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Overall, I've enjoyed it more than I disliked it.

I enjoy the concept. Cooking/meal prep with elements of dinner conversation. The food looks delicious, and it definitely caught my attention.

When it comes to the dinner guests, the mileage greatly varies depending on who the guests are.

Some guests are fun and have entertaining conversations. Rashida and Steven were a great example. Terry Crews and Fortune Feimster were an entertaining duo, too.

Other guests shift the dynamic of the show. Some of the conversations become a bit too low-brow and end up being off-putting. I appreciate that variety is the spice of life, but a little goes a long way.

I'll keep an eye on future guests to see whom I'd like to watch, but I worry it'll become very hit and miss.

I'm a big fan of food shows, and the idea of David Chang cooking for celebrities caught my attention right away. But, like someone else pointed out, I couldn't help but feel a bit turned off by how he eats with his hands from the guests' plates. Seeing him put his whole hand in his mouth and then go back for more from their plate... yeah, kinda gross! And that towel he keeps using for everything? Whether it's wiping his hands, the cutting board, or the table, ew. Also, the way he 'cleans' the utensils by just giving them a quick rinse after using them himself is a bit yucky. I'm surprised no one said anything online since this was live.

I love David Chang thanks to reading the books by the late great Anthony Bourdain. I also loved Emeril Live! On Food Network back in the day, but not as much as dining at his restaurant NOLA a couple of times, drool. So having said that, this live show feels like a brilliant culmination of both. Completely enjoyed both guests on the first episode and looking forward to more.if you've listened to Dave's audiobook you already have a good idea of his personality with the sharp wit and somewhat self-deprecating mood swings. The live show definitely keeps him on his toes, making him sweat a bit literally and figuratively while charming his guests. I hope this succeeds.

I personally liked the first episode of Dinner Time Live with David Chang - a new concept of cooking live for a couple of celebrity guests & friends and having a good time conversing unfiltered with them at the same time as cooking and sharing with them and with the audience about the dishes. Being live things can happen (burn, not come out right, etc.) unlike a taped show where it is swapped out or edited.

A bonus for me that I was not expecting was one of my favorite K-drama actors Steven Yeun who I recognized from the recent Netfix drama Beef was the invited guest. Since I am from Chicago and have gone to Second City for wuite a few nights out, I can relate to his humor since he has a background there. Maybe this is why this show appeared on my suggestion list since I watch a lot of K-Drama. It was nice to get to see one of my favorite actors converse with friends as himself (not acting) and get to know what a nice guy he is and also some personal info he divulged straight from his own mouth. I also recognized. Rashida Jones from The Office and enjoyed her banter as well.

I could tell the host chef was a little nervous (just a tad) being the first episode, mostly due to the time restrictions and talking at the same time as cooking but am sure it will all be ok now. Looking forward to more.

#DinnerTimeLive #DavidChang #StevenYeun.

*Updated* I'm updating my review because I think I was unfair to a new show that was finding its groove and I believe this show has found it. David Chang is really interesting to watch and listen to and I love that he explains why he does something with the food but he's not actually teaching how to cook.

The format of the show is similar to a podcast as compared to traditional talk shows that give you between 7 to 12 minutes with guests that are only there doing a quick shallow promotion of their recent work. But the guests on this show stay for the entire show so they have actual conversations. This is how a evening with good friends is like.

* * * (Previous review) I enjoyed the episodes with Steven Yuen/Rashida Jones, Fortune Feimster/Terry Crews, Iliza Schlesinger/Paul Scheer. It's like a talk show with guests and they're having a good conversation, sharing thoughts, opinions, and experiences.

However, I really did not enjoy the episodes with Nick Kroll/john Mulaney and the most recent one with Seth Rogen/Ike Barinholtz. It's like watching a bunch of guys in high school cracking jokes and making innuendos, snide remarks, and just being obnoxious. I'm a guy and I get it..but these episodes were not interesting or entertaining watching them guffaw, snort, chuckle, with outbursts of shouting over each other. The food in the episode with Seth/Ike was actually disgusting and not creative. David Chang just scooped gobs of caviar on everything, including pizza, like he was too stoned to cook.

I love to watch his show. The guests are great and his food is greater. Try caribou. You'll plotz! He mentioned bison which is really great, but if you want a meat that's super lean and tasty... caribou. You can get it from NWT, unfortunately sometimes with fur on, but it's so good! Buffalo is awesome too. I liked making buffaloaf. I especially enjoyed Aziz Ansari, Seth Rogan and Maya Rudolph. I'm just a housewife from Alberta Canada but your show makes me laugh and gives me so many ideas. Your shpatzl recipe is different than mine, but it looked lovely. The lamb chops were underdone, but I'd have still eaten them. I prefer leg of lamb because lamb fat tastes kinda weird. Anyway, enough. I'm SO enjoying your show. It's the highlight of my week. Thanks!

Absolutely love this series. David's face when a guest has just blown the f-bomb budget Hilarious!!!

Also great when the guests get to cook along, sooo funny. "Are you even trying?"

Netflix need to keep this going as long as possible! Fantastic. Love the cook at home recipes too. Downside, makes me hungry watching, get the popcorn in.

Chris Ying "voice of the internet" attempts to keep things on course which actually makes it funnier and David desperately trying to talk about the menu and avoid marital strife with awkward questions from the guests. Will definitely be trying out many of these recipes.

Man, it's such an awkward show.

First off, maybe it needs some music or live band (there's a reason why talk shows employ them). I do understand that calls for huge fees. Even the cooking is missing some sizzling, smokes... sounds and pizzazz to make live shows interesting.

