Great Chocolate Showdown

Are all Canadian food show judges trained by the same person? "You must be so proud!" "A great reason to be proud!" "Be proud, are you proud? Proud, proud, PROUD!"

Come on!!! Stop with the everyone wins and we must not hurt anyone's feelings. It's delicious, good job! If it sucks, then it sucks. Or it's just ugly! Just typical Canadian cliche. I'm Canadian and I can't stand that type of behaviour.

How do you stand out from the glut of cooking contest shows on TV? Not by directing your judges and contestants to resort to a low common denominator of overblown, cartonnish, childish, saccharine expressions and rhetoric. It's annoying and most seriously, demeaning to all involved and their well taught and hard won creations. The editing reinforces this unrefined treacle with jump cuts that turn the participant's reactions into sterotypes. For example, take the overcute exceessively repeated «snap» test for well-tempered chocolate. Anna Olsen is the only one of the three judges who manages to speak consistently in genuine, learned, communicative, measured tones. I urge the creators of the show to relax and tamp down the phoney feel of their final product.

I love watching cooking challenges! I love the idea of a chocolate challenge. I just wish the judges had some personalities. I really HATE when Cynthina says "ready set..." OMG please make he shut up! It's not cute or funny. Anna is the only one I can stand. Steven just seems condescending and disingenuous.

If these are all home bakers, how do they even know how to do a lot of these things? I bake and cook a lot but have never even heard of some of these things. How do they know how to make something they have never made before? Like does the show give them the recipes? Just curious...

Thank.

Unfortunately I will not be watching all the episodes. I've watched 4, and have completely lost interest. I watch every competitive baking show I can find, but what keeps me interested is the hosts for starters. While the hosts/judges are extremely talented, they have no personality whatsoever. I like fun, humor, competitiveness in a show. The show itself is boring unfortunately, and doesn't keep my interest. And the what the contestants have baked so far, are not competition worthy in my opinion. Let's get some excitement in here!!! Let's get some judges that make you want to continue watching!!

I am baffled by the negative reviews! I love this show. You are shown a technique every show, and The desserts are really terrific! I love to see the different things the bakers come up with. Most of all, The contestants are kind and friendly and supportive of each other!! I won't watch the shows where there is yelling and backstabbing!

I love to bake, but am SO impressed by these home bakers, I have heard of most of their desserts, but have never tried to make any.

Because of this show, I have been purchasing all the fun stuff to make my own chocolates! I just wish that the show had a list of suppliers so I can find everything they have in their fantastic pantry!