CDWM was an enjoyable watch for the first few seasons before it morphed into an unwatchable mess of a program. The heart of the show was about amateurs trying to out-do each other's cooking. Now it is a clown show and most contestants seem more interested in auditioning than cooking. The producers wear their biases on their sleeves as in each episode it is easy to see from the contestants they choose and their agenda of keeping the social order/hierarchy as they believe it needs to be.
If you were to look at all the winners of each program over the years it would be easy to see why the show is problematic and not authentic.
If you were to look at all the winners of each program over the years it would be easy to see why the show is problematic and not authentic.