Masterchef UK

Toto Wolfcastle

I thought Luke seemed a bit socially awkward but I found him quite endearing. Definitely my favourite so far.

HeidiHeidi

So what culinary catastrophes await us tonight?

One guy in a flat cap, one guy in a fleece, one girl with her hair hanging everywhere..... hmmmmmm.....

HeidiHeidi

Took me a few minutes to figure out what the Cypriot guy was on about with his mesAY... (mezze)

HeidiHeidi

The driving test guy who's "in it to win it" surely has to be kicked off first.

Or else they've more subtle editors running MCUK

HeidiHeidi

"gives Greg and I......."

AAARRRGH!!!











(I know this is a cookery show but I just can't help myself, sorry!)

HeidiHeidi

Squid stuffed with chicken :eek:

(not to mention all the other stuff that was in there)

keps

Does anyone believe that John has no advance notice of what is in the 'box' and that he only has an hour?

HeidiHeidi

keps wrote: »

Does anyone believe that John has no advance notice of what is in the 'box' and that he only has an hour?

Mmmm..... on balance, I think I probably do.

The guy with the fleece is really coming on after his nightmare in round 1 (and I see is employing the tactic of getting the judges drunk if all else fails )

HeidiHeidi

I really REALLY want to know what the timescale is for the previous winners' meals.

Do they really get main/dessert x 4 one straight after the other? Or are they locked up in the set for the entire day and put on a treadmill between each contestant?

If they taste one after the other surely whoever is last would be at a disadvantage as even the biggest glutton in the world would have tastebud (not to mention gut) overload by the time they came along?

HeidiHeidi

Natalie reminds me SO much of Bianca in Eastenders when she talks

RickAAAYYYYY!

Oooh, meltdown with the lamb/langoustine combo.... oh dear.

FunLover18

Catching up now. So glad Dave is out, although I would have loved to see him try and wear that ridiculous cap in a professional kitchen.

pooch90

Bobblehead Panda wrote: »

I thought Luke seemed a bit socially awkward but I found him quite endearing. Definitely my favourite so far.

Luke is your typical engineer nerd boy, I'm marrying one so I quite like Luke.
Loved the precision with the calculator!!

Addle

I'm glad to see Ed go through tonight.

Wouldn't want to be one of Sheila's patients!

stargazer 68

Addle wrote: »

Wouldn't want to be one of Sheila's patients!

Thats exactly what my son said! She never wanted to be a GP!

HeidiHeidi

Only watched half of it last night - all I remember was John's fish with meatballs dish :eek::eek:

That young Scottish girl could go far - and she's lovely!

Will catch up the rest this evening, looking forward to it!

HeidiHeidi

Jaysus, they're all blubbing tonight!

There's something slightly odd/weird/sinister about that previous winner fella with the dark beard - he gives me the creeps bigtime! Loved Sara at the time, and love her still!

Megan ftw. GP for the boot. Not sure between the other two..... but will find out any minute now

HeidiHeidi

Three through! Good decision.

And onto tonight's offering.... featuring yer man from The Office

(What's a Welsh curry )

Oh dear, poor army guy got a bit of a hammering......

Oooh, I like the look of that banoffee pie! (seems it only looked good tho!)

HeidiHeidi

The poor fella whose panna cotta collapsed..... but couldn't help noticing that John, with a genuine laugh in his voice, said "at least your panna cotta is a BIT wobbly ".

Can only imagine the abuse the fella would have taken from D&N on the Irish programme - assuming they even deigned to taste it in the first place.

Bet he survives, though.

HeidiHeidi

I'm getting so sick of hearing "I've got so much more to give". And variations thereof.

Poor Sophie, left all on her lonesome, with no-one to hug. She's got potential though - and looks like great fun!

P. Breathnach

They had to keep Sophie, regardless of her cooking ability: her facial expressions make for great television.

HeidiHeidi

Ah no!!! Thought they'd squeeze Megan in somehow based on her previous cooking. Surely three outstanding dishes should make up for one (ok, quite spectacular) disaster?

Sophie survives alone again.

Did I see Andy Murray (can't remember his actual name) in the promo for next week's show? I remember him from some show, but can't remember if it was this one, or last series - I think I'm watching too much MC

P. Breathnach

I didn't see Megan earlier in the week - but I thought that she had two bad dishes in this evening's show. It's surprising how many people who go in for Masterchef, and don't know their way around a crab (and sometimes not even a lobster).

That said, I thought the palate taste was quite tough. But my palate is such that if there are chilis in a dish, I can't detect what else there might be in it.

I'm still taken with Sophie's facial expressions.

Addle

Is ed still in?

HeidiHeidi

Only Sophie went through from this week's lot.

