somejane replied to your post:White dude judges on chopped
Don’t forget Scott Conant who will literally murder you if you give him red onions
When they have judges like him who throws a hissy fit over the taste of raw onion or Geoffrey Zakarian who cries if you feed him anything spicier than baby pablum I kind of wonder how the network isn't buried with complaints about the pretty clear cultural bias they're judging the cooks with. Like, I dunno why those guys seems to have more sway than the others but there are so many times Aaron Sanchez will be like "Wow, I love the spices, this is perfect!" but Goeffrey Zakarian will be tearing up and coughing because there's pepper in the dish and that'll be the chef who ends up being sent home. If there's a Greek chef in the kitchen and Scott Conant is a judge they are basically guaranteed to be out by the end of the second round or sooner because he's a picky toddler who can't deal with raw red onion. And I've seen Greek chefs try to stand up for themselves and be like "that is a staple flavour profile in Greek cooking, yes" only to be promptly chopped because he feels personally offended that a chef didn't amend their cooking style to his picky eater list before the show started.
