Celebrity Masterchef

P. Breathnach

I thought the palate test set by John was ridiculous - far too many components, and most of them munged so that it would be very difficult to factor out the particular elements.

Scott had a bad day - so much for my picking a winner.

P. Breathnach

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Kimberly's beef is too rare for me.

Pass it over here: that's the way I like it.

ibarelycare

Really sad to see Scott go. He's technically a brilliant chef and I think he wanted to win the most. Thought Sam would be the first gone for sure. Scott has been the most consistent to date.

Hope Rylan does it now. He's very exciting to watch as it's clear what a natural he is.

Snoopy1

Rylan to win, fellow Essex person

honeybear

Rylan fan here! Kimberly very likeable also.

Meauldsegosha

I'd be happy is either Rylan or Kimberely win. Sam's food is a bit to safe and stuff I'd probably cook myself.

Edit to add: He'll probably cook some experimental masterpiece tonight.

HeidiHeidi

Was very surprised to see Scott make such a clusterf* of yesterday's meal. Especially the dessert. He'll be kicking himself for a long time to come.

Bit behind watching tonight's final final.

Rylan is an absolute scream in the Michelin kitchen. Wonder how long before AH's patience snaps with his mild histrionics. Bet he comes out covered in glory despite the dramatics!

HeidiHeidi

Kimberly's dessert looks suspiciously easy compared to the starter and main! I know it's a souffle, but still......

ETA - OK, I take that back!

stargazer 68

Surely it's between Rylan and Kimberly. Which means Sam is going to win! ��

HeidiHeidi

Now admittedly I'm coming from a not-great-lover-of-fish and hater-of-seafood point of vew, together with borderline allergic to tomatoes - so Rylan's dish looks RE-VOL-TING!

I'd say I'm possibly the only person in the world who would be even worse, faced with that for a task

Snoopy1

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Now admittedly I'm coming from a not-great-lover-of-fish and hater-of-seafood point of vew, together with borderline allergic to tomatoes - so Rylan's dish looks RE-VOL-TING!

I'd say I'm possibly the only person in the world who would be even worse, faced with that for a task

No I'd never be able to even touch fish, let alone squid

HeidiHeidi

Angela seemed to be the loveliest mentor/instructor. For a protegée of Gordon Ramsey's, she was amazingly laid-back about it all, and not even a little bit shouty or stern. Kind of like that big gentle giant Scottish(?) chef whose name I can't remember now. Lovely to see.

They've just finished the restaurant bit - can anyone tell me how far behind I am?

HeidiHeidi

Jesus, WHAT is Rylan going to produce???? :eek::eek:

HeidiHeidi

OK, I've heard all 3 menus now - and if Rylan can pull off that madcap meal of his (which I seriously doubt), the title has to be his!

stargazer 68

Oh I think it's Kimberleys trophy!

Snoopy1

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Angela seemed to be the loveliest mentor/instructor. For a protegée of Gordon Ramsey's, she was amazingly laid-back about it all, and not even a little bit shouty or stern. Kind of like that big gentle giant Scottish(?) chef whose name I can't remember now. Lovely to see.

They've just finished the restaurant bit - can anyone tell me how far behind I am?

Just shows that there's no real need to be shouting all the time and arsey with everyone to run a professional restaurant. I would prefer her to Gordon any day.

HeidiHeidi

Very well deserved wiinner on the final dishes, for sure.

Although as Greg said, Rylan would be a shoo-in for the most-improved cook.

Poor Sam looked awfully disappointed. I really thought he was in with a shout, but in the end of the day good old northern home cooking was never going to compete with Kimberly's menu.

Very enjoyable series, apart from one of the initial weeks.

When's the next fix???

Meauldsegosha

Just catching up now. Happy for Kimberly to win she was very consistent throughout the completion. Rylan gave himself too much to do for the final meal. Sam is obviously a good cook but pea & ham soup and beef Wellington is just too safe and boring for a Masterchef final.

Meauldsegosha

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

When's the next fix???

MC:The Professionals is usually on around November. So a bit of a wait.

Great British Bake Off starts on 5 August. That will be my cooking/baking fix for the next few weeks.

Poochie05

Deserved winner I think. Sam looked devastated when Greg and John were in raptures over Kimberly's meal, he knew then he had lost.

Kimberly was so likeable, she could have been annoying, but never was! Also delighted for Rylan, he really did well, especially with the fish and squid. The lady chefs were very generous with their comments and feedback.

And agree with the above, Angela is a fine example of how to get the best from your staff, and it doesn't involve bawling them out of it. She was serious and you knew she expected high standards, but she still had time to mentor them and seemed patient. I'm in no doubt she could be cross when it was necessary, but no histrionics. Raymond Blanc is another one who seems to be very patient and generous with young chefs.

HeidiHeidi

Is there a new series of Celeb MC on, and nobody told me :eek:

Saw it on listed on some channel the other night but assumed it was a repeat.....

Now I see it in the paper this week and it doesn't look like familiar names.....

How much have I missed??

Snoopy1

It's been on a couple of weeks. I havnt seen any yet and I think my box didn't record them all.

HeidiHeidi

Ah feck :mad:

Mr E

There is a new thread here. I'm going to lock this one or we'll end up with parallel discussions.