User Reviews

What a wasted opportunity. Bring some mature chefs and some reality show type back stabbing idiots to Tuscany and provide them accommodations at a beautiful villa and then have them compete against each other, made up of two teams, and then make the losing team's members vote on who should be removed from the show (aka voted off the island so to speak). What happens is the most mature, clearly qualified chefs, then get back stabbed by the less qualified because its clear the lesser qualified cannot beat them head to head. Its simply stupid as what has happened is the back stabbing two faced woman who runs a food truck in Boston is now in the final. Why has the food network gone to pot? Just bring in the best of the best and let them cook, be judged, and let the chips fall as they may.

I will watch almost any stupid cooking contest to the bitter end, but my word, this took some real fortitude to make it to the finish.

There is just nobody to root for. Mercifully, we only had to sit through one over-dramatized sob story (someone says they had a "transplant" and you're thinking oh wow, what- heart? Lung? Kidney? No... a Tendon). The contestants are all annoying or talentless or both. And yet, each one was stunningly confident. They never admitted their mistakes nor did they seem to learn from them. Their dishes were just as insipid and boring in the beginning as they were at the end. Confusing. They all seemed to "stand by" their awful dishes.

The lack of imagination while in one of the most culinarily inspiring places on the face of the earth. Some of these knuckheads' dishes in the semi-finals/ finals: boiled cabbage, stuffed baked tomatoes, poorly executed (aka raw) pork chops, a leaden raviolo shaped like a gas cap, steamed asparagus. Really?? In Iconic food paradise TUSCANY?! After they had full access to that incredible market!! They should all be charged with a crime.

I stuck it out to the end and I was dumbfounded when the winner was announced. One of the worst and that is saying a LOT for this group- Holy Smokes!

I don't know what happened to Guernacelli- she has really lost her signature "bite"- her honesty and scowling countenance was her best attribute as a judge back on Chopped. Here she seemed to be defending the atrocities these "chefs" put out. Plus someone please get this woman a stylist. About 3/4 way in her makeup and hair improved, but on the whole, she is in dire need of a makeover.

The Italian guy- have NO idea what or who he is, didn't add anything to the show.

A real disappointment in every way.

The signs of a new show are usually trying to take a classic format and throw it completely off by doing something out of the ordinary and doing it wrong. All good and classic food network shows have judges who actually judge and eliminate contestants. Voting Cory off who was the best Chef by having him A. Vote first and B having them vote verbally without writing things down is just insane and poorly done. Then Omar leaving, while ridiculous because clearly he wasn't medically cleared, was bad enough, you need to replace him or something, there's no way you planned on this few of people. I just don't think this has the chops to be continued. Alex comes in and helps whoever she wants to win. I'm just disappointed because I love Tuscany but it's dumb.

I'm not a fan of Alex G. I have never been a fan of her cooking and find her personality a little off putting. Loved the other chef, Chef Gabe was great. 3 things wrong with this show in my opinion. 1) I don't think the team concept worked for elimination. I don't feel like we were watching the best chefs compete in the end. 2) I don't think the teams should have been able to watch each other. The second team always won and had a stronger advantage. 3) They brought everyone back on the second to last day to compete for a place in the finale. It is just weird to do that. Second chance elimination was just strange. Loved the idea for the show but maybe with some different hosts and how the judging and elimination went should be different.