Understood, but they enjoyed all the other elements of Mimi's dish - it was just the ricotta that tipped the balance. If only she had not plated it. Although that may have resulted in Harry being sent home, which would have been a real pity.
Just hope that if Elise scrapes it into the final, there are no desserts in the final! She needs to show she can cook other things well! I'm gobsmacked how popular parfait shave been this year!

to me the final should always be serving up a three course menu of their own food with no restrictions

that would show they can cope with more than just their comfort zone and also how they balance each course

iirc the final itself usually covers three challenges and they get a score from each judge for each challenge

Oh, I like the way the final is set up. I prefer to see them asked to cook things they're not expecting in the final. That puts them under more pressure than cooking things they've had time to practise and tells the judges more about them, I think.

Brownies aren't meant to be cooked through, it's that gooey consistency in the middle that determines the difference between a cake and a brownie. I couldn't believe a contestant even considered something as simple as a brownie would be a suitable dish for get them into the semifinal of a major cooking competition, but then I clearly know nothing.

Agree plus I would like it to be a blind tasting too so it's won entirely on skill & taste.

from memory one tends to get a bit more heavily weighted than the others, which can distort the result.

Still, it's better than the earlier ones, some of those finals ended up being stupidly one-sided because of the odd scoring system way back when.

Blimey, what's with Matt's weird leather apron? He looks like a serial killer.

Nice to see (some) of the old contestants, however they only talked to Con, Zoe and Nicolette about what they're up to (Con opening restaurant in October , Zoe and Nicolette working in kitchens )

Didn't we find out what some of the others were doing when Theresa won her return?


This'll be interesting.

I know it's terribly kitsch and silly but I do enjoy when the tables are turned in finals week 😄

Embarrassed to admit I don't remember all the old contestants

just needs the hockey mask and chainsaw

not really into the sort of "poncey" food george does but the way he thinks about food and plating does fascinate me a bit

they're trolling us here with letting Elise pick the mandarins as the core ingredient

If they want to play along properly they'll make a savoury parfait

Thanks for the image!

You wouldn't get this in the po-faced UK Masterchefs, that's for sure

i could eat that dessert

love the mix of dark chocolate and orange/mandarin

I haven't caught sight of The Pirate on the gantry...

is it the last 4 or the last 3 they do the service challenge in the masterchef kitchen where they all have to do their own menus for an invited group ?

UK masterchef final ends with a three course menu right? I still think I prefer that


I felt sorry for Harry during that episode, it seemed every time the judges were picking on him thank goodness he made it through!

Elise is starting to remind me a little of Georgia from last year?
Although I don't understand why she cooked savoury as her audition dish when her dream was a cake shop? Did she cook lamb before? I would have liked to see a lamb dish

Georgia was way more annoying than Elise

And Elise gets to do another dessert...

...or indeed how pretty it looks on the plate.

Whilst I understand the concept of presentation from a restaurant perspective, at the end of the day the customer is going to destroy it with their cutlery so does it really make that much difference?

(yes, for e.g. if the purpose is to break open the chocolate shell to reveal some salted caramel fondant or whatever but for a plate of chicken, pasta and vegetables? Not really!!! ).

Brownies effin' brownies was driving me bonkers.

Ffs eff off and take your effin' brownies with you.