"Top Chef" is one of the most popular reality shows on TV, so it's only natural that Bravo would want to capitalize on that success and create the spin-off "Top Chef: Just Desserts."
This show is "Top Chef" with the contestants cooking desserts. No, it is literally an exact copy of "Top Chef."
Regular "Chef" judge Gail Simmons serves as host and does her best Padma Lakshmi impression. The shows are so identical that I think the producers may be using "Top Chef" scripts where they've just crossed out Padma's name and written in Gail's.
Acclaimed pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini serves as the Tom Colicchio of "Desserts," acting as head judge and a mentor to the contestants. Other regular judges include chef Hubert Keller and journalist Dannielle Kyrillos.
While "Top Chef: Just Desserts" is fun to watch and the desserts are intriguing, the show isn't breaking any new ground so the format feels a little stale. It's always quickfire-elimination-judge's table. A new show could have been a chance for producers to break out of the "Top Chef" mold.
And then there's the contestants, who meet all the prerequisites for reality TV. They seem talented and somewhat creative, but again there's nothing new here. Unfortunately, there is also that one contestant who hogs the spotlight with unnecessary drama.
On "Desserts" it's Seth Caro, a pastry chef from New York, who's a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. Seth is one of those people who never seems to have enough time in the kitchen. He could have two days to prepare a dish and would still be running around the kitchen distracting the other chefs like an extra annoying Tasmanian Devil.
He also seems to think that his problems are more important than anybody else's and can't seem to understand why his overproduced, self indulgent creations always land him in the bottom three.
Unfortunately, he's the only thing that makes the show remotely interesting. When he is inevitably voted off, this show will get real boring real fast.
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