Masterchef Australia – The Immunity Challenge Was A Farce
So the immunity challenges were changed this season to make them more consistent and an even playing field, but apparently you can win one even if you cook the worse dish of the day.
Tonight it was farcical that Mindy won a pin on the back of the two other cooks, Amina and Audra, who she had selected to assist her in the challenge.
In fact that pin at some stage in the competition may increase Amina and Audra’s chance of going home depending on when Mindy decides to play it.
Tonight Mindy went head to head against Shaun Presland of Japanese restaurant Sake. He was a bit tricky and picked kiwi fruit as the ingredient to be showcase, and the other twist to the challenge was that the food had to be raw, there were no cooking utensils.
Considering Shaun Presland is a sushi chef, this certainly weighted it in his favour. However the girls were given a 30 minute head start giving them an hour to make the dishes.
It was interesting that Mindy gave Amina the entree, and Audra the main, and she did dessert. It could be argued that the dessert was the easiest of the dishes to make because the main ingredient was a fruit.
Amina cured her beef in kiwi fruit, and Audra made salmon sashimi with a green curry paste, whereas Mindy made mango and kiwi fruit with maple cream and crushed macadamia nuts.
At the judges table Gary Mehigan was scathing about it and when Matt Preston said the mango was niche he retorted “Well God did a great job then”. George Calombaris said it was disappointing as there were so many combinations you can do with kiwi fruit and he suggested there were a number of cheeses. I note he did not go into specifics.
Amina’s entree was a winner again. This was the second time she has won a dish in an immunity challenge. Then to keep the suspense the announced that Shaun Presland’s team had won dessert.
And lastly Audra’s dish was announced as dish of the day and Gary flashed the immunity pin at Mindy and gave it to her.
Shaun Presland look peeved.
Last week I wrote the immunity challenge would end in tears and at this stage it is only Audra weeping tears of joy, however and it will be interesting to see what the viewers are saying and also the contestants on whether the new immunity challenge format is kosher.
What do you think?
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Mindy clearly didn’t deserve the immunity pin. If Audra and Amina don’t receive some sort of (significant) reward for winning the pin for her, I’ll feel…cheated.
Audra’s reaction to George revealing the immunity pin:
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Mindy gave a huge hug to Audra, literally lifting her off the ground whilst doing so…but she didn’t even touch Amina. At least, they didn’t show her hugging Amina until they were out of building. And Amina initiated that hug, too.
Audra might have cooked the best dish of the day, but Mindy wouldn’t have won it without Amina, either. Poor Amina…
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But Amina still looked really happy for Mindy. She seems like a legitimately, very nice, very happy seal.
Su$ked big time. Stupid challenge to say the least and a complete farce. Put me off masterchef, period. How could Sean lose to poorly cut beef and THAT dessert !?!
I yelled ‘bullshit’ at the TV – so that sums up my feelings for tonights terrible play of ‘We the judges well pretend to not know who cooked what dish, and will make yummy noises at Mindy’s teams food so we can justify giving her the win’. Now not Mindy’s fault the producers have pulled this stupid immunity pin challenge out of their assholes and thought it was ‘all cute and clever’. But it sucks, is not fair to the contestants asked down to help, and if the judges cannot tell a professional chef dish from a couple of fumbling amateurs – then they need to get new judges!
In the first immunity challenge with Mindy, Gary and George were concerned that Amina’s winning salad entree didn’t have any cooking. Um…and now this?
I like Mindy but I agree this whole set up is ridiculous. I repeat what I said in an earlier post: the people with the top three dishes should go into the immunity challenge as a team and then, if they beat the chefs, the challenger with the dish of the day should take the pin.
I agree with Marie. Much better system and even more suspenseful.
Yes it’s a farce pretending not to know who cooked the dishes!! No chef worth his hat is without knife skills and so the way that meat was cut proved it was by the contestants and not chefs.
Plating is the other telltale sign of who cooked/prepared the dishes. iIf Shaun (I think) had not helped mindy with her dish telling her that she had put too much fruit and nuts on the dish, it would have looked even worse. So it is particularly unfair that she got a pin out of this. Change the rules and insist that the person who is competing for immunity needs to also win with their dish. However these episodes were filmed months ago so they can’t change now. But there’s always been something to complain about and a bit of controversy is always good for ratings. And Ten needs all the help it can get in this department.
I don’t want to blame Mindy though, I like her. And Audra and Amina, they all seem lovely. So not their fault.
