I have enjoyed watching this competition show. It's, I guess, my opinion that the judging is fair. The Wall of Chefs are Canadian, as are the contestants but at least 1 judge on the wall is familiar with most all cuisines out there. I don't believe that you need to be from nor familiar with Canadian cooking and food prep (this from an American born and bred).
As for unrecognizable chefs; I have seen a very large chunk of these chefs previously. Chef Acheson, Chef Susar Lee, Chef Crawford-just to name a few are known beyond Canada. And although I'd never heard of Chef Rob Gentile prior to watching this show, I know Buca di Beppo and have enjoyed eating at their restaurants several times.
Now, for the review saying they're tired of all the cooking competitions: What in the heck are you doing watching a cooking competition show for then?
I would love for there to be additional seasons. On a few of the competitions I've watched they have returning contestants. I would like to see some of those runner-ups return, the ones that narrowly missed winning the episode. Another possible is some of those that just completely crashed and burned out the gate, to redeem themselves after perhaps growing a little more experience/techniques.
