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Old 06-10-2016, 20:18
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Yellow team menu all the way - love me some sticky pork belly!
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Old 06-10-2016, 20:21
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But there are still so many of them I sort of lose track of who is who apart from the stand out annoyances like Startled Wabbit Matt, Brent the Pirate, and thank god Charlie has gone - he was really beginning to bug me and I had to laugh at the pre-ad-break shot of all the judges looking unimpressed when he tried to smash his Dome of Impossible Chocolate!
I've found this too. More so with the females more than the males.
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Old 06-10-2016, 20:25
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I've reached a milestone today! During the opening credits I could correctly state "Gone, still there, still there, gone" etc for each of the contestants! For the past three weeks, the names have been peppered with "who the hell are you?"

Kylie looks like she's aged a bit - mentoring took its toll...
Hahah I am still at the "who the hell are/were you" - Adam, anyone?
I also added just a smidge of "HOW ARE YOU STILL IN" *cough* Miles/Brett *cough*

How much spice did Nicolette add to that mango mush???
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Old 06-10-2016, 20:25
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I've reached a milestone today! During the opening credits I could correctly state "Gone, still there, still there, gone" etc for each of the contestants! For the past three weeks, the names have been peppered with "who the hell are you?"

Kylie looks like she's aged a bit - mentoring took its toll...
I never get there - I always start late enough that I can ff through the opening credits, can't abide the theme song.

Kylie's really has aged, hasn't she? Although come to think of it I have no idea how old she is so she might have looked very young for her age up to now.

Why a yellow team instead of the usual blue?
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Old 06-10-2016, 20:29
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Hahah I am still at the "who the hell are/were you" - Adam, anyone?
I also added just a smidge of "HOW ARE YOU STILL IN" *cough* Miles/Brett *cough*

How much spice did Nicolette add to that mango mush???
I should have said that there's a couple of "GO HOME NOW!" Contestants still there *cough* Karmen/Brett *cough*

It seems to me that they're setting Nicorette up with a smoking gun....

Anastacia likes chillies doesn't she?!
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Old 06-10-2016, 20:30
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I never get there - I always start late enough that I can ff through the opening credits, can't abide the theme song.

Kylie's really has aged, hasn't she? Although come to think of it I have no idea how old she is so she might have looked very young for her age up to now.

Why a yellow team instead of the usual blue?
That's very true cika, she could be in her 70's for all I know

And you are so right! Why no blue? Couldn't George make blue fortune cookies?
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Old 06-10-2016, 20:33
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I should have said that there's a couple of "GO HOME NOW!" Contestants still there *cough* Karmen/Brett *cough*

It seems to me that they're setting Nicorette up with a smoking gun....

Anastacia likes chillies doesn't she?!
Nicolette is the sort of contestant who brings out my 'Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells' side. She's 19. Why didn't she get off her backside and knock on doors to get a job in a kitchen to learn the trade? Or go to college, even if she had to work her way through? I can understand older people with responsibilities wanting to try for a break like MasterChef but not 18 or 19 year olds.
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Old 06-10-2016, 20:34
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That's very true cika, she could be in her 70's for all I know

And you are so right! Why no blue? Couldn't George make blue fortune cookies?


And he calls himself a chef! Huh!
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Old 06-10-2016, 20:36
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Hahah I am still at the "who the hell are/were you" - Adam, anyone?
So glad I'm not the only one wondering who the hell Adam is!
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Old 06-10-2016, 20:46
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The way the editing has been going this series, wouldn't surprise me if the yellow team won by a landslide - at the moment it looks like they're floundering...

Interesting point about youngsters getting a Masterchef leg up into the industry, I hadn't really thought about it until now!
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Old 06-10-2016, 20:48
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I hadn't thought about younger contestants either... umm... have those prawns been de-poop-chutes?
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Old 06-10-2016, 20:58
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The lack of a third dish at the start... cost the, dear and if Nicolette on her own was a smoking gun at least it backfired...
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Old 06-10-2016, 21:00
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Chloe don't be an even bigger muppet... use the pin! This isn't The Titanic...
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Old 06-10-2016, 21:00
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Brett and Karmen safe.

Joy.

Oh well Miles for the chop please!
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Old 06-10-2016, 21:01
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Chloe don't be an even bigger muppet... use the pin! This isn't The Titanic...
We'll be back down to no immunity pins then won't we?

