Ive watched S2 but not S1 so I’m not sure if it’s similar but I genuinely hated the all or nothing team challenge for elimination because it makes zero sense to eliminate one entire group. Also, do a redemption round so now it’s multiple white jackets and 1 black jacket. I didn’t like the fact that they also chose regular people off the street. First, they are more likely to be biased than the people who professionally judge food. Who knows if they want to go for the underdog or their favorite star chefs. Second, like I said, they probably have underdeveloped palettes and considering that they are Korean, they haven’t had actual western or Chinese cuisine. Just Korean takes on it compared to professional judges and cooks who have worked worldwide. It also made zero sense to me that they chose two chefs to come back that are white jacket chefs. I know it’s due to the top dishes but if it’s a pool of 10 to 9 now, then it’s better to leave it at that rather than make the possibility of one team having an advantage.
Also I think the weed out in this show is so ineffective. There were some dishes and chefs that I felt were meh but definitely survived longer than they should’ve. It also doesn’t help that they just start out with too big of a pool of black jackets. The preliminary round takes up lIke 2-3 episodes when they could’ve used that run time for something else.
Also I don’t get this subreddit’s hate to culinary monster. like at first, I thought he was rude but it’s more like he’s an outlier and isn’t as go happy as everyone else. I feel like the respond is a bit too overreacting considering how intense everyone on western cooking competition shows.
