Masterchef Australia – Marion To Be The Biggest Winner Yet From The Show?
Marion Grasby looks like she did not need to win Masterchef Australia to ensure she will be the big winner from both seasons of this show. She is set to make wads of cash in post masterchef deals.
In an article in the Sunday Telegraph it states:
- Marion will be releasing a range of cooking sauces, including a satay sauce, for Coles, and yes her face will be on the label;
- She will be a columnist for Masterchef Magazine;
- And she has been approached to write a series of cookbooks.
Her agent Lisa Sullivan has also said they have had many inquires from publishing deals to appearances for Marion.
Adriano Zumbo als backs her in saying “For me, she was the only one there who had that natural talent. She’s just got that vibe about her.”
In other Masterchef contestant’s who want to release a sauce range news, apparently Aaron Harvie wants to do a mexican and italian range.
The article in the Sunday Telegraph Aaron Harvie states as well as the sauce range he also plans to write a cookbook.
I am not sure I would be that keen to buy his cookbook, as he has about a one in four strike rate of making a good dish.
The article also state:
Online forums have also suggested Harvie, 37, has been negotiating to host a new TV program, called Rock ‘n’ Roll Chef.
“Nothing [is signed] as yet, but who know. I will never leave music… but food is my other passion, so I’m sure I’lll be able to combine the two.”
The writer also says Aaron is the favourite to take out the series. That I don’t believe.
Anyway hands up Masterchef contestant’s who don’t plan on launching a sauce range?
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As a lover of Mexican food I’d be interested to see Aaron’s cookbook. Wouldn’t buy it but I’d borrow it from the library. How’s that for a ringing endorsement for a publishing deal?
Did you see in the Sun Herald that Aaron was a trained ballet dancer? They also said Johnathan was a Yoga Practitioner (as in career)….is it possible they’ve screwed up their information?
As Zumbo says, Marion did seem to have that certain vibe that others don’t have. I can’t see Aaron taking it out – he should have gone a long time ago in my book – my money rests, as from day one, on Alvin…I think he’s be quite good in the media too.
What did I say a few days ago when Marion was eliminated: Follow the money!
I was waiting with baited breath to see who was behind Marion’s food/sauce line. Turns out it is Coles: MC’s major sponsor!
So when was the deal struck? Is Marion’s agent part of the MC / Ch10 stable or was she smart enough to get someone from outside to negotiate so she won’t be managed and chained to Ch10 like Justine appears to be? Brilliant.
What is the prize for winning MC: a one-off payment of $100k? cookbook deal and a bunch of unpaid, obligatory media and food-show appearances.
Marion wil be making much more than $100K from the Coles under what is probably a minimum 3-year deal, has a food line under her own name – not MC brand, has a cookbook deal already wrapped up and won’t be tied down with mandatory MC sponsorships.
Does Julie Goodwin have a deal with Coles? Does Julie have self-branded products being distributed via a national chain?
Now as we follow the money, someone needs to find out if MC is taking a cut of Marion’s Coles and other deals? If they are, wasn’t it in their interest to cut her loose early and pick someone else to win MC: double dipping!! part of the negotiated deal??
I don’t see Coles gettting behind Aaron, he is too “fringe” compared to Marion’s “wholesome” image. Jimmy’s simmer sauces? Possible but doubtful.
Interesting that hardly any contestants in reality (not the crap they spout to the cameras) aspire to actual cheffing. In a restaurant. ie. hard work.
and apparently viewers not supposed to be inspired by them to actually cook for themselves either. Just buy their prepackaged sauces.
No thanks, Marion and all the rest of you. Any fool can throw a cute jus.
together
There may be some hope for Jonathan, heseems interested in a lot more that making up sauces to sell. Though he is my favorite, almost don’t want him to win; I’m not sure he would be best served by a cookbook/many endorsements of Coles type deal
Marion’s marketing plan….sorry Masterchef journey :
1. develop trustworthy brand on MC – dont bag others, complain about work, or be filmed in tanty mode, no tweeting
2. Help all contestants learn “Asian’ to build rep and defuse warring on
3. Smile and wear maiden clothing – nothing too sexy
4. Build recipe portolio while in the toilet
5. Compliment Alvins clothes
6.Keep Clark Kent look (until ‘big reveal’ airbrush once you are out)
7. Use Code Word ‘Awesome’ to signal to Coles you’re ready to come in
How about a couple more conspiracy theories, just for fun!?
