Masterchef Australia 2018

Mr E

FYI this starts tomorrow. Guest chefs this year include

Gordon Ramsay and Nigella Lawson

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The tagline for the season is "A Season of Surprises".

Based on the last few years, it will be on in the UK in September/October.

Can't find a trailer on YouTube.

SpannerMonkey

Mr E wrote: »

FYI this starts tomorrow. Guest chefs this year include

Gordon Ramsay and Nigella Lawson

.

The tagline for the season is "A Season of Surprises".

Based on the last few years, it will be on in the UK in September/October.

Can't find a trailer on YouTube.

So i assume it wont be on sky until sept/october so ?
Any way to watch it over here?

stargazer 68

Mr E you always brighten my day with your good tv news

The best one is back tonight and celebrating 10 years. After the last couple of years though I can't see myself investing as much interest in it. I honestly think they should have got rid of George by now.

Dovies

Dovies wrote: »

Mr E you always brighten my day with your good tv news

Damn beat me to it as I was typing lol , delete my thread or merge please

Royalty involved this year too I believe.

EDIT: You were right about youtube trailers and haven't come across anything that didn't need a vpn to get to this year.

Mr E

Lots of videos on their Facebook page if you have an account.

https://www.facebook.com/MasterChefAU/

I don't follow them on Facebook because of spoilers after the season starts, but you can still look at the page without liking/following.

Safe to look at now, though.

Mr E

Nice feel good start to the show. I don't really enjoy the auditions. Looking forward to when it starts properly with the top 24.

Diversity is the word here this year I think, huge range of cooking from around the world shown off today.

stargazer 68

Wow some serious talent on that first episode!

Mr E

Yeah definitely. Like Enfilade said, a really globally diverse group too.

Right one through there in the end just unlucky the first dish didn't meet the brief I think.

Have higher hopes for this series now. I think they've at least set it up for the potential not to go down the route of people cooking variations of old reliables.

stargazer 68

Shannon's face when he saw the tart was comical - he just couldn't hide it!

Brett is putting some rubbish together and the judges tell him to decide what to do and stick to it and then he checks the fridge and suddenly theres a whole fresh salmon in it the he either didn't see earlier or didn't think it was a good idea to make something out of :rolleyes:

Mr E

One full week down and it's good old Aussie Masterchef. Enjoying it so far, but I'll admit to fast forwarding through some of the episodes (team and team elimination).

The standard is very good this year.

Looking forward to Nigella week.

stargazer 68

Mr E wrote: »

Looking forward to Nigella week.

Hubbie looking forward to that a bit more than me

Were they quick to start eliminating people this year? Seemed to be straight into it 4 gone already and can't be argued they didn't deserve to I think.

Hard to tell who's good as they haven't shown everyone equally given the numbers it's been mostly top and bottom few focused on. Still Brendan and Chloe are my early favourites at the minute.

Loki is a bit of a loon, there's always time for a fella who likes to talk 3rd person of himself

Mr E

Ah no, I think it's normal. I expect there will be 60-ish episodes this season as usual.

Nigella is great, but I thought her mask slipped a few times during Sunday's episode (when she didn't know the camera was on her).
She looked a bit bored or irritated or something?

Mr E

Mr E wrote: »

Ah no, I think it's normal. I expect there will be 60-ish episodes this season as usual.

Nigella is great, but I thought her mask slipped a few times during Sunday's episode (when she didn't know the camera was on her).
She looked a bit bored or irritated or something?

I think mentioned last year we did season 8 as aired then did 6 and 7 before 9. You see things crop up you wouldn't maybe notice if you watched year to year like George's tics and how bad he is at relying on his ear feed, this year isn't too bad bad but I've definitely parked some of my brain for it

I did spot Nigella's tells like you did Sunday night.

VinLieger

Really dont think loki deserved the win let alone a 10/10 from gary, he is a one trick pony who does that trick very well but very obviously has no idea how to plate a single plate of food as every meal he cooks is always presented and seperated in 3 or more different bowls

stargazer 68

I assume the general public who go to the team challenges etc have to apply somewhere with their dietary requirements etc? At the latest team challenge I would have starved lol!

Mr E

Ah I liked that Loki won that challenge. His reaction was fantastic.

Alanna Sapwell was lovely too. For all the awards and commendations she has, she was very down to earth and humble in her loss.

Mr E

I want a bowl of that trifle and a massive spoon please.

stargazer 68

Mr E wrote: »

I want a bowl of that trifle and a massive spoon please.

