Yes, Chef!

If you're interested in in-fighting, back stabbing and finger pointing, then this is the show for you.

The basic idea is to get a bunch of chefs who are successful in the kitchen, but not so much in their interpersonal interactions.

A cooking challenge is provided and then...TWIST...they are given a direction by Martha Stewart and José Andrés that guarantees conflict and division.

Considering the amount of anger and division in the world right now, this show is the last thing any of us needs.

José Andrés is such a generous soul with his World Central Kitchen, I can't believe he signed on for this.

Nope. Won't be watching this one.

Are we watching a cooking competition show, which could inspire us making good food? Or are we watching a bunch so-called "best chefs" who need anger management help? The show doesn't care about making good food, it's about who is the least annoying person so they can survive for another week, even their food suck.

All the contestants looked miserable, upset, and angry. I know this is what this show all about, but do I really want to watch a bunch of angry people attacking each others after a long working day?

This show was trying to be clever and special, it didn't fail completely, at least they achieve one thing... "specially bad".

Oh, and the hosts were not good either...

Shame...

I've been watching cooking competitions for 25 years. I have witnessed brilliance, artistry and creativity that is off the charts. Then there is "Yes Chef!". I eagerly watched the first offering and was immediately repulsed by the reemergence of Katsuji. And then I saw a few other cheftestants that were identified as "hard to work with" and realized the emerging theme: Annoyance...that we are paying into with our time and attention.

So I gave it two episodes to cement my emergent feelings.

By the middle of the 2nd, I was asking myself aloud why I would want to put myself through this any longer. (Spoiler alert: I don't).

To see what the producers do behind closed doors in planning the next cooking show, one needs only but begin with a good cooking competition like say, Top Chef. Then ask yourself: What will give us what we really want (emotional response).

Then over-analyze it with focus groups to hone in on the absolute MOST annoying parts of the occasional chefs' ego and sociopathy. Build a show with one media personality and a world-class chef and humanitarian as leads and put the word out that you need culinary star wannabes who don't work well with others.

Stress them. Turn one against another (it's not that hard a task).

Broadcast. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Crap.

This show is incredibly difficult to watch, all because of the focus on the unsportsmanlik conduct of "Chef" Katsuji. He screams insecurity and has to make others feel small, or literally cheat, to "win." They continuously focus on his antics and it severely distracts from the actual cooking competition.

Which, that's another thing, is this an actual cooking competition or just some random drama factory? There's no one here to root for, as all of these "Chefs" come off as extremely flawed individuals with absolutely no redeeming qualities.

I definitely would recommend skipping this "competition" unless you're a glutton for manufactured drama.

This show is the worst of cooking. They bill the show that they'll rehabilitate these people but 0 effort into that. Instead they have horrible people just be horrible to each other with no one controlling anything.

The bullies do things that cross the line in cooking competitions like taking all of one ingredient and not even utilizing the ingredient taken. The judges do nothing about repeat offenses and instead criticize other contestants for not adapting. A competition requires rules and decorum. You crossed way over that line multiple times. This is exponentially even more important when you claim your objective is to rehabilitate the contestants.

The worst person is hands down the producer for glorifying bullying and treating those that actually came to better themselves as nothing but fodder for the bullies. You say you wanted to help these people, but all I see is harm. Please stay out of cooking and go back to producing Big Brother.