Good Eats: The Return (2019– ) User Reviews

He's baaack!!!!

[smegheadseason · 10/10 · 30 August 2019]

Yes. The rumors are true. It isn't some wonderful dream. AB is back on the air.

As for the review well.... This is Good Eats. Back on the air. AB is still AB. He may be older now (ain't we all!) but it is still AB nonetheless.

Everything that has been said about the long running original series still applies: most educational, entertaining and clever cooking show that has ever been, etc, etc, etc.

It is AB. It is Good Eats. And he is back. That's pretty much all that needs to be said really.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a grocery list to attend to and a quick swing by the hardware store I gotta make really quickly if I'm gonna be ready for the rest of this season.....

I know I'm in the minority.

[jonathan-972-150139 · 6/10 · 22 July 2021]

In the days when people need validation from a majority of people in order to have their own opinions, let me just say that if you like the reboot, that's completely cool. For me, it's not the same on a wide range of levels.

Let's start with the fundamental topic of cooking: Odds are very good that I'm not gonna be making steak tartare anytime soon. I'm not going to buy fresh coffee beans on a daily basis to make my brew. Pho's Special maybe good, but you wouldn't know it by the look of it. In short, much of the food is antithetical to what the original series was about. It's a bit pretentious.

Many of the cast favorites aren't here (Chuck, McGregor, Deb RIP) Their lack of presence is felt and missed.

The tone of the show isn't as bright, familial, and wholesome. It's darker, more macabre, and there was even some mild profanity in one or two episodes. Again, if that's no big deal for you, whatever. It's just something that they never would've done in the original series.

Finally, and most significantly. Alton's not the same. He's lower energy. He doesn't seem like he feels well. And he seems more incendiary with his fans than he used to be.

I could be wrong about that. I sincerely hope I am. But if the goal of this series was to revive the series of my youth, it fell short for me.