Yes, Chef!

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.

I love looking competition shows and so manynof then make me turn off the television. This is one.

The rules are completely asanine and I don't understand how no one saw this.

In a competition you should have an opportunity to control your fate but in this show you don't. The person from the team who wins who may or may not have the best dish has to cook again from someone they choose. That's not the oldest part of the person they choose wins they can send ANY contestant home. So you an excellent cook can go home with no hope of saving themselves.

That is not COOKING COMPETITION that is who shouldn't I piss off. This is a waste of time if you want to root for a chef because they may just be gone!

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.

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 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?