yesplease72

It saddens me to write this review, but what a ridiculous idea it was to try and turn such an Australian classic into some modern re-write. People want to watch comedies for entertainment, not political crap and woke messaging. Poor Ruth Cracknell would be rolling in her grave, but I think she should rest peacefully knowing that nobody could ever out-Mother the original Mother in Mother and Son.

As a guy in my 50's, I have great memories of watching this tv show with my parents and I grew up learning about adult life, a bit about dementia with older people and the effects that dementia can have, both real and made up by the person suffering through the dementia.

I just read that there is going to be a second series. I may cry.

Season one of this show was great and the show was really all about the cooks, the judges and learning from everyone involved.

I'm only 3 episodes into season 2 and the host has made the show about herself first, the cooks second, herself third and then the judges.

Her tone and her screaming aren't the right fit for this show. It's also disappointing that she seems to have no real knowledge about the subject matter of the show. And the off the cuff attempts at humour, again aren't a good fit for this show.

Having said all of that, I'm loving the competitors in season 2, with some great fun people involved.

All season 2 is missing is having a Rasheed on the show.......he was certainly some wonderful eye candy.

If there's a season 3, I can only hope that a new host is found.

The show follows the typical format of Master Chef albeit with fewer episodes and a gentler approach. It goes from the start of the series to the end in 10 episodes which gives a great opportunity to see the contestants develop in the environment, show off their existing skills and develop new found confidence in their abilities.

Oscar was a complete joy to watch. You could tell he had confidence issues, but when complimented by the judges, the smile he beamed and the confidence boost it gave him was obvious and I hope he's gone back to his place of work and been allowed to join the kitchen, working with food.

Kara bought some no nonsense attitude and fun to the series, Bobby is such a strong chef for his age and Jordan made vegan food interesting, without banging on about being vegan.

A great show but I'm not going to lie, I don't think the best chef or the best personality won.

Great choice of judges for the target audience too.