Con amor, Meghan

You know how you can't help but look at a car crash as you pass? You don't really want to see it, but you just can't help yourself? Well here, Meghan creates the same effect, but right there on your TV screen. You peer at it through your fingers over your face, while your toes independently curl, while Markle - sorry, Sussex - she makes that very clear to some poor sould dragged on as a guest, gurns away at the camera giving us all sorts of helpful advice from how to make ice cubes to repackaging snacks for overnight guests. Probably a better title might have been With thanks for all the cash Netflix, Meghan. Or more aptly, With sincere apologies, Meghan. But as is pretty clear, sincerity isn't exactly her strong point.

I tried, I really did, just too much faffing about no cooking, no recipe's and flowers sprinkled on everything and things being taken out of one plastic bag and put into another. There was a lot of edit cuts back-and-forth which made things quite confusing and it seemed like all but about two of her guests, were only there to heap sickly sweet praise upon her paltry efforts and big her up in general. There were some dramatic moments when things seemed to be just about to go wrong between her and her guests which I found very uncomfortable and on the whole the series just seemed so out of date, behind the times with nothing new to bring to the table and so terribly boring, I actually fell asleep on episode four and later skipped straight to 8 where it just seemed it had got even worse, at which point I gave up - sorry can't recommend it for anything except being a terrible waste of time but useful if you're suffering from insomnia.

I gave it a chance, and to be fair it's fine for some noise in the background - but overall I found it very pretentious. Showing off this life where you have time to put edible flowers on everything you make?

Still not sure what tips and tricks I was supposed to learn, cause I didn't learn anything

Fresh flowers are so expensive, so to be flaunting that in our faces to make flower presentations for visitors I felt a bit inconsiderate

Chopping fruit and veg and arranging them on a board is hardly cooking, and who has a garden with all these fresh herbs and vegetables etc

Sorry, not for me, not sure what she was trying to put across, but as I said, the word that springs to mind is pretentious!

This show lacked depth and authenticity. Not sure who gave the green light for this but it certainly gave her critics more to dislike about her. I was hoping for a more down to earth version of the duchess instead she came off as unauthentic, cold, and uninteresting. The "You know I am a Sussex" remark was cringe. Too bad because I was looking forward to this and could only watch two episodes. I guess I'll have it on as background noise. Maybe try again with more warmth and depth. Even if they shot it in her real home, they don't have to show the entire house. Having it someplace else is just weird.

I really did want to like this. I love cooking shows and getting ideas. And while there are some recipes here that are interesting and some interesting ideas, it doesn't feel real. I know others have said this, but it's the truth. It all feels so staged. But not staged for the cooking, staged to make Meghan look like an amazing kind person. I can tell you that I watched several episodes and I kept falling asleep on it lol if you're a huge fan of hers, it's light entertainment. If you're not a fan of hers? You won't enjoy it at all. If you're on the fence, it's mindless, won't hurt you to watch it, won't hurt you to miss it.