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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby Sakkarin » Sat Oct 17, 2020 11:16 am

I think the fact that I am still watching it is proof otherwise! I would probably have said the same as you prior to watching it.

The problem with these programmes is there's a point where you get drawn in, which is the point of no return...

However I suggest you check one out, they're down to the last 5 now so there's not much more to go (it's on the W channel). If you have an open mind I guarantee there will not be a dud recipe. The series feature previous contestants, most of whom are now successful in their own right.

When I started watching the series I was fast forwarding to the judging. Now the cooking is so good I'm watching the wholle programme, and have been for some while. Theere is a downside in that they often use native ingredients which we have no way of appreciating.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby mistakened » Sat Oct 17, 2020 12:07 pm

Sakkarin wrote:Theere is a downside in that they often use native ingredients which we have no way of appreciating.
I would love to try finger limes, I also envy the range of fish and shell fish.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby Sakkarin » Sat Oct 17, 2020 1:19 pm

My jaw dropped when Laura finished off her mushroom dish yesterday with about a hundred quid's worth of truffle shavings...

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby Pampy » Sat Oct 17, 2020 2:51 pm

mistakened wrote:
Sakkarin wrote:Theere is a downside in that they often use native ingredients which we have no way of appreciating.
I would love to try finger limes, I also envy the range of fish and shell fish.

Finger limes are ok - a bit of a novelty when they're used in dishes that you can actually tell that they've been used (eg in a salad dressing or over fish). They're really expensive here in the UK - I bought 250g for £14.95 (although to be fair, there were quite a few as they are small and light). Ocado have just started selling them too - £3.99 for 2!

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby Sakkarin » Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:38 pm

Last night's challenge seemed extroardinarily duff for one which was to decide the first semifinalist. The "Mystery Box" had a British flag on it, so for a moment I thought it could be interesting. What the challenge turned out to be was that they had to make a dish starring one item from Gordon Ramsay's fridge, which were:

Cathedral Cheddar - I wonder how much he got for that product placement...
Bream
Scallops
Rhubarb
Strawberries
Branston Pickle
White Cabbage
Pimms

...and they had to sneak paprika in there somewhere too.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby mistakened » Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:44 pm

Sakkarin wrote: I wonder how much he got for that product placement...
I wondered that too, I am sure that he usually uses artisan Cheddar, especially in his "first" home in Cornwall. My immediate reaction was that our kitchen fridge holds more exciting items than that

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby WWordsworth » Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:29 pm

Yes, it was a bit stereotypical I suppose.

Although I really like the one who went out he was outclassed, and has been for a while imo.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby Sakkarin » Thu Oct 22, 2020 6:05 pm

Similarly several who deserved to be in the final have fallen by the wayside! Can't look till the end as I don't want to risk seeing the final results, but I shall be looking to find out who ended up producing the most dishes, it must be nudging 100 they've had to dream up over the course of the series.

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Australian Masterchef Series 12

Postby Sakkarin » Fri Oct 23, 2020 5:51 pm

Oh dear, I don't like all the boohooing! For anyone who hasn't followed it, three of the four finalists are longstanding mates, last night all three were in tears, and one of the judges. I wonder if that palliness means they only recruit contestants that live near the studio? Meanwhile the fourth finalist (probably winner) was grinning from ear to ear throughout.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby WWordsworth » Fri Oct 23, 2020 6:52 pm

Sadly, I inadvertently found out who won.

No spoilers though, not even to J.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby Sakkarin » Fri Oct 23, 2020 8:21 pm

Oh dear that's brutal after 100 hours or more of programmes!

I always wait till it's half recorded so I can skip through if I need to, hence able to post this.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby WWordsworth » Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:18 pm

Melissa seemed to be wearing a sweet wrapper tonight.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby Sakkarin » Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:30 pm

Well I think she's cute.

Oh dear, the blubbing upped a fair few degrees!!!!

The strangest moment for me was when Reynold didn't "elbow nudge" the other two contestants on his way out. My impression of him plummeted at that moment.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby WWordsworth » Sat Oct 24, 2020 7:43 am

I didn't notice that.
Poor show.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby mistakened » Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:35 pm

I think that I have may have seen part of a trailer for British MC Professionals.

Those girls have favourites from the beginning. at least one of them should have been eliminated earlier, too much pasta

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby KeenCook2 » Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:50 pm

Ah, is that the one that's coming around? Seeing the discussion about Oz, I had been thinking about it here and was trying to remember which it was that announces the winner just before Christmas.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby Sakkarin » Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:32 pm

What an almighty non-event that final was.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby mistakened » Tue Oct 27, 2020 8:05 am

Sakkarin wrote:What an almighty non-event that final was

A predictable event plus a lot of padding in the programme

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby Sakkarin » Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:53 pm

I want to look back and see if I can work out who cooked the most dishes in the series, but meanwhile, I see that the very first programme, the winners were Emelia, Laura, Reynold and Dani, Dani winning overall, beating the three ACTUAL finalists in the immunity challenge.

I felt her departure was a bit odd when it happened, made a nonsense of the immunity pin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MasterChe ... (series_12)

EDIT: I see from that Wiki page that Laura worked in Jock Z's restaurant for TWO YEARS!!!!

Hmmm.

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Re: Masterchef is upon us

Postby WWordsworth » Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:08 pm

Has everyone clocked Professional MasterChef?
Just starting on BBC 1.

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