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By Ashley Moulton
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Family-friendly cooking competition lacks flavor.
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First Class Chefs: Family Style
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What's the Story?
In FIRST CLASS CHEFS: FAMILY STYLE, kids team up with a family member to cook a delicious, healthy, and family-friendly meal. Teams of two (a kid plus a grandparent, aunt/uncle, or parent) face off against each other. They cook one signature dish for the judges, and compete against one other family at a time. The final dishes are judged by British food personality Matt Tebbutt and Disney Channel UK presenter Gia Ré. They score the meals based on taste and presentation, how realistic they would be for a family to make at home on a weeknight, and how healthy the meal is. The winning family takes home bragging rights.
Is It Any Good?
This series was originally produced in 2016 as a web series, so it lacks some of the oomph that a full-fledged cooking TV show might have. First Class Chefs: Family Style does a great job showing kids at home that regular kids can learn how to cook, not just the prodigy kid chefs that a lot of shows feature. Unsurprisingly since the series is produced by Jamie Oliver's production company, healthy eating is a focus and one of the criteria the judges use in the competition. The show misses the mark a little here, using some outdated diet-y language around carbohydrates being bad and low-fat foods being good. Instead, the show could have talked positively about healthy ingredients and teach kids about their tastiness and nutritional benefits. While promoting families cooking together is great, the show as a whole is pretty bland.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about what's considered "healthy food." Does this show talk about some foods our family eats being "unhealthy"? Why is that?
The kid cooks in this show are regular kids that like cooking at home. What foods would you like to learn how to cook? How can I help?
TV Details
- Premiere date : September 26, 2016
- Cast : Gia Ré , Matt Tebbutt
- Network : Disney+
- Genre : Game Shows
- Topics : Cooking
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- Last updated : September 29, 2025
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