Masterchef: The Professionals

twill · 25-11-2020 9:56pm

Saw this on another forum. The source indicates it was health related. Odd that they didn't just say so rather than editing the contestant out, but perhaps they wanted privacy?

HeidiHeidi · 25-11-2020 10:10pm

All these tomatoes are making me feel ill..... I cannot STAND fresh tomatoes

Closely followed by raw scallops.

This is not good watching for me

4Ad · 25-11-2020 10:19pm

As a veggie them kidneys are disgusting, turned over !!

HeidiHeidi · 25-11-2020 10:20pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

All these tomatoes are making me feel ill..... I cannot STAND fresh tomatoes

Closely followed by raw scallops.

This is not good watching for me

Ah Jesus, kidneys now!!

Barf!!!

twill · 25-11-2020 10:21pm

That looks foul.

HeidiHeidi · 25-11-2020 10:43pm

Joe has what looks like about an entire halibut filleted to do just one plate....

How much stuff do they actually use (read - waste) for one plate of food? I reckon there should be a cost benefit analysis along with the tasting!

funkey_monkey · 25-11-2020 11:45pm

That kidney looked like a bushtucker trial on I'm a celebrity...!
Rotten.

Fluorescence · 26-11-2020 10:43pm

Think this is the first time I've ever seen Chef Mike on MasterChef :pac: That choco cake looks yum!

HeidiHeidi · 26-11-2020 10:50pm

I'm running a bit behind, but the raw prawns in the first round, and that black dumpling dough didn't do a lot for my humour.

The hosts are really, REALLY annoying me this series!

Tracy McLeod is looking a bit rough tonight - hope she's ok.

Guillaume brings a smile to my face, hoping him and the youngfella with the baby get through. Although Aaron looks like he'll be hard to beat.....

4Ad · 26-11-2020 10:54pm

Hard to pick any loser's tonight..
Like Aarons food..

twill · 26-11-2020 10:55pm

Not sure who'll be the second to go through. They all had slight issues but did really well.

HeidiHeidi · 26-11-2020 11:00pm

OMG, that gravy with the wagu beef....... yummmmmmm!!!!

I'd eat a plate of that on its own with a few slices of fresh white bread to dip!

tinpib · 26-11-2020 11:04pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Tracy McLeod is looking a bit rough tonight - hope she's ok.

I thought similar myself, she looked very different. Couldn't quite put my finger on what or why exactly.

That Yawkshur guy is likeable.

4Ad · 26-11-2020 11:07pm

tinpib wrote: »

I thought similar myself, she looked very different. Couldn't quite put my finger on what or why exactly.

That Yawkshur guy is likeable.

He seems a real likeable fellow..

I always had an eye for Tracey over the years (showing my age) but yeah she looks more wrecked and tired than usual..
Jay is funny though..

HeidiHeidi · 26-11-2020 11:12pm

4Ad wrote: »

He seems a real likeable fellow..

I always had an eye for Tracey over the years (showing my age) but yeah she looks more wrecked and tired than usual..
Jay is funny though..

I think they're probably my favourite critics from this series.

Although that Sitwell fella makes me laugh as well.

Marcus and Monica are just so annoyingly patronising, I'm not sure I'll last the series this time they're annoying me so much!

funkey_monkey · 27-11-2020 12:29pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I think they're probably my favourite critics from this series.

Although that Sitwell fella makes me laugh as well.

Marcus and Monica are just so annoyingly patronising, I'm not sure I'll last the series this time they're annoying me so much!

I find it a much better show when that eejit Greg Wallace is not on it. Brings nothing to it. Can't see why he is on judging professional chefs and is soo annoying to listen to.

Degag · 29-11-2020 12:08am

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

Reminds me a bit of Sven from a few years ago.

Sven was sound out. There was a guy - Dean i believe - who got to the final a couple of years ago. Now he was cocky.

ebbsy · 29-11-2020 5:50pm

Frenchie going out...he did flatter to decieve though.

With less contestants the standard is really high though.

Dave_The_Sheep · 30-11-2020 11:47am

Degag wrote: »

Sven was sound out. There was a guy - Dean i believe - who got to the final a couple of years ago. Now he was cocky.

Aye, Dean. Couldn't stand either of those lads, to be honest.

In the context of this being a heavily edited tv show obviously.

4Ad · 01-12-2020 10:17pm

One of the easier skills test..first lad wasn't great though..

HeidiHeidi · 01-12-2020 10:47pm

Only starting watching now.....

The amount of butter on that rosti :eek: - (and I'm a total butter fiend!)

Followed by what looked like still-liquid white on the fried egg - bleeuuuuurgh

HeidiHeidi · 01-12-2020 10:56pm

The first fella didn't impress the judges, but that's exactly how I'd want that dish done! Well, maybe cook the rosti a bit better - but burnt bacon, crispy properly fried egg - yum!!

HeidiHeidi · 01-12-2020 11:00pm

"A few too many tomatoes for me" says Greg.

Well, firstly, Greg, you don't have to eat them all.

And second, that's the same amount or near enough that Marcus and the first fella cooked and served.

This kind of ****e, petty nit-picking is what's putting me right off this series lately!

Poochie05 · 01-12-2020 11:16pm

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

"A few too many tomatoes for me" says Greg.

Well, firstly, Greg, you don't have to eat them all.

And second, that's the same amount or near enough that Marcus and the first fella cooked and served.

This kind of ****e, petty nit-picking is what's putting me right off this series lately!