Pro chef did not look amused.
Immunity is a silly concept and should be dropped altogether. Last night was farcical Mindy should automatically lose if her dish doesn’t win. It seems like the new format is really only there to create contraversy.
I won’t comment on the farce that was the immunity challenge, but on the appalling manners of the judges. Gary licked his knife, George holds his utensils like garden tools and is it necessary for us to see their tongues whilst they are tasting! And where are the napkins – it’s really bad manners to lick fingers and perhaps wipe them on your clothes. Finally, George looked as if he’d either come from a big night out or got his dinner jacket at the op shop.
And I think Gary is going through a mid life crisis, he looks and sounds pissed off all the time …
Immunity challenge is always the weakest link. They got most things right this reason except this. Didn’t watch the episode last night, so I won’t rage about it.
Is everyone really surprised? This concept has been a farce since the first season, regardless of how they dress it up or down. One of Astraya’s best amata cooks, in this case best raw food arranger, beating Australia’s Sushi Master. As if any of them, past or present, could do a better job. C’mon, when they gave it to Mindy Sunday night it was obvious she was going to get the pin. She is one of the chosen ones.
When are they going to dispense with this charade called the immunity challenge. Can’t they come up with a challenge process that is fair or at the very least believable.
The 3 stooges, sit there discussing each dish in front of them and wondering how it’s going to taste instead of just eating the bloody thing. Then comes the amateur theatrics of trying to act surprised when they find out who each dish belongs to. The whole thing is ludicrous.
I wouldn’t mind all this crap if it was done well and added something worthwhile to the show but it f*****g isn’t and it f*****g doesn’t!
Totally with you Georgie.
And to make matters worse they’ve now made it 60 minutes. At least in the past it was 30 minutes.
On the whole the producers have tightened up the show, hardly any to camera repeating what has just happened especially from the peanut gallery and fewer to camera generally.
Do they really need an immunity pin? I know they came up with it as a result of the farce in the first year when Julia and that other guy won so they left the show and then when they came back no one knew them and Julia wasn’t able to cope with pressure.
I guess it wouldn’t be Masterchef without controversy.
Worst episode ever… not convincing at all. They even no longer care to hide how fake the show is and that makes the contestants look absurd.
Along with MC Australia, I have enjoyed watching MC US, UK and NZ, which reflect its national character. MC Australia has reached the point where it degrades Australian by treating its people as if they are stupid.
Isn’t it time that those judges, esp. G&G, should be eliminated? I used to like them but I have a feeling that they are tired of the show… and now I am sick and tired of them. Their farces and favouritism really put me off.
It’s a pity that many contestants this year have something of interest but they cannot make the most of it.
Great idea Marie! Hopefully preducers of the show are reading these comments. Maybe you should work as a producer on the show Marie. Certainly a better idea than what the producers have come up with so far.
Having said that, it’s still a million times better than the immunity challenges of last season. I just hope she doesn’t use the pin against Amina or Audra.
Am happy with immunity pin concept, but think that Mindy should have at least won with her dish to get the pin.
Kiwi bloody fruit, FFS!
Wot’s next?
Mars Bars?
This immunity format is a joke. There must surely be a time limit on how long they wil be able to structure it this way. How keen are the other contestants going to be to help a competitor get immunity once the numbers start to dwindle a bit more? And what happens if Mindy tries to use her immunity pin in a challenge against Audra or Amina? Too silly for words…
I agree with the majority that the awarding of the immunity pin in unfair to the ones whose dishes were chosen as the better ones. Maybe when the time comes for Mindy to use the pin some kind of ‘dispensation’ will be given to Audra and Amina.
Loved Audra’s little lapse of memory when it came to what was her dish.
Also, how awkward was it for both teams to be seated at the same table during the judging.
Agree with most comments here about how lame and poorly designed the ammunity challenges are. Pretty close to unwatchable if you haven’t got foxtel to fast-forward this dross.
Shaun Presland showed he was a knob of the highest order by choosing kiwi fruit. Tactics like that should be left to the contestants and are unworthy of a top-level chef.
FFS. Pro chefs have abilities with basic ingredients that us home cooks, no matter how good we delude ourselves we are, can only dream of.
There are good reasons why some ingredients don’t appear widely on menus. So why choose them?
Such a good idea Marie. Emmy, I have not watched MC UK, NZ or US, do they have immunity pins?
