suzannacalev Review of Zumbo's Just Desserts

Zumbo's Just Desserts (2016–2020)

Disappointed in the winner of Season 2

[2/10 · 15 January 2020]

I'm not going to provide any spoilers but I was thoroughly disappointed in the winner of Season 2 because this person did not follow two of the briefs that were given for the Sensation challenge. In my humble opinion, this should have meant an automatic Zumbo Test challenge for the person. They completely missed the point of the briefs and went off and created a dessert they knew the judges (coughZumbocough) would enjoy, but isn't the whole point of a competition that they follow the briefs? What is even the point of having a brief if a contestant can just go off on their own creation and create a dessert with flavors that the judges will enjoy? Isn't the point to do both? So the message you're sending to contestants is that the briefs don't really matter as long as you produce something the judges will enjoy. Think of it like a teacher and a student. If a student completely misses the point of an assignment but writes a well-written paper, the teacher isn't going to just give them a pass. They're going to tell that student to redo the assignment. I don't think it was fair to the other contestants who did follow the briefs.