Masterchef UK 2017

Posy

sporina wrote: »

in fairness Saliha is some woman for one... a doctor, a mum, MC champion - and who knows what else - and what age is she?

At the beginning of last night's show, her family were saying she would get home from night shifts in the hospital and then spend all day practicing her cooking. Just hearing that exhausted me!!

sporina

twill wrote: »

Oh I agree, Saliha is great. When she was first on I think she said she worked in the area of gastroenterology and wanted to present the kind of food that would keep people healthy. I like her food because it offers a kind of alternative to western meat-heavy food that, while it uses a lot of spice, it's subtle and tasty-looking. I always liked her attitude and she's been the most consistent in the competition.

tbh I didn't rate her till much later in the comp - but I remember that she made one big boo boo (she made reference to it last night but can't recall it) - and since then she completely upped her game..

She made a more diverse range of dishes - less curries and more fish/chicken/meat dishes with a european twist - granted there was always spice in some form but "spice" is more than indian/pakistan - it features in a whole range of cuisines eg african, middle eastern etc..

and to be fair - while I had more respect for Steve in his skill, techniques etc... Saliha's food appealed to me more - I want to taste her Rose chicken lol.. but that's a personal thing..

But she rarely made mistakes - such a focused lady - think back to her on the Braai - same height as her and she was on it for 4 hrs.. and the lamb was superb apparently..

yeah - i think she deserved to win (as much as I love Steve) - but she shone brighter last night

Xenji

sporina wrote: »

in fairness Saliha is some woman for one... a doctor, a mum, MC champion - and who knows what else - and what age is she?

She liked to remind us of this every time she opened her mouth as well, she is 29 I think.

She was a one trick pony through the whole show through, at least when Ping won she showed much more variety while still using her Malaysian knowledge to great effect, though she did introduce me to quite a few ingredients that I had not heard of and would want to use in the future.

She has got a torrent of abuse online since she won last night.

Poochie05

Xenji wrote: »

She liked to remind us of this every time she opened her mouth as well, she is 29 I think.

She was a one trick pony through the whole show through, at least when Ping won she showed much more variety while still using her Malaysian knowledge to great effect, though she did introduce me to quite a few ingredients that I had not heard of and would want to use in the future.

She has got a torrent of abuse online since she won last night.

No one deserves that, it's a cookery competition ffs.
I agree that she was the best on the day though, and she really upped her game over the last few weeks, so I am happy for her but I am still disappointed for Steve, thought he let himself down on the day with his choice, the green pasta and the steak looked awful together.

sporina

Xenji wrote: »

She liked to remind us of this every time she opened her mouth as well, she is 29 I think.

She was a one trick pony through the whole show through, at least when Ping won she showed much more variety while still using her Malaysian knowledge to great effect, though she did introduce me to quite a few ingredients that I had not heard of and would want to use in the future.

She has got a torrent of abuse online since she won last night.

how was she a "one trick pony"? she cooked a massive variety of dishes - yeah with some form of spice (from a lot of different cuisines) - and as the competition went on they became even more fusion like - just like ping - all her dishes were varied but still had some mauritian presence..

and based on your point one could say the same about Giovanna - nearly all of her dishes were italian influenced.. and Steve's British etc..

ebbsy

Can somebody please explain Alisons elimination.

Because I can't.

Xenji

sporina wrote: »

how was she a "one trick pony"? she cooked a massive variety of dishes - yeah with some form of spice (from a lot of different cuisines) - and as the competition went on they became even more fusion like - just like ping - all her dishes were varied but still had some mauritian presence..

and based on your point one could say the same about Giovanna - nearly all of her dishes were italian influenced.. and Steve's British etc..

The spice was not from a lot of cuisines, it was all mostly the same Indian staples, actually one thing she did not use was some unusual or obscure spice, it was all basic, she used some middle eastern/Asian herbs but again all very basic.

Giovanna showed a lot of variety as did Steve, they provided a wealth of different flavours in their dishes and used more meats and seafood, Saliha basically offered different dishes that would of largely tasted the same, her use of more unusual vegetables was interesting, but was hardly commented on by John or Greg.

sporina

Xenji wrote: »

The spice was not from a lot of cuisines, it was all mostly the same Indian staples, actually one thing she did not use was some unusual or obscure spice, it was all basic, she used some middle eastern/Asian herbs but again all very basic.

