Professional Masterchef 2019: Speaking clocks, shocks and stocks

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Here we go...

Surely the judges enjoy the first dishes more because they're more hungry!

Rabbit bacon?????

I have to say I loved the basic tea. Lovely buttery flowery baps with sauces and lots of bacon. Simple and delicious.

If Matthew Ryle (the chef that was v popular on this forum last year) was in this competition this year, he would wipe the floor with this lot

I am now behind because of naughty children.

That needs to taste good

Pickling I gotta start pickling

Go Exose!

Clawdy I'm sure I read somewhere that most of the food is cold by the time they've done the filming and photos - so by the time the judges get to the 7th cold plate of food I guess they're running out of enthusiasm.

Beautiful smile from Excose.

Pickled mushroom can be so delicious

Gawd I really dislike greg the idiot

Great from Exose.

Stu makes me sad because he really reminds me of a guy I went to school with (looks and mannerisms) who died after falling asleep on train tracks.

I hate seeing the little hairs on chicken skin. Exose's dish looks great otherwise. He's fantastic.

Atila I had to google who Matthew Ryle was. He was indeed very good.

Aw grouchy 💐

Pickled morels are rapidly overtaking hispi cabbage in the popularity stakes, I feel.

Greg is like an embarrassing dad on the touchline on a Sunday morning

Mussel hummus. No thanks.

Mumsnet keeps breaking on me.

For anyone that gets the Vicar of Dibley reference, DH has just commented that mussel hummus bloke must have come back from dinner with Letitia Cropley.

Grouch, breaking here too

Loves his veg does Tom

Here three