He didn't do French cooking in the last round. It was a North African dish.

In an ideal set -up, yes to almost all of the above.

Catering college does a great job up to certain NVQ levels but ultimately the best restaurants take staff trained under other top chefs. ( That's why those restaurants can get away with paying poor wages to the highly trained. )

As for Gary, he'll probably get 4 weeks hol mid July- mid August. IDK what his exact role is but I expect with 5 kids and masses of paper-work & admin, it might not be practical for him to be sent to do college business in his hols but who knows he's clearly still passionate about learning.

IDK how Arnaud's cooking stacks up against the brief for Masterchef vs. GBritish Menu.
On Masterchef are they looking for something that represents the future of Brit creative cooking or potential? Can you imagine Masterchef asking the likes of O'Hare or other past memorable contestants of GBM( many of them Michelin HeadChefs) being asked to make a hot lamb sandwich/show they can fillet x,y,z? Seems to be two different briefs/programmes to me.( Reckon that's why the blonde bloke doing the wacky stuff got caught out. )

I know what you're saying about Arnaud's - but IDK nowadays how you distinguish European vs French vs Modern British. Maybe he's Modern French and he's offering a very creative contemporary version of it? ( He said his fave cuisine at home is Moroccan.)

Like Gary he seems equally skilled with pastry and they are both very humble guys so very likeable. Come the final Gary will throw the kitchen sink at it and maybe Arnaud will get nervous.
That 21 yr old woman is surely destined for great things even if she doesn't pip either of them to the prize.
I'd like to think that the only 2 making the final decision is Monica & Marcus and that there's no commercial interference in that choice.

PS Agree with the other poster - bring back that scraps challenge.

I'm not so sure - don't forget, the French don't differentiate between the "oo" and "oh" pronunciations as much as we do. That's why we think they're saying "ooh, la la" when they're actually saying "oh, la, la".

On a train back from London ... so I'm going to miss it

Evening all. Finals week?

Evening everybody!

Evening all

Evening' foodies. Finals week already.

Hello !!

Evening everyone

Hello all

Oooooooh final.

Evening all

This is going to be a great week I think!

That dark chap, Wayne? Beard like a sporran. Wonder if it'll grow all down his chest in a sort of hipster wide stripe.

Michael Caine eh?

Hi all

Got a nice box of Thorntons to go with this.

The floor looks a bit minging for a top restaurant.

I want Ellie to win if not Gary.

Ooh Chef's Table tonight!

I like to think of it as one of the largest gatherings of ego's and arrogance of the year!

Not a lot of people know that.

Arnaud appears to be growing a beard too.

Just need Ellie to have a bash now.

I'm pretty happy these are the final four tbh.

That would be the X Factor judges table.

She is probably a beard.

Monica is wearing a comedy beard on her head.