Nailed It: pure distilled schadenfreude in a 30 minute baking show
If you need something to watch for a few hours, do yourself a favor and watched Netflix new show, Nailed It. I'm not a huge fan of baking or cooking shows, but there really needs to be more than six episodes of Nailed It. Or at least there's a promise for a second season.
Nailed It is a baking show for home bakers who... aren't really very good, or experienced. There are three challengers in each show, and two challenges. The first challenge, Baker's Choice, gives the baker's a chance to pick from one of three similarly decorated treats to try and recreate. They're given between 45-50 minutes to attempt the recreation and then judged on both sight and taste. The winner of Baker's Choice gets a prize (a stand mixer in several episodes) and the chance to wear a bright gold chef's hat for the second round signifying that they're the one to beat.
In the second round, they start from scratch and all three are tasked with recreating an amazing cake - a shark, a volcano, a floral wedding cake - in 2 hours. A daunting task for even a professional. The baker's get recipe's of course, and during this second round are each given a panic button where they can call for help from one of the judges. In most episode the person who performed the worst in the first round is also given some kind of helper button to either distract or freeze their opponents for three minutes.
Inevitably, the bakers aren't quite up for the challenge. They spin around their creations to the judges while saying, singing or jazz-handing their way through "Nailed it!" And usually their delivery is met with chuckles from the judges. Comedian Nicole Byer, the host of the show, is hilarious and her laugh is thoroughly contagious. At the end of round three the judges again make a decision on taste and presentation and this time the winner gets $10k. I'd probably let someone laugh at my failed baking decisions for ten thousand dollars too.
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