As posted above, the post-elimination details of Marion’s deals confirms that the show is rigged. Marion is getting a much better deal by not winning the MC title and probably realised this going in or early on in the competition as the public lapped up her persona. MC/Ch10/Fremantle is also getting a better deal with Marion going off early IF they are in fact getting a healthy share of her earnings.
But if Marion got her own agent and negotiated out/down MC/Ch10/Fremantle’s share of the action, perhaps they are a little miffed?
Interesting that Marion is going to have a self-branded Asian sauce line BUT was eliminated for her version of satay sauce!
Makes we wonder if Marion did strike a deal behind the scenes that cut MC out – or cut down MC’s share of the profits on the sauces? So as a bit of a slapdown, MC decided Marion would go out cooking the very product she was about to spruik?
Otherwise, it was a silly move: not unlike the past-use-by-date pastry from Coles fiasco. Do MC producers use these little tricks to slap down sponsors and contestants that don’t play ball??
Polly: Love your recap of Marion (and Tim’s) 7-point plan. I was thinking exactly the same thing and would not be at all surprised if they had it all worked out before she even auditioned.
Key will be to find out when the agent was first contacted (when Marion made top 24?) and when she started to negotiate (well before her elimination)?
CG – yep everything was a bit too pain free for Marion- like she knew she was very safe in more ways than one. One episode she nearly chopped off her hand didnt faze her, likewise the olive macaron tragedy would have sent a true perfectionist off their rocker but Marion was all thrilled she had a good range of pinkies…didnt add up ( plus I’ve seen too many work colleagues have this air about them- ie no big deal- about 3 weeks before they hand in their notice)
Wurstsemmel – I read and reacted like that too. Did a double take about Aaron being classically trained in ballet and Jono being a yoga guru – what????!!! And how on earth does Callum know he is allergic to donkeys? Chuckled at Adam’s ukelele story – so he brought along the ukelele to learn to play in the house…I still love him but hows about learning to bake a cake first eh?
Aaron’s fusion cuisine – is it Mexitalian or Italican?
Some product names for Marion’s range of bilge:
Awesome Saucum
Cheap’n Nastay Satay
Rusty: Totally agree with your views about how the contestants seem very quick to abandon their cheffing aspirations when a lucrative pre-packaged sauce or other similar deal comes along.
In the first season, some of the contestants have been true to their word and have gone on to apprentice or open their own restaurant: Andre opened his own place as did Trevor; Tom and Aaron went on to apprentice and I think even obnoxious Kate went on to pastry school.
Inevitably, the second season has attracted a lot of get-rich and famous-quick posers who may have an interest in food and may be able to find their way around the kitchen but who are very focused on making money out of their MC investment. They watched season 1 of MC and put their plans together.
Marion had a very comprehensive strategy. Others like Phil were just interested in media exposure to jumpstart careers that have nothing to do with cooking. And of cousre, MC/Ch10/Fremantle are also very interested in making money out of every single contestant and spin-of they can dream up.
Llike you, I will not be buying any of this schlock: MC cooking implements or Marion’s preservative-full sauces. I’ll watch the show not for the cooking but for the spectacle of reality television, to follow the commercialisation strategies which I find fascinating and to see how long the MC phenomenon can be sustained.
I predict that given MC has been so indiscriminate in expanding its brand and empire and let success so obviously go to the heads of its personalities that it will be on the downward trend by the end of Season 3. Most can see we are being manipulated both as television viewers and as consumers. And as they continue to push the boundaries of credibility and greed, the public will start to turn off.
Polly: Yup, I reckon the plan was to eliminate Marion on the bullet hard purple macaroons. After all, as she kept repeating, her “pink ones” were perfect – so it would have been a logical and softened elimination for Maid Marion! But MC/Ch10/Fremantle thought they’d get a little revenge given Marion negotiated such a sweet deal! The greed-blinded producers thought they’d have a little sadistic fun and eliminate Marion on the satay sauce and give her and Coles a little scare! Not dis-similar – as mentioned above – to when MC allowed the past-use-by-date filo pastry to remain in and not edit it out. This type of bravado by MC/Ch10/Fremantle – teasing their sponsors and contestants to reinforce whose in charge – are among the symptoms of fame and success gone to the head and may mark the beginning of the decline of the MC empire!!
