All the main meats looked lovely last night. Wouldn't mind tucking in to any of those. All the gubbins around the plate did't do anything for me though.
The dessert round should be good for a bit of humour, fun and playful wittyness :rolleyes:
I still enjoy the programme but as always the brief, or rather the continual reference to it by the judge, spoils it.
This particular year is going to be especially irritating as a potentially inferior dish should not get more points just because the chef gives it a funny name or puts bells and whistles round the plate or brings it to the pass in drag dressed as a waitress or any other gimmick.
Putting that aside though it doesn't seem that failure to make any attempt to meet the brief is being reflected in the marks as Adam has done quite well. It's difficult to be too critical of marking without having tasted the food ourselves but I just get the feeling the chef judging the food has pretty much made up his mind who is going through before the week begins and it seems very difficult for a newcomer to beat established chefs. Then again maybe the more established chefs are just better.
One other theme to the marking in previous series though hasn't carried on this week. Previously I would say often the chef in third place would have been given a point more than the second placed chef to keep the competition alive and this wasn't the case this week.
A final observation - Corrigan seems less stern than he has been (or has acted) in previous series and seems more generous with his marks or is it just me that has that perception ?
I would agree with all of that.
Corrigan does seem to have a hard on for Adam. Non of his dishes have met the brief and he's had some non positive comments but still got high marks.
It may just be me but I do think that the more respected chefs get a bit more leeway that the younger new boys. I realise that as more respected chefs they are going to put out some pretty decent plates of food but it's a competition and there is a brief to follow.
I still enjoy the programme but as always the brief, or rather the continual reference to it by the judge, spoils it.
This particular year is going to be especially irritating as a potentially inferior dish should not get more points just because the chef gives it a funny name or puts bells and whistles round the plate or brings it to the pass in drag dressed as a waitress or any other gimmick.
Putting that aside though it doesn't seem that failure to make any attempt to meet the brief is being reflected in the marks as Adam has done quite well. It's difficult to be too critical of marking without having tasted the food ourselves but I just get the feeling the chef judging the food has pretty much made up his mind who is going through before the week begins and it seems very difficult for a newcomer to beat established chefs. Then again maybe the more established chefs are just better.
One other theme to the marking in previous series though hasn't carried on this week. Previously I would say often the chef in third place would have been given a point more than the second placed chef to keep the competition alive and this wasn't the case this week.
A final observation - Corrigan seems less stern than he has been (or has acted) in previous series and seems more generous with his marks or is it just me that has that perception ?
Agree with more or less everything you say. Adam has totally ignored the brief yet still got good marks, his food won't get picked for the banquet so it's pointless him going through.
I would agree with all of that. Corrigan does seem to have a hard on for Adam. Non of his dishes have met the brief and he's had some non positive comments but still got high marks.
It may just be me but I do think that the more respected chefs get a bit more leeway that the younger new boys. I realise that as more respected chefs they are going to put out some pretty decent plates of food but it's a competition and there is a brief to follow.
BIB i've found that really annoying as Adam has ignored the theme for every course so far....
I would've really liked Matt to go through but its looking highly unlikely, as said above I also think none of Adams dishes will make it to the banquet, they may taste delicious but dont fulfil the brief as they should, not sure why they are getting such high marks when they definitely have a big lack of humour. Think Tom was always a certainty to make it to friday show.
Tom's replies to Richard's attempts to get him to admit there might be something wrong with his dishes, 'Is there maybe a little too much xxxxx' 'No', 'Is that xxxxx exactly how you wanted it' 'Yes'
That's great. He's obviously a confident guy and is not going to be pushed around by Corrigan or other chefs
again no attempt by adam to do anything connected to the briief
Matt just gave him a little jab with his comment about Adam's dishes the proof is in the eating - so basically no comedy, humour, theatre or excitement at all!
Can't help thinking that the Judges would have put Matt's menu through over Adams. Corrigan was influenced by Adam's reputation "an HONOUR to taste your food" he said to him at the end.
What a joke... Matt was robbed. Adam totally ignored the brief in every dish. Who was the female chef last year who got marked down for doing the same thing?
At least we can look forward to seeing him get ripped to pieces by the judges tomorrow.
I wish they had a marking guide for the judges. Surely Adam should have been marked down for blatantly ignoring the brief? Stephanie Moon was marked down last year for getting the brief wrong...
BIB i've found that really annoying as Adam has ignored the theme for every course so far....
But I bet if he'd served up a plate of butterscotch Angel Delight with some squirty cream on top he'd have still got enough marks to beat the lovely Matt
Completely ignored the brief, made no effort whatsoever whereas Matt and Tom put some real thought into it, hope Tom wipes the floor with him this evening
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The dessert round should be good for a bit of humour, fun and playful wittyness :rolleyes:
Corrigan does seem to have a hard on for Adam. Non of his dishes have met the brief and he's had some non positive comments but still got high marks.
It may just be me but I do think that the more respected chefs get a bit more leeway that the younger new boys. I realise that as more respected chefs they are going to put out some pretty decent plates of food but it's a competition and there is a brief to follow.
Agree with more or less everything you say. Adam has totally ignored the brief yet still got good marks, his food won't get picked for the banquet so it's pointless him going through.
BIB i've found that really annoying as Adam has ignored the theme for every course so far....
hahahahaha yes that happens to me more than i would like!
careful your stomach doesn't freeze there Richard,,,,,
eta and it looks like a big mess
adam goes through even though he ignored the brief completely not impressed
Matt hit the brief perfectly and was robbed imo.
At least we can look forward to seeing him get ripped to pieces by the judges tomorrow.
Don't know why they bother with the chef judging as the dishes they pick always get ripped to shreds by the main judges anyway!!
But I bet if he'd served up a plate of butterscotch Angel Delight with some squirty cream on top he'd have still got enough marks to beat the lovely Matt
Completely ignored the brief, made no effort whatsoever whereas Matt and Tom put some real thought into it, hope Tom wipes the floor with him this evening
That effort of Adam's sounded disgraceful - although it looked quite 'pretty' (although not humorous ) - but no doubt the foodies will love it.
I'm really hoping Oliver gets very grumpy about it tonight
Love Oliver No-one can do a better 'disgusted' withering look than him
Stuart Heritage is brilliant, love his columns, he did a very funny write up about Saturday Kitchen the other week