September 19Sep 19 Intrigued. Have never really seen the CIA. Beautiful setting, like Hogwarts for chefs synopsis: Next Gen Chef is a Netflix reality cooking competition that premiered in 2025. The show brings together 21 chefs under the age of 30 to compete for the title of a generational culinary talent and a grand prize of $500,000.
September 19Sep 19 Just finished episode 1 and like it so far. More like top chef and less gimmicky than other cooking shows so far.
September 22Sep 22 We binged it thru all of the eps. The finale is Wednesday. I would have liked an episode on the CIA and then one doing background of the contestants, showing them in their current situations. One is a chef for the NY Jets, various exec chefs and sous chefs with serious CVs, and some private chefs. It was hard to get a feel for them in the show. the show is good but some of these cooks are out of their league compared to others. I would perhaps liked it with a bit older folks as some of them were really immature in terms of cooking and hospitality. Best ep is the brigade one where they run a restaurant and get all kinds of curveballs. I thought about going to cia and my old man had me do some work in fancy joints in Memphis. Back then these dudes worked like dogs for no money. After a few weeks washing pans, prepping shit, and a little line work when slammed I decided on college. i did not know they have a campus in San Antonio. The one in California is magnificent; wife and I took a tour. Edited September 22Sep 22 by Texzilla58
September 22Sep 22 My son is a student there. You go two semesters then work in a restaurant for a semester then go back until you are finished. He's on his work semester and got hired on at Le Bernardin and is loving it . The campus is beautiful, and the instructors are not afraid to fail students so the training lives up to the hype. He's determined not to watch this show though.
September 23Sep 23 5 hours ago, marriedup said: My son is a student there. You go two semesters then work in a restaurant for a semester then go back until you are finished. He's on his work semester and got hired on at Le Bernardin and is loving it . The campus is beautiful, and the instructors are not afraid to fail students so the training lives up to the hype. He's determined not to watch this show though. Cool! Le Bernadin is one of the best restaurants I’ve ever eaten at, along with French Laundry and Commanders Palace. That has to be a great experience and will be great in his CV.
November 13Nov 13 Author On finale. 500k on the line and one of the assistant chefs burnt a whole tray of tarts for the head chef! Bitch
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