First things first why was the show so long ??
It's 2023. Not 2013.. After 20 episodes, I felt famished. My justification was that the producers and editors must have been indian television series fans and used the same skills on MasterChef too. The elimination and movement into the black apron round is stretched way long. The process could have been one episode - one challenge and the next episode - one elimination. That would have given the much needed speed that today's Netflix generation is used to.
Secondly, Indian food deserves more respect. Most of the challenges were based on foreign cuisines whether it was Mexican, Mediterranean, Portuguese, Greek, Chinese, Japanese. Only a few episodes were core indian. They could have added more indian rounds like an all south Indian, north indian, say everyone can work on these Gujarati or Andhra dishes. The round in the other MasterChefs, where both the contestants and the judges are asked to cook the dish that represents them usually ends up being a dish that represents their core culture. But here we get dishes from judges themselves that are with Durian fruit or a Bento box. The chef rounds have dishes like poached eggs, menagerie which are not core indian dish skills. Majority indians don't prefer these foods. Our celebrity chefs don't have a signature dish that is Indian? Not cool.
Thirdly, the judgements passed by the judges are not positive. Many times, there is a lot of insult and has a bullying vibe to them. Positivity and encouragement are very important. An example needs to be set for the audiences not just narrow-minded scolding. The audience got a feel that they are not very good at what they are asked to do in the first place. They give more significance to presentation than taste and the competition essense. If it's a relay competition, the contestants are expected to pick a familiar dish that the latter chefs can keep going with. But the judges want innovation in that. The ideas are not complimentary.
In the round of serving ppl in restaurants aka cruise/flight style, they could have given a comfort zone option of Indian food especially coz the chefs are already going to do the restaurant style cooking for the first time.
Also, they seem more comfortable in English than Hindi. If this was the case, the producers could have assigned a nice anchor.
Many a time, in classic indian kanjoosi attitude, the ingredients always fall short when the chefs go to pick them up. Thoda extra rakhi yaar..
Some of the home chefs were quite positive, whether it was taking the criticism quietly, taking unfair eliminations and team rounds in a sportive way. I hope those chefs could make a mark in the real world later. Wishing them the best of luck.
It's 2023. Not 2013.. After 20 episodes, I felt famished. My justification was that the producers and editors must have been indian television series fans and used the same skills on MasterChef too. The elimination and movement into the black apron round is stretched way long. The process could have been one episode - one challenge and the next episode - one elimination. That would have given the much needed speed that today's Netflix generation is used to.
Secondly, Indian food deserves more respect. Most of the challenges were based on foreign cuisines whether it was Mexican, Mediterranean, Portuguese, Greek, Chinese, Japanese. Only a few episodes were core indian. They could have added more indian rounds like an all south Indian, north indian, say everyone can work on these Gujarati or Andhra dishes. The round in the other MasterChefs, where both the contestants and the judges are asked to cook the dish that represents them usually ends up being a dish that represents their core culture. But here we get dishes from judges themselves that are with Durian fruit or a Bento box. The chef rounds have dishes like poached eggs, menagerie which are not core indian dish skills. Majority indians don't prefer these foods. Our celebrity chefs don't have a signature dish that is Indian? Not cool.
Thirdly, the judgements passed by the judges are not positive. Many times, there is a lot of insult and has a bullying vibe to them. Positivity and encouragement are very important. An example needs to be set for the audiences not just narrow-minded scolding. The audience got a feel that they are not very good at what they are asked to do in the first place. They give more significance to presentation than taste and the competition essense. If it's a relay competition, the contestants are expected to pick a familiar dish that the latter chefs can keep going with. But the judges want innovation in that. The ideas are not complimentary.
In the round of serving ppl in restaurants aka cruise/flight style, they could have given a comfort zone option of Indian food especially coz the chefs are already going to do the restaurant style cooking for the first time.
Also, they seem more comfortable in English than Hindi. If this was the case, the producers could have assigned a nice anchor.
Many a time, in classic indian kanjoosi attitude, the ingredients always fall short when the chefs go to pick them up. Thoda extra rakhi yaar..
Some of the home chefs were quite positive, whether it was taking the criticism quietly, taking unfair eliminations and team rounds in a sportive way. I hope those chefs could make a mark in the real world later. Wishing them the best of luck.