8 Reality Cooking Shows That Arent Real (& 7 We Think Are)

8 Reality Cooking Shows That Aren’t Real (& 7 We Think Are)

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1 8 Reality Cooking Shows That Aren’t Real (& 7 We Think Are)

There are so many cooking reality shows out there. Some of them are actually fake but there are a handful we think are real.

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Reality cooking shows are all the rage these days, but let’s face it, some or more realistic than others. There are shows that are too theatrical and dramatic to ever possibly happen in a real kitchen center, but that’s how reality TV works. Ironically, reality doesn’t always mean it’s real.

Watching obviously fake reality TV shows doesn’t take the fun out of it. If anything, it makes the viewers more interested. Sometimes, real-life scenarios are too boring for TV, which is where producers come in to spice it up and make it enjoyable enough for TV. From judges who taste the food before it’s eventually presented to them on-screen to having more time than that’s shown on-screen, some of these reality TV shows aren’t as real as they look (while others truly are real).

Updated on June 29th, 2021, by Lynn Gibbs: Reality TV isn’t just for shows like The Hills or The Real Housewives, it can also be entertaining for the food world as well. There’s something that gets viewers’ hearts pounding when cooks or bakers go head to head in less than a given amount of time to make the best meal and come out on top. When famous hosts, chefs, and judges are involved, it makes the competition all the more serious.

However, just as is the case for shows like The Real Housewives, food competition shows can also be fake, rigged, or not as nerve-racking as they appear. After all, making meals in a short time frame without hours to prepare can be tough, which is why a bit of editing magic is involved.

15 Real (And Kind Of Fake): Guy’s Grocery Games

Guy Fieri has his hands in everything these days, and his reality food competition show, Guy’s Grocery Games is one of his best. As the host of the show, he has a few professional cooks and novice cooks come to a grocery store and compete in a series of tests and cook in front of judges (using ingredients from the store).

As thrilling as it is, Distractify hints that the show is both real and fake. The show takes place on a “15,500-square-foot” soundstage that was created into a grocery store. All the produce and ingredients are real. So while the store isn’t technically a store, the twists of the show are real.

14 Fake: Supermarket Store Stakeout

Famed chef and food host, Alex Guarnaschelli, presented Supermarket Store Stakeout; a reality show that focuses on a pop-up food competition in the parking lot of a grocery store. Each round of the show has a theme where the cooks need to exchange money for strangers’ goods in their carts. Some strangers are happy to take money for the food they just bought while others are freaked out by the contestants and storm past them.

According to Reddit, a person a part of the crew noted how fake the show was. One of the greatest examples is that there are many shoppers who have their faces blurred, while others not so much. Those without their faces blurred have signed a waiver allowing the network to use their likeliness for the show. This proves that the shoppers knew what was going on when they left the store.

13 Real: Sugar Rush

Sugar Rush is a baking competition on Netflix that has four teams going against each other to win a cash prize. According to Mashed, Sugar Rush is anything but staged.

Due to the number of mistakes and flops that happen throughout the series, no serious competitor would intend for that to happen on purpose.

12 Fake: The Great British Baking Show

The Great British Baking Show is still going strong with 11 seasons. The show has 12 non-professional cooks going against each other for the prestige of the title. What makes this show lovely to watch is the family element it exudes. And while the cooks and their talents are real, according to Cheat Sheet. it’s also staged.

Filming takes at least 16 hours and production will retake certain shots or scenarios if it doesn’t turn out the way they hoped. Sometimes, the camera crew will even make contestants resay something if it didn’t come out right or wasn’t theatrical enough.

11 Fake (And A Little Real): Iron Chef America

Iron Chef America has literal Iron Chefs with a remarkable culinary background go against each other the title. According to ABC, however, Iron Chef America is not as real as viewers think. There are over 120 people working on set to make sure the scenes go their way for the 10+ cameras filming the chefs.

The cooks and their skills are totally real as the camera films them for over an hour without stopping but there’s also a lot of dramatic things added just to make it interesting on screen.

10 Real: Nailed It!

Hosted by Nicole Byer, Nailed It! has some of the best of the worst cooks in the world compete week after week. In each episode, contestants bake the most ungodly, unruly-looking cakes and cupcakes known to man. And as unappetizing as some of these dishes look, they taste even worst.

According to Mashed, some items are inedible, raw, or undercooked, proving that the show really does have some of the worst (yet diehard) bakers on the show.

9 Fake: MasterChef

Gordon Ramsay exudes falseness with his gritty language and over-the-top antics. The restauranteur and chef has such a deep passion for food, that he lets his love of it all get to him. However, viewers cannot deny that he makes fantastic TV.

