Masterchef Australia – Is A 50 year Old Menopausal Woman The New Villain
Well obviously Audra’s catering company is a solo operation as she was completely incompetent in her managerial skills tonight. At one stage she ran out, and why didn’t a camera person follow her?
Sure it was a big job being captain on the night of the pop up restaurant however for someone of her age, intelligence and the fact she is an account manager she didn’t seem to handle the responsibility at all and gave very little clear direction.
Conversely Kylie who was not happy about being captain did a brilliant job dividing up the job roles and keeping on top of things. However she had picked a stronger team.
Audra’s blue team was directionless and also had Debra to contend with. She is clearly not popular with her cast mates. Two weeks in a row she has been picked last in the teams and she doesn’t work well in the team challenges, and tonight was no exception. She cracked up and then at the end of episode blamed going through menopause for her behaviour.
This probably explains some of her prickliness but I suspect weariness and age, and being shut away with strangers for months on end has not helped. If a decreasing tolerance to dickheads is a sign of your hormones are disappearing well sign me up.
However some things tonight she did have reason for being pissed off about. She appeared to have responsibility for the setting up of the dining room with Amina, and also the responsibility for dessert. Whereas Jules was a floater and not responsible for anything which makes her a much lesser target.
Tonight the challenge was for the teams to make two pop up restaurants and serve a four course meal. They also had to design and fit out restaurants as well with everything in it.
Kylie was the red team captain and picked Mindy, Julia, Ben, Beau, and Alice.
Audra picked Amina, Andy, Wade, Jules, and Debra. It was interesting that Alice was picked so late as I rate her as a cook and as a person who is good in the team challenges.
Kylie’s Team was doing a Mexican inspired menu probably driven by Ben, and Audra’s team was more Asian or Spice Road theme.
It was no surprise that Ben was making the appetizer of Kingfish Ceviche Shooter, and the main which was Beef Cheeks with Adobo Sauce. Kylie was smart and made sure she was not responsible for making any of the dishes, as it meant she could help out where needed. Also as captain she put herself on the pass.
It also helped she was able to put Alice out into the restaurant and she did a great job welcoming the guests and was not required in the kitchen.
Whereas Audra must have felt she was the most presentable of her group and wanted to do the meet and greet however she had to keep coming back to the kitchen. She should have put Amina out there.
Also was the blue teams menu too labor intensive? They made Chicken and Prawn Balls served with a Lychee and Mint Mocktail. Followed by Thai Kingfish Salad, then Beef Rendang and Vegetable Curry, and to finish with Coconut Icecream with Pineapple Salsa and Peanut Shards. Both Wade and Audra had to work on the main. Amina was responsible for the balls. Andy the entree, and Jules was helping Deb with dessert. Jules was also a floating pair of hands.
The red team looked like they had Mindy just helping with prep which again was a good strategy.
But one of the issues was the fact that no one was making a decision on the blue team. Did it really need a five minute con-fab to work out what side the chopsticks were on? Would it really impact on whether they won or lost?
The lack of decision making also impacted on how long it took the blue team to set up their dining room. What was interesting was two people set up the rooms from scratch in just over an hour, whereas it took for five people hours to set up front of house in the first team challenge of the series when the teams were cooking in different restaurants in Kings Cross.
Debra has a background in interior design so decided on the decor and how it was going to be laid out but she was not able to get it together. It must have been frustrating for all. As Wade said Debra doesn’t really take other peoples views on board either.
Deb also cracked it at Audra and said to camera she was sick of hearing her voice. However it all came to a head at dessert time when Deb said she was overwhelmed but would keep on going. In the end the blue team had to stopped plating to sort out their issues. As Andy said it was frustrating to look over and see the red team plating up like a well oiled machine.
Their food looked good as well for entree their Kingfish Slammer was like a playful take on a tequila slammer, I note they gave the judges two each to get them in a jolly mood. And it worked, the judges had a nice banter between them last night and made the episode fun.
I note they were not quite so keen on Amina’s mocktail.
Amina’s Fried Ball was served with chopsticks. Even Gary was having trouble picking it up to eat and he ended up picking up with his fingers.
For entree the red team plated up Popcorn Prawn Tacos which looked delicious and Gary said he could slam down six of them. However I thought it was interesting they could get that many avocados in Coles that were ripe to be used the next day on their tacos.
