I can't believe the Yes, Chef! contestants were handed the power to decide who would face elimination

The recently aired Yes, Chef! Season 1 Episode 5 featured judges who gave the participating chefs a huge responsibility. Judges Martha Stewart and José Andrés assigned cheftestants the power that would lead to elimination.

Witnessing such a twist stirred many emotions from the participating chefs and the viewers. Chefs were given a choice to act as a critic and assign gold stars to their favorite dish, excluding their own dish.

Later, based on the dishes receiving the most stars, the chefs were in charge of deciding who would participate in the elimination cook-off. Handing such a powerful decision to participants seemed like an unusual twist that should not have been incorporated into the show.

Yes, Chef!: Participating chefs were given the ultimate power by the judges

Yes, Chef!'s latest episode, titled, Chefs Rank, featured quite a few unexpected twists and turns. One of them was when the judges, Martha Stewart and José Andrés, announced a power handover.

According to the twist, the participants had to prepare a family-style dish in 90 minutes. However, for the judging, participating chefs would roll up their sleeves instead of the show judges. For that, chefs would act as critics, and they could give a star to their favorite dish.

Three chefs from Yes, Chef!'s participants who received the most stars will judge the dishes and decide the elimination face-off. Later, Chef Jake Lawler, Chef Emily Brubaker, and Chef Lee Frank received the most stars.

According to the three chefs, the bottom two dishes were from Chef Peter Richardson and Chef Chris Morales. It means they would be cooking off in the elimination challenge.

It was unusual to witness such a huge responsibility, which would lead to one of the chefs' elimination from the show. Normally, judges taste the dishes and share their opinions. Based on that, eliminations and cook-offs are decided.

However, witnessing the chefs acting as the judges, because of the twist, was something unexpected for viewers and for the participating chefs. Was it the right thing to do? Were chefs ready to take on such a huge responsibility? Such a twist on Yes, Chef! surely stirred the dynamics of the cooking competition.

It might be an opportunity for the chefs to become critics and share their judgment. But, it meant their decision could (and it did) lead one of them out of the competition. But, on the other hand, seeing how chefs' judgment might not be fair, similar to the judges', it raised questions about fairness.

There might also be potential biased judgments as participating chefs have interpersonal relations with fellow chefs. Hence, there are high chances that the judgment might not only be on the prepared dish, but also additional factors.

While cheftestants have already been working under pressure to finish preparing their dishes, they were given additional responsibility. It might have been challenging to navigate their social dynamics with fellow participants. It would be interesting to see if this approach from the judges was a one-time thing, or will it be repeated in the future Yes, Chef! episodes.

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