After all of the hype and all of the commercials we’ve seen about this show – it’s finally here. The Premier episode gave us a sense of what this show is all about. A field of 30 amateur cooks will be taken from all across America and their cooking skills will be put to the test. The winner will receive $250,000 and have a cookbook published. The amateur cooks have will have 1 hour to cook their meal and have it judged by Graham Elliot, Joe Bastianich and of course, Gordon Ramsay.
Watching some of the contestants was pretty entertaining. There were a few funny people and some interesting meals were prepared. The judging aspect is set up similar to that of American Idol; the three judges vote either yes or no as to whether or not the contestants get to move on. Right away we saw that Chef Ramsay is going to be a very tough judge. The first few contestants didn’t really impress him; he took time out from judging to tell the remaining contestants that he wasn’t pleased with what he saw.
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I think the first episode was OK, but not great. I’m sure the first few episodes will be entertaining to watch – that’s where you see all of the really interesting contestants (similar to American Idol). I’m not sure how well it will do after the initial buzz wears off. We’ve seen this formula before with American Idol; will the cooking aspect make it any more interesting? Only time will tell.
As we were watching the show, my brother pointed out that the commercials were ridiculous. He’s right; there were an awful lot of commercials during the show. I hope that doesn’t continue. Overall, I think the show was slow-moving. There really wasn’t much action – we didn’t get see the contestants preparing their food and things seemed to happen so slowly. I’m not sure if this will hold my interest long enough to keep blogging about it. I guess we will all have to find out together.
