I enjoy Mary Berg and rooted big time for her during Masterchef. I've always been a fan and follower of her kitchen talents, cooking and successes. I don't compare her to Mariyn Denis, but sometimes I must tune out. The show is a bit too hyper.
I hear the intro of shrill screaming and over-the-top high pitched slapping hand greetings to the audience of "Hi-yah !!!!, Wow-ah!, Look at you-ah!, Love your dress-ah!!!". The Ah! Is grating on every last nerve. Sounds a bit like middle school.
Mary, in my opinion, needs to expand her vocabulary and phrases. If I hear; 'amazing, perfect, beautiful, nice, etc' in the same tone one more time with a lillted or raised end, I may scream.
Other repetitive phrases like the term 'little babies'; Place these little babies, put these little babies, space out these little babies, pop out these little babies, bake these little babies, etc. Or 'It's a good thing!' and "I'm not gonna lie" are used so much, it's hard to listen to over and over and over again. I could stand to improve my own language skills myself, but I'm not on national TV. It has though made me more aware of the way I speak.
With expert guests or show regulars (home design, hair, makeovers, fashion, fellow chefs, outdoors, etc.) and during their explaining their segments, I feel like she can't help but say yah, beautiful, amazing, perfect after every one of their sentences. If she thinks that something is funny, which doesn't take much, she does the Yah! That then connects immediately into a shrill, long laugh that overshadows her guests basic statements. Yah,hahahahahahahahahahaha! I wish she knew she could just nod her head in understanding and not vocally contribute 'YAH!' or the never ending laugh after every comment. Seems unrefined with all the Yah-Yah-Yah-Yahs. Even a proper 'Yes' would be refreshing.
The hair sweeping her eyes and not up or back when cooking is a bit of a turn-off as she's a beautiful lady and could set an example of kitchen hygiene. I also like Mom Myra, but she's on an awful lot. I get that she's close to her and provides comic relief.
Mary is a sweet, wholesome presence and is full of great tips, has great recipes, and the show has good guests. Personally on my own TV watching, I'll give her some time to develop and grow. I support Canadian Television (particularly CTV) and this is a slot I enjoy at home, but I have to admit, I'll sometimes mute it due to all the over-the-top uneccesary shrill laughing, never ending voice blurts from Mary after every guest's sentences. It's said that hosts of shows have professional skills where they know how to listen and not to talk non-stop. Let the guests speak.
I have faith in Mary learning the ropes in a professional manner. After all, she's a kitchen chef, not an experienced host of a lifestyle show with a lean toward fun kitchen stuff. I'm not seeing any improvement in calming the show down a few notches, but I'd like to see an easier to view show.