Masterchef the Professionals 2018

HeidiHeidi

Completely O/T, all the tattoos and those bloody spacer ring earrings would put me right off me grub

twill

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I've never eaten one in my life, wouldn't have known that chocolate ice-cream is wrong

Just seems wrong to me, the cake and meringue are sweet enough, I think you need a plain ice cream with them. I've only had it once, though.


Mixed bunch today.

Definitely agree on the tatoos and ear... things.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Sean a good candidate to win.

twill

Yes, he's looking really good. Elizabeth seems very good but prone to making mistakes.

twill

I really wanted to taste a lot of those dishes, which isn't always the case with an invention test.

Franz Von Peppercorn

I’m selling the sous vide machine.

ILikeBoats

The head nodding and frowning is a bit over the top

twill

Oy, Marcus, aren't you going to wash your hands after handling the chicken?

HeidiHeidi

I'd like to see any of them try to get their gobs around that "sandwich" that Marcus made :eek:


FFS!


Other than that, I've been meaning to post for weeks how amazed I am at what you can make and plate up in 15/20 mins (if you're a superspeedy pro chef, obviously )

HeidiHeidi

Marcus getting sniffy about how the first guy prepped the chicken is a bit much - he didn't tell them he wanted it laid out all pretty on separate trays (that we saw anyway).

Plus, he's had time to plan what he wants to do and how he's going to do it, the contestants are blindsided by the challenge and have to make it up on the hoof (wing?).

Agree with the poster above that all the face-pulling and appalled grimaces are getting tiresome now.

HeidiHeidi

Those poxy earrings again.


They make me queasy :mad:

HeidiHeidi

That girl's lamb looks raw :eek:


I'd be sending that back if I got it in a restaurant. Maybe that makes me peasant class, but it ain't for me.

HeidiHeidi

So, one of tomorrow's skills tests looks like fried egg on toast...... a staple of mine.... maybe I should consider applying!

twill

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Those poxy earrings again.


They make me queasy :mad:

I was so glad he didn't go through. I couldn't bear to look at him.

My name is URL

Jesus, the skills tests are some bollix. Chicken sandwiches yesterday and broccoli 3 ways tonight

Fair enough that judges want to see rudimentary techniques but their imagination is lacking

stargazer 68

Always get the feeling Marcus takes an instant dislike to someone and it doesn't matter what they do in the skills test

HeidiHeidi

I'm repeating myself here but....


Mother of God, how much butter does Marcus fry that egg in??? :eek:


And again, with the broccoli skills test, springing it on them cold is very unfair, they have to think up things to do in the (short) time they're given for cooking. At least the haddock dish there's only one way of doing it (well, two I suppose - right and arseways, I'm just about to see which they manage Polonaise sauce ffs? :rolleyes:)

HeidiHeidi

If he's never heard of a Polonaise sauce, and you don't tell him it involves butter, pulling him up on using oil instead of butter is just grossly unfair.


God, I'm getting sick of these skills tests, they're flipping ridiculous :mad:

ETA - and that's not a bloody sauce, sauces should pour (in my book anyway)

HeidiHeidi

Jeepers, Gavin looks like he came straight from the All Black's lineout :eek:

TomOnBoard

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Jeepers, Gavin looks like he came straight from the All Black's lineout :eek:

Himself and Monica could probably murder an oul Haka alright...

HeidiHeidi

Why do I have an ominous feeling that Gavin is heading for an almighty crash-landing......

ETA - I stand corrected!

HeidiHeidi

God, that royalty chef fella (Dean?) is absolutely clinical, borderline OCD I'd say!


Bullish about his own ability, but sounds like with good reason.

HeidiHeidi

I get the distinct impression that Marcus decided in advance that he wasn't going to like a red wine lamb sauce, and by God he wasn't going to go back on that.

twill

Ooh, Dean's in trouble. Didn't expect that.

Disaster for Gavin too, that could rescue Dean.

ILikeBoats

Dean is like a robot. His vanilla dish looked very like his signature yesterday.

I like Gavin, pity

twill

Poor Gavin, that's a shame. It was just a bad day for him.

HeidiHeidi

Just coming towards the end of tonight's show.....


Cannot believe that Dean and Gavin ****ed up so badly! They would have been my two bankers!


Only one going home though....

HeidiHeidi

William, if he gets through, needs to seriously scale back his dishes!


Talk about throwing the kitchen sink at it :eek:

HeidiHeidi

Why does William keep mentioning 64% when talking about his dessert?



Is that a magic number, or something?

TomOnBoard

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Why does William keep mentioning 64% when talking about his dessert?



Is that a magic number, or something?

The particular chocolate he is using?