Voyage de Gourmet is a wonderfully crafted and full book — a ripe visual story for young readers (and beyond), with inviting scripting, art, and design.

LOVE THISSSS. It's mainly about fixing an estranged friendship, and self discovery but set in a culinary competition with a lot of interesting characters

- featuring my country, Indonesia!! with pretty accurate situation too. and it doesnt just pick popular destination like Bali so it's a plus point for me
- there's an Indonesian character (or at least diaspora) based on her name but sadly there's no scene about her "connection" with the country...
- it's so dramatic and fun to read
- the illustrations are gorgeous!
- the competition itself not really made sense for me but that's fine it's fiction after all

not gonna add it to my favorite graphic novel list but it's still memorable for sure

So much fun!!

I adore cooking shows it's one of my favorite things to watch when I'm scrolling through TV so I knew I had to jump on the chance at reading this!

I loved the conversation about forgiveness and friendship that was at the root of this story. Frog was really the MVP and I adored him. The characters were fun and diverse, I loved all the food, the challenges and the art style was just so cute.

Thank you Netgalley, Paul Tobin as well as Mad caves studio for an arc in exchange for an honest review!

thank you to the author and publisher for an e-arc of this graphic novel. all thoughts and opinions are my own and not influenced in any way.

— 4 ⚝

it took me a while to fully get into this. the art style is gorgeous but it is completely different from what i usually like and read. the story was really fun and the idea of a reality cooking show in graphic novel format was extremely interesting. i also enjoyed that the main character layne was extremely flawed and had some work to do. i loved seeing him recognise his mistakes, acknowledge that he hurt someone, take responsibility for it and apologise. chloe and andre were my favourite characters and i loved the way they were illustrated. each stage of the competition was also very well thought out so I really enjoyed reading those. the dialogues are witty and easy to follow along with. i also enjoyed seeing the representation of various different ethnicities and disability representation was badass. overall a solid read for young adults. id highly recommend especially if you like food wars and masterchef.

Actual rating: 3.5

This is going to be everywhere as Amazing Race meets Masterchef but in graphic novel form - and it is 100% that - but also, there is so much more heart in this story than I had expected going into it.

The story starts off several years before the main event of the race, when Layne and Jiang-Mi are kids together. When they get stuck up a tree (for the second time), Jiang-Mi shares a part of herself with Layne. Layne, unfortunately, makes a very rash decision, and thinking it will do no harm, posts Jiang-Mi’s story on social media without her consent, breaking her trust and their friendship.

Layne and Jiang-Mi don’t interact again until they are both much older and cast in the titular reality TV show “Voyage de Gourmet” - they are paired together against other teams and travel the world, making dishes and performing challenges that would give Survivor a run for its money. But as they work together, Layne makes an effort to address and right the wrongs he had done as a kid because he learns that intent does not equal outcome.

The story is quick and the art is a little rapid fire and sketchy-style for my taste, but as I read, I found it really matching the tone of the book. So while the art wasn’t my preferred style, I appreciated what it brought to Layne and Jiang-Mi’s adventures.

Also, I really enjoyed the addition of the walkthrough of how to apologize to a friend that is located in the back of the graphic novel. It’s very thoughtful and well placed, especially with the main theme of the story. I think it will be a great discussion point for young readers.

*I received an eARC from Mad Cave Studios/Maverick & NetGalley. All opinions are my own*

I loved the storyline and the characters. I will definitely be purchasing it for my library. I can't wait to see it get taken out very often.

Thank you, Maverick, for the advance reading copy.

This graphic novel gives more of comic book style rather than the conventional graphic novel format. However, I do love the art sequence and the way the dialogues are being delivered.

This is the story of a group of youngsters who are passionate about food and going to participate in a tv cooking show. Things do get a bit chaotic in the middle but it’s worth it. The characters are distinct and they do stand out. Test of friendship and test of self doubt, this graphic novel provides a lot of insight into what goes on in a person when it comes to competing and losing.

I really appreciate the multicultural rep when it comes to the multiple characters.

Such a fun read!