Du génie sous la toque

If you don't like baking shows you won't like this one either. Personally i liked it. Kind of like nailed it but not quite. The contestants had to know what they were doing on this kind of show. I liked the fact that all the contestants cheered each other on. Fun light show to watch.

We're enjoying it as a family, but the sheer quantity of food waste leaves a bad taste in the mouth. It'd feel more responsible if they disclosed what happened to the food afterwards, and you'd hope that a majority of the ingredients was past its sell-by date. If there's a series 2 can the production team please bear this in mind.

The challenges were really fun, taking a spin on baking on adding a cool element of rethinking what food can do. However, the judges and editing are annoying. The contestants were fairly likable, save for one really annoying pair. The winner was well deserved, which I appreciated.

Seriously, The idea of pretending it's one day and not letting them change is such a strange concept.

Even after they mentioned at one point " that's the end of day one" they still came back in the same clothes.

I started watching this because I had nothing else to watch. I was pleasantly surprised to see Andrew Smyth judging! I enjoyed him very much when he was a contestant on Bake Off.

The premise of the show is interesting. Bakers and engineers work together to make a functional edible treat. I can't help but think, however, that just because your creation is made of edible materials who would actually want to eat that? It seems quite wasteful.

I also don't like, and I'm only 3 episodes in, that the contestants haven't changed partners. Every episode they should change partners. It's painful watching "X" constantly "fail" because "Y" keeps screwing up.

I'm fine with the judging. Seems fair. A baker who is also an engineer, a baker, and then an engineer. Each can offer constructive criticism.

I notice, and other people have pointing out, sneaky editing tricks. Cuts just as someone's project actually fell apart, for instance. How was that not considered a problem? Don't think I didn't notice, because I did. Also, contestants always wearing the same clothes. That's another editing trick so in case someone says something juicy or they catch a weird face the editors can put it where they want. Not cute. We want "reality" in reality TV.

Imma keep watching, but it needs some work.