Representation & Equality

 The Great British Bake Off

Gender:

In terms of gender equality of this baking show, in my observation it has deteriorated over time with each new season of Bake Off that gets released. The contenders regulation of male to female ratio has stayed stable threw out, but the presenters and the comedians have altered slightly. When the factual show changed between channels, e.g. when the GBBO changed from BBC to Channel 4, the original comedians quit hosting the show due to a dispute in money. After that, the producers pulled in the new cast of the show, Noel and Sandi. But then, in the most recent season, the one female host, Sandi Toksvig, left the show for other work commitments. Her roll was then taken over by other male comedian, which means the show has completely replaced its presenters with male presenters (except for Prue Leith, one of the judges). In this development, I think the show could have been more considerate in this regard.

Other than that, this show has been considerate with multiple different representational areas. Their equality in ethnical and religion and age has been very relaxed and freelance. Sexuality has been established in the previous seasons of GBBO, with some contenders being gay and lesbian, and even in the most recent season, there is actually a contender who is disabled, having one leg and using a prosthetic leg to cope.   

Jamie Oliver 

Disability: 

In my personal opinion, I think that all of Jamie Olivers factual tv shows are pretty wide ranged, considering a lot of different equities and concepts. Like age, most of the people he visits and works with all come from different ages and genders. The same goes for ethnicity and religion, one of the many reasons Jamie goes on his tours around different places is to see how other people make their food with their on techniques and procedures. Even sexuality, he meets people of many different races and backgrounds.  

One thing though I've seen that has been lacking in some of the tv shows are people with disabilities, which I think they should be considered for any cooking show to display that people who are disabled can still cook things.

MasterChef

Class:

There weren't many problems I could find in the MasterChef tv show, except for the class I suppose, all of the contestants and the cooking tasks they were doing was all very professionally  made and presented, there didn't seem to be much other verity in terms of meals other than professional meals. But other than that, I'd say the show is ok in terms of other equalities, like sexuality ethnicity and religion, the show gets presented in many different locations e.g. Australia, so the show resolves its cooking and meal making around the type of style of Australian food, and the techniques used to make it.