The whole show was a big schamozzle, very unfair on Audra and Amina who had the winning dishes. Using top professional chefs is just a waste of time, its obvious that the judges would know who cooked what and what’s with Gary, he is so grumpy this season! Mindy is obviously the judges favourite, she didn’t even seem to thank Audra and Amina all that much, they deserved immunity, not her. Really annoying show!
Not sure what the problem is here.
Mindy won the challenge on Sunday night – that entitles her to compete in the immunity challenge Tuesday. Having team-mates is part of that immunity challenge. Hell, there are plenty of players in a premiership team that have not gotten a touch on Grand Final day yet still walked away with a premiership medal. Its what being part of a team is all about.
Would people still be moaning if Mindy won her section and the other two girls lost theirs?
Doubt it.
Would Mindy be complaining?
Doubt it.
Did the other two girls seem peeved off?
On the contrary, they both looked ecstatic that they contributed to Mindy’s success.
Marie – I like your idea of the three best dishes going in as the ‘team’ for the immunity challenge.
However, simply picking the best dish of the three as the winner is doomed to fail as people would then be moaning about how one dish got judged over the other or how one person had dessert to do and the other had main.
Lets face it, whatever they came up with people would still find fault.
Do people actually watch MC to enjoy it or just to find trivial holes in it?
I really am starting to wonder….
The entire footy team wins a premiership, because it is a TEAM sport. Masterchef, however, awards one individual winner.
Paul, I watch MCA because the other mainstream reality TV show content – pop music caterwauling, faux renovations, lame ballroom dancing D-listers – doesn’t interest me in the least.
The largest chunk of my reality diet are food programs, like Top Chef, MKR and MCA.
While Top Chef remains the pinnacle of this genre, MCA used to be a show I looked forward to watching. Sad to say, rather than improving over time – or least staying consistent – it continues to decline in both production quality and entertainment value. Criticism on this site simply reflects this ongoing decline. And, of course, when you can’t have fun just watching the show, most of us are going to resort to having fun making fun of the show. Over time George, Gary and Matt P have become more and more preposterous, and deserve to be called out for their buffoonery, overacting, inconsistency and – especially in the case of Gary & George Drool – their leering and groping of the chickie-babe contestants
Hmm. I didn’t bother to watch this last night, because I assumed it would be a piece of crap.
Still, I looked at RR’s recap (thanks matey) to see if it’s worth a watch on the OS. It clearly isn’t.
And Paul? You don’t understand the point of reality TV, do you? *large eye roll* Which leads me to wonder just why the fuck you bother to continue to annoy us here. I hope Channel 10 are at least paying you well for your trolling.
@Paul
Well, that’s the point—they’re not really a team. Otherwise, Audraminda as a whole should have received immunity pins.
The footy analogy is more akin to Tregan cooking those soggy, olive oil, banana fritters and still winning with the blue team. If we compare that to the immunity challenge, it would be Tregan cooking her soggy bananas, and winning, while the rest of the winning blue team join the red team for elimination.
Good idea Marie and PollyB – totally agree with you there. While I like Mindy and have picked her to win – this just doesnt seem right. Loved the reactions of Audra and Amina when they took it out!
CB what is topchef? I havent heard of it :O
I have watched a couple of seasons of MC US and one MCUK. Really enjoyed both
btw does anyone know where I can watch the other countries MC series? I used to watch it on youtube but looks like that has been shut down.
Cheers all
auds, the following will fill you in on Top Chef – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Chef – which is a Bravo production that shows only on Foxtel and features:
- snappy editing and production
- high-level cooking (usually sous chefs who are yet to make a mark, but in the case of Top Chef Masters renowned US chefs)
- high-level food judging (including Brit judges like Toby Young and Jay Rayner and old-time New York food critics like Gael Greene)
- interesting challenges and locations
- the luscious Padma Lakshmi and Gail Simmons
- Tom Colicchio for the ladies (or gays who like ‘hairy bears’)
- occasional cameos from the amusing Anthony Bourdain or Eric Ripert
I think its now coming up to its 9th season. While not exactly in decline, the constant spin-off into other re-union formats and the Top Chef Desserts series means the format is over-exposed and getting stale. However, it still shits on MCA in terms of production, cooking and entertainment values.
auds – What is MC US televised on? I have Foxtel and haven’t seen it advertised. Top Chef is chefs competing in challenges each week with judges eliminating one each episode. It is great viewing. I also like UK MC Professionals. The food created on these 2 looks delicious. Although the chefs on MC Prof can take a while to get going. An Aussie won last series. Really talented people.