The blue team’s entree was Andy’s Thai Kingfish Salad. Matt Preston said too much dressing and was too sour. However the judges did like blue teams Beef Rendang and Vegetable Curry. But maybe they were lucky and got a warm one.
The Red Team made Slow braised Beef Cheek with Adobo Sauce for main. It was a slight disaster they lost twelve cheeks when Ben burnt them in the pressure cooker. Lucky they had picked up pressure cookers the day before….
They improvised and shredded them up and spread it out. Matt Preston thought the serve was a bit small and that dish did not really say Mexican immediately.
However their dessert Cajeta Parfait with toffee popcorn fulfilled all of Gary’s caramel and salty dreams. Well clearly he has different dreams then I do. George said the problem was it was not big enough.
Conversely the blue team’s Coconut icecream with Pineapple Salsa looked clumsy and Gary said he had tasted better.
After the judges announced the red team as winners, Audra said she took full responsibility on how the team went, and Debra announced that she was so difficult because she was going through menopause.
Is Australia’s new villain a fifty year old menopausal woman? I expect column inches on other forums to be devoted to whether hormones can be used as an excuse for her behaviour.
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It now explains all the menopause ads now during MC.
I worked with a menopausal woman in a supermarket deli. She attacked me with ham and then had her partner call me at home and threaten to kill me. I had to make a police report. I quit that job.
I applaud Debra coming out and making this clear. It helps us understand that she might not normally be a complete bitch fruitcake. I also liked the judges’ reactions to her announcement. Having said that is this the best time to take part in a reality TV show? And aren’t there drugs for this sort of thing?
Deb doesn’t even come close to Deni Hines as a villain lol. Sure her behaviour doesn’t work for her and hence has turned everyone anti her – all her own doing – I also thought she was an Account Manager – Deb obviously cannot delegate or multi task.
I think they are fed up in there, constantly mollycoddling her – noticed she got no sympathy or hugs or soothing from Wade or Andy. It seems, it’s all too much for Deb. Shame, as she has proven to be a good cook. Deb certainly isn’t MC brand.
As for menopause, pish-posh!! Can’t always use an excuse for your general behaviour.
There are menopause ads?
I think blaming her hormones was a nicer way of handling things than when she cracked it and blamed Mindy in the chinatown challenge. She could reasonably have said “Audra was a shit manager”. And even though her meltdown over her dessert was untimely and just wrong, it wasn’t as if the blues were ever plating up like a well-oiled machine. To me, it all came down to Audra as a dreadully ineffective team captain.
Daze, are you a bloke? Men have one hormone – testosterone. Women have a bunch of different ones. They radically affect brain function and hence behaviour. Science stands behind Debra on this one. Menopause is not an excuse, it’s a reason. A reason that makes life hell for everyone in the vicinity, but still a valid reason.
I think the menopause line is as valid as ~
*bullied at school
*was in foster homes
*parents were junkies
*parents /relatives died.
* coulda been firey/physio.
*whatever.
I think there’s some ageism at work and like RR said Deb might not tolerate dickheads~ and she’s cooped up with some massive dickheads.
One nice thing about being fifty is that one tends to say what one thinks rather than being a people pleaser.
Menopause may be the reason for some of Deb’s behaviour but I doubt she has ever been able to get along with groups and work as a team player. I’m over Audra now. They can both go home.
Chew with your mouth closed. Chew with your mouth closed. Gary.
I saw more icecream on his tongue than what was on his plate before he had a go at it.
I agree that Audra was a woeful captain and her failure to delegate, she wanted to do everything herself, meant that any task she attempted wasn’t finished and not done well either. Nice to see Andy and Wade keep a calm head and just get on with it, I work in a commercial kitchen and I’ve never seen service stop so we could give another chef a hug.
Debra is a dill, she may be a good cook but her ability to a part of a team is zero.
The red team were great and it couldn’t have been a surprise to anyone that they had a deserved win.
Audra was hopeless. Alice was excellent, but by golly she annoyed me. Loved Amina taking the birdcage anyway. You buy a full length mirror and not only sit it on a chest, but you want it sideways? George needs to stop ‘salivating’. Ctrl. Alt. Delete!
The furniture shopping scene was hilarious…..I was secretly yelling at Amina, “Pick up the bird cage & run for your life!”