Throughout MasterChef, the best chefs in the world go against each other in a series of events to see who is the most skilled. Sadly, a former contestant on MasterChef noted that the show is very much fake. According to Radar Online, Ben Star noted that production had the right to alter everything for the sake of television. “Comments you see a contestant make are often pieced together from sound bytes tangents recorded throughout the entire season,” Star said.

8 Real: Bizarre Foods America

A spin-off of Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods, has Zimmern searching his native land for the most disgusting, vomit-inducing cultural cuisines that will make even the strongest stomach cringe in agony. Just like its predecessor, Bizarre Foods America examines an array of cultures and cuisines that help make them unique.

There is no reason for this show to be scripted as it is his initial apprehension before digging in that makes it one of the best shows for food lovers and makes the show a success. Regardless if whether the show did have its scripted moments, according to ABC the entrees and food he eats are real.

7 Fake: Cake Boss

There were rumors abound that the delectable pastries seen on television screens on Cake Boss were not even made at Carlo’s Bake Shop, but, instead at a factory.

The typical reality television moments with the family involved in some outrageous dilemma that somehow worked out in the end also show signs of falsehood. According to Trends Catchers, not only is Buddy rarely at the cake shop but producers need to get the okay from the buyers in order to present the cake in such a theatrical fashion. In reality, the bake shop doesn’t do that. What’s worse is most of the cake isn’t edible, but the sheet cake of it is.

6 Real: Chopped

The best episodes of Chopped really put the contestants to the test, giving them less than appetizing ingredients, expecting them to somehow pull out a miracle in the brief time allotted. Some of the results are surprising when some of the contestants create delicious-looking meals.

Most reality cooking shows have judges that look like they are just there for the paycheck but not these judges, they’re truly intrigued by what the contestants can do and give out their rulings without bias. Former contestant, Michael Vignola, said there’s nothing fake about Chopped. “This show is real. There’s no stop and go. It’s very much like real kitchen life, and you have to just make it happen,” he told Tasting Table.

5 Fake: Kitchen Nightmares

Kitchen Nightmares wasn’t necessarily juicy because of what happened onscreen, it was what took place behind the cameras that made the show infamous. According to Today, a restaurant in New Orleans that appeared on the show sued the host Gordon Ramsay, saying his staged antics gave it a bad reputation, causing the restaurant to seek damages.

According to The Guardian, one manager even said that the show “faked sequences” for the sake of entertainment. Surprisingly even though the show was clearly staged, especially in the cases of some of the most horrific restaurants, with over-the-top cursing and arguments it still somehow managed to make it seven seasons.

4 Real: Cupcake Wars

One of the longest-running baking competition shows on television, Cupcake Wars doesn’t exactly reinvent the wheel, as it is your standard three elimination round bake-off, where contestants are presented with ingredients and told to make the most professional looking cupcakes they can make to present at various award shows and events for celebrities.

While some parts look fake, according to Ace Weekly former contestant, James Brown, noted that the contestants do have to make 1,000 cupcakes and that “every one of those cupcakes has to be edible.” This means, the contestants really are running around baking 1,000 cupcakes in a short amount of time to win it all.

3 Fake: Throwdown! With Bobby Flay

Throwdown! With Bobby Flay appeared scripted from the jump. The show starts with said master chefs who think they’re filming a scene for their own cooking profile but Bobby Flay soon arrives and the two go against each other in a cook-off.

According to Chowhound, iewers suggest the show is fake because it’s hard to imagine these chefs being ready to take down one of the best chefs in the world, knowing full-well cameras are already there. The show lasted eight seasons.

2 Real: Worst Cooks In America

It is hard to know whether to laugh at some of the dishes created on Worst Cooks in America or to pity the dish for existing. The episodes gather self-proclaimed horrible chefs who want to be better at cooking for various reasons. The competitors get sorted into two teams where they are coached by the judges. Once the contestants feel confident, they cook the same meal and compete against the other team.

According to Mashed, Michael Haydin—a former contestant—told News Times that he really was kept away for four weeks during the competition and was not allowed to have their cell phones. It was as real as it gets.

1 Fake (To An Extent): Hell’s Kitchen

Hell’s Kitchen has 20 seasons to its name with Gordon Ramsay in charge of it all. Presented in a restaurant dubbed as Hell’s Kitchen, Gordon has 20 cooks who are the best of the best sorted into two teams as they go against each other. In the end, there is one Hell’s Kitchen winner.

According to Reality Blurred, Kenny Rosen, a showrunner for Hell’s Kitchen, said that the production crew takes time to carefully select each member to make sure they were good for both TV and the kitchen. He said, “It’s a show that is partly a game show and partly [a] skill show. So as long as the formula is working, there’s no real reason to go away from it in a dramatic way.” After all, the cooks do need to be good at their craft to make it real.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/reality-cooking-shows-arent-real/

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