Masterchef UK 2017

HeidiHeidi

sporina wrote: »

? sorry i'm not getting it

I got the bit about the bantz.

It was the putting on the trousers part that has me scratching my head

sporina

can't wait for tonight...

And Q for Masterchef fans.. would it be really sad to miss a party Friday night due to the final? Its just that I don't wanna hear who wins before I see it for myself.. and I have been following it from the start.. :P

HeidiHeidi

sporina wrote: »

can't wait for tonight...

And Q for Masterchef fans.. would it be really sad to miss a party Friday night due to the final? Its just that I don't wanna hear who wins before I see it for myself.. and I have been following it from the start.. :P

Good luck trying to avoid accidentally finding out, unless you log out of twitter, facebook, boards and any other social media that I haven't even heard of - and even then some eejit is guaranteed to blurt out the winner to you in conversation.

Nigh on impossible to avoid spoilers these days :mad:

I will be avoiding this thread until next week as I won't see tonight's show OR the final until Monday at the earliest - but I'd bet any money I'll know who's won before I get to watch!

sporina

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Good luck trying to avoid accidentally finding out, unless you log out of twitter, facebook, boards and any other social media that I haven't even heard of - and even then some eejit is guaranteed to blurt out the winner to you in conversation.

Nigh on impossible to avoid spoilers these days :mad:

I will be avoiding this thread until next week as I won't see tonight's show OR the final until Monday at the earliest - but I'd bet any money I'll know who's won before I get to watch!

so who's your winner?

Meauldsegosha

In previous years the Masterchef Facebook page doesn't post the winner for a couple of days and then it posts a warning something like "WARNING - we will be posting the winner of MC on this page at 7pm this evening".

HeidiHeidi

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

In previous years the Masterchef Facebook page doesn't post the winner for a couple of days and then it posts a warning something like "WARNING - we will be posting the winner of MC on this page at 7pm this evening".

I don't have that FB page.... it's all my gobby friends who let the cat out of the bag!

HeidiHeidi

sporina wrote: »

so who's your winner?

Dunno!

Steve I think has been the most consistent, but hasn't wowed in the way that the girls have.

Saliha, if she's taken out of her Indian comfort zone, might lose the plot a bit.

Similarly for Giovanna - utterly brilliant at Italian cuisine (although didn't she produce some French classic dish at one stage that they all fell over with delight at?)

Of course I'm secretly hoping for Alison - but she's been less and less consistent as the rounds went on, so if she has a bad round tonight it could be curtains. She's certainly well capable of it, but whether she'll actually do it.....

Mind you, that could be said of them all

So yeah..... Dunno!!!

sporina

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Dunno!

Oh sorry I misread your post - thought you were saying that you could bet who the winner will be - got you now.

Steve I think has been the most consistent, but hasn't wowed in the way that the girls have.

Saliha, if she's taken out of her Indian comfort zone, might lose the plot a bit.

Similarly for Giovanna - utterly brilliant at Italian cuisine (although didn't she produce some French classic dish at one stage that they all fell over with delight at?)

Of course I'm secretly hoping for Alison - but she's been less and less consistent as the rounds went on, so if she has a bad round tonight it could be curtains. She's certainly well capable of it, but whether she'll actually do it.....

Mind you, that could be said of them all

So yeah..... Dunno!!!

Steve is my pref - loved him from the start.. and he has shown great skill and learnt a lot and made v few errors - but the judges don't seem to have been wowed by him - not like with Alison.

Yeah Saliha won't make the cut.
Gio is good - like you said with her own cuisine - she also freaks out when out of comfort zone.

Wow you like Alison? I can't take to her - cooking style or personality (I know, personality should not come into it but for me it has; I think the nature of the TV show makes it difficult to be 100% objective - and we can't taste or smell the food - so other factors creep in - like my perception of their personality). But regardless of her personality - she has skill - I appreciate that - but I don't like her style of cooking - too gamey for me.
But the judges seem to love her and she has wowed some of the guest judges - she prob is the best (much as i dislike to say that). She has made the odd error too. But I think she will win.

