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I'm gonna have to disagree. Hell's kitchen has been on for nearly 20 years now, Master Chef for over ten, etc. They're on multiple networks and are popular in multiple countries and continents. To say they're "designed" as a recruitment tool is just ridiculous. They're "designed" as entertainment, and they are entertaining. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent by networks producing these kinds of shows in the past 20 years, they're not going to spend money like that to advance some agenda of "getting people to work as cooks," they're gonna spend that money to advance the agenda of "I and my fellow entertainment executives want more money in our pockets."