The Big Brunch is a 2022 Reality Show produced and hosted by Dan Levy, featuring a number of aspiring chefs as they create brunch items for a panel of judges, competing for a $300,000 grand prize. The first season was released November 2022 on HBO Max and featured celebrity chefs Sohla El-Waylly and William Guidara as judges, along with Levy. The show features a diverse cast and heart-tugging stories about their lives are interspersed with cooking footage.
This show provides examples of:
- Back for the Finale: Eliminated contestants return to sample the dishes produced for the semi-final holiday challenge.
- Everyone Meets Everyone: The chefs meet each other in the first episode.
- Food Porn: Not only are there plenty of beauty shots of the dishes, the judges reactions to the dishes are wildly enthusiastic. Levy's can be nearly orgasmic.
- Harsh Talent Show Judge: Played With as the panel does dish out blunt criticism of the dishes, but they do so in a kind and supportive manner.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Many of the contestants express themselves using food and have found community through cooking, while having struggled with identity and family connections.
