The basic premise of this program is good, but the execution is pretty awful. Not only is it plagued by the constant repetition to pad for time that's common of its ilk, and prone to wildly overhyping the mildest of "dramatic" moments, but the guest chefs by and large aren't allowed to stray far from the actual recipe, let alone to fail. If they differ from the recipe and one chef takes a lead over the other, the busybody host Fred Sirieix will immediately dive in to correct them.
Realistically, he might just as well hand them the recipes at the start of each episode. And this trend is at its worst in the Domino's Pizza episode, where immediately before cooking their final efforts, the chefs are directly shown what the actual techniques are *prior* to cooking their versions, and allowed to integrate that information -- right down to the exact oven temperatures -- into their own efforts. The net result is that this show ends up being a relatively boring, predictable waste of time. Disappointing.
Realistically, he might just as well hand them the recipes at the start of each episode. And this trend is at its worst in the Domino's Pizza episode, where immediately before cooking their final efforts, the chefs are directly shown what the actual techniques are *prior* to cooking their versions, and allowed to integrate that information -- right down to the exact oven temperatures -- into their own efforts. The net result is that this show ends up being a relatively boring, predictable waste of time. Disappointing.