Claire Harvey and others are coming around to the theory that MC is a ” con”. From today’s Sunday Telegraph:
“Look at the show from a cold business perspective and the strategy’s pretty obvious: build someone up as a favourite, promote her chances as heavily as possible, ensure she remains involved until at least the crucial final weeks, and then drop her like a soggy profiterole. Brilliant! More page one photographs, more hits on the website – it’s all good news”
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/why-masterchef-is-a-giant-tasty-con/story-e6frfmyi-1225890230403#ixzz0tL4h3FNz
There are plenty of sauces on the shelf. If you only produce them for Australia market, it is a very small market. Somehow sauces just don’t give you the same results like the real thing. Not so easy to make money from sauces.
Most of the contestants are taking the easy option. Just because they are now recognised on TV they think people will but their sauces. I hope they can go and do some real cooking.
Raver
i look forward to your Post on the Sunday telecraps article by Claire Harvey. Its brilliant and apart from glorifying the princess it repeats everything I’ve said about MC. Ie its a con by a group of people who have learned the lessons of Dr go balls very well! ie the whole thing is spin squared and bullshit cubed all parcelled up in a very cleverly marketed basket of crap that most of the dummies cant see through Amen!
Why is there a video clip on Aaron in the Telegraph website? Does this mean he is being eliminated soon or he is one of the Top 2 or 3??
Its interesting that Justine (and ?others) were offered apprenticeships during their elimination sign-offs last year. Hasn’t happened yet this year which makes me wonder if even the judges know that these guys aren’t really in it for the hard yards …
And simmer sauces? Its a bit like Biggest Loser spending every Friday night teaching classes on how to make real food from scratch, only to sell out with a bunch of diet shakes and power bars.
Sour: So you think MC is rigged?? Really?? You sure!!?? Is con same as rigged??
CG-No they are different but you get the same result!!!
CG : but wouldn’t it make more sense that she is eliminated on a satay challenge rather than the macarons- it’s given her sauce so much publicity! The judges only criticised how thick it was, not the flavour, and she has said in the media that she has made a lot of satay sauce since her elimination and corrected the problem with its consistency. Plus she threw her mum into the mix (is that why the reunion was at her parents’ house?) as a Thai chef and maker of an even better satay sauce but luckily Marion has her mum on board in her new line of products.
I agree wholeheartedly that the commercial ambitions of this year’s group is putting me right off the show. Jimmy is the worst – was it you who said the only reason he cooks curry is because that, apart from that being all he can do, it’s all a strategy to draw attention to his curry sauce range?
I’ll only support someone who doesn’t seem to be in it for the fame and publicity – so not Jono, who apparently has become a fame-whore (and I don’t want Apricot and Truffle chicken tonight thanks), Adam and Alvin seem OK but who knows, their faces are perfect as little logos (as is Aaron’s), Callum shouldn’t win this based on cooking ability, and Claire and Courtney just don’t seem interesting enough. Is that the lot? That’s quite depressing!
littlepetal – a Marion article and video ( it was titled “Marion’s secret video” and all it had was her throwing chillis in the air for a photoshoot) was also on the Daily Tele website the morning she was eliminated, so maybe Aaron’s time is near.
Fides: I am in two minds about the Satay theory. On the surface just odd to sell a product which got you eliminated. Then again, great publicity either way. Great point though about bringing Momma Marion into the plan as “Marion Grasby” isn’t immediately a name you would associate with Thai cooking if you were unaware of the MC connection and/or if plan is to try to sell the product outside of Aus (although if MC is franchised to UK that will naturally open up that market while not on the same scale (viewer penetration) you need less on a market share basis to outsize the entire Aussie market. Watch out for a Tesco deal in six months time?
Fides-Yes, I forgot the video clip of Marion just before her elimination. Aaron may be going, about time.
YAY FOR MARION!!!
Its kind of like America’s Next Top Model in a way. Often the most successful contestants after the show end up being the ones who don’t win the show. I hope that’s what is happening with Marion because she deserves all the success she gets
It makes me wonder why she didn’t become a chef in the first place since she has so much natural talent.
None of the series one lot did take up an apprenticeship tho did they?
And why would they really – 4 years of hard slog, vs running a few cooking parties and catering events – much more fun.
I would buy Marion’s sauce. – a lot of people think stirring in a sauce and some vegies IS cooking. More so than ordering pizza anyway.
I’d also buy Aaron’s cookbook. I see Aaron as a dinner party chef. So not so good across all food genres, but good at making a splash with his chosen exotic take on a normal dish. And I quite like that kind of food too – eg – steak with cherry sauce. Not too hard, but a bit interesting.
