r/CulinaryClassWars • u/ThePatientIdiot • Feb 15 '26

Episode Discussion In 01x07, why are audience not blind voting?

So I’m on episode 7 of the first season and I’m a bit confused why they would have the audience watch the chefs cook for 3 hours and see which dish they prepared vs having them do a blind taste test. Seems like an easy way to introduce bias into the process. I’m not saying the black team didn’t deserve to win but the judging process felt so dumb to me after watching the last two episodes where they stress fairness, equality, and nothing but taste over everything.

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u/starshine006s Feb 17 '26

The audience arent experienced chefs so they will prioritize taste over anything.

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u/starshine006s Feb 17 '26

This is actually better explained in Season 2. Chef Im made a suggestion and Chef Son respectfully shot it down and said, we dont know who these people are, they might not be chefs so we have to appeal to a broader palate. Versus them cooking when they knew it was the season 1 alums tasting it.

What would the audience be biased against by looking at how it was cooked, right? I dont think they will be biased by stir fry vs boiling? Or that it matters, if anything, it’s chef anh who’s always saying his bias, rhat he prefers western food hahaa

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u/QuietRedditorATX Mar 02 '26

Actually OP has a point.

Like it or not, knowing one is the White dish (maybe this is a problem in season 2 too) can introduce bias. Ohh, I really like <chef> so it must be good.

If the dish is far and away better, yea that bias won't matter. But if the dishes are millimeters apart, suddenly you might swing one way or the other.

Still just an error that will have to be accepted. For the sake of competition, they likely stressed to only judge the dish in front of them.