It would be terribly awful for Debra to return to MC house after what has happened last night. Out of curiosity, I went to check on Deb’s bio & video:
- She says she has been living on her own (with her dog) for a very long time.
- “At age 39 Debra went through the trauma of having to undergo a hysterectomy. This was the biggest decision she has ever had to make. Debra was devastated that she could never have children.”
Put these on top of her menopause, would have explained (not justified) her behaviors.
Looks like it is going to be a 3-course meal challenge judged by Marco Pierre White tonight. Debra can cook. She should be safe as long as she is cooking on her own. I am more worried about Amina type of food being judged by a grumpy old English chef.
Out of the six, I wish Jules & Wade will go home tonight. But I have a feeling that there will be a upset installed for us as to either Audra or Amina will go.
I hope Audra & Andy makes it to Italy. Just so I can see her cougar leg wraps Andy on a red Vespa. I hope they don’t let Amina (if she makes it) & Matt P share one……Not a pretty image.
Still can’t believe Beau is in the top 10!
There are three male hormones at least that I’m aware of.
Cannot stand Alice. Her smarmy greeting of guests was sickening. So over her. Yes Kylie’s team deserved the win. What was Mat thinking getting that hideous haircut? His face looks bigger than ever! But overall, enjoyed the episode…
Ido ‘t think it is correct to say Deb was under pressure because she had to be in charge os the dessert and the decorating. It was more like she refused to relinquish control over either. she said no when asked to leave her dessert to decorate and then NO when it was suggested Amina start alone.
And then all that fuss when she was saying that no one would have gotten the salsa done if she hadn’t? Um, that is ho a team works Deb. No one would have prepared the fish if Andy hadn’t etc.
I do hope things aren’t too lonely/tense in the house for her though.
I felt so sorry for Wade and Andy and hope they don’t go home because of the idiotic behaviour of the female team members. Their WTF????? faces with the crying and hugging and people not answering them when they asked clearly for direction were priceless. I don’t think menopause should be blamed for Deb’s flip out – she is no good in a team and doesn’t listen to instructions. Cooking on her own she is fine and rarely mucks up.
Men are menopausal too. Sorry to hear that woman hit you with a slab of ham Simone, life is full of stresses and many people take it out at work, it does not excuse their behaviour, as bdd pointed out, there are many reasons why people behave the way they do and its not all meno related.
Funny how the menopause only pops up when she has to work as part of a team…..
Blue team was an absolute crapper despite eyebrows and Andy’s best efforts. Fingers crossed the angry frizzy haired guest tonight eliminates Audra and Amina (unlikely but hey, I can wish).
Also someone once was questioning why Amina’s weight would be an issue. Here you go, that challenge was a good example. Due to her and Deb unable to lift stuff they had the kitchen 3 people down at one stage, doing furniture. On the otherside, glasses and captain girl handled everything quickly (thanks to Kylie having a clear vision in her head and being awesome, unlike the lost softie blue captain). Alice did almost no cooking whatsoever but far out was she fantastic. Definitely gifted with personality. I’m pretty sure a lot of the contestants will be really sad if/when she gets eliminated.
Also Deb is being a child. I guess it’s true you regress there eventually. She is perhaps the -worst- team player the show has ever had. Did like the bit where she announced to everyone though. That was funny.
Italy soon! Yay! I suppose no eliminations while overthere till the very end? I say that as it is cheaper to buy tickets in bulk. ;p
@EH – Beau is being clever, perhaps unwittingly. The middle of the pack is a great place to hide till the last bit, so you can save your best stuff for then (seems that he does have some tricks). Otherwise you become a Ben. Taco taco burrito – I love my mexico!
Male menopause is supposed to happen around 48. I read only recently that Suzi Quatro’s song 48 Crash deals with the prickly (no pun intended)
issue.
Funny how you’re still sexist, Paul…….
That’s right folks, “Ctrl. Alt. Delete” yourself like a bad written document peoples says George! has he run out of normal words?
Audra is obviously a one man catering company, she was all over the place like a bad rash.
Eyebrows and Andy should of been in the red team for they had to cop the red team’s peckering hens dance.
Ok my posts are getting eaten again RR… I guess that’s the “I’m here too often” signal?
Menopausal or not, Debra’s still a hippie.
Audra’s chances of winning this comp wilted like a stir-fried lettuce with her abysmal performance last night. (She can join Mitchell Pearce and Todd Carney in hanging her head in shame.)
