akr

I just watched the UK version and Nigella fared much better there - she had a very different style of mentoring, giving her chefs much more latitude and more just general advice and low key helpful hints with no particular distress if they opted to go a different way. They were playing for immunity in the first challenge, though, rather than an advantage for the whole team. She also had a much easier time getting contestants to choose her as their mentor, and the members of her team lasted a lot longer . I wonder whether they've scripted this heavy-handed role for her in the US version, or whether she was dealing with more competent chefs or at least a more even playing field in the UK version.