– I can actually imagine Aaron as a boy ballet dancer – and johnno as a yoga fanatic. I thought Johnno was meant to be in IT.
CG
Conned, Rigged, Jigged, cranfoozled, wots the diff. I just finished reading the article in the Sinny Moaning Hairoiled (just as much a rag as the Telecrap) which basically outlines how wunnerful the show is, how many people have been sucked (conned) into watching it and how wonderfully well the media whores who went in it are doing out of it on the back of the spin.
The more this show gets parodied he more it thrives It seems that rigged or not the punters dont care and slavishly watch it anyway cause our meedja tells them its fantastic
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Yeah SOUR BITTER TWISTED CYNICAL…. Youbetcha. And YES tI am a patheyic hoomin bean. Deal with it!
PS CG wot was your question. I thought you agreed with the CON spiracy theory
PS – a few clever dishes is what you want in a cookbook. It doesn’t matter if the author cant’ cook desserts or whatever.
I reckon season one contestant’s must be kicking themselves about not thinking about the sauce ranges.
Chris B could have done meat marinades, Poh malaysian curries or meal packs, and Julie her own line of chicken tonight.
CG – I did think of you and smile this morning when I read the Coles link.
RR – you forgot ‘Kate’s Potato Mate’ range
Good on em I say. You make the most of the opportunities that come your way – and if you have ambitions with food (whether it be to become a chef or to launch your own range of sauces) and you don’t mind being on “reality” TV, then good for you!! I’ve really enjoyed this season (except the Friday night snooze fests) so that’s all I need to get out of it – a good TV show.
I think Marion’s sauce will have about as much cultural currency as a Wes Carr CD. Like an Idol winners first album, the product will be heavily promoted and then die. Makes a nice “joke” gift for someone you love or alternately a serious gift for someone you hate.
In Coles this afternoon ,it’s hard not to be impressed by Maggie Beer’s range of sauces. Marion will want to be pretty pa$$ionate about her food to give Maggie a mauling. It’s not enough to be just flashing your teeth and saying”awesome” all the time. Dim Tim must live in hell.
What’s the bet Marion’s swill will be down the botton end,vying with the Masterfoods and Fountain Satays at2-3 bucks a bottle?
BDD you’re a hoot – I can imagine Kath and Kim trying out Marions sashay sauce with their little baby jesuses
CG – for all we know, Fremantle may be managing Marion as they seem, as lots of other blogees have pointed out, to be in to everything that opens and shuts. Anyway, if Marion has apparently stitched up various deals, she has probably left the cupboard a bit barer for the other contestants.
littlepetal – you’re right about there being plenty of sauces out there and Oz being a small market, but I guess if you supposedly have Coles supporting your product, you automatically have a lot of placement power.
Sorry, but a deal doesn’t prove anything. I’m not saying there wasn’t a deal – but I doubt there was. All a deal proves is that marketing departments saw someone that could potentially make them a profit, and they leapt in during the 6-8 weeks in between the actual elimination and the televised event. I’d have done the same if I was in Cole’s PR – I would have been contacting Marion the day after her real elimination with a contract in hand, and I would have done that if she’d been eliminated from 10th or from 1st place.
‘but Marion receiving a deal doesn’t prove she had that deal before her elimination’, I meant above.
AnonyMousse: A theory is just that, a theory!
My theory is follow the money! A contestant like Marion not winning MC is worth more $$ to the parent owners and parent sponsors than Marion winning MC. Double dipping! Two-for-one! Insurance!
Besides, as several media commentators have not pointed out, the “shock” elimination a few weeks before the grand finale is a great marketing tool.
A win-win for all. Ka-ching, Ka-ching.
Lets see how it all pans out.
Well, I can understand that eliminating Marion may raise interest in the final as no-one’s a sure win anymore, so I can understand where you’re coming from CG. I guess in this case I’m just saying that I’d have been more surprised if someone HADN”T offered her a deal – it was clear for a long time now that there was definitely money to be made with Marion post Masterchef.
AnonyMousse: Agree! I too would be surprised if she didn’t get a deal. If MC producers knew this too then eliminating her and organising a deal gives them (i) marketing boost because of her shock elimination; and (ii) $$ off Marion’s back by getting a piece of all her post-MC deals. Was a deal in place before the elimination? We’ll find out at eventually.
seepi,
Jonathon has a masters in business and IT management from UTS.