Gosh - can you feel my excitement .. lol

HeidiHeidi

sporina wrote: »

Steve is my pref - loved him from the start.. and he has shown great skill and learnt a lot and made v few errors - but the judges don't seem to have been wowed by him - not like with Alison.

Yeah Saliha won't make the cut.
Gio is good - like you said with her own cuisine - she also freaks out when out of comfort zone.

Wow you like Alison? I can't take to her - cooking style or personality (I know, personality should not come into it but for me it has; I think the nature of the TV show makes it difficult to be 100% objective - and we can't taste or smell the food - so other factors creep in - like my perception of their personality). But regardless of her personality - she has skill - I appreciate that - but I don't like her style of cooking - too gamey for me.
But the judges seem to love her and she has wowed some of the guest judges - she prob is the best (much as i dislike to say that). She has made the odd error too. But I think she will win.

Gosh - can you feel my excitement .. lol

Oh stop, I can't believe I'm going miss the last TWO shows! :mad:

Alison reminds me of a pal of mine who looked (looks) like a blonde baby doll - but there was literally nothing she wouldn't eat - offal, trotters, pigs ears - you name it, and she'd cook it and love it. I suspect Alison would be of a similar bent - but has probably reined it in a bit for the sake of the competition.

Have to say I like her!

tinpib

The Daily Mail always plasters the winner on its site very soon after. I might try and catch the final live.

sporina

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

In previous years the Masterchef Facebook page doesn't post the winner for a couple of days and then it posts a warning something like "WARNING - we will be posting the winner of MC on this page at 7pm this evening".

oh thats poop (if i do watch it fri night) as I am loving commenting on their FB posts.. (something I have never done before with non friends but thats just shows how much I am loving MC)

can't have it all.. lol

Cortina_MK_IV

tinpib wrote: »

The Daily Mail always plasters the winner on its site very soon after. I might try and catch the final live.

And I'd say deffo on BBC Breakfast Saturday morning possibly on Saturday Morning Kitchen Live, (though not an official guest as yet.) It's like years ago not wanting to know a football result to see the highlights on Sportsnight hoping you wouldn't hear it on the way home.

HeidiHeidi

Ooooh, just seen we can move seamlessly on to MC The Professionals on Monday on RTE2

sporina

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Oh stop, I can't believe I'm going miss the last TWO shows! :mad:

Alison reminds me of a pal of mine who looked (looks) like a blonde baby doll - but there was literally nothing she wouldn't eat - offal, trotters, pigs ears - you name it, and she'd cook it and love it. I suspect Alison would be of a similar bent - but has probably reined it in a bit for the sake of the competition.

Have to say I like her!

its on tomorrow night too AFAIK so thats 3 you will miss.. :eek:

Fair enough on Alison.. i just can't take to her or her food (but I appreciate her skill etc)

i'm all about Steve..

robyntmorton

Wow they suffered to do that braai, but it looked fantastic!

TheRiverman

I like meat,but seeing blood coming out of it on the plates is disgusting.John said it was a bit "chewy",one of the guests said it was a bit "soft".It's f...ing raw.

twill

Tomorrow's preview showed Alison looking very pained before the result was announced - I hope she didn't mess up this time.

HeidiHeidi

Got home from work earlier than i thought i would, so despite the early start tomorrow said I'd sneak in tonight's episode.

Lots of dramatics about cooking on a big bbq! (Unless I'm missing something?)

Don't ask me to believe that they rocked up there, got given those recipes and hey presto produced all those dishes.

They all seem to have done well in task 1......

But give over moaning, Saliha!!! And she has the most annoying laugh.

HeidiHeidi

Uh oh.... diva chef alert :eek:

HeidiHeidi

Cutting pine nuts in three??? Really?

I'm all for fancy cooking, but that seems excessively OTT!