I agree. I thought it was very unfair that Amina & Audra both cooked winning dishes & Mindy’s failed to impress but she walked away with immunity. I also think its a farce that highly skilled professional chefs such as Shaun Presland & his team have to compete against the contestants who don’t do what the professionals do for a living & who probably cook these very dishes on a daily or very regular basis so they should be able to do them perfectly. Unfair competiton, I say. What’s worse is I actually think the professional chef’s dishes are more than likely the best on the night but ratings & television is what its all about, not the true or real situation.
FWIW George did mention at least one thing he’d have attempted with the kiwi fruit and mango, he started talking about rolling the mango into a canneloni shape and filling it with….then Matt interrupted him saying “Yes!” so he didn’t finish. But mango canneloni filled with ricotta and a kiwifruit dressing would have been better than what she plated up.
just a pedantic whinge but kiwifruit is one word not two (like grapefruit) and it was a rebranding by NZ exporters to the USA in the 60′s from the original name of Chinese Gooseberry – because seppos didn’t want to buy commie stuff
I think Masterchef have gotten a lot of things right this season. (am writing an analysis/review for blog so won’t put it all here). The Sunday and Monday show this week really found its feet, and I am sure tonight’s challenge will be entertaining and of course create lots of opinions which is always a good thing. However not happy with the immunity challenges. But great suggestions on here about how to make them fairer.
Paul – I like the analogy re: football, but do think it is a different thing as it is an individual challenge and in fact winning the pin has now put the two that helped her at an individual disadvantage.
What would happen if Audra, Amina and Mindy all land in a Monday night pressure test, and Mindy plays her pin and this would mean either one of those two would be eliminated off the back of the good cooking that got it for Mindy in the first place.
Choosing kiwifruit was a good idea, I just don’t like the blatant farce behind the actual immunity challenge. If you enjoy cooking & keep abreast with what is happening in the culinary world, you would know that Korean cooking for instance embraces using a pear to tenderise meat, or kiwifruit if the pear is unavailable. Amina used it like this with her impressive cured beef dish which brought her the results she wanted. Regardless, I am being turned off from viewing M’chef the more I see. It just doesn’t ‘cut it’ anymore for me these days.
I used to watch the other MC’s on youtube or sometimes download from btjunkie.org (which is now gone – arghhhhhh – I am lost without it)
What channel is top chef on? I cant believe I didnt know about it!
Top Chef is on 105, 9.30pm Mondays. Getting down to the pointy end of this season.
OMG – if Audra jumped all over me like that I would punch her in the face – that was SO over the top and cringe worthy, Mindy was looking a tad embarrassed IMO – and Audra hadn’t even won anything!!!!!!!!
Didnt she do the same to Kev when she got into top 24? She’s a straddler!
Audra’s welcome to jump on my bones any time she likes
Back to today’s spelling class…
If Russell Crowe was gay would this make him a kiwi fruit?
I agree, Sioux Denim. It certainly looks as if the contestants have been told to go OTT with their reactions which comes across as so fake & I think the producers have told the 3 judges to go ‘nice’ & be ‘positive’ in their criticism regardless of whether they like a dish or not as on the ratings-winner the “Voice”. Its all so choreographed, it should have been a dance show.
I must admit, I much prefer watching ‘The Voice’ over MC when they’re running against each other but flick channels during ad breaks. That’s what its all come to for MC for me these days. And I am a passionate home chef.
Person gets pin, people complain the judges are biased.
Person doesn’t get pin, people complain the judges are biased.
I think that’s pretty funny.
I have a different take on how the immunity thing should go – back to solo rounds, OR top 3 VS chef – but all individual (so all deserts for example and dishes #1-4). No “team” as it is currently.
Instead of having the peanut gallery watching – they should be the ones tasting (along with the usual judges) but their votes also count. Friends may vote for your dish if they recognize it. Smart people will not simply because they don’t want you to get an immunity pin.
Version 2 – top 2 or 3 contestants fight each OTHER for immunity pin via same blind tasting format. However since this guarantees someone a pin, the pin should only last 1-2 weeks then expires even if you didn’t use it – or is “auto”-used the minute you go into elimination (no choice).
