The Untold Truth About Netflix’s Culinary Class Wars
The reality competition show Culinary Class Wars has taken over Netflix lately, but the series has also been marked by various controversies, with fans discussing whether the show is scripted or not!
i definitely think there were parts were it rigged for drama like during the voting in the group round and the finals was probably rigged to make the black spoon chef win because although edward lee had a creative dish, it was only one dessert as compared to the many things napoli matfia made, why would he bank the whole final competiton on one dish without a main course..maybe he was told to do that
It is so obvious that the show was partially orchestrated to have both white and black spoons until the end ! Just like any korean game show, and that's okay !
I feel like I knew from the get go that E.L. wasn’t going to win this final round because the producers wanted to create drama. But he was the best in terms of creativity, taste, storytelling and humbleness remember even Matafia chose him during the team’s game with the restaurants. So as for all the arguments that I saw here such as “have you tasted the food ?“ 😒🙄bla bla bla. No I haven’t, but the judges couldn’t stop eating every time they tasted E.L. Dishes. So fk off to anyone who says this man isn’t inspiring. He should’ve won and the only reason was because it was way to fking obvious there is a huge gap between pure genius aka E.L. and a great chef such as Matafia
They literally gave the guy who only knows how to cook pasta a pass on the tofu challenge… and made him champ. It was dumb asf. Napoli Mafia wouldn't survive the infinite cooking hell. He makes tofu pasta, tofu ravioli, tofu risotto then gets a brain aneurysm from not knowing anything else.
you might say whatever you want, however, if the main judges decided for black and white and 2 blacks, they were right. and i think when you put people with limited skilled together and join on one thing as one, they can be just as good as white spoons. And they had triple star who worked for 3 star michelin restaurant so he knew what he was doing. i think this comes with no brainer, that they were rightfully selected as they were geniunely good team. 7:20
Finished watching this yesterday and in my mind Edward lee is the real winner. Spaghetti dude would never have lasted in the tofu hell challange(which really should have been the grand finale)
Of course it was staged. Thats why the black and white chef race was always close. For every black chef eliminated, a white chef must go. There wont be a situation where all black or all white chefs win. Thats the point. The black chef is supposed to win and erase their black name.
how is it the veterans and more experienced chefs like Chef Edward Lee had under go such brutal challenge when they proved a lot of things, Napoli Mafia should join the tofu challenge or all of them
such a lame ending I cant get over, I even had nightmares at night I feel sorry for chef Edward they clearly stole his victory. or the judges was being insecure
For me, Napoli create nice color ambience at the plate… and a very full bodied main dishes towards the final… its hardly to get high score if edward lee prepare the light meal as tteobokki ..hardly to win matfia dish…so full of flavor and savory
Its curious how chef ahn says "edward lee dish was semi-perfect" with all his unumaginable creativity to make a really good dish, this show for me is a fuckng joke, edward lee is the true winner of this!
I mean of course they'd have to rig the show a little bit to make it more equal on both black spoins and white spoons sides. Why would they make a show where there are only white spoons who already have a name for themselves-. You could argue they could have more black spoons but then it would also be less exciting since its a bunch of people we have to keep referring to as "triple star" or "cooking maniac" etc. etc.
I do have a question. In the first episode did they not split the 80 black spoons into 2 groups of 40? Did they only show one of the groups and just not aired tbe second one? Or was it just clipped into one episode (which im assuming is the case but the editing made it seem like only one group was allowed through)
Natpoli Matfia would never have won the hell tofu challenge let’s be real (not denying he’s definitely a good chef). However chef Edward Lee has always brought his A game and creativity in every single dish. Not one is ever the same. He’s more versatile and is so passionate and respectful of food! Nothing against Natpoli but EL should have won. IMO, it’s quite obvious from the get go that blacks or a ‘local’ Korean would win.
I noticed the intent to keep the numbers even, too! One round is fine but for all rounds to be perfectly even? (except when they were down to 15 ofc) It made me question if it was all coincidence.