No sourkraut, I’m not slavishly following him – this bit of info was in the latest UTS Alumni newsletter, which, being a UTS alumnus myself, is delivered to my emailbox each month.
Jono served up what looked like a melted galah tonight.
Did anyone notice Gary’s frantic hand signals behind Matt Preston when he was taking a bite – looked like a signal for “wind him up, he’s cravatting on “
Hmm – poor Johnno. first time ever a contestant has served an unfinished plate. Perhaps they are cracking down on the contestants, after crisitcism that they get extra time to re-do their plates.
I do think he could’ve saved it tho. forget the neat circle, have it oozing all over the place and throw some strawberris and rasberries on one side of the plate and call it ‘dripping with lust’. (Remember Julie’s puddle pie?)
I have to say, I haven’t actually missed Matt P. He is at his best when explaining in flowery language about the silkiness or soufles or the origins of a particular food.
when he just makes fairly ordinary comments about their food (or the anoying ‘yum-yuck’ stuff), then he is superfluos – we alreaady haev two people commenting that the trout is overcooked (etc), we don’t need 3.
For Sloth, Jimmy should have just peeled a potato to look like Matt Preston.
I was talking to a professional chef the other day and he said basically what Zumbo said – that Marion was the only one he had seen on the show who ‘had what it takes to really make it’. Of course she’s going to cash in as she’s one of the only ones who has any real food cred.
The one thing I have enjoyed about Aaron’s ‘journey’ is that we have really seen him improve and grow as a cook. Initially I thought he was rubbish, then he was goofy and now he’s okay. But win Masterchef? Please.
wonder if any of this years contestants will end up working as a chef?
Pollywaffle – LOL I think you have identified the perfect product for Kate to be spokesperson for. BTW I love your marketing plan.
CG – I think all the contestants are signed up to the same agent Lisa Sullivan even prior to their elimination. Also the Fremantle get a cut of any profits made post Masterchef. How much that cut is I am not 100% sure. If anyone has a copy of a contract I would love to see it – off the record of course.
But figures bandied about last year were Fremantle wanted 50% of profits that contestant’s made post show.
Brain Dead Dave – the matt preston potato comment was hilarious.
Seepi – you are right exactly what Jono should have done and indeed called it puddle pie then he may have avoided the elimination challenge. Looking forward to seeing Christine Mansfield.
DMC – From tonight’s dishes I didn’t find either them to be appealing.
Mama’s Milk – Maybe they know that the contestant’s are not really serious about being chefs.
KC – If I was in Marion’s position I would trying to get what I could out of it. I think she will do well, and also retain her credibility. It helps that she is media savvy.
Fides – I think after Jimmy’s performance tonight, it just entrenches my view that he is the worst cook still there.
anonymouse – for sure Coles would have identified her as someone early in the series that they wanted for their brand. I reckon negotiations can only take place once elimination has occurred.
Lindy – Agree they need to use their opportunities that will come from being on this show.
Rusty – it will be interesting to see how many have sauces out 12 months after the show has finished.
Little petal – well the video theory is gone as Aaron is safe unfortunately.
Pinto – Would you cook the mole ravioli?
Wurstsemmel – I did see the ballet trained article, it made me look at him with more respect. I thought the yoga thing for jono was that he just practised it.
Sourk – I better read that article.
Zibb – I hope jono does not go tomorrow night.
Well, Matthew was apprenticing and Callum probably will too, so those two could become proper chefs eventually.
You are right, RR. Lisa Sullivan and her agency Forum5 specialise in handling finalists from MC! Lisa specialises in “personality-led brands” and her clients over the years have also included Jamie Oliver, Pete Evans and Tobby Puttock. Photos of Poh, Chris B., Julie and Justine are also on their website. Interestingly, FremantleMedia and ABC are listed as “lifestyle” partners of the firm but not Channel 10. So Marion is one of the chosen ones and negotiating her “personality-led” product line with Coles sounds like it is being done hand-in-hand with the MC franchise owners. Sadly, this means Fremantle will be getting their cut. Still can’t be sure when the call was made and negotiations started for Marion’s post-MC career. Still more lucrative for MC/Ch10/Fremantle to have her lose and also be able to cash in on the actual winner than had Marion won the whole thing.
Link to Forum 5 and Lisa Sullivan’s profile: http://forum5.com.au/about/lisa-sullivan
ETA: Oopsie! it is not stated explicitly in terms of the ownership structure but looks like Forum5 is owned by Fremantle as both offices: one in NSW, one in VIC are c/o Fremantle Media! The contracts with the contestants must be pretty much in favor of Fremantle and binding on the contestants to share their post-MC earnings.