As a whole MC still beats the Voice easily for me. After the blind auditions that show has just been steadily going down the toilet.
In answer to Culinary Boner’s question about Russell Crowe & kiwifruit, I’m afraid I personally would have to say a resounding “no”! There is only so much a kiwifruit can do! Turning tough muscle fibre into something tender is one thing…
Just rubbish. Switched over to Nine for most of it and watched The Block. Much less cringeworthy.
Boner is on the money and Joollz you obviously don’t know about Crowes earlier stage persona of Russ le Roq
but getting back to the show I would love it if those 3 ended up in an elimination in the next week or 2 and mindy played her pin
Sad I know, but was in bed last night talking with my fella over last nights Masterchef and the more we talked – the more it really really ticked us both off!
Umm, didn’t Audra bugger the sashimi? She had left the bones in thus had to literally massacre the rolled salmon. Funny they didn’t show much of that – but I remember it.
Then the guest chef in the pantry actually turning to Mindy and saying ‘I won’t pick a protein as that will be tough for you’. Umm, why not? You are MEANT to make it tough for her. This thing had all been arranged from the get go. That nice chef KNEW he was losing as it had been organised before hand with producers.
So now Mindy has immunity (the judges should have just given the damn pin to her and saved us all these theatrics) – so if it happens to come about that Mindy is against Audra or Amina, say in a tasting challenge – which are done so wrong it’s mind blowing – she can just throw one of them under the bus? Yeah that’s fair.
End of the day, last night MC ‘jumped the shark’. It’s always been to a certain degree ‘staged’ and ‘controlled’ – but lets not forget Marion went on a ‘guess that ingredient’ challenge and I really do not think they want that to happen again, so they will ‘protect’ their favourites this season. Trouble is we are not idiots and there is NO NEED to stage this show. As mentioned, Top Chef USA is so slick looking and organic. You cook well – or you go home – simple as that.
There is no need to stage or set up these ‘reality’ shows – or they could just save us the time, let me watch The Block instead, and just announce the winner!
Oh, and my feeling is Gary is cranky for exactley the reason’s I’ve listed. He seems like quite an authentic man and I do not think he’s terribly comfortable with all this ‘set up’ and being told by producers to ‘ooooh’, ‘ahhhh’ and ‘yummy’ when told to like a puppet. Last night he looked VERY uncomfortable.
And is it just me, or does everyone feel they still have not seen a whole lotta cooking?
Ma$terchef produced a couple of good eps last week but back to what they do best again last night. Culinary kitsch.
An amata producing an inferior dish and winning ammunity isn’t a trivial hole. It’s Ma$terchef 101/ Steven Bradbury stuff..Moan on, Paul.
Ma$terchef is now looking a lot like The Price Is Right.
RR,
If they all ended up in the Monday elimination and Mindy had immunity then its just a case of ‘too bad, so sad’.
If you want the opportunity to get immunity then its reasonably simple I would have thought – Win The Sunday Night Challenge.
I enjoyed the episode last night – Audra and Amina seemed genuinely thrilled to help Mindy win and I really liked the camaraderie between the three of them.
Really when it comes down to it – the producers could offer $1000 to every viewer and there would still be people moaning about it.
Its a bit ironic that we call the English, ‘Whingeing Poms’ – they’ve got nothing on us ‘Moaning Aussies.’
It’s Preaching Paul…the biggest moaner of them all.
Moaning = watching so be happy and stop moaning about the moaning.
Gee bdd, I hit the submit button and there you are saying the same thing. Pipped again.
If in future Mindy, Amina and Audra were ever in the bottom 3 after a challenge what the f*** would Mindy do, play her pin or not?
In the unlikely mathematical event that that did happen (with the current 21 contestants it would be just under a 1 in 8000 chance), then I guess it would make for a good episode
PollyB I have never heard of channel 105 – however I am a country bumpkin who lives out the back of bumfuck.
Maybe we dont get it – oh well now I know what to look for I will be able to track it down no doubt – thanks
9 seasons!!! I am going to have to give up my day job!
Since Mindy appears to be popular with the producers, it’s quite on the cards that she could be loaded up with two ammunity pins like Goldilocks last year. Like Gary said, “This is Ma$terchef”
I don’t enjoy the contributions and existence of the peanut gallery but seems it is being employed by both Ma$terchef and MKR to ramp up the atmosphere and pressure on the sweating amatas. I don’t think the peanuts should get to vote, Joseph, lest we get the lopsided ,revenge based scoring on MKR.(Then again,that can be fun) What do the peanuts know about food, furthermore? Who wants their cake scored/ critiqued by an amata that hasn’t baked a cake since they were twelve?
