. Plus someone please get this woman a stylist. About 3/4 way in her makeup and hair improved, but on the whole, she is in dire need of a makeover.
The Italian guy- have NO idea what or who he is, didn't add anything to the show.
A real disappointment in every way.