The Chefs' Brigade

Strangely, very little actual cooking is shown in this. Also, the "contestants" are moved from role to role in the kitchen, and let go, for maximum drama rather than for any cooking skill or lack thereof.

The premise that a group of cooking-newbs (even working under an amazing chef) could come into a restaurant and. in the course of two-days time. learn to cook an assortment of the award winning restaurant's own specialties better than the originals is ridiculous. It's simply not credible.

Either the selected restaurant was not so great to begin with (making a victory trivial) or the "victory" is a lie. Neither answer is good for the viewer.

This show fails on all counts.

I would like to point out from the very start that this is anything but a reality show, only on the lose concept..

It is a show that gives out life skills to trainees, progressing chefs, chefs that have fallen out of love with cooking, chefs that are stuck in a rutt and most importantly, growing as people/humans...

The Chefs' Brigade is one of the most realistic programs that shows the running of a kitchen from the very bottom to the very top.. and how each role within the kitchen is as important as everyone else..

The people who want the "who goes this week" rubbish should move on... it's far more than that..

I won't give away any spoilers about the show.. what I will say is that it's a must for any budding chef..

My 1 issue with the show, is that it never made a follow up.. I would of liked to of seen all of the chefs and what they were up to after the show had finished..