Masterchef: The Professionals

Yayy, just spotted this on my clever Sky planner! I had missed this post, and had no idea.

Just finished bake off and switched over! I prefer the regular one though. At least if they mess up they haven't got the disappointed look from Marcus and Monica!

Wonder how they are going to manage sending them into restaurants and outside challenges etc. Maybe scrapped completely

Great start to tonight's show (even if it was sweetbreads, yuck!) - can only all be downhill from here, surely?!

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I don't get the bit about Marcus watching on a screen..... the skills test was only ever one of them (whoever set the challenge) and Greg before, wasn't it?

No, they were always both there (at least since Marcus started, can't remember when it was Michel, though I think it was the same).

TheChrisD wrote: »

Well that was an interesting surprise tonight. I was expecting them to pick Victor as he seemed to have done a touch more than Philli, but putting both through kind of makes sense when you think about it. There have indeed been three really good cooks out of the eight this week.

The standard was incredibly high this first week! That poor fella who got knocked out last night didn't do a whole lot wrong, really, just held back a bit and got outclassed by all the others.....

I thought Victor was going to shade it because he'd done so well in the first round but Philli panicked (but still managed to turn out a creditable dish, I do not know how!)

I really hope Philli calms down a bit for the next rounds - that level of nervous tension will give either her or me a heart attack if she keeps it up!

Ants in a desert ??
Bollox..

I feared that yer wan was going to be a disaster. BBC propaganda of having a chef from the armed services every year, they never do fantastic and are often well below the standard of others.

When I get old, I want to live in whatever care home the Scottish guy is working in!!

twill wrote: »

I'm really surprised he went out too. The issue with the posset was one of texture, while Jono's dessert didn't seem to taste that good.

Alex's food looked delicious.

The standard is so high this year due to the reduced numbers taking part. It's really bad luck for the good chefs going out in the first round.

+1

How did the guy who did the ants/hay desert get through.

Only tuning in now, but Jono didn't exactly capture my heart in the first round, so interested to see just how bad he is this time!


Ross (he was the care home fella, I think?) and the really young guy from the first night are definitely my two favourites that I'll be rooting for.

All 4 are very good.
This should be good !

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Only tuning in now, but Jono didn't exactly capture my heart in the first round, so interested to see just how bad he is this time!


Ross (he was the care home fella, I think?) and the really young guy from the first night are definitely my two favourites that I'll be rooting for.

Very bad.


God, I can't stand that smug attitude.



And that bore no more resemblance to fish'n'chips than my Spaghetti Bolognese dinner this evening.

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

God, I can't stand that smug attitude.

A good few years ago, maybe 5/6 at least there was this guy on Masterchef Professionals who was extremely arrogant even in his introductory video where they show them in their work kitchen/restaurant. I took an instant dislike to him.

He totally nailed the skills test and his arrogance continued, but then his standards started to slip.

He made it to cook for the critics and it all went pear-shaped. I can't remember exactly but he was extremely late and/or he made a total haims of parts of his dishes and couldn't serve them.

So the judges sent him into the critics to explain he would be late etc and by the time he got into them he had completely broken down with his bottom lip quivering and as he spoke he was blubbering and bawling like a 6 year old.

It was tough to watch but it was perhaps a bit of karma for how arrogant he was earlier. I was actually thinking of him earlier today.

Ya man is having a disaster.(Scott)

So rumour has it the chef worked for Stenna and used a recipe that belonged to them and was covered by a non disclosure agreement

Just went back to last Thursday's episode, they only showed 3 of them walking alright, so nothing very sudden.

I'm intrigued as to what happened. It will probably be on Twitter, or at the very least some outrageous speculation.

Timfy wrote: »

So rumour has it the chef worked for Stenna and used a recipe that belonged to them and was covered by a non disclosure agreement

Who or what is Stenna? I googled there and got nothing. Do you mean Stena ferries?

Haven't got to the end yet, so haven't read all the comments here yet......

But it occurred to me - is someone getting edited out (someone MUST have been able to find out what happened!!) the reason three went through in the first week? Did they have to go back and hastily redo that??

Also, my God but the French fella is boiling the absolute bejaysus out of his veg :eek:

tinpib wrote: »

Who or what is Stenna? I googled there and got nothing. Do you mean Stena ferries?

Sorry, should have been clearer, yes Stenna Line ferries, apparently all staff have to sign non disclosure agreements and this covers recipes, food presentation etc.

No idea if this is true or not but it was posted by a Stenna Line employee.

I'm intrigued too.

This is where the Daily Mail comes into their own, they have the email address of the journalist to contact with any information. I'm sure we will hear about it at some point today.

Yikes. Fair play to the editors. They did a great job cutting him out of existance.

Thanos Wareing.