Hulu’s Secret Chef – Good? Bad? Weird? Delicious Madcap Experiment? Yes.

Cooking shows now require some life-or-death element. Hulu’s Secret Chef (which likes you remind the viewer it is “from executive producer David Chang”) is the latest entry, mixing the best of Cutthroat Kitchen, The Mole, Top Chef, maybe kind of the Saw movies, and hosted by a passive-aggressive Miss-Minutes-from-Loki. How much is H’s SC about the cooking? How much is it about the gameplay? All in all, it provides a complex look at the nature and evolution of culinary programming in media. Plus – Strikes! Emmys! Project Runway! Drag Race! Great Food Truck Race! And more!