Crazy Delicious

I love the garden atmosphere. Many contestants have crazy, creative recipes which are very inspiring. The one big negative I have to mention is from episode 5. Elainea had this habit of sticking a finger in her food to taste test it, lick her finger, and go back to preparing food! I can't believe I have to say this to a cooking show, but that is extremely unsanitary and a big no no when cooking food! I'm surprised that the producers, directors, or anyone else who proofs these shows before they air didn't catch that! In the future, please school your contestants on sanitary practices before filming.

As one who has an interest in food preparation and presentation, I was impressed by the culinary skills of the contestants, and tried to ignore the extraneous theatrics as much as possible. The professional chef judges added some helpful commentary (despite the fact that they were foolishly portrayed as food gods). I found the host ("presenter," as the British say) to be very unappealing and indelicate; she seemed an odd choice to include in a creative cookery competition. Despite its drawbacks, I remain impressed by the talented contestants.

I love the show. It is a lot of fun and very whimsical. Jayde Adams is great as the host, but she is constantly putting herself down and making fat jokes about herself. It is really uncomfortable. And the editing makes it uncomfortable as well since it basically cuts to the next part as if everyone does not know how to react.

I wish she would love herself because it would make her hosting even better.

For one thing I enjoy watching competitions. but the thing I love about it is to watch talented people showcasing their skills. I am not the one for extended back grounds of the contestants, I'd rather see more action.

For a while I have been bored with the similar set ups for cooking shows... so this magical forest feels very fresh! And even though the reciepes are peculiar and not for everyone, I can feel the joy of creating something stunning in the kitchen both by the judges and the contestans.

of course it is not perfect. I would like to see the executions better (maybe an online recipe site), and ofcourse it is scripted (how can they keep the garden full with the ingredients they need if they dont know before hand) jokes may not be for everyone neither. So if you like shows with shiny set pieces with long backgrounds of contestants dont watch this.

But I find this fairytale set up very refreshing, creative and it is definitely a feel-good series

I'm not a food show or reality tv watcher and at first I thought this would be a campy, silly show that my daughter would enjoy (the set is not the best - feels like an Alice in Wonderland world) - it has been over a week and I still think about this show, not because of the food, not because of the "celebs" - I had never heard of any of them - but I think of this show because everyone was so KIND - you can lose a competition, or judge a competition and still be KIND!! - I fell in love with the host, the judges and almost every competitor because they had a lovely nature, were supportive and still spoke their minds and told the truth without trying to destroy anyone's soul - It made me happy to see so many happy spirits out their competing and still being amazing human beings - Well Done! and Thank you!