Masterchef The Professionals: Thread 3

[Pebbledashery]

For when Thread 2 fills up

Marcus is a bit mean this evening.

Marcus is being particularly snotty tonight

That tart looks beautiful. It's the kind of thing you buy and then feel incredibly stressed about how you're going to get it home without ruining it.

Thers none today that’s stuck out as being good

He's properly grumpy.

On another day Marcus would be praising a chef for a beautifully executed dish that respected the ingredients.

'A day he'd like to forget.' I bet quite a few chefs go all Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind after meeting Gregg.

These are another group where if they'd been in a different heat they may not have made it through.

Bye blokes

You're absolutely right @TheDogsMother. Another heat and nearly all would be off.

Don't they usually save someone brilliant for the final heat? Might be someone impressive tomorrow.

Well done the wimmin

See you all a morrow

A couple of kids tomorrow night.

See you then for more disasters!

See you tomorrow Chuffs.

I think Cecily will get the most from continuing - it will help broaden her experience. Let's see what tomorrow night's batch brings.

See you for the next one. Hopefully. May have to work late

See you on Thursday. I'm going out for a Mexican meal tomorrow!

Agree on the variable levels, just good for bad luck the heat you are in.

Seizure tomorrow all

Honestly don’t be put off by Ayesha’s chattiness, the food there (Queen of cups) is amazing, almost all naturally gf and the negroni was amazing.

Trots off to look for Freekeh…..

Yes or the other potential disaster, chocolate fondant.

Did anyone ever watch The Brigade (I think that's what it was called), which was another professional chef reality show, run/hosted by Jason Atherton?

If you think Marcus is mean, bloody hell he was awful. And especially as the whole idea - I always thought - of a brigade was that it was about a team working well together. He really didn't come across well. Looked like a bit of a bully. (And funnily enough a second series never appeared).

Mind you, I also remember, back in the day, when Monica was really, really fierce. She's mellowed completely over recent years. There was one episode where one of the (professional) chefs didn't use a different board, or the other side of her board, to prepare something after she'd used it to prepare meat or chicken. She was told by Monica to leave immediately - didn't even let her finish her dish.

No. she read Arabic at SOAS