The Cook Up with Adam Liaw

Where do the producers find all these boring nobody guests? Why is Adam so awkward and cringey when talking to them? Why is the layout of the set so awkward? Why is the food so boring? Why does Adam cut off the guests while they're in the middle of saying something? If you're going to interrupt people you may as well not invite them on. Has Adam never watched the edited show back and realised that it awful and unwatchable? Does the director have a clue? Why has it lasted so long? Do people actually watch it and don't change channel in exasperation? So many questions to which I'm unlikely to ever receive satisfactory answers.

Adam seems like a lovely person however in the show comes across....unauthentic. He cuts guests off when talking, chops to another guest in awkward timing. He talks more rather than allowing his guests to shine. It's the Adam show yes but weird how the spotlight is barely given to guests. At times it seems Adam is nervous and not listening to guest's answers to his questions. Kitchen matches vibes of being dull, no natural light, stuffy. There are some great guests. Adam seems nice but he just doesn't pull it together to be fun or authentic interactions. Awkward. Prefer shows where it's only Adam.

I hope this show has been edited before broadcast. Because there so many awkward hard to watch moments. Where Adam seemingly moves on way too quickly from his conversation with his guest in order to talk with another guest or talk about his food (or something else). It is so cringe, you literally invite them to your show to talk about a desired topic and you don't even hear them out properly.

Also sometimes a guest cooks something tasty, and again Adam moves on instantly and their whole portion is skipped where focus is put on the other guest. This could easily be partially solved by using effective cuts between both guests, but this wouldn't solve it fully.

This show has potential to improve. Adam is a sweetheart and really kind, but I watch this show to see the perspective of all three members per episode. Not just Adam or at most him and one guest. You rarely get an episode where the desired topic in the episode is properly shared through all three members of the episode.

Every time I come across this show I am left amazed by how boring the host and his guests are. What random food court do they find these absolute dull no-bodies in?

Adam seems like a very nice guy trying his best to give off a lively tv persona, but the dry banter and fake laughing leave me cringing so hard I could have a stroke.

...ugh... Each episode features two random C- or DE-list nobodies who sit and listen to Adam explain what he's cooking with very bored or uninterested expressions while he cooks a random meal. Then the C-l or D-list nobodies cook some stuff and try to explain what they're doing while Adam interrupts every word they say at every opportunity. Then those non-celebrities are expected to rave about how good his meal is while they spend the final 10 seconds of the show eating whatever food the guests cook, while pretending to like it. Every episode - rinse and repeat. Every episode has been cringe-worthy at best.