Comments on: Celebrity Masterchef Episode 1: A Winning Recipe and Windfall for Channel 10!

By: Injera

Injera — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:04:54 +0000

Too true, RR, that would have been my question. Still is, as it happens…

CG – fab recap! I feel as though I watched it live. Will definitely tune in now that I’m back from hols.

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:44:10 +0000

I have been trying to work out Josh’s accent all year. Now I hear he was born in Queensland and grew up there his entire life. I like him, but the accent is a wank

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:02:21 +0000

What are you talking about “kind of” funny? Josh is hilarious! I really wanted him to win!
Re: the accent, I don’t think that he is putting it on. Why on earth would he do that? I suspect that he has inherited the accent from his parents, however I often see kids who have odd accents despite their parents being Australian and living in Australia their whole life. One speaks in a very posh British accent because he grew up falling asleep to British book tapes lol.

By: Gillian

Gillian — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:43:57 +0000

Good recap GG! I found the episode of MC really boring. I didn’t like the format. I would have preferred all the contestants to be together or at least cheering each other on from the sidelines. It’s not like most of the contestants are a mystery any more. I just fast forwarded through most of it. I liked all the contestants but I really like Indira but she is the type of person I’d probably be friends with!

By: sourkraut

sourkraut — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:52:57 +0000

Utter waste of time! The only person i was vaguely interested in…Indeedy Ido, I thought would cook some exotic Indian/Seth Efrican dish and what does she dish up?
BLODDY ITALIAN MEATBALLS………Cmon gimme a break, it was bad enough having to endure the pink risotto spew kid but now this.
Good on Josh for his Moroccan targine. It LOOKED delicious, and so it must have been bcaws dear old George told me I eat with my eyes. I always thought that’s what my ears were for. No wonder i keep getting food on my shoulders!
Yes Dear old GEO. Still a cringeworthy embarrassment to watch and worse when he delivers those marvellous one liners. Keep it up Bwah!
Intro section was dead dull. Bring back Sarah, at least she was worth looking at, and certainly was no worse than Gary’s p poor effort. In fact bring back Chris B as compere, then all the ladies can get stuck into him again.
G&G whinging about Josh’s mess. I thought this was a portent for victory but sadly was not to be
10s ads went an extra minute each break ( i timed them) and included Macca’s sponsorship of the show. Says it all really!
Boring matt moran again. Why do these dorks have to try and prove how b….y marvellous they are by inventing super complex desserts? Then bung the tiny little bit of it artistically on the plate to cover up their profit making! Anyway I could just see the average punter in a restaurant ordering that concoction and waiting an hour and a half to get it, (or is it pre cooked SHOCK HORROR?)
Ol Lordy boring Justine on the ads!
Amazing how much can be done in the last ten seconds!…. especially with cunning editing. YEP nothing’s changed!
Oh yes just to top it all off the girl in the uv protection ad had the steaming hide to tell viewers “you deserve it” yes we do for watching this tosh.
No doubt everyone will be pleased to see the end of me on this one show. I couldn’t give a rats gold tooth who wins and won’t be watching it any more
Yeah yeah I know good riddance!

By: Ursa

Ursa — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:51:25 +0000

CG, you missed the Justine Ad because it definitely aired in Qld.

I wanted Josh to win. He’s kinda the new Hamish Blake for me (still love Hamish though), but yeah, Kirk deserved it. I agree that the judges coddled the celebs a bit, what with the 90 sec thing, and letting them off for not completing a dish. Although I missed the first half of regular masterchef, were the judges more lenient back then?

Also, is this celebrity format closer to the original UK masterchef? I only watched the UK version a couple of times, but the whole 3 contestants per episode with one going through seemed to be the way it was played.

By: seepi

seepi — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:01:32 +0000

I thought Matt’s hair was looking wierder than ever – shorter, but puffier – I bet the tv hairdressers don’t know what to do with it.

By: CG

CG — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:00:15 +0000

Hmm, pretty sure the Justine ad didn’t air in Queensland but I might have missed it when I stepped away. Would someone really be incented to buy an oven because they can enter a contest for Justine to come and cook for them? Maybe if she is going to be accompanied by Matt Moran! Otherwise, maybe some of the many guys who were reportedly perving on Justine during MC1 are asking their mums to go out an buy a new oven? Was Lucas in the ads too? Hasn’t he been riding on Justine’s coat-tails for other appearances and promotions around the place?

By: pumpkin-eater

pumpkin-eater — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:56:23 +0000

We got the Justine ads in the ACT; buy kitchen appliances from HN and get a chance to have Justine cook for you and five friends. Excitement.

I couldn’t get over how smug the judges were through the whole episode; but Hey Hey beat them, haha.

By: Wurstsemmel

Wurstsemmel — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:51:30 +0000

Oh, now you’ve reminded me, Saffronlie. The Masterchef experience is that Justine comes to cook for you in your home.
I think the product might have been Ariston ovens and you need to buy one first from Harvey Norman to enter the competition.