Ooh no thanks. It's got cardamom and rose in it!! See told you I would starve

Mr E

I'm kind of burnt out on Gordon Ramsay (after watching Hells Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, US Masterchef etc. for years) so I'm not enjoying this as much as Nigella week.

He's very confrontational, which doesn't suit the MC AU vibe at all.

I think tomorrow's service challenge might be a shock to the system for some contestants.

(I haven't watched yesterday's elimination yet, so no spoilers)

stargazer 68

I'm on the fence re Gordon. I do like him in some stuff - hate USA Masterchef - far too much fighting and bitching on it to enjoy it. He seems to be quite encouraging to these guys so far but there has been a bit of bleeping going on! Will be interesting to see the next challenge.

I'm the same but he was great in the cook against the pro's today. Loved his excitement at the end, from the looks of he didn't know the scores so was crossing his fingers as they were getting called out.

VinLieger

I really enjoyed Gordon, he showed genuine excited enthusiasm during thr immunity cook and was having a lot of fun. He wasnt just getting angry during the service challenge he was properly trying to help.

Also Loki bombing out while holding an immunity pin is hilarious and he deserved to go tbh as he was the one who started the issues in the service challenge for his team leaving them in the pressure test

VinLieger

VinLieger wrote: »

I really enjoyed Gordon, he showed genuine excited enthusiasm during thr immunity cook and was having a lot of fun. He wasnt just getting angry during the service challenge he was properly trying to help.

Also Loki bombing out while holding an immunity pin is hilarious and he deserved to go tbh as he was the one who started the issues in the service challenge for his team leaving them in the pressure test

Chloe got really lucky there I thought in the pressure test. Jo and the Italian lady also contributed to them being there in the first place. Faffing about with pasta and filling while hlep was needed elsewhere though editing might have made that worse than it appeared.

stargazer 68

Down to 13 now. All quiet on here

Mr E

Still watching. Love Maggie Beer and glad Jess survived.

I definitely think two of the weaker cooks went home this week, so onward and upwards.

Jenny was way over confident whole series as the vt would have us believe but she was a better cook over all vs many still there and not cooking today or who did and survived like Ben.

Both Jess and Ben could have it in them to do a Brent this year though.

Mr E

Half way point - they had a nice promo for the second half of the season on the latest episode.

Ben

is a real contender now...

Was just coming to post the same after his efforts today. Brent all over again and good on him if he can pull it off. His is a good story.

Mr E

I've never seen a more unappetising dish in the pressure test...

Looks like they are building up today's immunity challenge as a multi-pin winner.

Mr E

With all the build-up, the pin was inevitable. Fair play though - the winning dish looked better!

Delighted for

Brendan

popular re-entry I think. Was sorry to see

Aldo

go, was a good character.

stargazer 68

Yayy my favourite. Was raging when they went.

VinLieger

Wow jess is a little lying bitch, blaming ginas choux pastry mix instead of owning up to her leaving the oven door open

Mr E

Jesus what was Matt Preston wearing today? There is an unconscious clown somewhere near the masterchef studio who is down to his boxers....

stargazer 68

Mr E wrote: »

Jesus what was Matt Preston wearing today? There is an unconscious clown somewhere near the masterchef studio who is down to his boxers....

Was waiting to see if someone commented on it and the similarity to the ice cream

Mr E

I think the right person went home this week, but

Ben

came close!

On to the top 10 now.... i'm guessing 4 weeks left?

Next week should be great.

Mr E

Nice 10k prize for the top 10!

Sorry to see Sarah go, but she made a balls of that lovely looking curry.

Khanh was always going to have an uphill battle against a 2 Michelin star chef.

Prince Charles today.

Always think it's lame when their dishes have to tell a story and the canon camera stuff was lame to the max. Can't fault

Brendan

being sent home though sorry to see them go when there were a couple I thought weaker cooks not up for elimination.

Mr E

Good one today. The winner of this week usually gets a pass into Finals Week.
I wonder what the superpower is?

Mr E

Enjoying this week so far. The challenges have all been entertaining. I thought

Chloe

had screwed herself yesterday. What a terrible looking plate of food.

Tonight's head to head battle looks like it will be very stressful.

Have parfaits gone out of style in Oz haven't seen a single one this year I think.

Mr E

Probably a new rule in the contestants' contracts.

Mr E

Good start to the new week. I thought Chloe's dish looked alright, but she was probably right to use the apron.

The best over all cook of the 3 got the boot there I think. Ben very lucky. Jess got lucky it was a sweet.

I want Sashi to win now !!!!

Mr E

Hard to pick a winner out of who is left. They all have strengths and weaknesses. Not sure who is the most well rounded out of the 6 that are left. Maybe Reece?