I’m now expecting Audra to fail tonight and to be joined by Amina because the following conveyance was on a mission and unavailable to fly her and judges in the cargo hold to Italy –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP_4Znalv84&feature=related
* although I notice Alice (and Kumar? and Dawn French’s Ex??) strangely got a seat
You’re right brain dead dave, I actually don’t know how many men have, I was quoting my (male) partner who blithely insists men have ‘only one hormone that counts’.
I agree that Deb’s strengths do not include teamwork. I really feel though that dismissing menopause is like saying that schizophrenics should just pull themselves together; they’re both serious issues with biological origins.
Audra: great cook, captaincy could do with some polishing. Must be hard suddenly running a team like that.
Didn’t Kylie step up, though. I’ve written her off as boring before this, but she really shone last night.
If anybody, ever, at any place, launched themselves at me the way Alice did at the diners I would instantly consider calling either police or paramedics. She was hideous and beyond annoying and you could see the primary school teacher come to the fore.
I was waiting for her to give a gold star or elephant star to the best diner for the night.
She is a shoe-in for a gold medal in the Annoying Olympics.
Well, I had to look it up to make sure , Simone but things like manboobs indicate that males have some other androgens into the bargain.
I didn’t think Deb playing the menopause card just “popped up” either,as Paul suggests.
That disclosure was made after George confronted her about her performance and body language. George is a chef…not a shrink.
Great recap RR.
J-Ko I agree – Ctrl.Alt.Delete George wtf??
Alice was so smarmy at front of house last night – I cringed! Kylie’s team deserved the win – they were fantastic. And what is with Matt’s very short haircut? His face looks ginormous now!!
Hope this post doesn’t get eaten, like my last one….
Better to cite menopause as the cause of her moodiness than to lay the blame at the feet of her puss… *ahem*,I mean cat:- http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/weird/scientists-link-cats-to-female-suicides/story-e6frev20-1226417596176
Seriously, Audra didn’t seem to ANSWER any of the questions her team asked her – does she have selective hearing or is just plain dumb? And oh Deb – enough already. Menopause isn’t an excuse for being an outright cow. Go home already.
Regarding EH’s post she states the following:
- “At age 39 Debra went through the trauma of having to undergo a hysterectomy. This was the biggest decision she has ever had to make. Debra was devastated that she could never have children.”
I always believed that if you have the above, then you would not really have menopause ten years or so after – that it would be impossible. “just saying”
Well said Liz – you summed up my feelings regarding Alice’s ‘in your face’ attitude.
Yes, Alice the glorified fluffer. Dining experience or children’s birthday party? Fail.
She’s starting to remind me of some strange, pock marked fly with those glasses.
And yet – she does really seem to make people feel at home and comfortable, doesn’t she? I’d like to swat her crossly away, but the people around her seem to respond really well.
“I always believed that if you have the above, then you would not really have menopause ten years or so after – that it would be impossible. “just saying” ”
Calliegirl, if you have a hysterectomy and not an accompanying oophorectomy, then your ovaries would still be intact and functioning, hence menopause at the time alloted for your body.
I wonder what the cost of that episode was. The kitchen equipment alone would have been in the thousands. Maybe it gets returned and sold as slightly marked, although Ben’s pressure cooker was a bit more than ‘slightly marked’. Deb should not have been put in charge of the buying, setting up and dessert. If she wanted to do the buying then why couldn’t Jules do the dessert, she didn’t seem to have a particular job.
Calliegirl I thought the same thing but it turns out sometimes they leave the ovaries to prevent menopause form coming on immediately after the hysterectomy. I still want her and Audra to go home tonight though.
Fourth time lucky (my attempted post count):
Blue team was an absolute crapper despite eyebrows and Andy’s best efforts. Fingers crossed the angry frizzy haired guest tonight eliminates Audra and Amina (unlikely but hey, I can wish).
Also someone once was questioning why Amina’s weight would be an issue. Here you go, that challenge was a good example. Due to her and Deb unable to lift stuff they had the kitchen 3 people down at one stage. On the otherside, glasses and captain girl handled everything quickly (thanks to Kylie having a clear vision in her head and not being a lost softie like blue captain). Also Alice did almost no cooking whatsoever but far out was she fantastic. Definitely gifted with personality. I’m pretty sure a lot of the contestants will be really sad when she gets eliminated.