She has to use it, no question
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Old 06-10-2016, 21:10
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Kylie looks like she's aged a bit - mentoring took its toll...
That's pretty much exactly what my first thought was...

Interesting that it was a team challenge where it comes down to who has the most money, but this time they told them what prices to set the dishes at. I think I much prefer that to the Apprentice style "let's win the task by cooking cheap shite and selling it for huge markup" philosophy.
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Old 06-10-2016, 21:21
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Why a yellow team instead of the usual blue?
I'm guessing the teams were the colours of the Chinese flag.

I don't have a problem with teenage contestants. Masterchef is a big adventure aside from the cooking and the career opportunities it might open up. I can't begrudge anyone of any age wanting to do it. Laura was 18 and got to the final. On cooking ability she certainly deserved to be there.
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Old 07-10-2016, 00:29
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glad the red team won , my shallowness is starting to take hold and i think Elise is quite cute
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Old 07-10-2016, 00:30
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Chloe don't be an even bigger muppet... use the pin! This isn't The Titanic...
We'll be back down to no immunity pins then won't we?

She has to use it, no question
At this stage the odds of saving yourself from a team challenge are probably better than the odds of getting another pin. So best to save it for when you are in the last three.

You can't actually give that as your reason though .....
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Old 07-10-2016, 08:24
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Just catching up on the last week. Dessert overload. Chloe was able to cook desserts for everything that lead up to the first pin, and then again for the attempt on the second pin? I'm not here for a baking show where people learn baking recipes and then shoehorn them in. Was that duck fat parfait thing sweet or savoury? I still have no idea. It sounded rank.

Someone at MC must think we want to see desserts because of bake off success or something, fill the show with "dessert queens" and get them to cook it as often as possible. I think it irritates me that I'm watching a cooking show and they are using it as their leg up into being a pastry chef, even though that's not the point of the show. Good for them, boring to watch.
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Old 07-10-2016, 08:27
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Glad red team won, yellow team felt a bit teacher's pet It was calculated of the yellow team to choose two dishes (though I don't blame them). The red team worked harder to offer the customers more and deserved to win.
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Old 07-10-2016, 12:08
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Me and the Missus caught up last night.

Chloe really is dense..... Choosing 2 dishes instead of 3 when the Reds did 3, she should have been lynched for that by her team when she decided it. Bad move. She also knew full well what she was getting by having Matt as her partner, and her Immunity Pin cook-off showed that. When pressure is on, she makes mistakes.

The weaker chefs left I think are Chloe, Karmen, Miles, Brett, Elise

And for me the top ones are Matt, Zoe, Heather, Mimi

The rest are sorta middle of the pack; Trent, Nicolette, Elena, Harry (I dislike him immensely though....) and I'm missing one... can't remember who it is!

I think Matt and Zoe have the most potential. Zoe isn't afraid to take risks and is good enough to pull it off, and Matt is a damn good cook IMO.
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Old 07-10-2016, 13:48
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Me and the Missus caught up last night.

Chloe really is dense..... Choosing 2 dishes instead of 3 when the Reds did 3, she should have been lynched for that by her team when she decided it. Bad move. She also knew full well what she was getting by having Matt as her partner, and her Immunity Pin cook-off showed that. When pressure is on, she makes mistakes.

The weaker chefs left I think are Chloe, Karmen, Miles, Brett, Elise

And for me the top ones are Matt, Zoe, Heather, Mimi

The rest are sorta middle of the pack; Trent, Nicolette, Elena, Harry (I dislike him immensely though....) and I'm missing one... can't remember who it is!

I think Matt and Zoe have the most potential. Zoe isn't afraid to take risks and is good enough to pull it off, and Matt is a damn good cook IMO.
You are missing Anastasia who I think is upper-middle as it stands. Not getting a tonne of air time but every time she has had some focus its been for good reasons.

So glad Charlie has gone. He really was weak.
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Old 07-10-2016, 19:59
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he probably hasn't, but considering i think matt is one of the stronger ones as well, he seems to have been on the losing team in the team challenge most weeks
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Old 07-10-2016, 20:06
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a lucky dip challenge

elena - pork and spanish
myles - fish and japanese
harry - shellfish and indian
zoe - fruit and american
mimi - lamb and thai
matt - beef and lebanese

last 2 are the weird combos as you dont get alot of lamb in thai cooking or beef in the middle east

edit : myles was probably my pick to get eliminated, got very lucky with his picks of ingredient and cuisine but he looks to have lost the plot a bit
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