The show just isnt the same anymore

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Castanet

24-04-2009

Originally Posted by Sid_1979:
“I'm disappointed that the cooking has been secondary this series.

I don't like that the cookery lessons have been replaced with daily challenges whereby the contestants are left to their own devices.

And there hasn't been enough rotation of sections in the kitchen during service.”

I agree entirely Sid with all three points.

I thought it was rather farcical last night when Marco sacked Anthea purely on the basis she'd shown no growth and had merely been consistent.

She'd only been given the stations of doing the fennel and asparagus and mashed potatoes and chips so how did he expect her to grow for goodness sake? There's only so much you can do with those items and, once you've mastered the art of knowing how to cook asparagus properly, what else is there to know?

If he's applying that to Anthea, then it should be applied to all of them. Linda has solely been on crab at the back of the kitchen for the duration so has not been given the chance of operating another station.

Danielle was given the crab station initially but didn't like being at the back of the kitchen as she felt 'out of it' so Marco brought her forward to the pass where she has remained. How is that 'growth'?

Then she has the audacity to say she has improved the most out of all of them and the team need her to stay!!

robbies_gal

24-04-2009

a bloody joke that was saying the team need her

Bob22A

24-04-2009

Originally Posted by satellite:
“I thought that too, in the first series with effing Gordon the contestants really did learn how to cook, this one has been more like an Apprentice type thing with the challenges and then Marco pontificating in his 'Kung-Fu master style' and then 'sacking' people. It's lost really lost it's impact.”

What cooking? There has been pretty much zero cooking in this series

Bob22A

24-04-2009

Originally Posted by Vexed woman:
“I agree it's more about personality and attitude, than cooking but I prefer it, I prefer Marco over Gordon.
This year from what I've seen less food has been wasted Gordon chucked food in the bin for no real reason other than his anger and to show who was boss.
He had to shut the kitchen down many times.
My issue is we haven't seen much teaching and cooking, and with no ITV2 show we see little prep time and after service.
I do like the little cooking clips on the ITV site

More about psychology.”

Well Yes you are correct less food has been waster because they have produce very little.

Its a novel concept this year. A kitchen that does not produce food.

Bob22A

24-04-2009

Originally Posted by Castanet:
“I agree entirely Sid with all three points.

I thought it was rather farcical last night when Marco sacked Anthea purely on the basis she'd shown no growth and had merely been consistent.

She'd only been given the stations of doing the fennel and asparagus and mashed potatoes and chips so how did he expect her to grow for goodness sake? There's only so much you can do with those items and, once you've mastered the art of knowing how to cook asparagus properly, what else is there to know?

If he's applying that to Anthea, then it should be applied to all of them. Linda has solely been on crab at the back of the kitchen for the duration so has not been given the chance of operating another station.

Danielle was given the crab station initially but didn't like being at the back of the kitchen as she felt 'out of it' so Marco brought her forward to the pass where she has remained. How is that 'growth'?

Then she has the audacity to say she has improved the most out of all of them and the team need her to stay!!”

The whole program has turned into a farce. What have any of them produced? All I have seen is them playing around with food already on a plate. The odd bit of stirring of a saucepan of potato which appear to be too much for them and one of the pro chefs has to help and he odd bit of tossing a bit of meat or fish in a saucepan.

The food going to the people in the resturant is ceratinly not coming from that kitchen or most of them would starve.

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