Cooks vs. Cons

Thought this might be an interesting show. Had two episodes on the DVR. Watch one last night--- way too much emphasis on the judges. And the constant repetition of I.....Am......A........... (Cook/Con)!!!!!!!! Suffered through the show - even with being able to fast forward. Deleted the other one and removed it from my DVR listing. It's an interesting concept but poorly executed. End of review. Now I try to submit it and am told I don't have ENOUGH lines of comment!!!! You really want me to say more things about this poorly executed show which only seems to be a vehicle for job security for "celebrity" chefs??? End of review, again. Oops, still needed one more line - can I review this site which seems to be more about content than context? That should do it - 11 lines!!!!

I guess the idea is kind of interesting. Format is very similar to Chopped but it's less of an actual cooking show then chopped and since it's food network, I would say chopped is better. YES execution is way off. It's more of a mystery then a cooking show and they just want the viewer's curiosity to stay tuned to find out who's who. But it's so rigged. They purposely make some contestants sound so professional and you can tell the makeup artist changes the appearance of certain contestants. They prescreen the contestants so they have to have both looks (con and pro). Too much editing, I just don't think this should be on food network.

A pretty standard Food Network competition show with a lot of familiar faces. Which is fine. I certainly enjoy these types of shows.

The big problem with this one is that the central concept of "cooks vs cons" plays no part in the actual competition. It doesn't make one whit of difference if the judges figure out the true identities of the contestants. It's just a grafted-on idea that gives them something to (repetitively) discuss.

They need to integrate the mystery aspect of the show into the competition.

Something like this:

1. Don't tell how many cooks and cons there are. Change up the ratio. Can't always be two and two. Makes it too easy/predictable.

2. Make the base prize the same for both cooks and cons, but add a bonus component at the end. If the winning contestant managed to fool the judges, they get an extra $5000 or something. This would give all the contestants incentive to deceive. Cons trying to pull off some pro techniques, cooks trying to dumb down certain aspects of their skills to come across as more amateurish.

Would make things way more interesting.

When you watch the show, close your eyes and listen to Geoffrey. He tries to sound "devilish" like Alton Brown on Cutthroat Kitchen.....could be the same writers....who knows. But, there is quite the personality change from Geoffrey's Chopped appearances. Seems fake.

The idea for the show is fine, but the judges changing their minds every five minutes on who is and who is not the professional cook is annoying.

I call "shenanigans" on the 30 minute time limit, too. No way some of those dishes are prepared in 30 minutes without some kind of preparation time.

Idk i liked it sorta bc I ran out of chopped episodes to watch but like the way they tried to judge ppl on whether they were a professional chef or a con (aka home cook), just screamed classist. Like objectively it wasn't classist but the comments the judges made & the way they said it ,especially geoffrey zakarian, just screamed I'm a snooty restauranteur better than u classist. Idk it just rubbed me the wrong way, other than that it was a fun, easywatch.