Masterchef UK

HeidiHeidi

No 5-second rule there. Unless they snuck it back in when the camera's not looking......

keps

with that shirt..I'm expecting Simon to launch in to a chorus of

'The hay is as high as an elephant's eye'

Snoopy1

I Googled it as my memory or my swedish is not that good!!
My boyfriend told me that greg has a massive female following because of the way he uses a spoon!!!

HeidiHeidi

They're a bit snotty about them being professionals and the contestants being amateurs.

(and yes, i know they are and they are, but it's the tone!)

Stheno

Snoopy1 wrote: »

I Googled it as my memory or my swedish is not that good!!
My boyfriend told me that greg has a massive female following because of the way he uses a spoon!!!

Please explain?

HeidiHeidi

So..... money where mouth is..... who'll go tonight, before they start cooking?

My guess is Paul. Or Hercule. Can't quite decide!

keps

Even though I didn't see them as eye-candy ( like some others here:p)- I thought the Swedish chefs had a lot more personality ( and better English) than some of the British chefs

Meauldsegosha

I have a hankering for some lobster now.

keps

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

So..... money where mouth is..... who'll go tonight, before they start cooking?

My guess is Paul. Or Hercule. Can't quite decide!

Agree - Emma and Simon safe.

And a close call between the other 2

HeidiHeidi

Did we ever hear does Emma actually have a middle-eastern background? She's never (to my memory) mentioned her mammy or granny (or daddy or grandad, for that matter) but she's a definite whizz on the M-E culinary front!

Meauldsegosha

I think Emma's presentation is key for her. She has to get it spot on.

Snoopy1

Emma mentioned her family at the start, and her dish on Monday was inspired by her mum.
I didn't just like the Swedish chef's for the eye candy
I think Paul is going

HeidiHeidi

I hate when they pile fish up on top of the potato/chips/fancy spud. It just makes the potato soggy.

keps

Hercule seems to have done enough???

Meauldsegosha

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Did we ever hear does Emma actually have a middle-eastern background? She's never (to my memory) mentioned her mammy or granny (or daddy or grandad, for that matter) but she's a definite whizz on the M-E culinary front!

Did she mention her father was stationed there when she was younger and that is where she got a taste for it?

keps

Simon odds on to win outright I'd say

HeidiHeidi

How would a piece of cod NOT taste of cod, John

keps

Whoever said Paul was in deep trouble was right

He's gone

Snoopy1

Why couldn't it all be desserts, I'd be more interested then

HeidiHeidi

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Did she mention her father was stationed there when she was younger and that is where she got a taste for it?

I missed that if she did.

keps wrote: »

Simon odds on to win outright I'd say

He certainly seems to be peaking at just the right time!

Uh-oh.... Paul in trouble here.

HeidiHeidi

Snoopy1 wrote: »

Why couldn't it all be desserts, I'd be more interested then

Nooooooo!

Having said that, fish would be next on my not-interested list.

keps

If you think about it - it is a Simon v Emma final - with Hercule there to make up the numbers

HeidiHeidi

keps wrote: »

If you think about it - it is a Simon v Emma final - with Hercule there to make up the numbers

That would sound about right.

Although I think Hercule might possibly surprise.

But Simon is starting to look unbeatable.

HeidiHeidi

I didn't like the look of Paul's dish at all - bit technicolour for my liking.

Meauldsegosha

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I missed that if she did.

I think it was during the heats. I could have imagined it also.

Red Kev

Snoopy1 wrote: »

I Googled it as my memory or my swedish is not that good!!
My boyfriend told me that greg has a massive female following because of the way he uses a spoon!!!

It's GreGG

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Did she mention her father was stationed there when she was younger and that is where she got a taste for it?

Yeah, she lived there as a kid. All over the Middle East.

keps

Heading out for Lunch tomorrow with a few friends -- 2pm
Will be in good form here tomorrow night- if I make it:rolleyes:

HeidiHeidi

keps wrote: »

Heading out for Lunch tomorrow with a few friends -- 2pm
Will be in good form here tomorrow night- if I make it:rolleyes:

If you make an 8pm show after a lunchtime start, you're a better drinker than I am :eek:

I'll be on a boat, bobbing around Dublin Bay. But will be catching up as soon as I get home!

keps

I enjoyed that episode - but I still think it's unbalanced as the real decisions seem to be made on the dish cooked back in the studio kitchen.

And tonight that section was allocated all of 17 minutes ( subtracting the BS of Gregg and John deliberating).

HeidiHeidi

keps wrote: »

I enjoyed that episode - but I still think it's unbalanced as the real decisions seem to be made on the dish cooked back in the studio kitchen.

And tonight that section was allocated all of 17 minutes ( subtracting the BS of Gregg and John deliberating).

I suppose you could argue that the Swedish restaurant malarkey added to their experience, and influenced the dishes they chose to put up in that final round.

You certainly couldn't judge them for elimination on the Swedish dishes, since they didn't pick them, and only cooked elements (even if the main ones) of them.

Still a large amount of whizz-bang-gimmickry to it though.