Out with the old….Masterchef continued

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Was it not him who was bullying his staff?

Little Tennyson likes the top of the sofa

I like the Frenchy judge in the dining room with the big glasses. Jean-Philippe has turned a bit Gallic.

Wasn't there a scandal about Tom Kitchin a few years ago? Stuff about keeping tips and staff, especially female staff, being badly bullied in his restaurant. IIRC, he wasn't doing the bullying but there was a toxic work environment.

Oh that's disappointing to hear about tom. I always wanted to go to his resto. Ill drop it from the list so.

Michel roux jr already disappointed me which is crap

Michel kept the tips i do remember that. Its one of the things that upset me about that.

Ooh drag race on beeb3

I dunno. But my friends were left feeling like they weren’t good enough. He did admit that the other customers which were only a couple of diners were spending so much on booze were better than my friends. Glad his Edinburgh restaurant has gone bust

Sooty is so cute and very like my Sooty who is no longer with us.

Sorry not Sooty - Tennyson @ilovesooty.

Thank you @bungobungobungo . He knows he is 😁

So glad Harry had a good round. He seemed to falter a little bit at the Greek restaurant and was worried he’d have an attack of the nerves.

Sad to see Sam go but I felt he was quite lucky on a couple of occasions to go through. I like them all though.

My husband said it must be a bit of a piss take for the super experienced and lauded chefs in the kitchen to hear the chefs table say that the amateur chefs are excellent and perfection etc. I suppose they may be measuring up excellent against their amateur experience but if I was working for Ducasse for 10 years and trained my arse off I’d be a bit peeved 😂

Thing about Chef’s Table, is that it always seems to me first and foremost about the actual design of the dishes. So the others have to acknowledge that and then critique the replicas done by the amateurs. So they’re saying: this dish, is so wonderful and balanced and blah, but really? They’re congratulating the creator as opposed to the copies.

It’s nice to see how the other half eats so I enjoy Chefs Table but I don’t think it adds to the competition

I’ve caught up now and enjoyed the comments from you all. Sorry to see Sam go. @EsmaCannonball you said exactly what I was thinking about Greggggg and the rooster 😂😂

I have to say that the fancy bergamot and grapefruit pudding just ended up looking like tinned fruit + evap of childhood memories as soon as they poured the much-vaunted olive oil sauce over it…

I'd love to see the Chef's Table round revamped with the contestants working alongside a professional chef to take one of one of their more rustic earlier round dishes and refining/enhancing it to become close to a 'Michelin Star Level' dish. I'd be far more interested in watching the development process, seeing the transition from home kitchen to professional kitchen, and then serving one of their own concepts to the top chefs than watching them just replicating someone else's food.

I've said it before but I wish that by finals week they'd all had to demonstrate certain cuisines/skills. You can't win Strictly by only dancing a waltz but some MC contestants go a long way on a fairly limited range of dishes or without ever doing, for example, a fish dish, pastry, or a dessert. Maybe include a version of the 'Skills Test' that they use on the professionals? And have a round where they have to actually know the cost of their dishes (a vital skill for a professional chef) - rather than wheeling out the langoustines, lobster, steak etc.

The mass catering rounds are good - I'll keep those!

It's occurred to me that Sophie, as a final three contestant, would normally be invited back to the round where the chefs cook for former contestants. I don't think that's feasible if she can't eat most of the food.

Ohh that is well thought out and I think I agree with you. They should be able to show a complete range of skill in cooking all types by the end. A skills test like in the beginning rounds of professionals would be a good one. And I definitely like the idea of them 'upcycling' one of their beginning dishes to michelin level.

Someone shoot me please. Im currently on my Business and Accountancy workshop like I said I would be, and my god my tutor has a seriously gah voice and he waffles a lot where it's not needed.

IIRC, a few of the ex-contestants with dietary requirements have returned but just not eaten all the elements of the menu.

Similar to in GBM, where the judges don't eat what they can't/won't. Although granted, in GBM the contestants already know the judges dietary requirements and can often alter the dish for that person.

I would imagine for masterchef whilst not telling the contestants WHO is judging they may at least be informed that one or more of the judges has a dietary requirement. They wouldn't want to be causing anaphylaxis on national telly for starters!!

I think the instances where I can recall it recently have involved someone who doesn't eat pork. Obviously Sophie will have a lot more stuff she can't eat. Knowing MasterChef she's facing a future with lots of pea purée and no seared scallop or black sausage crumb.

Evening all.

I'm feeling ambivalent about who wins. Less keen on Sophie than the other two, I think. But not rabidly for or against anyone.

Same here. I'd like to see Harry win but I don't feel too strongly about it.

Or she could emulate the recent one, who sacked off the vegetarianism altogether! (Sorry can’t remember her name)

Aw I want Claire now. Let me see the other profiles though…

Evening all! I’m Team Harry I think and I prefer Claire to Sophie.

I’d love to tell you that I have sophisticated ‘final night’ canapés on the go but actually I have a very large red wine and some dry roasted peanuts!