Italy soon! Yay! I suppose no eliminations while overthere till the very end? I say that as it is cheaper to buy tickets in bulk. ;p
Dunbi, I thought the kitchen equipment was hired? Not sure about the furniture if it was purchased or rented, but the sponsors would well and truly be covering major costs.
Great to see the Red team work so well and in sync last night. Kylie kept her leadership qualities well hidden, who would have thought. Great to see.
My least 4 favourite people are in elimination tonight. Hopefully 2 of them get eliminated (tip: they are all female). I suppose no eliminations while over in Italy till the very end? I say that as it is cheaper to buy tickets in bulk. ;p
Thanks RR for recap…:)
i felt very painful watching old Deb last nite, plus Audra a bit I like her tho. It just makes me wonder how hard to deal with women ages betwn 40s-50s. Also it does prove Audra’s so called catering business is just a hobby business .
secretly thinking Deb may need a boyfriend or male soulmate at least. it would make her completely diff….:p
On the tv Alice appears so annoying. I would have definitely avoided dining at the red restaurant purely because of her. I would have been disappointed eating some of that blue food though.
Perhaps we just see the really annoying parts of Alice, and the rest she’s quite normal and restrained – how else would people want a bar of her?!
o’k o’k we all know how good kylie and mindy are but gee aren’t they smary ,mindy calling out c’mon guys don’t get slack !! kylie with that silly little giggle these two just think “we are so superior than the rest” God they need a wake up call as for alice she is just like a fly buzzing around and no matter how many times you try to whack that little fly it justs keeps buzzing back , but in the bunkers i know alice would be there to watch my back !! good on her . THE MIGHTY MARCO TONIGHT anyone who has not see him before you are in for a mighty scary trip ,i kid you not he’s like a car crash you don’t want to look but you can’t stop yourself BE WARNED you’ll love it!!!!
Can I clarify as it seems some people have a bit of difficulty understanding the written word.
I said that its funny that Debra only seems to get menopausal during team tasks – yet amazingly and coincidentally she seems to be fine during individual tasks.
I’m sure that some people will still not understand that distinction but hardly surprising really.
Firstly awesome recap RR. I’m sitting here nodding in agreement especially about Audra and her leadership style. For someone who comes across quite bossy and confident, her passiveness and inability to take control was such a surprise. She did look absolutely exhausted in the commentaries though, as did Amina. They both look over it – wouldn’t be surprised to see one of them go tonight (probably Amina). If this goes to S5, perhaps they should either start with less contestants , like a top 20 in S1, or do 3 eliminations a week so it doesn’t drag on and on…
Few other things I noticed – when Audra picked Andy as the best looking guy, I thought for sure she was thinking of him as front of house material. Not to insult his cooking abilities, but to pick him for that stated reason seemed to make sense (like Sun putting Hayden out front in one of last year’s challenges). Andy’s great that that he stays calm and wouldn’t appear distracted like Audra when she finally made it to the restaurant. Also, he was an excellent captain in the restaurant challenge so I wish Audra had done a Deb and completely handed over the reins to him.
Speaking of front of house though, how much in hipster foodie heaven was Alice?! She was so bouncy, I wonder if the folks after the quieter ambience of Audra’s restaurant were put off by her at the door. I was cringing with the toast to the red team stalling tactic, though props for her improvisation. And does she have giant blue glasses for when she’s on the blue team? I never thought about it till last night.
Also, did anyone else notice how when George put the apron on Kylie, he tied it round the back for her, but when he gave it to Audra, he just threw it over her head? Lucky George, he’s gotten close to fondling her boobs and bottom on consecutive days. And I don’t usually bother with romances etc, but I think Mindy and Kylie would make a cute couple…
i guess because Alice is american ? I just travelled from US & CA. most of staffs have low paid wages so expecting tips from customers , sometimes very annoying ;s just say
Don’t understand why the Blue Team took up so much time on furniture. Come on, it’s all about the food, and pop up restaurants you’re not expecting great deco. It’s part of the experience that things are a bit rundown.
Red Team was smart to have Alice. Customer service really helps in making a dining experience great, and that starter that you drink like a tequila was a great idea. There was no doubt who was going to win tonight.
Of course, when one doesn’t agree with Paul it’s because one lacks comprehension of the written word. Three years of that tune,champ.
