Anyone who has dedicated years to watching a show knows it's never the same when a key member of the cast departs ... and home cooking series "America's Test Kitchen" underwent such a change ...

My first TV appearance ... We have people from all walks of life cooking food on "America's Test Kitchen" right now, and it really shows. -The cast today, oh, it's a good group, a younger group ...

And, as we see in the care the cast of the show and the test cooks ... likely more so than your favorite TikToker—the America’s Test Kitchen test cooks spend about six weeks testing each ...