Crime Scene Kitchen

I enjoyed both of the first two episodes. They did a great job of staging clues, walking the audience through the contestants' thought processes, and then incorporating all the pseudo-mystery into a fun cooking competition. Nice balance of intrigue and deliciousness and hosted by a talented trio of personalities. Anything my family can agree on is a huge plus in my book!

As someone who loves cooking shows, I thought that it there were no more new ideas for cooking and baking shows. Then this show premiered and as soon as I saw the title, I thought, "That's a fantastic idea. Omg. You're gonna get every single millennial and Gen-X True Crime and Cooking Show fiend!"

I was nervous this show would not be good at first, but then the show was explained and it's, to be honest, genius. Bakers have two minutes in a Crime Scene Kitchen to find clues and put the clues together to figure out what to bake. Viewers at home who like to bake get to sit and go, "Oh. They obviously have to make an Upside down cake." It's fun!

Joel McHale is a great host as always and he has effortless banter with the contestants. None of his interactions seem forced or awkward, which can be a huge problem with baking shows.

The chef judges (Yolanda and Curtis) don't really do much. They taste the food and say, "If the mystery bake was... you might be safe." But they're not THAT important in the grand scheme of things.

Love that this show got a second season. I hope it continues to gain momentum. This is a great concept and it's super fun to watch.

I rolled my eyes when I saw the description, but I'm a baking show fan and figured it'd be fine as background noise. By the third episode I'd promoted it to a foreground show - it's great! The crime scene element I'd rolled my eyes at became my favorite part and even managed to rope in my baking show-hater husband. We enjoyed guessing along with the contestants, and they did a really good job of making that element fun and interesting, not kitschy. I hope they do a season 2!

I started watching halfway through season 1 but luckily could catch previous episodes on Demand. I'm currently watching season 2.

The premise of the show is genius. Contestants examine a kitchen that was used to bake an item and they have to figure out what was made. Most of the time, the contestants have different ideas of what was made and that's why it's so fun. You find out, along with the contestants, what was made at the end. It's always surprising and exciting. It makes me wish I had gone to pastry school.

Joel McHale is hilarious but not annoying. Curtis is ok and Yolanda is stunning and looks like she walked off a runway but knows her cakes and pastries. It's just a great show and I hope it sticks around for a long time.

It's surprisingly very funny and we learned a ton of new dresserts and baking techniques we've never heard of. I hope there's a season 2!