Yes, Chef!

This is one of the worst "cooking" shows out there. They claim it's taking amazing chef's who are being held back by ego in some way. Yet, they allow a single contestant to screw everyone else over by hoarding ingredients he doesn't even use. Week after week. How is that about the cooking, or working on these chef's issues? Then they judge the contestants on what they make when they are tasked with making specific dishes, which they then CAN'T make because of one guy. This isn't a cooking show. This is clearly a staged "competition" with manufactured drama. If they at least advertised it like that, like shows like Survivor do, I wouldn't mind. But it's almost a bait and switch with the show they advertise and the show you get. But what do you expect for a show produced and hosted by Martha Stewart?

Somehow I managed to get through 2 episodes of Yes, Chef! I should have stopped at one. I gave it a chance because I think José Andrés is a wonderful person. It is nothing more than an angry, backstabbing, poorly conceptualized mess. If this is the future of cooking competitions, then it's probably best that they just fade away. I found Katsuji to be one of the most annoying contestants on both seasons of Top Chef and he is more over the top and arrogant on this show. Who invited him, again? I just hope that the money that is made from this bizarre schoolyard bully driven nonsense goes to José Andrés many charities. Also, Martha Stewart seems incredibly bored. I may skip to the end episode though, just to see if it ends like The Menu.

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.

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.

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...