My mind is made up that Yes, Chef! desperately needs a format refresh

With Yes, Chef!, viewers and participating chefs have been expecting a high-stakes culinary competition. Renowned judges, including Martha Stewart and José Andrés, on the show make it even more challenging and exciting.

Since the show's premiere, it has undoubtedly shown some unexpected twists and turns. However, the show still needs a format refresh to make it even more exciting and engaging. It would be for both, viewers and the participating chefs.

With 12 cheftestants competing against each other, Yes, Chef! needs something more than just dividing them into two teams. As the competition comes off as an exciting concept, it still needs to have some additional features that would make its execution even more extraordinary to witness.

Yes, Chef!: Culinary competition needs a few additional exciting factors to refresh the show's format

Yes, Chef! premiered featuring cheftestants' flaws and poor collaboration during the initial challenges. While the show has been focusing more on the participating chefs' personal stories and backgrounds, it may have overshadowed their culinary skills.

It is also necessary to feature their journeys and showcase how the chefs have obtained their expertise and culinary skills, as well as their other skills, while they are on the show. Additionally, so many chefs from different backgrounds and expertise have stirred a lot of drama.

Whether it is Chef Katsuji Tanabe's egg hoarding incident, or it's Chef Peter's meltdown, or even verbal arguments between participating chefs - Yes, Chef! surely needs a format update.

Rather than focusing more on the drama and chefs' interpersonal relations with each other, the show's focus should be more on the challenges and the dishes that chefs are preparing in the tasks.

Up until now, Yes, Chef! fans must have learned that the show follows a particular pattern. There is a Main Challenge. Later, there is MVC - Most Valuable Chef's selection, and then a cook-off challenge between MVC's choice of fellow chefs. Instead of having such a predictable and boring pattern, the show should focus on adding exciting factors.

Witnessing such repetitive format of the show and the challenges' structure is not enjoyable for the viewers, as well as for the chefs. Along with highlighting chefs' achievements and skills, it should also explore their time on the show while they are preparing the dishes.

Culinary competition must have unpredictable factors to keep viewers engaged and on edge. The show makers can work on adding more challenges based on the chefs' expertise. They could also opt for some sort of random selection of cuisines and then let the chefs prepare the dishes they haven't tried their hands on in their routine.

Such approaches for Yes, Chef! might give it the much-needed push to keep viewers and chefs excited. Fans must have observed how the show tries to focus on toxic behaviors from some of the chefs on the show, which shows how much systemic issues have been working out in the real world.

After showing such shocking yet realistic situations, the show should focus on how one can create an equal work environment while providing everyone with fair opportunities through various challenges.

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Fans can now stream Yes, Chef!'s released episodes on Peacock.

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