Giovanna showed a lot of variety as did Steve, they provided a wealth of different flavours in their dishes and used more meats and seafood, Saliha basically offered different dishes that would of largely tasted the same, her use of more unusual vegetables was interesting, but was hardly commented on by John or Greg.

At the start she used a lot of "indian" spices but then she totally diversified - spices from india, north africa, turkish, middle eastern etc and loads of different dishes ranging from not just veggie but with meats and seafood; chicken, lamb, etc...

Just because something has a "spice" it does not make it "Indian" and she is not indian anyway.

Giovanna cooked mostly italian - loads of wine.. loads of pasta - octopus - but essentially italian flavour profiles

Steve cooked mostly british food and the odd bit of Japanese

But thats ok - the dishes need to make sense and be technically correct and delicious.. and show skill and imagination etc... and the contestants need to show that they are learning and improving..

The 3 finalists hit all those notes.. (one more than others though)

In individual challenges, she excelled when others did not..

And when she cooked she got it right nearly all of the time when others had flaws so she was not eliminated when others were..

Man she was soo focused.. she was like a machine.. the guest judges lovvvved her food too (esp the rose chicken)

End of the day, she was the best and she won - deservedly so (as much as i hoped Steve would win)

Meauldsegosha

Contestants for Celebrity Masterchef have been announced - http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40379763

Series starts in August.

HeidiHeidi

Henri Leconte - where on earth did they dig him up out of??!!

He was one of my favourite tennis players back in the day, and an absolute hoot - I expect him to model himself on the Keith Floyd school of cookery

Haven't heard of half of them, which means I have heard of the other half of them - which is a bit of a record for me!

sporina

seems not too long ago since celeb MC was on?

Meauldsegosha

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Henri Leconte - where on earth did they dig him up out of??!!

He was a character alright. Hopefully he's still has that side to him.

I could have sworn Vic Reeves was on it before.

Meauldsegosha

Nine days until Celebrity Masterchef starts.

https://twitter.com/masterchefuk/status/894565417926131712

Meauldsegosha

Celeb Masterchef starts tonight at 8 on BBC1

https://twitter.com/MasterChefUK/status/897714570415841281

sporina

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

Celeb Masterchef starts tonight at 8 on BBC1

https://twitter.com/MasterChefUK/status/897714570415841281

at last something to follow - have missed these shows over the summer.. nice to have something light to follow as oppose to the regular crime drama stuff

Poochie05

Never knew Vic Reeves was just a stage name for Jim Moir!

TheRiverman

Nice to have a new series.RTE will be showing this one around 2022:rolleyes:

Cortina_MK_IV

Henri Leconte is an irritating twat... Hope he goes out early. Like about 8:17 tonight preferably.

TheRiverman

Is it a kitchen or a blacksmith's forge?

sporina

TheRiverman wrote: »

Is it a kitchen or a blacksmith's forge?

the steak and aubergine dish looks soo gross..

HeidiHeidi

Ah here.... HOW is that not Vic Reeves???

Is he an identical twin or something?

(Just tuned in to the recording)

ETA... ahhhh!

HeidiHeidi

Oh Jesus, did SH really put a fried egg on his plate??? :eek:

HeidiHeidi

I really REALLY want to scrape Julia's hair up into a net!

Basq

Paraphrasing but..

Chef: "Stephen, very good but you need to listen.."
Stephen: "Yeahyeahyeah.."

Quite!

HeidiHeidi

OMG, I have to go to that bbq restaurant place!!!

robyntmorton

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

OMG, I have to go to that bbq restaurant place!!!

I could do a lot of damage there.

The other place... the cod looks good, but the rest doesn't wow me.

HeidiHeidi

Those chefs they had for the pro kitchens were lovely - especially the female one!!

Julia I'd say would test the patience of a saint.

HeidiHeidi

robyntmorton wrote: »

I could do a lot of damage there.

The other place... the cod looks good, but the rest doesn't wow me.

Oh that gnocchi.... i could eat a platter of that!

HeidiHeidi

Henri is definitely the ringer of this episode!

sporina

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Ah here.... HOW is that not Vic Reeves???

Is he an identical twin or something?

(Just tuned in to the recording)

ETA... ahhhh!

it IS him.. vic is just a stage name lol