Debra hasn’t played the menopause card before in or after team tasks, as far as I know. Where has she claimed this before? You said nothing whatsoever about her being fine during individual tasks and made no distinction.
You’ve clarified nothing except that you’ve got nothing new to offer except questioning other people’s intelligence when the wheels fall off your posts.
Fides I would love to see George and Garry sit down and watch a montage of their behaviour towards individual contestants over the years. I’ll bet they would be squirming in their seats at seeing themselves salivating more over some of the female contestants than the food. Wonder whether their partners ever comment. As for Mindy and Kylie making a cute couple, that’s probably G & G’s favourite fantasy.
I hope they get rid of Jules and Deb tonight. The boys shouldn’t be blamed for idiotic female behaviour, but I don’t think Audra or Amina will go. I’ve realised that I’m even getting a bit sick of Amina … I don’t like any of these people enough to want them to win!!!
@ Liz, absolutely agree re Alice – what a nightmare. I think the diners were just smiling politely (they know they’re on the telly) and willing her to go away. And to think she’s getting encouragement to behave like that.
Poor form from Debra last night. Menopause, while no doubt debilitating for some, is no excuse for carrying on, just another rationalisation for silly behaviour (like sexism and racism etc). Having said that, I hope she stays; at least she, together with Julia, is different from the pack.
Simone, maybe you were ‘hammed,’ not because the woman was menopausal, but because she was a maniacal lunatic.
I felt my inner apprentice (and not the crappy celebrity kind) come out through the challenge. I really want a boardroom scene where those responsible for the downfall have to fight for their place … maybe with a cook-off between Audra and Deb (although if it was a boardroom I could totally see Audra throw Deb under a bus so to speak and vice versa).
I am in two minds about Deb. Last night I thought that she was somewhat justified , in that Audra should have gone out to the setup and given clear direction, but thinking about it today if she had I think Deb wouldn’t have listened anyway so I can see why she avoided the conflict.
Anyway it really really annoys me that some other talented cooks will mostly likely go home tonight on the back of Audra and Deb’s failures this evening.
my bets for who’s going home tonight: Jules and Amina
sofi
I think Alice is from Georgia, not Georgia USA
Bloody hell – Audra must be the only employee in her catering business – judging by last night I have never seen a more disorganised person in my life – everyone was quick to hammer Deb on her yum cha effort but Audra was by far a worst example of team leadership.
Good on ya Deb for telling it like it is – was so happy to hear there was a reason for her mini meltdown and for all you that razz her up – you have no idea what she is feeling at all – Go Deb!
As much as Alice was a tad over the top tonight – the Blue team didnt even have one person that could even match her abilities – they were all so damn droll. Andy would have been the best of the worst but he was really stepping it up in the kitchen so couldnt risk losing him from that.
FFS how hard was it to decorate that room- Audra/Amina should have seen Debra was struggling and got her back in the kitchen asap – Jules would have certainly been a better choice – unfortunately Jules’s introvert behaviour will probably see her going home tomorrow night – will be interesting to see if Wade follows suit……
I personally liked the blue teams menu far more than the reds – pity they didnt execute all aspects……….
The red team just seemed too bloody up themselves – IMO!
Did anyone else think tht Gary was a little tipsy too last night?
The Red Team had to literally tear their cheeks apart to win. That’s why they’re up themselves.
I think I’ve finally worked out who Alice really is.
Louis The Fly
BDD,
Slowly and one more time.
Its noticeable that Debra has more menopausal type symptoms during team challenges than during individual challenges.
That’s it.
End of story.
If you want to see some sort of hidden agenda behind this noticeable fact, then so be it.
I’m not pro or anti Debra and I don’t care who wins this shindig, but I found her behaviour more than a little difficult last night, which really only inflamed the situation. Okay she had a point, so make it and then get on with the job at hand, don’t keep harping on and on about it. Audra wasn’t much better IMO.
On hormones – the fact is, women go from being pre-menstrual to being menopausal and wherever they are in life, when it suits someone to do so, these labels are used to dismiss and discredit them. (Men don’t have a monopoly on this either – women do it to one-another too.)
Generally speaking, while it seems to be okay with society for others to use these labels to marginalise someone, it appears it’s not acceptable for a person suffering from haywire hormones to use them as a reason for their own difficult behaviour.
