> It is product placement that irritates me. And not so much product
> palcement, but the fact that the chefs had to lie to the camera how
> much they "love" this crap.
>
> This is a reality show. Competitors are supposed to act REAL. If the
> sponsor were, say, Haagen Dasz, I can accept seeing world-class chefs
> cooing: "I love it!". *But if it is total filth and the chefs are
> saying: "This is great!" - I know that this i sno longer reality, this
> is acting.
>
> That's what bothers me: the departure from REALITY.

The competitors have been eating those snacks in their temporary
quarters - maybe they do "love them." How do you know they don't?

N.