Next Baking Master: Paris

My roommate and I agree that the style is strange. It seems to be a food version of America's Next Top Model. I wonder if the producers were originally on ANTM. The idea of following the bakers into their personal lives outside the kitchen seems designed to force fake dramatic situations.

Some of the bakers seem to be more interested in showing off their own ideas than learning the techniques of the French baking masters. And what was with the episode where the bakers go into a shop "for inspiration "? We could almost hear the Project Runway producers saying "It's time to go to MOOD!" We will not be watching any future seasons.