Auds 105 is Arena. Easier for me to remember the numbers than the names
Arena? One of the best looking Ma$terchef amatas of all time. After $kye.
Paul, I guess it does sound a lot like we are complaining but I think we also give advice about how we think the show could be improved to make it more exciting for the contestants, judges and viewers alike. I’ve watched every season so I feel that we know what works and what doesn’t. Marie’s ideas at comment 3 is the best to make it fairer for everyone. I would get rid of immunity altogether as well as cooking against top chefs who are just getting publicity for themselves and their restaurants. Just keep it simple and it will be much better. I will still watch it as I don’t like The Block or The Voice or DWTS so I don’t have much choice do I?
There’s a time and place for moaning… or so I’ve told Mrs Boner
Never heard of Arena – definately not one of ours.
OMG is it just me or are the words “amita” and “ammunity” actually starting to look like they are supposed to be spelt like that LOL
George freaked me out last night as he actually said “immunity” on one occasion, then he ruined it with an obvious “alagance’.
I thought it was gorging George flashing the ammunity pin at Mindy ,btw but it could have been Gary, since given the opportunity they’d both relish flashing the younger ,female amatas.
Hey Paul – Speaking of odds are you going to do them again this year? Or are you too scarred from doing them the last two years??? They were always a good discussion piece for Fridays.
I’m too scared that if I make Audra favourite she will get eliminated on Monday !!!!
But yes, I will do again.
Paul, you will never by forgiven if this year’s only MILF is sent home. Can you please make Debra the favourite?
Amina should be the top weight,at least.
Especially since Cath’s gone…
I’m enjoying MC a lot more this year, especially the improved immunity pin challenge. I was just offended that they thought we’d buy the “we’re saving the best dish until last” ploy in an effort to make it one dish each for a tence finish. Just think, if they’d don’t the dishes in order of entre-main-dessert, it would have been all over in two dishes.
I don’t really get why people are complaining that it’s unfair to go up against professional chefs. The “amatas” did win didn’t they? Doesn’t that kind of kill that argument?
Also, ladies or gay men, am I the only one that thinks Shaun Preslend is a little bit hot? I was thinking if I was Mindy I might have gone the pash as he congratulated her.
I’m surprised that none of the amatas are using Western Star Butter… use it and what will happen is it will alavate your dish to a new level
Just wanted to say that agree with sentiments expressed. RR, absolutely correct. Worse dish cooked by Mindy yet she still wins because Amina and Audra (best dish from MILF) wins for her? Unfair! Go back to shef vs amatas.
I didn’t think Shaun Preslan looked peeved that he lost. He took it in his stride. This is the person that scored three perfect tens in Season 2 and had Claire in tears as she was unable to plate up within the allocated time. I think Shaun was hoping to stump the girls by choosing kiwifruit and that backfired on him. Kiwifruit not exactly a staple of Japanese cuisine I gather. I certainly never thought of using kiwifruit in a curry paste.
By the way, Julia did not look happy (could be editing but she then again, does she ever smile?) when not selected for this cook-off. Looking forward tonight to see Ben have his meltdown. And he was getting such a free-ride with the editing!
I’m surprised that none of the amatas are using Western Star Butta… use it and what will happen is it will alavate your dish to a new level
“I was thinking if I was Mindy I might have gone the pash as he congratulated her.”
Good one smauge. Then he’d get herpes simplex v1 to match the rest of his humiliation. Serves him right for picking kiwifruit.
@andy pandy – they can’t really remove the immunity challenge since it would mean losing 1 night of TV ratings.
Besides, it has always been a good concept but they just haven’t found a balance of how to make it interesting, yet fair for everyone. Remember in a previous season: contestant 1 cooks against super chef “x” while contestant 2 cooks against olympic swimmer for the same prize? Yeah, let’s hope that doesn’t happen again. And not in the “Now contestant 3 will cook against a talented dog” kind of way.
With the current setup I’m waiting for someone to pick teammates that go – “muahahahahahah you fool. Why on earth will we help *you*, our competitor, to get a leg up on us? If both of us just twiddle our thumbs you realize that you lose by default? MUAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH!” <- I can actually picture Kev doing that after his pasta selection funnies. And if Jono or Bandenoch(?) were here they would certainly pull it off well too.
