It's whimsical enough in premise to stand out from the similar three-round cooking programs that have saturated the food competition landscape over the last decade, but is still formulaic enough to serve as a soothing binge, much like 'The Great British Bake Off.' I don't want to spoil too much of the show, but after watching I'm now inspired to jerk-marinate an entire grilled watermelon, thus disguising it as a ham I may also need to build a terrarium to use as a vessel for serving dessert. Sometimes this isn't totally successful - like when a contestant mixes chocolate and smoked fish, or when another decides to integrate the elements of a grilled cheese into a vegan smoothie bowl.īut when it works - like a fried spam musubi and tomato dip as a play on a grilled cheese and tomato soup - it's inspiring, especially for food lovers at home. Instead, the clue for the show's playful premise is in the title, 'Crazy Delicious.' Innovation is central to each round, whether that comes from updating existing recipes by fusing unexpected cuisines, or by experimenting with unusual flavor combinations and techniques. In the second round, they tackle an update on a well-known comfort food, like a grilled cheese sandwich. The last round is 'The Final Feast,' where the cooks present their most elaborate themed dishes to the judges.īut this is no ordinary cooking compeitition series.

The first round is dedicated to a single magic ingredient, like bananas or mushrooms. Under the watchful eyes of three Food Gods - English chef Heston Blumenthal, Swedish chef Niklas Ekstedt, and American chef/TV personality Carla Hall - who judge from a Grecian pedestal dressed in all white, the home cooks battle it out over three rounds. Any ingredients needed for their dishes? They're available for foraging (cheese literally grows on trees!), all under the glow of strings of fairy lights. That tree bark? Colored, crystalized sugar. In 'Crazy Delicious,' three contestants enter a garden where almost everything is edible. Netflix's latest cooking competition addition is like 'Chopped' layered on top of a Willy Wonka fever dream.

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