Masterchef: The Professionals 2015

Red Kev

keps wrote: »

I like David a lot - but I think his days are numbered

That parcel was very shabby. I'd still eat it.

It's very obvious who is going and who is staying.

keps

That young guy Alex was so nervous that he could not perform to his full potential

Lovely guy/great cook - think he will progress further if he can get over those nerves

Red Kev

PMSL at the three of them getting sprayed with the sauce.

Is that Joey one Irish? She knows her stuff.

Poochie05

They seemed very impressed with her! Felt really sorry for the guy who is a really young head chef, they really set him up for a fall the way they kept going on about how young he was and comparing him to Marcus. Hope he redeems himself a bit in the signature dish, though I'm not sure he'll be going through anyway...

Red Kev

Joe made some comeback from spraying them with liquidised lobster.

keps

Just in the door after lunch in the Unicorn( we were the only 4 there) and a few in Doheny's

Looking at the recording now

keps

Joey really impressed Marcus and Monica

If I was going on the show I would instantly freeze if I walked into a kitchen to see that I had to do one of Monica's skills tests. Marcus' tests are much more my thing, even if Monica's are an important fundamental, albeit far less glamorous, set of skills for a good chef to possess.

Monica: stankratz, I'd like you to take this fawn, fresh off her mother's breast, take it home and rear it as if it were one of your own children. I want you to successfully oversee its growth into an amazing, fully formed deer, joyful of life and content with her place in the world. At the appropriate time, you will take this kitchen knife, look into her eyes and simply glide the shining blade across her throbbing jugular. Returning to this kitchen, you will bring her carcass and I will have you bone the saddle. What you yield can be made into a delicious loin of venison dish. Leaving too much meat on the bone is not what I'm looking for here, and I will consider you a terrible person if you do this. You have 15 minutes.

Marcus: Make me some lobster tagliatelle with a nice bisk please.

frostyjacks

keps wrote: »

Joey really impressed Marcus and Monica

Can we claim her? I'm assuming she trained at Ballymaloe, can't think of another cookery school here that would attract people from the UK.

Red Kev

stankratz wrote: »

Marcus: Make me some lobster tagliatelle with a nice bisk please.

Last week it was cheese on toast. :pac:

ebbsy

They certainly have their favourites and took a shine to Joey straight away. It did'nt help the others following either that she did a great job on what was a very difficult mini challenge.

As for Gail the previous night.....roadkill.

ebbsy

keps wrote: »

Just in the door after lunch in the Unicorn( we were the only 4 there) and a few in Doheny's

Looking at the recording now

Must have been a long lunch !

keps

Quarter-finals time

keps

I wonder if josh, who failed miserably in the skills test ,is a bit of a dark horse

Red Kev

They must keep Greggggggg locked up in the freezer for him to keep missing 6 desserts.

They like Joey. Marcus has definitely taken 'a shine' to her.

keps

It's Joey who is the stand-out:)

keps

Red Kev wrote: »

They must keep Greggggggg locked up in the freezer for him to keep missing 6 desserts.

They like Joey. Marcus has definitely taken 'a shine' to her.

To say that a dessert she made without a recipe and with unknown ingredients ( before they lifted their covers) could sit in a 3 Star restaurant was some accolade for Joey

Sprog 4

VinLieger wrote: »

Great stuff, whats with the lack of any advertising? Was worried there wouldnt be a series this year.
Now the most important question will Monica be doing her usual job for the skills tests? Best part of the show imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlDA52N5Yek

It's even funnier if you pretend that every face she makes is a reaction to Greg farting. Starts off as revulsion but eventually becomes grudging acceptance.

keps

I like these 3 critics

Red Kev

I need to find the recipe for that caramelised white chocolate mousse. I'll give it a bash on Saturday.

keps

It will be interesting to see how Joey follows up on that dessert

HeidiHeidi

Well, I'm back from my travels and finally caught up!

I can report that Ethiopian cuisine is rather delicious - apart from the injera bread which was REVOLTING. But all the veggie stuff they put on it was delicious (chickpeas, lentils, aubergine, spinach, all variously spiced) , and only played minor havoc with our digestive systems..... And the veggie/lentil soup we had one evening, well I can still taste it and am absolutely drooling at the memories..... and all cooked over bbq coals in a yard in the dark by head torch - to see what they could produce with absolutely no facilities whatsoever, never mind power, was just incredible.... and as for the coffee..... :)

But back on topic - I speed watched all I'd missed, and I have to say the only thing I remember clearly was Joey - she's some class act, and as far as I'm concerned it's hers to lose now.

Also remember that curly-headed guy who was a bag of nerves - honestly, could they not feed them valium or something when they get like that? He got sent home, but who knows how well he could have done if he could have calmed down a bit.

Dean (really quiet beardy guy) also struck me as a bit of a dark horse. Quietly confident and competent.

The skills tests are just plain bizarre this time round - wildly different in content and skills required - it's turning into a bit of a lottery which one you land!

Looking forward to this week already!

keps

Did you hear the promo


'...and a dish that makes Marcus almost speechless... almost...'

I'd say that is a BAd dish rather than a good one

HeidiHeidi

That's the second chef that's dissed their mother's cooking on TV :eek:

I sincerely hope they get a good clip around the ear when they get home!

keps

Scott might be over cooking the plaice

keps

Scott did OK in the end

keps

Call me an old fashioned stick in the mud- but those EARS do nothing for me( not to mention the Tats)

HeidiHeidi

Oh gawd, more earrings and tattoos - am I the only one who find that seriously offputting? (am I even allowed to say that these days??)

And what's the one rubber glove about???

ETA - haha, snap keps!

Snoopy1

I'm Back, missed all of last week

HeidiHeidi

Snoopy1 wrote: »

I'm Back, missed all of last week

Ah here, so did I but I caught up..... have you no dedication to the cause??