Maybe it should be changed to top 3 compete for the pin, but it is a GUEST judge that handle the voting. Or at least their vote weighs more. If its too pricey to invite people then perhaps each person picks one or two "judges" from the peanut gallery before they start cooking, to balance out the judges percieved "bias"?
Smauge – too bad, Shaun is already taken. He has a Chinese wife..
Oh smauge, I was of course referring to the effect that Mingy’s lips would have, not yours
Kiss Mingy at your own risk- she’ll give you a bit of lip.
It’s the amatas that kiss her in need of “ammunity”.
I like Mindy and don’t mind her getting the pin. But there is something broken if you can cook the crappiest dish of the challenge and get one.
To all those saying this is moaning – this is a reality show discussion forum. This is EXACTLY where constructive criticism should be debated. As suggested above, top three cook against the chefs (the winner gets to choose which course they want to do) and if they win, best dish gets the pin. Makes a lot more sense to me. That way there still has to be camaraderie to beat the chefs, but real talent/performance to get the pin.
It’s not Mindy’s fault at all the Ma$terchef producers have had a collective brain fart and implemented a kind of Culinary Cup where the third or fourth placegetter gets the chocolates and the best dishes get jack.
That’s ok EH – according to my husband, I’m taken too.
CB – I’ll reconsider kissing Shaun if Mindy gets to him first.
>>I was thinking if I was Mindy I might have gone the pash as he congratulated her.
I thought Mindy was a lesbian?
She may well be, but I’m not.
Identifying birds on Ma$terchef ,hmm?
I can see three stuffed geese and twenty three galahs for starters.
I reckon Andy looks like he’s quite good and pulling and plucking birds
I’m not a pheasant plucker, I’m a pheasant plucker’s son
I’m only plucking pheasants ’till the pheasant plucker comes.
Me husband is a keeper, he’s a very busy man
I try to understand him and I help him all I can,
But sometimes in the evening I feel a trifle dim
All alone, I’m plucking pheasants, when I’d rather pluck with him.
I’m not a pheasant plucker, I’m a pheasant plucker’s mate
I’m only plucking pheasants ‘cos the pheasant plucker’s late!
I’m not good at plucking pheasants, at pheasant plucking I get stuck
Though some pheasants find it pleasant I’d rather pluck a duck.
Oh plucking geese is gorgeous, I can pluck a goose with ease
But pheasant plucking’s torture because they haven’t any grease.
I’m not a pheasant plucker, he has gone out on the tiles
He only plucked one pheasant and I’m sitting here with piles!
You have to pluck them fresh, if it’s fresh they’re not unpleasant,
I knew a man in Dunstable who could pluck a frozen pheasant.
They say the village constable had pheasant plucking sessions
With the vicar on a Sunday ‘tween the first and second lessons.
I’m not a pheasant plucker, I’m a pheasant plucker’s mum
I’m only plucking pheasants ’till the pheasant plucker’s come.
My good friend Godfrey is most adept, he’s really got the knack
He likes to have a pheasant plucked before he hits the sack.
I like to give a helping hand, I gather up the feathers,
It’s really all our pheasant plucking keeps us pair together.
I’m not a pheasant plucker, I’m a pheasant plucker’s friend
I’m only plucking pheasants as a means unto an end!
My husband’s in the forest always banging with his gun
If he could hear me half the time I’m sure that he would run,
For there’s fluff in all my crannies, there’s feathers up my nose
And I’m itching in the kitchen from my head down to my toes.
I’m not a pheasant plucker, I’m a pheasant plucker’s wife
And when we pluck together it’s a pheasant plucking life!
Smauge and EH: he doesn’t anymore – he’s not exactly single, but he’s certainly not married anymore.
but, alas, I am…
Well, well, well. If it isn’t brain dead dave. It’s been years since I saw your face. Still stirring the proverbial shite pot from your Commodore 64? How’s the city of churches? Say a little prayer for you! Still brain dead. Still outspoken. Still never wrong. But are you still employed? Try out for Masterchef buddy. They need an antagonist like you.
Matt preston I find is very bias in favor of Julia, he changes his rules to suit keeping her in , he is very contradictory specially over the last three nights . I am so disappointed, i thought he was better than that. Not happy
super great idea Marie. That would be the fairest immunity challenge yet….also MC Australia is MUCH better
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