I feel like if someone ever did an episode by episode breakdown of Chopped this is what they’d find.
- Chefs of color are far more likely to have their culture brought up and to be told directly or indirectly to cook from their culture by judges. White chefs will be far more free in what they make
- Women chefs will be judged more harshly for presentation. Chefs who are men will be allowed to make rustic dishes, but 9 times out of ten if presentation is brought up it’s about a woman’s dish.
- Women chefs are far more likely to be personal chefs or caterers, men are more likely to be head-chefs.
- Even once the numbers are balanced for race and gender, I would bet good money white men still tend to win by a substantial margin,