Snack VS. Chef

The concept of the show is great. Contestants can be likeable and the judges are knowledgeable. However, these 2 hosts are the most random pair of people ever put together and have no personality at all. This Hari guy looks like he's being held at gunpoint to do this show and looks confused and lost in every shot. He almost never speaks and looks extremely uncomfortable even if all he has to do is taste food. The female host has the most forced positivity ever but at least she can fake a smile while Hari almost never smiles. The judges do a better job hosting than these "hosts" who apparently are comedians when they haven't done anything entertaining on this show. The hosts are supposed to be the stars of the show, but these two are just background characters who doesn't add any entertainment value. It should've just been the judges hosting the show just like Masterchef. Netflix should stop hiring random people with no hosting experience to host cooking shows.

The food geek in my likes watching the contestants try to recreate some fun snacks and then come up with their own imaginative version. I appreciate that they have a mix of chefs and food scientists in the mix, that makes it a bit different from most cooking competition shows. However, the hosts are simply awful. And let's be honest, they usually detract, not add, to shows like this. In this case, they may keep me from getting through an otherwise interesting series. The forced laughter throughout from everyone is also pretty painful. The contestants themselves are a mixed bag... easy to pick out the ones that are full of it. We'll see how many episodes I'll be able to watch.

So I enjoyed the concept of having the chefs make popular snacks, that was a very cool idea! The hosting and judging of the contestants was very cringey!! I think if they just eliminated the weird hosts and unimportant comments from the four people on the panel, it would be a great show. Maybe they will bring this back as a better show, one host two judges that have a better personality and not so "Judgey" attitude! I usually love to watch these chefs try to re-create a popular snack, so just adding words so that my review will be posted, do not be discouraged from watching just fast forward through a lot of the hosting and judging talking .

I like the concept of the challenges and how they're presented by a vending machine. That was cute and original.

The contestants struggle with the challenges so they seem very difficult and like they might not be giving them enough time for the challenges like this is nailed it or something.

The judges are alright, they're nice enough and give fair critiques.

But, the hosts are so annoying and cringy. They claim to be comedians but I'm on the fifth episode and I haven't heard a decent joke yet. The woman host is particularly annoying because she over acts every line. The guy is better, but is still not funny. I would rate this show a lot higher if they replaced the hosts.

It is a fun idea and pretty good show. The contestants are likable and seem equally matched. The show is pretty much what you think it's going to be and an easy watch.

The pain point of the show are the hosts. There are two "official hosts" and two food experts, but they all share the same responsibilities. There is no anchor for this show and that is what I find very annoying. It feels like they tried to make all the hosts equal and as a result, none of them have a chance to shine.

With that said, I think Netflix usually does a good job with competition reality shows and I would probably watch a second season if they fixed that one issue.