Michelle Lee

Bad acting, terrible reenactment of original story, unrealistic storytelling (eg: removing armour in just to show you're a woman but still go into battle), lack of depth, themes of women empowerment felt forced etc. Don't waste your money.

It's fun and entertaining to watch for the first few episodes, potentially inspiring even, but soon it became draggy and pointless as I realised the serious lack of diversity in the chefs and judges. There was no person of colour representing Africa, only a few women which were given minimum screen time, the only East Asian team were eliminated early on, and soon you're watching a white man lamenting on how it's a struggle to prove himself in Japanese cuisine. I understand it is a personal struggle and I do admire him, but it was really distasteful with the lack of representation going on. In the end, all you're left with are 4 white men competing for the final spot, which led me to support Darren as he was the only one that would represent Asian cuisine. I would have had no problem with that if the initial sample of participants were more balanced, perhaps with better scouting like a previous reviewer had said. I believe that there is a huge potential in the show if it were to include participants, judges, and cuisines from more regions and countries. Overall, I did enjoy watching it as just pure entertainment.