HeidiHeidi

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Natalie reminds me SO much of Bianca in Eastenders when she talks

RickAAAYYYYY!

And tonight (even though Natalie won't be featuring), Eastenders it is

Anyone else tuning in? This is the first one I've been able to see "live" in weeks.

My money (if I had any to spare) would be bigtime on Ping for this title. I think she's brilliant.

HeidiHeidi

They certainly know how to do tension on this programme :eek:

I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack before they all get served.

ElleEm

Ping is great. She is on the ball!

HeidiHeidi

That chocolate tart looks DIVINE......

HeidiHeidi

Aww, Ping's reaction to their reaction to her dessert was just lovely. She seems to be genuinely really popular with all the other contestants.

Yer man's lamb is raw, really properly raw :eek: :eek: His gravy looks well tasty though!

HeidiHeidi

Is a chocolate fondant the same as a chocolate lava cake? Cos they both look the same.....

There must have been a cheap deal going on gold leaf nearby that day, both Ping and Jack used it on their (identical) cakes

Heroditas

I really hate Danny Dyer

HeidiHeidi

Tuned in to this, but falling behind (as trying to cook my own dinner at the same time )

I'm bloody starving, and the description of Ping's pumpkin soup (soup seems to be the least of it!) and the salted almond icecream chocolate dessert (although there's too much chocolate involved for my liking) has me drooling!

Meauldsegosha

I think Ping is the one to beat, closely followed by Jack. I'd be happy if either one won.

HeidiHeidi

Ping appears to be the only one who is fit to be left alone for longer than five minutes.

Although I haven't seen Jack at all, so clearly he's ok too. The others are basket cases!

(They're just serving Ping's course in my world, don't know how far behind I am)

HeidiHeidi

awww, that head chef is lovely..... "what u flapping for, what u FLAPPING for????"

What a contrast to some of the frankly abusive ones we see sometimes (admittedly this is only a meal for 5, not a whole restaurant service - but still!)

Meauldsegosha

Ooh crazy invention test. Wouldn't fancy making a meal out of some of those ingredients. This will separate the men from the boys. :pac:

HeidiHeidi

That looks and sounds like the contents of my fridge on any given day (bar the pig's ear)!

Best of luck to 'em.... wouldn't fancy that meself!

HeidiHeidi

If "cook from the heart" was the annoying catchphrase of MCIrl, then "(shall I) crack on" has to be the AAAAAARGH catchphrase of MCUK.

:mad:

HeidiHeidi

Luke is looking more demented professor every cooking session :eek:

HeidiHeidi

WTF is Angela's pie like??? Not like any pie I've seen before.... did she cook the pastry separately? And if so, why

Meauldsegosha

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

WTF is Angela's pie like??? Not like any pie I've seen before.... did she cook the pastry separately? And if so, why

It looked like a piece of cardboard placed (badly) on top of the meat.

rebelgourmet

She wouldn't have been able to mix and rest the pastry, then fill and cook it(from raw with the filling) in the allotted time. She would be short by about 30mins. Cooking it seperately is a bit of a 'blind bake' shortcut.

Poochie05

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

awww, that head chef is lovely..... "what u flapping for, what u FLAPPING for????"

What a contrast to some of the frankly abusive ones we see sometimes (admittedly this is only a meal for 5, not a whole restaurant service - but still!)

Completely agree. Thought that chef was really nice, he was really encouraging and complimentary and it goes to show you don't have to be shouting and flapping around the kitchen. He reminded me of Raymond Blanc who has a programme where he mentors young chefs and he's very patient with them and you can see they learn loads from him and really come in to their own. I'd say the Masterchef guys learned a huge amount.

Having said that, Ping is the only one who seems to be able to function in a professional kitchen, none of the others would last long in that type of environment. And in some cases I can't see why they'd want to really (Angela doesn't seem to enjoy this side of things). Jack is young and seems to learn well. Luke is too disorganised and although I like Michael, don't think he'd be able to keep the pace in a pro kitchen.

FunLover18

Sensible money's on Ping

stargazer 68

Think they will all be hard pushed to beat Ping now unless she completely collapses next week

HeidiHeidi

Dovies wrote: »

Think they will all be hard pushed to beat Ping now unless she completely collapses next week

She has to get through tonight first!

First reactions this evening - yeah right, like Greg and John REALLY kept their noses out of that kitchen for a whole 1hr15.... I don't believe it!

HeidiHeidi

Mmmm, I want Ping's sandwich right now, before I've even seen it!

HeidiHeidi

Awww, Jack..... don't cry.... please.....

HeidiHeidi

I want Ping's sandwich twice as much now I've seen it!

HeidiHeidi

Oh dear.... bye bye Michael, methinks.....