Mel N

Save your time and do not watch this show. I cannot believe this is Iron Chef From the first episode, I can see how badly planned the competition is, and how biased. They have 3 Thai judges out of the 4 present, with very limited palates so they'd obviously favour their Thai team over the others. Their judges do not even have a Michelin 2 star (only 1 has a 1 star and I've never heard of him - his restaurant wasn't mentioned iirc), and yet they keep raving about the calibre of their judges. Budget seems low as well, with very jarring camera shifts and tacky effects, bgm and pacing of the show. The host is pretty irritating, going over to bombard the contestants with so many questions towards the end. Why not ask at the beginning instead? And not having tact to move away instead of hanging there and obstructing the contestants. I watch a lot of cooking shows and competitions, and this is the first time I'm so annoyed with a cooking competition.