Each contestant, two boys and two girls are each around 9-11 years old and their histories influenced by their family and holiday's inspire a wide range of dishes from around the world alike in our real cooking TV shows.
They are all excited as they get their own work station and personalized apron, the chance to win kitchen gadget prizes throughout the shows and a week recording schedule which tough daunting, they face with smiles and passion for cooking!
The four children, Rae, Caroline, Tate and Oliver, each design their unique food truck ideas way before the winner is announced and we see how unique each child really is!
They're challenged all week with a set of camera cards to teach them to be natural and not stare into the camera's to make it candid.
The girls bond, while the boys or at least Oliver's perfectionism and high achieving desires makes them not as close. Steve the producer only cares about rating's though, whereas chef Nancy wants the children to be having fun like they should be doing.
They take a trip to a fairground for a challenge after they make some rather interesting and intriguing flavoured ice creams and the fairground challenge is a higher end unique twist on a classic style of serving food.
The elimination challenge leaves three of the children to be facing off in the final which will be in the next book, so we don't actually find a winner of the series in the book so it definitely doesn't work as a stand alone unless you want a cliffhanger, buy the next book to find out what happens next!
I really liked the fact that we got small breaks in story text to hear a thought or opinion made by a contestant as it gives us more feel for them, their personality, cheeky, friendly etc. There are lots of food facts and knife safety part so children learn proper kitchen tips and terms. Overall it was a really fun book and I'm sure children will enjoy it especially if they're into cooking or crafts.
Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!
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