yeah it did look suspiciously like that

it was very similar in style, maybe not quite as complicated, but still similar to the dish he brought to the pressure test earlier

Not sure what form they get the episode tapes in but the editing makes it soooo obvious who is going to do well or feature prominently in that episode, at first it was fine but now it just makes me want to FF through the episodes because there are no surprises basically. Wish they would sort it out as it is becoming very samey along with the tasks.

Not that worried she got back in because she has no chance, IMO, of winning it anyway, although should she be allowed back in or any of them for that matter if they have been working in Professional Kitchens since leaving?

iirc in one of the early series the first person to win an immunity pin got a bye right through to the last 5 or 6, and the chef she beat in the immunity challenge offered to let her work in his restuarant in the period inbetween

I thought she specifically said it was something Reynold had talked about with her, I may be wrong as I wasn't paying much attention.

Sums up this season where they are giving far too much credit to dessert dishes baked mostly with the store cupboard ingredients (and therefore much easier to plan for).

I'm hoping they start criticising the dessert dishes soon, otherwise the contestants can't be blamed for this sugary sphere/parfait/nougatine/crumb madness.

I apologise if this has been mentioned before but I have only just got back online. This series is indeed excellent BUT I am heartily sick of the 'beautiful' overload. It has now reached ridiculous over usage.

I'm ashamed to say I don't even notice it any more.

I think that it's one of those quotes that can be too much at first, but eventually you've heard it so many times it fades into the background like white noise!

Dessert queens on dessert. Yawn.

And degustation ... how very series 6

Interesting how in their second course Harry said everything and Karmen didn't even look as though she had a clue as to what to suggest.

Matt and his partner (cannot remember her name - how bad is that) lucked out with their fruit.

Eye fillet with lime?

Elliott and Mimi are in trouble.

Elise and Trent aren't doing that well, it looks really unappealing. I thought that they were going with scallops yet in that bowl I spied prawns?

So basically, Brett the pirate does the beef and MeeMee does absolutely everything else?

Karmen was thinking about parfaits and chocolate soil.

Unfortunately for her they're doing the second course of the degustation, not the last/second to last (I can never remember the order of these things, and being honest don't think I could eat six courses of food no matter how small).

Trent's lack of screen time doesn't bode well for him.

meringue shard!

Nothing like completely ignoring the recommendation of the chef in charge of the challenge is there? "We were told to make something rich but we want to make something to show the grapefruit..." they could have made a tarte au citron with the grapefruit and then use lightly whipped cream or something with it (making myself hungry now)...sorbet, like spheres/domes is OVERDONE this year.

Think that Nicolette is definitely headed for the elimination tomorrow. Wish they had more days with Curtis Stone, I love him.

Raye I think you've missed the point of this year - the contestants are presented with ingredients, they ignore them, and make a parfait

If they've been told that a successful end to the dish is a rich, hot dessert then they should be in the elimination regardless of how tasty their sorbet is, since that's apparently not what the palate wants according to a professional chef.

Or a sphere encased in a thick shell of milk chocolate. As for the ganache/mousse thing that they say they're making. Where's the texture? Oh, it's in the graininess of that chocolate (it looks as though it's seized up completely).

For sure Chloe and Nicorette will be in elimination, it's down to Elis and Trents jellied prawns or Matt's miss the mark duck...

And here come the Chloe tears again #overit

I think she's here to stay... they focused the negativity on Nicolette there. Invisible Trent could go if Nicolette doesn't.

Perhaps they should have considered the advice of the professional and actually gone with something a little bit heavier/richer/hot, especially when the course before was meant to be the palate cleanser.

No one to blame but their own "we know better than the actual chef" attitude for this situation.
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Once accepted into the competition I don't have a problem with that. It wasn't for very long, and for the entire competition they are learning from professional chefs anyway.

There's a new development out here in MCA land...after all the parfaits, custards, spheres, shards and soils...its salts.

We had a lime salt today (I don't really understand what that means - some salt with a squeeze of lime juice over it? Zest of lime mixed with salt? A great big lime dipped in it?). There was a flavoured salt the other day as well. Indeed I'm sure there's now been a few variations on the flavoured salt thing.

But yes it's interesting that there's a swathe of comments about the sameyness of this series.

And I did laugh at George's barely concealed contempt/apathy for the final meringue shard degustation dish.

Without googling I think a salt is just using something dry and finely chopped to mix in with the salt.