I think that’s Gregg trying to make himself relevant, not really sure what the point of him is

ebbsy · 02-12-2020 3:22pm

I think Gregg is there so the whole thing is not totally serious, as with the other 2.

However his input into the judging ? Not so much I would think.

HeidiHeidi · 02-12-2020 4:46pm

Poochie05 wrote: »

I think that’s Gregg trying to make himself relevant, not really sure what the point of him is

I don't disagree, but they all do it.

Monica and Marcus were both giving out about the wonton included on a dish, couldn't see the point of it - it's a little fecking dumpling, get over it!

The chef thought it was a good idea, just don't eat it if you don't want it.

HeidiHeidi · 02-12-2020 10:56pm

Jeepers, scary Scottish chef :eek:

HeidiHeidi · 03-12-2020 12:53pm

Thanks be to gawd that's the last of the Monica/Marcus Marvellously Meticulous Perfection rounds over with - as someone posted earlier I'd eat my hat (with perfectly smooth parsley paste and beautifully passed garlic cream :rolleyes:) if they did any of those dishes in anything even approaching 20 minutes!

I see the delightfully wobbly Grace is on tonight, she always cheers me up

tinpib · 03-12-2020 10:20pm

ebbsy wrote: »

I think Gregg is there so the whole thing is not totally serious, as with the other 2.

However his input into the judging ? Not so much I would think.

Ya, I agree. I think Gregg is there as "Good Cop" to Marcus and Monica's "Bad Cop". He always makes soothing noises and accentuates the positives.

tinpib · 03-12-2020 10:23pm

Grace walking like a perfect panna cotta as always.

4Ad · 03-12-2020 10:39pm

Squid ink batter looks vile !

ebbsy · 05-12-2020 3:26am

Standard is really high.

Dutchlad will be there at the end.

ebbsy · 05-12-2020 3:28am

4Ad wrote: »

Squid ink batter looks vile !

Some people always end up losing the plot and doing crazy things.

It looked like an experiment.

Dave_The_Sheep · 08-12-2020 9:47pm

ebbsy wrote: »

Standard is really high.

Dutchlad will be there at the end.

Would be very surprised if he wasn't. Would be my favourite for winner at the moment (though I missed yesterday's episode thus far).

HeidiHeidi · 08-12-2020 10:30pm

That Dutch fella has winner written all over him!

His dish looked utterly amazing. Those cherries!!!

One thing i would dearly love is a chance to see a real time video of a chef for their hour and 15. The snippets all out of sync give no sense of how they organise themselves or what order they do stuff in.

The food gets so out there by the end of this series, that I'd love to see some of the basics for a change!

4Ad · 08-12-2020 10:35pm

Aarons foodalways look lovely
(And I'm a Veggie)
Very hight standard tonight...

funkey_monkey · 08-12-2020 10:40pm

Love barts food. Cannot warm to Jonno.

siblers · 08-12-2020 11:53pm

Your man Johno is the only one I don't really like. Hes very cocky but he is very good

HeidiHeidi · 09-12-2020 12:07am

siblers wrote: »

Your man Johno is the only one I don't really like. Hes very cocky but he is very good

I'm not proud of it, but he's the first MC contestant in a long time that I'm actually willing to have a car crash day!

siblers · 09-12-2020 12:58am

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I'm not proud of it, but he's the first MC contestant in a long time that I'm actually willing to have a car crash day!

I can seel him making the final. Hopefully he will implode though

twill · 09-12-2020 10:31pm

Oh dear, missteps from Luke and Alex. Alex took on too much this time.

Bart could have to cook off again too.

HeidiHeidi · 09-12-2020 11:05pm

twill wrote: »

Oh dear, missteps from Luke and Alex. Alex took on too much this time.

Bart could have to cook off again too.

Im half way through. That was Bart's wake up call, I reckon!

Well done Philly though, she done good.

HeidiHeidi · 09-12-2020 11:09pm

On a side note - if i die and go to heaven, I want Bart to come and cook for me!

siblers · 10-12-2020 12:01am

twill wrote: »

Oh dear, missteps from Luke and Alex. Alex took on too much this time.

Bart could have to cook off again too.

That was Bart's first cook off wasn't it?

I think he'll go onto win it

siblers · 10-12-2020 12:03am

I don't know anything about professional cooking but Alex's dish with all the onions seemed weird. I dunno why anyone would want so much onion on one dish.

Someone different did similar in round one where he had like 4 different types of carrots. Seems a bit much

funkey_monkey · 10-12-2020 1:50pm

I wonder how Bart would do in a commercial kitchen. He seems to have spent a sizeable amount of time as a personal chef or on boats. Spending time on a few meals to a high standard my just be his forte. Idyllic lifestyle though.
Would love to be rich enough to have him as my home chef.

He has to be the stand out favourite. I'd say the judges would tolerate one minor slip up on the route to the overall final.
TBF - I like them all - except Jonno. Complete tw@t.
Philli got her strong suite (and others weak suite) just at the right time.

stargazer 68 · 10-12-2020 8:59pm

Just watched last nights. Aw I liked Luke!

twill · 10-12-2020 10:24pm

This is difficult to watch, they're so uncomfortable with the challenge.

HeidiHeidi · 10-12-2020 10:30pm

Jono may have gone a step too far...... it all looked fairly unappetising!

stargazer 68 · 10-12-2020 10:30pm

Oh Victor! Explosion!!

Masterchef: The Professionals

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