La Brigade des délices

If you read too much into it, you probably will not enjoy it. That it mind, I rather enjoyed watching this show. I loved the chemistry between the bakers, they genuinely look like they get along. And I adored their creations.

Christina Tosi (creator of Milk Bar) brings 4 expert bakers together to compete against each other to see who can come up with the best cake (or baked good) for a customers special day. Creativity abounds in the best of ways.

Really fun show.

I know..its not the best baking show BUT its the nicest.. I mean look at them helping and supporting each other. I just love the energy...

A nice friendly bake show that takes all the angst out of the competition and instead focuses on making fun bakes. The atmosphere on the show is light, which is nice. The bakers were fun and had great chemistry with each other, oh, and made some great desserts.

Its really fresh to see a more casual friendly competition. Although the artificial time contraint is still present. We sometimes get to see a glimps of them just helping each other out, like cooking tips or just helping to carry something heavy. Personally this really gives the show some fresh air compared to other cooking shows that are heavily competative.

The show does sometimes fall for the usual reality tv tropes. Like sappy backstories. For example, something has a personal connection to someones childhood and that makes this cake "really special to me, and i'm gonna do everything I can to make this perfect for X person". And more stuff like that, wicch I can personally do without.

All in all, its much less serious than other cooking shows and that does give it it's charm. So I would recomend this to someone that is looking for a more lighthearted cooking show. But in the end its still sappy overedited reality tv.

6/10: good but not great.