Celebrity Masterchef

P. Breathnach

This week is much more enjoyable than last week: engaging characters.

The cooking doesn't seem too bad, either.

HeidiHeidi

Well at least they could cook this week

I'd only heard of Arlene out of all of that lot - thought I'd hate yer man Rylan, but he's growing on me already! Who's Craig

Love the idea that Kimberley might just put it up to the pair of 'em and their in-a-rut ideas - she can clearly cook even if she is a bit alternative!

P. Breathnach

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

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Love the idea that Kimberley might just put it up to the pair of 'em and their in-a-rut ideas - she can clearly cook even if she is a bit alternative!

John, in particular, takes a strong stand on food combinations. You should not have fruit with fish. Really? Is a lemon a fruit?

I don't think they mentioned another of their forbidden combinations, the "two-carbs" one, when Rylan put pasta and bruschetta on the same plate.

HeidiHeidi

Well they fairly crashed and burned in the invention test tonight :eek:

I'm just into the mass-catering exercise, and it doesn't look like it might be much better.....

Oh lordy

HeidiHeidi

Haha, loving the dynamic between Andi and Craig :D

Do they seriously expect us to believe that they don't have electric mixers (of the industrial variety) in a commercial kitchen to do the likes of whipped cream and eggwhites? Seriously???

HeidiHeidi

Those are the meanest portions of dessert I have EVER seen :eek:

In a plastic bowl sample cup to boot :eek:

frostyjacks

Thought at one stage Craig was going to win the whole thing, then he seemed to crash and burn. His main just looked weird with all that pink and green.

Himself and Andy were a bit unfortunate, had they been in last weeks heat they might have both got through.

Scallops for starters again! Enough already.

P. Breathnach

frostyjacks wrote: »

...Scallops for starters again! Enough already.

If you don't want yours, pass them over here, please.

I'd have had a problem with the invention test because in our house we are very keen on cherries as an accompaniment to duck.

Our preferred cherry dessert is a simple bowl of cherries. If we want to push the boat out a bit, cherries coated in chocolate. Never cooked down into a mush.

The first two rounds tonight were hilarious.

[Where did Rylan get those teeth?]

frostyjacks

Scott's hair is ridiculous, bit old for that look.

Tom using his hands to mould the mash potato on the plate, eurghh.

HeidiHeidi

Bit behind (had actually forgotten this was on until I saw the above post), but....

YAYY, Natalie Lowe, my favourite SCD dancer ever!

honeybear

Les has to go

honeybear

The pancake does not look nice

HeidiHeidi

Still behind, but they all seemed to do well in the restaurant.

Who on earth was that wil half their hand covered in blue plaster, and what did they do to themselves??? :eek:

I'm seeing what the previous poster meant about Les needing to go.......

honeybear

Natalie was so good humoured-wished Les had gone

HeidiHeidi

Scott's main sounds 'orrible.

Just cannot get my head around veggie main courses. I'm sure they might be tasty, delicious even, but there's just something missing!

Snoopy1

Who is Tom?

frostyjacks

Snoopy1 wrote: »

Who is Tom?

Used to be in 'The Wanted'.

frostyjacks

honeybear wrote: »

Natalie was so good humoured-wished Les had gone

Who's Les? Do we mean Keith?

Snoopy1

God he looked too young for them, and I went to see them last year. Hangs head in shame

honeybear

frostyjacks wrote: »

Who's Les? Do we mean Keith?

Yea, Keith (he's not much of a celebrity to me!)

Snoopy1

honeybear wrote: »

Yea, Keith (he's not much of a celebrity to me!)

He appears in every celebrity show. I really thought he was going

honeybear

Snoopy1 wrote: »

He appears in every celebrity show. I really thought he was going

He came across as a bit needy tonight

honeybear

teams are unequal

HeidiHeidi

honeybear wrote: »

teams are unequal

How so?

I'm 20 minutes behind, so that might explain my confusion!

Utterly cheesy challenge (pardon the pun), and do not tell me they didn't have assistance/advice/recipes to help them!

HeidiHeidi

So they gave out to Sheree for her tart still being in the tin, but let Rylan away with serving an ENTIRE cake on a cakestand? Ho hum.

Bizarre order they did the tastings in - you'd assume (well I would) that they'd want all the mains first, followed by all the desserts.

I'm liking Kimberley more and more, and Scott seems to be flying it.

HeidiHeidi

So Tom (whom I like, as it happens, and he seemed to be doing very well) gets a free pass for sticking his hand into a food mixer and slicing his finger in half.

Surely that should merit instant disqualification for idiocy

P. Breathnach

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

So Tom (whom I like, as it happens, and he seemed to be doing very well) gets a free pass for sticking his hand into a food mixer and slicing his finger in half.

Surely that should merit instant disqualification for idiocy

Is he being kept in? I was only half watching, because I was clearing up the kitchen when it was on, but I heard talk of eliminating only one of the others, so I presumed that he was out due to injury.

Meauldsegosha

There is seven in tomorrow's episode so Tom is still there. I think they said four in the final so three going tomorrow. I like Kimberly, Scott and Rylan.

HeidiHeidi

"You get to the semi-finals, and one mistake and it's the end of the road." Tom

Except it wasn't for Tom. Harumph.


Sheree is unnervingly like someone I know, it's very hard to concentrate on her food!

HeidiHeidi

Love - but am slightly bemused by the fact - that Rylan is going to all the trouble of making frozen chips

Sam is slightly hampered by the fact that his autumnal/Hallowe'en desert fantasia is being broadcast at the height of summer!