HeidiHeidi

"I'm really impressed that they're using local ingredients "

What, did he expect them to arrive with packs of bacon and bangers n mash and a few pints of lager or something??? (Struggling to think of über British ingredients here!!! )

And Alison's laugh is really annoying me tonight as well.... think I'm tired and should actually have gone to bed!

sporina

twill wrote: »

Tomorrow's preview showed Alison looking very pained before the result was announced - I hope she didn't mess up this time.

no offense - but i hope she did

sporina

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

"I'm really impressed that they're using local ingredients "

What, did he expect them to arrive with packs of bacon and bangers n mash and a few pints of lager or something??? (Struggling to think of über British ingredients here!!! )

And Alison's laugh is really annoying me tonight as well.... think I'm tired and should actually have gone to bed!

i assume your referring to the 2nd challenge? She was happy out with the dish she was given so laughter galore.. me no likey her - her desert was pooooooorr...

twill

sporina wrote: »

i assume your referring to the 2nd challenge? She was happy out with the dish she was given so laughter galore.. me no likey her - her desert was pooooooorr...

It was okay - not distinguished, just a bit forgettable. Steve's lamb was definitely undercooked, though. Saliha did the best on that round.

sporina

twill wrote: »

It was okay - not distinguished, just a bit forgettable. Steve's lamb was definitely undercooked, though. Saliha did the best on that round.

yeah i love Steve - annoyed that his lamb was under cooked - what happened him? at least they didn't say "raw"

stargazer 68

Not fan of barbecue anyway so definitely wouldn't be cooking on that huge thing! As my husband said - pretentious cooking - nuts in three and sauvignon foam (what a waste of good sauvignon )

HeidiHeidi

Yayy!!!

My evening out sailing got cancelled cos no wind and fog (:mad:) - but the upside is I'm home and get to watch this evening's episode!

Hope it's a bit more exciting than last night's.....

HeidiHeidi

Saliha is turning into a right moaning minnie!

HeidiHeidi

I love fish'n'chips - but that sounds revolting :eek:

robyntmorton

I thought Saliha's sounded amazing - but the challenge is making it look good!

HeidiHeidi

I just do NOT get this putting windowbox flowers on a plate of food.

(but she's reminded me it's time to ditch the dead daffs and plant some pansies )

HeidiHeidi

Well now, that don't look like any stew I've ever eaten!

twill

Steve and Saliha are probably through...

HeidiHeidi

twill wrote: »

Steve and Saliha are probably through...

Jesus, Alison likes living dangerously!

Did she go too far this time?

robyntmorton

Alison possibly going crazy, but nailing it?

HeidiHeidi

So where was Steve when the girls were having that little tete-a-tete???

twill

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Jesus, Alison likes living dangerously!

Did she go too far this time?

They liked it! It's all on Giovanna now...

HeidiHeidi

twill wrote: »

They liked it! It's all on Giovanna now...

They like hers as well.

Now what??

robyntmorton

I don't know what to think now. I can't call it!

twill

Oh dear, everyone's was excellent. Who on earth goes?

HeidiHeidi

So if they kick one out now, and three cook for Chef's Table.... are there only two tomorrow night?

HeidiHeidi

Saliha's seems to be the least spectacular......

robyntmorton

All 4 go through maybe, and decision after chefs table?

TheRiverman

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

So if they kick one out now, and three cook for Chef's Table.... are there only two tomorrow night?

I think no one goes after the Chef's Table,so there will be three tomorrow.

stargazer 68

Tough choice

HeidiHeidi

Ah no!!!

that's tough.

robyntmorton

That was a tough call to make. I don't envy them.

TheRiverman

The should have put the four through.

HeidiHeidi

Feck, just realise Ireland will be singing in the Eurovision (I know, I know) before this finishes.....

Decisions,, decisions!

Christ, I've never even heard of about 2/3 of the ingredients in Steve's dish :eek:

HeidiHeidi

TheRiverman wrote: »

The should have put the four through.

Only three courses to be cooked

Maybe they could have put the fourth on coffee?