AIBU to think Masterchef is just crap now?

[PortofinoLovesPancakes]

So this Masterchef malarkey! It used to be a relaxed hour of watching people cooking poncey food, but they were only there just so Lloyd Grossman could validate their opinion that they were really super. At least you got to watch what they were doing.

Now everyone wants to open a restaurant!
Go to fecking catering college then, don't waste 6 years on a PhD in Genetics! Years of hard study, when apparently your REAL ambition is to open a Gastropub in Slough.....

so true porto, so true.

It's feeling a bit rushed as well now.

I havent got the strength for a triple header.

HAve come on here for a break.

I'm wondering what this years 'ingredient du series' will be.

We've had Scallops one year, gulls eggs last year. I reckon it could be the year of the 'foam'

It's getting a bit tired now really. I notice they're letting Greg give his opinion before John so he's not just copying what the proper chef has said.

Greg and John reprising their Hale and Pace of gastronomy role. Big yawn

Well it's not like there's jobs for people with PhDs in Genetics... [has PhD in related subject]

Wish they'd make the food more important than trying to whip up the exciting competition factor. Similar criticism applies to most TV competitions, actually.

Wondering how much longer I can tolerate John's signature lip press and nostril flare combo

Gregg seems to be channelling Eric Morecombe, keeps fiddling with his specs

Yeah we want someone delusional to cook something lumpy tasteless and watery

Step it up, people!

Agree. Feels like they just make tons of programmes and then don't know when/how to schedule them. Got annoyed last series with it jumping about between 30 minute, 45 minute and 60 minute progs, now this time, opening with a 90 minute marathon - who on earth wants to watch 3 lots of the same programme? (she says whilst watching it..but then I am multitasking MNing

but we can play mc bingo

boot off woman and non white person
moan about raw meat
make random complaint about seasoning
hear planned menu and say "that sounds disgusting" when it is clearly delicious
pretend to consider person who failed in prof kitchen test

bonus points each time contestant is called father / mum of two

lol at mc bingo!

It doesn't even seem to be about the food anymore. You don't watch them cooking even. I don't understand the purpose of it really....Is there a prize?

Its all about the 'personality'

I would crap my pants if they plonked me in a restaurant kitchen though.

And just who ARE all those people eating in said restaurants at lunchtime? havent they heard of the Boots 3 for £2 deal??

eek have you seen other thread? is heather an mner?

If I was a chef who had spent years training and being harrassed by superiors, I would NOT be happy about a load of light weights invading my kitchen to demonstrate that they can do it really - when their experience really comes down to knocking out a couple of dinner parties, and having their MIL admire a lemon tart they made in 1997.

yy - if I have to hear "cooking doesn't get any tougher than *this" from Greg (John? can never remember which is which) I will have to switch it off.

It is the same every single time, every programme, every series. in fact I think the voice over is just on a loop "they've been on their feet for over six hours but back at MasterChef HQ there's no let up ..."

YANBU, it is now officially shit.

Why oh why oh why haven't they tweaked the format?

Still love Pro Masterchef though

Do they still have voiceover woman who says "plates of food" in a way that makes me want to stick knitting needles up her nose?

Porto - absolutely agree. It baffles me why all these people who are "passionate" about food, and cooking is their "life", are always working as accountants/teachers/builders/merchant bankers as if the idea of working in an actual, y'know, kitchen never crossed their minds.

I won't watch it until it gets out of the heats. Probably. Maybe. (am a bit in love with JT though so might get sucked in)

has anyone ever taught john how to eat properly. He would do better with a spade. I couldnt stand sitting opposite to him whilst he shovels his food in from the side of his mouth...yuk

well I still like it

that young guy with the floppy hair who said "I've got nothing to worry about except me" ... funniest quote of the year, no?

It hasn't changed at all. 2008

I have a really embarrassing crush on JT though, even though his hair resembles a dead cat and he can't say pasta properly.

It makes cooking seem so stressful.
Plus, 3 yo ds makes me turn it off because he thinks the music is scary.

DH and I were discussing what it would be like to invite voiceover woman and Dave Lamb (who narrates Come Dine With Me) round for dinner.

DH also likes to break the monotony (of Masterchef) by speculating what Greg Wallace having sex would sound like (lots of shouting that 'it just gets harder') whilst grimacing.

I do feel it's a little more balanced with Greg and John though. When it was Greg and Michel noone clearly gave a shit what the veg man had to say.

But can he deliver on flavour?

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Also, the lady just says the same thing all the time!

"Nadia's presentation is sloppy, but she delivers big, home-cooked flavours. Can she prove that she has the finesse of a professional cook."

Did anyone see that particular celebrity masterchef.

I thought I was going to have to break the telly.