Interesting that Matt P, George and Gary are not listed as clients of Forum5 (which I can now confirm was founded and is owned outright by Fremantle)? Wonder why Pete Evans is client but not the MC judges? I suppose they are “owned” and “managed” by Ch10..or others? … perhaps one of the reasons for the contractual disputes and tensions between the threesome?
RR: you should try and interview Sarah Wilson about all these developments: she must have some insight and have something to say (unless they paid her off and put her under a nondisclosure agreement)?
CG – I had not realised the agency was owned by Fremantle. So that means they get a 20% cut up front, then a percentage of whatever profits there are. I doubt Sarah Wilson would speak on the record.
RR: not much left for the contestants after all this double dipping, is there? Although they have done a pretty piss-poor job of managing Justine and ChrisB’s post-MC careers.
Accoding to Perth now Marion ‘She filmed the elimination episode three weeks ago, but had been keeping it secret.” How many times have they stopped filming? http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/perth-confidential/masterchefs-marion-grasby-may-get-her-own-show/story-e6frg30l-1225890178345
Yeah thats the same article RR referred to(from the Sunday Telegraph). Think they stopped filing a couple of weeks ago and are waiting to do the final now?
If they stopped and then started (no other way Marion’s elimination could have happened 3 weeks ago) that explains why Claire is much more cheerful.
Also theymust have stopped again if they want the final week to be live.
I don’t understand what you are trying to say-hopefully there is someone out there who knows more than me but I thought than stopped filming maybe around 2 weeks ago(?) and the final lot are hanging round waiting for the final?
crabtech:maybe check out the spoiler thread, there appears to be posters there who kno the timeline? or RR may tell us in the morning
As b-dead dave and others have already said the readymade sauce market is saturated with product in Australia. Whilst I appreciated Marion’s ability in the kitchen, this sauce business concept is bound to fizzle out within a year. That is, even presuming it kicks off beyond the single-purchase novelty factor.
Surveying the shelves at the DJ’s foodhall yesterday, I checked out the hi-end sauces – Chris Manfield etc – selling at about $12-14 a pop. Presumably Marion’s won’t be in this price range. However, the problem is that if you go too low-end, the quality declines seriously. A good Thai-based sauce needs to have all the key elements – shrimp paste, galangal, fish sauce, kaffir leaf, palm sugar, lemongrass etc – not just sugar, powdered lemongrass and coriander root/leaf drowned in canola oil like the really poor commercial varieties.
Given Marion’s range will be pitched as a mass-market product, I can’t see them getting the balance between price and quality right. Nor can I see them seriously taking out the established ‘mainstream’ Asian brands like Ayams, Changs etc…
Are Coles thinking that Marion’s name will be to Asian-style sauces what Paul Newman’s name was to pasta sauces? Come mid-next year it will be a case of Marion? who? That is, unless she gets into the Max Markson mode of PR. Now which lad’s mag do you think she should do a bikini shoot for?
“Online forums have also suggested Harvie, 37, has been negotiating to host a new TV program, called Rock ‘n’ Roll Chef.”
Didn’t Isaac Hayes already do this?
Will Aaron be serving Chef’s Big Black Salty Balls?
Cue theme from “Shaft” for Aaron’s show.
How funny that Marion will be given a column in the Masterchef Magazine when Sharee, whose dream it is to write a food column, has been left to her own devices. That said I’d be bored to tears reading anything Sharnee has to say – and it seems that the editors of the mag think the same!
Hine
What I meant was that when they started showing MC the actual episodes had been filmed months before.
The Melbourne episode was filmed end of February but shown end of May. So they must have stopped and then started again and then stopped again maybe 2 weeks ago in order to have a live final week.
What was said about Aaron taking out the title, I thoroughly don’t believe. He is inconsistent, arrogant and mean-spirited. My money is on Claire or Adam.
yeah ok i have just watched Marian being eliminated!!!!!!
come on this has to be a fix she was the only one who could cook, i mean callum burnt the flipping custard. we are behind in the uk so dont know much about all the stuff that eveverybody seems to be screaching about (deals with coles/MC etc) im visiting OZ soon and i will certainly give Marions sauce a go.
Collywobbles – the sauces are not released yet, but hopefully by the time you are here it will be.
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