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I liked season one but season two was less enjoyable, because the justifications behind the ratings of the desserts were confusing at some points and I often felt like the wrong people had to leave. It also seemed like they were favoring one contestant the whole time. Especially the finale of S2 was a disappointment for me, in my opinion, the favoritism really jumped out and the better baker was robbed.

I love this show except for the 2 seconds a show that annoying assistant shout out the time. What is her purpose and why is she so annoying.

I LOVE this show!! Except for Gigi. Her voice is annoying and her role on the show is pointless. If they were trying to cast another "pretty face" for the audience, they failed because she's not that pretty and her voice grates on my nerves. She may be an extremely talented pastry chef, but her existence on this show is useless and annoying as hell.

Gigi - annoying....just shut it. That clock - could it be any louder?

Daniel? Such an arse. Love to hate him --- oh he is so horrid.

PLEASE REPLACE GIGI. The amount of screaming is absurd and does not have a nice sounding voice. The role she places is minor and doesn't quite fit. How can you not hear the annoyance of her voice.

My daughters (15 and 17) and I all loved watching this show together. The contestants were a range of personalities and we enjoyed the little explanations they filmed that showed what each of them were thinking at the time. And we laughed a lot! Ignore the USA slams... I'd say this is a thoroughly Aussie show and USA viewers just don't get it, esp the humour (no offence, it's just that there's a big cultural difference). I wouldn't let those reviews put anyone off who would enjoy bingeing on a fun baking program with plenty of nail biting tension and good character development. Also, while we do a lot of baking at home, we are really amateurs and so learned about tempering (?) chocolate, choux pastry, and so much more. What these bakers had to do sometimes was frankly incredible! We had several favourite contestants and a couple not so favourite (you know who you are!) We are so sad to see there wasn't another season. Please bring back the dessert factory Zumbo and Rachel!! Remember, as Gigi says....your taaaime staaaarts naaaaaaow!

I came to the comments on this show just to make sure I'm not the only one who doesn't understand Gigi's role on the show or who cringes every time she shouts at the bakers.

I feel bad for her because I'm sure she's been directed by the show's producers to act the way she does, but how could anyone have thought she would be a good addition to the show?

It's still a fun show to watch - I like the formatting with one challenge for all contestants and then one with just two.

I agree with other reviewers that the editing often makes it fairly obvious who's going to win or lose. It also seems like the producers try to get the contestants to say braggy things and then make them look foolish.

I like this show except for a few little things I don't get why they take such huge bites when they're critiquing the desserts. I don't like that they give us score I don't see what that point is I can just say who won or lost. And last I don't like Gigi I think they could do without her, her voice is really annoying.

Ok so this show is decent but i can't help but notice that zumbo let's rachel do all of the talking usually and he stands there smiling and kinda looks like a half-wit.. like what the heck it's his show but he can't talk??? just stands there smiling all dumb and stuff,.

I loved loved loved watching this - really amazing desserts with some real characters, some you will love and some you will haaaaate. Rachel Khoo was trying to liven it up a bit, but Zumbo and Gigi didn't really know how to do an entertainment show - which is absolutely fine as they are chefs! I really was invested in the contestants by the end but most importantly the desserts they made were so beautiful and inspired me to start baking. Watch it in the background while cooking or when you need some inspiration.

Even with Gigi cracking her whip the first season far outshined the season two.

In the 2nd season it seemed like the final two contestants were preordained to be there. These two could be way off or totally miss the brief yet they still came out ahead.

Destiny, I think not.

I watched it in the background, while I did other things. It was generally okay, some interesting challenges and some great creations. The contestants for the most part are likeable.

Problem 1 is the format. Half the show is focused on too many contestants, so you never feel like you really get to track and understand a creation. It's more just endless scenes slapped together rather than true narrative. Then half the show is focused on the two failures doing impossible tasks.

It feels the wrong way around. It should be the top two people working on the hardest, perhaps for a mini prize. Or they could count as points for the finale rather than the random numbers plucked out of the air by the hosts.

Either the final bit should be much shorter, or it should focus on the winners. But as it is, literally half of the series is focused on the 'losers'. That feels odd.

Talking of the hosts... Zumbo to me seems decent and honest, but not strong on personality. That why he should have had a good side kick. Rachel is not it. Snide is the word I'd use for her... utterly unlikeable.

I don't have Gigi like some do, but she is pointless. I feel her and Rachel should be one person in the show, and they should generally interact and talk to the contestants. As it is, Gigi shouts and Zumbo and Rachel just stand like statues.

I don't feel Zumbo or Rachel actually even said one word to each other the whole time. They just stared at each other, very strange.

It's fine as a diversion, or background TV... but it feels rather flawed on many levels.

There what's suspense all over the place! Hope there's another season . Ps 9 stars beacause Gigi girl you have to fix your yell lol!!

The concept of show is fun and the desserts are amazing. But, it's really difficult to watch because Gigi is incredibly annoying, Rachel is very unlikeable, and like Zumbo, both have zero personality.

I am not a foodie or an aspiring pastry chef, but seeing these contestants create novel, intricate desserts on the spot was pretty awe-inspiring.

At the end of each episode, the two bottom scorers have the daunting task of recreating a Zumbo dessert; whoever comes closest to recreating the dessert gets to live onto the next episode. These are real nail-biter challenges, since each dessert comes with a steep time limit, 20 layers and a novel of ingredients and instructions, often filled with techniques the contestants have never tried before. There's also a 50% chance the dessert will topple over by the time it reaches the judge's table...

This is a light, fluffy (sponge-y?) show that was easy for me to binge. I adored most of the contestants--they all had a clear passion for making desserts. On any competitive reality show like this, it's nice when you get to see them actually -create- stuff, and there's almost no inter-contestant drama--pretty refreshing!

I love cooking shows like this. I do enjoy this Australian version except for one thing. That assistant Gigi. She is incredibly irritating. Her only purpose is to yell & to intimidate the contestants in an almost mean girl fashion. I rarely do this but I find myself yelling at the screen for her to shut up & leave them alone. All in all a good show if you can tolerate Gigi. The great British Baking Show is better though. Lol. At least their assistants are nice & funny.

I have literally nothing bad to say about the show other than two words- Rachel Khoo. She is literally the most obnoxious person I've ever seen. Having to watch her take bites of the desserts genuinely makes me want to jump off a cliff. I get that she's trying not to mess up her lipstick but I have a pro tip. DONT WEAR LIPSTICK THEN B***H. She also just irks me by the way she talks in general. I also read an article about how big of a twit she was behind the scenes because she didn't get some fancy superstar treatment. And I believe it because she seems like an uppity little brat. So ya, to me she ruins the entire show.

This show is really good but your weird clock sound is almost as annoying as Gigi. I think you would have better ratings if you removed those 2 elements!

Gigi is annoying!!....I've only watched the first episode of Season 1 so far. I thought Gigi was brought on to help the contestants? All she did was get one of the contestants to get very nervous and keep yelling out the time out so loud! Annoying beyond belief. She needs to go. I'm glad others agree with me as well. Otherwise the show is quite nice - I was especially interested in seeing the outcome of everyone's desserts. So beautiful. Is there a place where these recipes are shared? I'd love to try some of them especially Zumbo's test at the end...