It was inevitable that welders would be next to get their own Bake Off-style reality TV contest. But thank god none of them are amateurs – or there would be gore all over the floor
Metal Shop Masters is a new American Netflix series where a bunch of skilled metalworkers compete to make the best sculpture within a punishingly limited timeframe.
The fact that it exists is inevitable, because the world is running out of professions suited to programmes where people compete against each other. Off the top of my head, in the past few years we have had shows where professional bakers, amateur bakers, dressmakers, floral arrangers, glassblowers, jewellery designers, interior designers, makeup artists and potters battle to make a thing in a punishingly limited timeframe. Metalwork was bound to happen at some point.
