Squoosh! Looks who is back for Masterchef Professionals!

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It's only Marcus Wareing. Starts next week. Are we ready?

Marcus is too gushy. I miss Michel.

Never mind what it looks like. I'm sorry, STRAWBERRY with PRAWNS AND BEETROOT?

BARF.

Sorry for shouting but I can't believe no one commented on the strawberry prawn combination.

I mean no one on the show, not no one here.

Didn't like the risotto. It absolutely shouldn't be so runny it falls like a pool on the plate like that. Never mind the colour.

Liked a lot of the other dishes though. All the contestants did extremely well.

I watch it for the kitchens and the equipment really. Those big copper pans £200 each. I want several. In fact I want the whole kitchen and a garden like the one in Italy.

BetaDad I know right! That kitchen had a stainless steel (or chrome maybe) ceiling for crying out loud.

That risotto. Bleaugh. I once got hammered on that red Italian bitters stuff (sorry senior momento) and the resulting puke was very similar.
Fuck me were they not starving?

I don't really understand why Greg Wallace is on this programme. I know he has presented other food programmes and has been extremely successful in the greengrocery business and opened some eateries but he isn't a trained chef. Surely we need someone who is a chef who can explain some of the techniques, how difficult they are, how it can go wrong, etc.

Campari. That's the bunny.

Absolutely BetaDad Greg is embarrassingly bad. I don't think I'll watch if he's on it next year. Why not save on his doubtless exorbitant salary and just it to Marcus & Monica?

When Greg leered into view at the restaurant tonight it was like Carry On Masterchef!

Jumping on here...

As annoying as Greg is, it is good to have an opinion from someone as a taster rather than a critic of the cooking methods etc. it's good when he disagrees with Monica and Marcus IMO

Yes but anyone can taste the food - please just not Greg!

Did they eat that vase of salad with tweezers??? Wtaf?
And get please rid of Greg with his orgasmic noises where's the puking smiley when you need it?

I agree, he is a massive bell end....

I am so excited about the final. Who will be crowned winner? It's very close but maybe Nick?

Just for the record - I disapprove of skidmarks smears on plates, teensy dots of sauce and tweezered food.

Just looked up the set menu at last nights restaurant. It took me lots of guesses with my husband repeating "more" until we got to 180 euros -220 euros each. How bonkers is that - lunch for two plus wine (no idea how much the wine is as the list wouldn't load)and service charge the price of a holiday. I'd still be hungry and probably drunk as there is so little food to to soak up the booze.

On the winner - sooooo close and they are all so lovely I don't really care though I have to admit to a soft spot for Scott.

"...smears on plates, teensy dots of sauce and tweezered food"

I disapprove of foam as well. Its not food, its not a sauce, its air blown through a spoonful of liquid to make it appear bigger and more 'fine dining' than it is and thereby add £10 to the final bill.

Looking forward to the Final tonight. Do find chap with glasses (Robochef?) very irritating and a bit patronising. Like the other two particularly the 'round' one, he was been consistently good.

fussy, DH and I went to Midsummer House, Daniel Clifford's restaurant, a few years ago. We 'only' had the 7 course tasting menu and we were there for 3 hours and we were well and truly stuffed by the end! It was delicious. None of the individual courses were particularly big but collectively it was a huge meal and just lovely. It did cost us over £300, including the flight of wines, but was such a special evening.

I've got quite a soft spot for Nick and Scott, so would be happy if either of them win, but really they all have done very well.

I really don't like nick he is so smug. Either of the other two. I like the guy from sarf London!

Can't decide whether I prefer the new insight into the chefs or the family info they used to do.

Oh no! Gregg's back!

I want Scott to win. He seems most down to earth.

Hate to say it, but Robochef's menu sounds amazing. I'd eat all of those. Not so sure about Nick's dishes.

Scott is really pushing himself. I'm not sure about his menu. Seems a bit odd.