Next Level Chef

I'll cut to the chase. I'm reviewing this halfway through Season 2. Read through a bunch of the 1-5 star reviews on IMDB and consider my review an emphatic Ditto! It seems that the producers failed to take into account the public perception of Season 1, to wit, the opinions here, and just carried on with the same bland, un-interesting, hyped-up, utterly lacking in drama or , heaven forbid, cooking prowess. These are average cooks with maybe 1 or 2 exceptions,cooking average food and the great chef hosts are jumping up and down trying to put lipstick on a pig to try to keep what is a giant yawn interesting. It is vapid, vacuous, and virtually pointless. Save yourself a little time and go watch a re-run of IronChef, the original, in Japanese, and watch that. You may not understand a thing they say but you will be infinitely more entertained if it is a cooking competition you're after. The bottom line, this show is Ramsay trying to make something out of nothing and failing abysmally.

Love the creation of the platform and three tiers of kitchens. Adds RNG aspects to a reality tv show.

Pros

• hype for fans of The Platform
• pokemon-like atmosphere where the judges build their own 5 person team
• 1 on 1 dual for those who make the least appetizing dish, team immunity for for the winning dish

Cons

• 30 seconds to pick ingredients as the platform drops seems quite limiting
• bias for team captains in determining winning dish + bias during final decisions for 1:1 given not a blind taste test.

So when the show started, I wasn't sure I liked it. I actually had given the show a 5 after the first couple episodes. However, the show has gotten better and therefore I changed my rating to a 7. I've really enjoyed this sweet, caring, supportive & encouraging side of Chef Gordon! I love him so much. I watch Hell Kitchen & MasterChef. I love the craziness & tension on Hell's Kitchen. But he seems so different on this show and it's kind of refreshing.

I love the concept, but the editing makes it so disorienting no one can follow it. It's such a cool concept (stolen from a Netflix movie), but the awful editing style makes it unwatchable. I wanted to like this, but after 3 episodes I had to give up. It gave me a headache. It's awful. Sorry, Gordan, this is a huge flop.

The only reason this tv show exists is because Gordon Ramsay watched the horror/thriller movie The Platform and liked it. It's where he got the concept from. It's the SAME EXACT THING!!!

I really enjoyed the show and it was fun to watch!