Or maybe it can use some funny animation effects to liven things up. Or stage this in a private area in a real restaurant so that we can still see the buzz in the background. I understand that Netflix might want to minimize any unexpected incidents.

Never been so thankful for a relatively funny extra guest - Chris Ying - to show up midway to provide comedic relief with close-ups of mistakes and commentary.

And David Chang seems a bit nervous. It's the first attempt in pioneering something, I get it. But since the premise is already being casual and entertaining and not being worried about screwing things up, why not just... be more relaxed. He doesn't even have to take the guests' questions seriously (even though I know he has a reputation as a famous chef to keep). On top of that, to spell out how difficult it is to do something that's meant to be entertaining? Maybe get a sous chef? Or at least a buffoon archetype?

It's just so, so dry as it is. Even a decent mukbang featuring no one well-known is more watchable. Thankfully Steven Yeun and Rashida Jones are easygoing guests. Will things get better? Hope so.

This is one of the most interesting cooking shows on now...I especially appreciate that it's live so there is no editing out the the flubs, mistakes and since it's on Netflix it has more leeway on language. While you might not learn a specific recipe from the show you learn techniques, equipment, ingredients that you can search and learn more about and even find some good recipes. I appreciate that it is just s few people eating great food and having a chat. I sincerely hope there are additional seasons with even more interesting guests, good food and fun built in too. I'll keep watching as long as it's on the air and I'll recommend it to others.

I just love that chefs, comedians and authenticity have collided. It has the feel of friends having drinks late at night and eating great food. Everyone is honest and enjoying themselves. I love that David Chang is so open about his neuroticism, mistakes and thought process in cooking. It's exactly what the world needs right now. Plus David Chang is a smart and lovable chef. If you want a cooking show or even a show with comedians to make you smile... this is it. The live element is something new to Netflix but comedians have been doing it for a while and I am glad that David Chang listened to his friends and got Netflix to help him join in on the fun. Just give it a try and you may be pleasantly surprised.

I am 10 minutes into the first episode and all that's happened is talking about the difference between soup and stew and a lively debate about left overs while The Guests eat and David Chang does stuff around the kitchen - Live.

I now know that you can poach eggs in the microwave, but have no idea how other than you use water and not vinegar. Will check it out on the internet. But a "live" show watching people eat is just strange to me. (Isn't this a fetish some people pay to watch??)

No - I am not going to watch it for another hour to see if it gets better. If a show doesn't catch my attention in the first 10 minutes, I move on to the next one.

To me, this is certainly not as advertised. And as an unwanted guest, I'll make an exit and leave quietly.

If you give it a go, I hope you feel much more welcomed than I did.

This show grossed me out tbh, David taste tested the dressing for the salad at 7:41 with a black spoon and then puts it on his work surface, then 3 minutes later at 10:30 he uses that same spoon to scoop out the dressing into the salad that he's about to serve to his guest. He then pursues to toss the salad with his bare hands, rubs his head at 22:55 and itches his nose at 27:03 I don't mean to be so observant but yeah kind of gross. I stopped watching after that but I hope he can figure it out for the next episode so he can refrain from touching his face so much and cross contaminating with his bodily fluids.

I recently watched an episode which showed the last 4 days of my whole family's dinners, expect for these people they had the same plus an entire can of caviar worth an entire Americans semester of college. They laughed at the price, the source of caviar, and the source of their wagyu. They even requested beluga caviar? As if the fact belugas are mammals is hidden knowledge. They're whales. They clearly don't care about animals, not even including working class people. It really magnifies the distance between working people and stupid rich people. All in all, the chef is talented, but the idiotic choice of audience is a strange choice considering they won't have anyone to relate to.

Wouldn't really call this cooking show- And that's fine but it's more just watching David Cook, and listen to a conversation that gets boring.

The episode with Seth Rogen and the caviar was just one big eye roll. Them discussing how expensive it was and David just slapping thousands of dollars of caviar on everything was cringe. Blanton show of excess wealth.

The concept seems interesting and original, but it's been done before like Seinfeld's comedians in cars getting coffee.

Also, he licked his fingers and kept rolling the sushi! Gross!!

It's a watch one episode kind of show. I wouldn't watch another episode.

Saying the f word every 30 seconds and laughing hard about saying it often into the camera is not funny the 3rd and 4th time. Shoving caviar from a can on 3 dollar potato chips and fried eggs and random objects is not cooking. (Let alone some form of professional, quality cooking.) There is not much I can say about this show calmly it was such a waste of time.

Here are some suggestions: tell the guests to have some respect for the viewers. Watching celebrities shoving low quality food into their mouth while yelling obscenities is not entertainment. Maybe it's the producers fault. This should have never been a show. Poor idea, poor execution.

If anyone found this entertaining, please explain. I was especially disgusted by the "college loan value equivalent" caviar being splashed and wasted on everything. Oh, and they laugh about it. Sad, tone-deaf and outrageous in the same time.

And I honestly can't imagine eating that much caviar, the few times I had it, I had spoonfuls, eating pounds of it in one sitting is barbaric not fine di ning.

Chang is arrogant and overrated. This series is about as detached from real people and real food as you can get. The idea of celebrity chiefs has run its course. This series makes me miss Anthony Bourdain even more. Netflix would do well to produce a series with Ina Garten or any number of other chiefs/cooks. The Chang conversations are not interesting or informative about cooking. They are just self-indulgent, "hey aren't we special," self-congratulations. Unfortunately, Netflix has been doing too many of these duds. "Somebody feed Phil" is a much better and more entertaining approach to what's fun and interesting about food and cooking.