Game of Chefs
Game of Chefs (Hebrew: משחקי השף) is an Israeli reality cooking competition show that debuted on 19 January 2014. The first two seasons aired on Channel 2, and and the third season onwards aired on Channel 13. The format was developed by Reshet, one of the two concessionaires running the Israeli Channel 2, in collaboration with ITV. The final episode of the first season aired on 8 April 2014, reaching a rating of 32.9%. The second season aired on February 28, 2016, and the final episode aired on May 23, 2016, and the rating was 30.8%. The winner this season was contestant Or Ginsberg. The third season aired on Network 13 on May 15, 2018. The final episode of the season aired on September 4, 2018, and the rating was 13.9%. This season, contestant Oren Asido won. On October 30, 2019, the fourth season aired, and it ended on February 25, 2020. The winner this season was Avishag Levy.
A recurring theme throughout the show is the competition being decided using blind taste tests in almost all stages of the format.
The format was sold to RTL Group.[1]
Format[edit]
The show is a competition open for both amateur and professional chefs, competing for the title of "Israel's most talented chef". It is hosted by Miri Bohadana. The show has four stages: The blind auditions, training camp, kitchen battles, and finals.
The blind auditions[edit]
During this stage, candidates have one hour to prepare a dish, which is then sent to the show's three judges for a blind taste test. The judges don't see the candidate, and know nothing about him or her. During the test, the candidate watches the judges on a monitor and hears some of what the judges say, until just before they deliver their decision. Afterwards the candidate meets the judges and each judge reveals his decision. A "pass" decision is signified by the judge giving a kitchen knife to the candidate. A candidate receiving at least two knives continues to the next stage, the training camp.
The training camp[edit]
30 candidates (in the second season, 33) that successfully pass the blind auditions stage arrive at the training camp. They are tested in three missions, one from each chef (judge): An accuracy and technique mission, a taste balance mission, and an imagination mission. At the end of each mission, each chef picks two candidates for his team, so that every team grows to 6 contestants.
The kitchen battles[edit]
In this stage each episode has two parts.
In the first part, the teams competes against each other. Each team must prepare a single dish to be served to 14 expert judges brought especially for each episode based on the changing episodes` topics (Carnivores for a meat mission, Italians for a pizza mission and etc.) The chefs cannot taste the dishes or touch it, each chef can help his team by consultation only. The winning team gains immunity for this episode, and doesn't participate in the second part.
The remaining contestants then compete against each other, with each preparing his or her own dish. The three chef judges grade each dish in a blind taste test, without knowing who made it, or to which team he or she belongs to. The contestant with the lowest grade is eliminated from the show.
When only 7 contestants remain (one stage before the quarter finals), the number of external expert judges drops to 7, and the winning team doesn't receive immunity. Instead the chef of the winning team gives immunity to one of his team members.
Final episodes[edit]
In the semi-final, 5 contestants compete against each other preparing dishes invented by the show's own chefs.
In the final episode, 4 candidates (In the second season two only) compete in two tasks. The first task is judged by the three chefs in a blind taste test, followed by eliminating two contestants. The second task is graded by 24 of Israel's leading chefs, who choose that season's winner.
Judges[edit]
- Meir Adoni (seasons 1-2), an Israeli chef and one of the owners of the restaurant "Katit" in Tel Aviv. He also owns the restaurants "Hamizlala", "Blue Sky", and "Lumina". Meir is a kind and a sensitive chef who cries a lot on the series.
- Assaf Granit (seasons 1-3), an Israeli chef and one of the owners of the restaurant "Machneyuda" in Jerusalem. He also owns the restaurants "Yuda'le", "Muna", "Hasadna", and "The Palomer" in London, which declared as "The Best Restaurant In London" in three different contests. Assaf is well known by his tough nature, the moody face and the bad temper, but the Israeli audience came to know by now that deep inside he is very shy and sensitive. In Israel he won the nickname "The Bad Boy Of The Kitchen". In 2016 he got a documentary series of his own, called "Kitchen's Revolution", which is based on Gordon ramasay's T.V show "kitchen nightmares". Today, Granit is the presenter of domino's pizza after publishing a new line of chef's pizzas made by him.
- Moshik Roth (seasons 1-3), an Israeli chef and head chef of &samhoud places in Amsterdam, which holds two Michelin stars, an achievement attained by no other Israeli chef.
- Yossi Shitrit (season 3), an Israeli chef and head chef of the "Kitchen Market" and "Mashiya" restaurants in Tel Aviv.
References[edit]
- ↑ "MIPTV Hot Pick: Game of Chefs". Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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