Masterchef thread 3. Just don't mention the nuts.

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Onwards we go, Chuffs 😊

Also that tattoo on the back of her neck. That is another sign

Well the three i thought would go through haven't.

Grace sounds ill now!

Full of cold. Bless her cotton socks.

Don’t lie - their dishes haven’t been fantastic apart from Jade - what a shame with her - how could she fuck up duck

A poor bunch

See you for Knockout Week peeps!

Tuesday at 9 chuffs

Oh no. I hate professional kitchen weeks.

Back to 9 o’clock on Tuesday. Bah 🤨

Right, see you all next week. Who's betting there's a fire wanker in the professional kitchen?

Is there a group challenge where they have to cook for community groups. I love that challenge

Me too - so staged

I also don’t like the one they did a few years where they have to produce 10 dishes the same or something working in teams

Night all. See you Tuesday dv

This is a classic example of one of those luck of the draw weeks. V v average (says she with the five minute tortellini from the minimart). Next week Chuffs.

I think most of them were lying about their hated foods (and I don’t like Leyla Kazim; not sure why). You hated burgers, really? Think you just wanted to make burgers.

Was extremely disappointed with the result tonight too. Wanted Jade to stay.

I thought the burgers one was the only viable one! She said her dad made them eat it and they still talk about it - can see that!

And the mince one

Just caught up.

Really happy that Anna asked the question I frequently think on these shows - haven’t you watched it before you applied? There will be invention tests!

Not a great bunch of cooks. I agree a strange mixture of things that they disliked. I can understand not liking mushrooms. At least a couple liked the food just not getting it so often. I don’t think the guy who had beetroot had tasted just on what someone said and liked it when he did.

I think it was just because everyone loves a burger (except vegans and veggies, obvs) and she’d obviously made that dish a lot as it was so technical.

Mostly I was disappointed that Jade went because she was so good in the early rounds.

Hello Chuffs! (I only just got that tonight; it’s the NZ Monica Galetti pronunciation of chefs, yes?)

I know this thread is tv paced so no spoilers. Just saying it’s the restaurant challenge in the first episode which is so boring hence I’m scrolling and posting instead of watching it properly. It’s just so pointless. All they’re doing is following recipes with loads of assistance.

Why?!

Missed all last week’s episodes, being on holiday up in the highlands of Scotland so just catching up on player.

Thoughts on episode one of the week:

I ADORE Grace’s earrings …she has such a great earring collection.

Simon !!! What has happened to him. He used to be such a clean living looking sort of bloke. The hair! The tattoos! The nose piercing! The sparkly top…WTF???

Whereas Tony with the scarf used to be all about his twirly moustache etc and now he’s toned it down and looks more or less normal.

Why oh why to people pair black pudding with scallops?? I adore scallops. Preferably in a herby butter. Or maybe a winey sauce like Coquille St Jacques. Black pudding? Eurgh. Gross.

How on earth could Ferdinando make such a mess of his pasta? Nonna must be turning in her grave. His amuse bouche egg yolk funnily enough is what we had as amuse bouche at the highland “fine dining” restaurant we went to last week. It was on a herby salsa with wild mushroom jelly cubes. It was delicious. But I don’t fancy it swimming in a sea of runny sauce.
He did the others a favour, as apart from Kirsty the standard was not high. I like Irish Andy though. His bread looked great. Maybe he has potential.

I've caught up now but I'll have to watch tomorrow's on iPlayer - out tomorrow night. See you all later in the week.

Just crashing your thread 😊 What I don’t understand is why everyone does curry (as a tribute to their “heritage” usually) and panacotta? Don’t they realise all 1890 previous contestants have done this too?

What episode are you up to please? I’m watching on iPlayer so I think I’m out of step.

Just crashing your thread 😊 What I don’t understand is why everyone does curry (as a tribute to their “heritage” usually) and panacotta?

And why is there so much fuss about the pannacotta's "wobble"?
How much gelatine would you have to put in for it not to wobble?
I've made many pannacottas and it wasn't until MC that I discovered they were supposed to be so tricky and in risk of turning out like an immobile brick.
(Touching wood now, as Sod's Law will ensure spoons will bounce off my next effort 😱).