Creativity and flavour wise, the judges would always pick EL. But they choose the winner based on the theme of the challenge and I believe Mafia deserves the win for final round. But to be called the greatest chef in that show, for me, hands down it’s Edward Lee.
the restaurant challenge i feel like self made’s team lost mainly because of their pricing. IIRC their dishes were all pretty cheap, and the their shrimp dish i think was really famous. like edward lee’s team’s steak was probably double or 1.5x more expensive than any of their dishes.
Honestly i would’ve preferred if they brought back eliminated chefs instead of the kicking out members thing
I really think Edward Lee should have won, but the more I watch korean reality TV shows (which are great) I realise koreans, and korean producers may not be ready for a 'non Korean' to win.
I don’t like the final competition. It felt so rushed and incoherent. Should the final competition set for a three course meal with entree, main and dessert like MasterChef? So the judges can have a more holistic consideration with who’s the best winner? But I guess they try not to be rhetorical same with MasterChef …
The younger judge gave 82 to edward lee for his gigimbap not because of the taste but the mixing thing..then the top 2 just watching other deserving chefs battle to death while having a free pass..edward lee should have won..giving this show thumbs down 👎
Love all these comments talking bout how lee should've won without actually tasting the food lmao. I love the guy but c'mon, matfia just cooked the better dish is all
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i definitely think there were parts were it rigged for drama like during the voting in the group round and the finals was probably rigged to make the black spoon chef win because although edward lee had a creative dish, it was only one dessert as compared to the many things napoli matfia made, why would he bank the whole final competiton on one dish without a main course..maybe he was told to do that
the finale was underwhelming, meat vs dessert what do you expect.
the "hell cooking" was a great idea tho, finale worthy tbh
bro, how can the person who one just be cooking only one type of food all day every day and it's just one dish for the finals
It is so obvious that the show was partially orchestrated to have both white and black spoons until the end ! Just like any korean game show, and that's okay !
I wonder if Napoli Matfia would have made it pass the infinity tofu challenge :/
the goat EL shoulda won
they want the black spoon to be the winner, to create drama lol EL should be the winner
I feel like I knew from the get go that E.L. wasn’t going to win this final round because the producers wanted to create drama. But he was the best in terms of creativity, taste, storytelling and humbleness remember even Matafia chose him during the team’s game with the restaurants. So as for all the arguments that I saw here such as “have you tasted the food ?“ 😒🙄bla bla bla. No I haven’t, but the judges couldn’t stop eating every time they tasted E.L. Dishes. So fk off to anyone who says this man isn’t inspiring. He should’ve won and the only reason was because it was way to fking obvious there is a huge gap between pure genius aka E.L. and a great chef such as Matafia
I dont like the finale. EL deserve to win…
all I see is that people like to complain too much
They literally gave the guy who only knows how to cook pasta a pass on the tofu challenge… and made him champ. It was dumb asf. Napoli Mafia wouldn't survive the infinite cooking hell. He makes tofu pasta, tofu ravioli, tofu risotto then gets a brain aneurysm from not knowing anything else.
Lol. Salty
Yes, it's all rigged just like Physical100, let just wait one of the chefs spill the tea.
The black and white always have an even numbers in every rounds 🤦♂️
you might say whatever you want, however, if the main judges decided for black and white and 2 blacks, they were right. and i think when you put people with limited skilled together and join on one thing as one, they can be just as good as white spoons. And they had triple star who worked for 3 star michelin restaurant so he knew what he was doing.
i think this comes with no brainer, that they were rightfully selected as they were geniunely good team. 7:20
Finished watching this yesterday and in my mind Edward lee is the real winner. Spaghetti dude would never have lasted in the tofu hell challange(which really should have been the grand finale)
Final cooking only from 1 dish? Bullcrap… those two final contestants should done 3 course meals 😒😒😒
Of course it was staged. Thats why the black and white chef race was always close. For every black chef eliminated, a white chef must go. There wont be a situation where all black or all white chefs win. Thats the point. The black chef is supposed to win and erase their black name.
