Falling right among the busy rabble of shows like "Zumbo's Just Desserts", "Sugar High", "Crazy Delicious", "Nailed it", "Baking Impossible", and "Bake Squad" this new offering from Disney pits talented teams of bakers, food artists, architects, and fruit carvers against one another to build food-based dioramas based on various Disney IP.
Even though each fresh crop of talent does their best over the course of an episode thanks to minimal producer interruption and a healthy chunk of hours to toil away, it's the cringe-in-human-form host, her awkward intro/outro performances, and her just plain poor interaction skills with the teams that brings the entire production well below the crowd of similar programs.
Please Disney, ditch the community production drama queen and let the judges take over hosting duty with classic Disney talent brought in to deliver in-character lore and lead-ins instead through cameos and voice-overs!
Lastly, during a time when the grocery bill for most Americans is climbing higher and higher with each trip, it's a bit worrisome to see so much raw foodstuffs getting piled heaps upon heaps into mixed-media artworks that are woefully inedible. There is no culinary effort nor judge consideration made towards flavor in this show; this is about visuals plain and simple with everything you see created getting tossed after the cameras stop rolling. Yes, even that 50 lb block of cheddar caked in paint and fruit loops and those 300 sheetcakes crammed into chicken wire fencing and lumber.
At least the production goes out of their way to say that any unused materials will be donated to charity. Though I wonder if it would have been better for Disney just to skip this colorful, bandwagoning display and make one big donation to a needy food bank instead.
All in all, If you're hungry for more food sculpture contests and can stomach some obnoxious over-dramatic time wasting and lack of flavor, check it out. If not, there are so many better TV offerings out there that will leave a much better taste in your mouth long after the last bite.
Even though each fresh crop of talent does their best over the course of an episode thanks to minimal producer interruption and a healthy chunk of hours to toil away, it's the cringe-in-human-form host, her awkward intro/outro performances, and her just plain poor interaction skills with the teams that brings the entire production well below the crowd of similar programs.
Please Disney, ditch the community production drama queen and let the judges take over hosting duty with classic Disney talent brought in to deliver in-character lore and lead-ins instead through cameos and voice-overs!
Lastly, during a time when the grocery bill for most Americans is climbing higher and higher with each trip, it's a bit worrisome to see so much raw foodstuffs getting piled heaps upon heaps into mixed-media artworks that are woefully inedible. There is no culinary effort nor judge consideration made towards flavor in this show; this is about visuals plain and simple with everything you see created getting tossed after the cameras stop rolling. Yes, even that 50 lb block of cheddar caked in paint and fruit loops and those 300 sheetcakes crammed into chicken wire fencing and lumber.
At least the production goes out of their way to say that any unused materials will be donated to charity. Though I wonder if it would have been better for Disney just to skip this colorful, bandwagoning display and make one big donation to a needy food bank instead.
All in all, If you're hungry for more food sculpture contests and can stomach some obnoxious over-dramatic time wasting and lack of flavor, check it out. If not, there are so many better TV offerings out there that will leave a much better taste in your mouth long after the last bite.