Yellow team menu all the way - love me some sticky pork belly!
Masterchef Australia Season 8 (UK Pace - Please No Spoilers)
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Originally Posted by RFS:
“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!”
“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.
Originally Posted by BBAnne:
“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'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???
Originally Posted by BBAnne:
“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'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?
Originally Posted by RFS:
“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???”
“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?!
Originally Posted by cika:
“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?”
“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?
Originally Posted by BBAnne:
“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?!”
“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.
Originally Posted by BBAnne:
“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?”
“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!
Originally Posted by RFS:
“Hahah I am still at the "who the hell are/were you" - Adam, anyone?”
“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!
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!
Interesting point about youngsters getting a Masterchef leg up into the industry, I hadn't really thought about it until now!
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...
Originally Posted by RFS:
“Chloe don't be an even bigger muppet... use the pin! This isn't The Titanic...”
“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
Originally Posted by BBAnne:
“Kylie looks like she's aged a bit - mentoring took its toll...”
“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.
Originally Posted by cika:
“Why a yellow team instead of the usual blue?”
“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.
Originally Posted by RFS:
“Chloe don't be an even bigger muppet... use the pin! This isn't The Titanic...”
“Chloe don't be an even bigger muppet... use the pin! This isn't The Titanic...”
Originally Posted by BBAnne:
“We'll be back down to no immunity pins then won't we?
She has to use it, no question”
“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 .....
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Originally Posted by Spoilerific:
“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.”
“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.
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
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
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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