6:20 im cryinggg that is so meannn
Did mnet make this ?????
not sure i can take this channel seriously if they can't even pronounce ahn sung jae's name properly
how is it the veterans and more experienced chefs like Chef Edward Lee had under go such brutal challenge when they proved a lot of things, Napoli Mafia should join the tofu challenge or all of them
such a lame ending I cant get over, I even had nightmares at night I feel sorry for chef Edward they clearly stole his victory. or the judges was being insecure
Of course korean likes dramaa
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For me, Napoli create nice color ambience at the plate… and a very full bodied main dishes towards the final… its hardly to get high score if edward lee prepare the light meal as tteobokki ..hardly to win matfia dish…so full of flavor and savory
Its curious how chef ahn says "edward lee dish was semi-perfect" with all his unumaginable creativity to make a really good dish, this show for me is a fuckng joke, edward lee is the true winner of this!
This is great but the finale was underwhelming!!!
Hell's kitchen is more fun because the winner was always deserving
Chef EL should have won. NM is good but I don't appreciate the arrogance.
I mean of course they'd have to rig the show a little bit to make it more equal on both black spoins and white spoons sides. Why would they make a show where there are only white spoons who already have a name for themselves-. You could argue they could have more black spoons but then it would also be less exciting since its a bunch of people we have to keep referring to as "triple star" or "cooking maniac" etc. etc.
I do have a question. In the first episode did they not split the 80 black spoons into 2 groups of 40? Did they only show one of the groups and just not aired tbe second one? Or was it just clipped into one episode (which im assuming is the case but the editing made it seem like only one group was allowed through)
Knets(Korean) are always the worse . wtf just enjoy the show why do they need to cause problems
Natpoli Matfia would never have won the hell tofu challenge let’s be real (not denying he’s definitely a good chef). However chef Edward Lee has always brought his A game and creativity in every single dish. Not one is ever the same. He’s more versatile and is so passionate and respectful of food! Nothing against Natpoli but EL should have won. IMO, it’s quite obvious from the get go that blacks or a ‘local’ Korean would win.
I noticed the intent to keep the numbers even, too! One round is fine but for all rounds to be perfectly even? (except when they were down to 15 ofc) It made me question if it was all coincidence.
100% somewhat staged. It’s normal for a ‘show’ especially they know it’s going to be a hit
Creativity and flavour wise, the judges would always pick EL. But they choose the winner based on the theme of the challenge and I believe Mafia deserves the win for final round. But to be called the greatest chef in that show, for me, hands down it’s Edward Lee.
the restaurant challenge i feel like self made’s team lost mainly because of their pricing. IIRC their dishes were all pretty cheap, and the their shrimp dish i think was really famous. like edward lee’s team’s steak was probably double or 1.5x more expensive than any of their dishes.
Honestly i would’ve preferred if they brought back eliminated chefs instead of the kicking out members thing
I really think Edward Lee should have won, but the more I watch korean reality TV shows (which are great) I realise koreans, and korean producers may not be ready for a 'non Korean' to win.
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i mean come on – it's a show
I don’t like the final competition. It felt so rushed and incoherent. Should the final competition set for a three course meal with entree, main and dessert like MasterChef? So the judges can have a more holistic consideration with who’s the best winner? But I guess they try not to be rhetorical same with MasterChef …
Ppl in the comments really do not understand how cooking works lmao😂
The younger judge gave 82 to edward lee for his gigimbap not because of the taste but the mixing thing..then the top 2 just watching other deserving chefs battle to death while having a free pass..edward lee should have won..giving this show thumbs down 👎
Love all these comments talking bout how lee should've won without actually tasting the food lmao. I love the guy but c'mon, matfia just cooked the better dish is all
This is staged from the start. Lol