Why blames only Debra & Audra for the blue team failure?.When in fact it was Amina(with Debra) responsible for the decor and her weirded lychee mocktail with meatball entree along with Deb’s dessert and AUDRA that let to the downfall of the blue team.
You’re embellishing after the fact, Paul.. You didn’t say that at all in comment 16. That’s it.
Next time I’ll draw a picture BDD.
Debra is an easy target here. She refused to let Amina start setting up the restaurant by herself. And when she eventually did do it, she spent far too long on the project, meaning that every other dish was pushed back from them on. Debra was a liability and the blue team would have worked far better without her, even with one fewer contestant.
But I think there was some sneaky editing going on, too. It seems that some of the blue team’s concerns were cut and spliced out of order to make their frustrations seem more incessant. (I imagine this kind of editing happens in every episode, but it was more apparent here since they were obviously trying to create a “villain.”)
Audra is not a good leader. At all. Which is actually a bit strange, since she was shown to be quite effective as Beau’s second-in-command during the Chinatown challenge. (Then again, she didn’t have Debra on her team then, either).
But I question her delegation of duties. Putting Debra on the interior design was probably a good idea, since she has the experience. But Andy as her sous chef instead of Amina? Granted, they were on opposite teams then so Audra might not have picked up on it, but Amina has great leadership skills. And why did she do front-of-house duties instead of Andy, the pretty one? It has always been that the young, good-looking contestants are better at interacting with people.
Admittedly though, if I visit a restaurant that does Southeast Asian cuisine and am greeted at the door by some generic white guy, psychologically, I’d be doubting the authenticity and quality of the food even before the first dish was served.
But even if the blue team had been Debraless, and even if Audra were a better leader, I think the red team would have had this anyway. Their menu was better and more novel. The ceviche in a shot glass was an experience, not just food. The communal dining, though not exactly original, added to that experience. Kylie worked really well with Mindy, and red team also had the advantage of everyone being much closer friends than the blue team, and were able to work more cohesively. Blue team had the Audra and Amina pair, then the Wade and Andy pair, then Jules by herself. And Debra, who just served to wedge them even further apart. They weren’t a coherent group.
It was interesting that both teams seemed to use very similar ingredients. A shot glass of something, raw kingfish, beef…
And some points to end:
- Rendang is not Balinese, Wade. It’s Minangkabau. How is “Asian” his culinary strength, again? Rendang is also sometimes eaten cold.
- The judges should learn how to use chopsticks so we don’t have to see them awkwardly fumble around with their food before deciding to just use their hands. (How did they get black chopsticks when everyone else had white?)
- Then again, non-Chinese influenced Southeast Asian cuisine doesn’t traditionally use chopsticks either. Come on, Audra.
- George, please stop saying: “I’m looking at ______, and I’m salivating.”
- If Alice came up to me while I was eating at a restaurant, I would probably lose my appetite.
- “Do we have stand-up freezers or are they fridges?” “…these are hotboxes.”
@Sioux Denim
Gary seemed tipsy to me, too! I think he must have been sneaking some of those ceviche shooters.
Debra was a worse leader than Audra, though, because at least Audra took responsibility for her team’s failure. Debra tried to blame Mindy.
Alice haters,get a life. She’s adorable,playful,good cooker and was a major reason why the red team won. Go Team Alice along with Teams Julia,Jules,Kylie,Mindy and DEB.
Oh, OK Daze re hiring of equipment. That makes more sense.
I really don’t think Deb would have gone back into the kitchen if Audra had suggested it, she really wanted to decorate that room, and apart from that she did say she was sick of Audra’s voice.
BDD – rofl
Deb was set up to fail somewhat by Audra, it was obvious when she was pulled off dessert that she was getting anxious. She didn’t help herself by taking way too long to set up the room, not sure what help Amina was. What was Jules doing in the hour and a half when Debra was setting up? I too was very tired of Audra’s drawl by the end of the challenge – and I wish she would have finished her sentences!!! Also, couldn’t help groaning at her stock-standard sad look and “touched” thank you when complimented on her curry – I am quite over her mannerisms. Her management was woeful and I hope that the boys don’t get done over in the elimination challenge tonight – it should be the girls in danger … Love MPW, this one is going to be good!!
Great comments Jess……..I’m not an Audra fan so guess its easier for me to see her fail more – hee hee!
Every time I saw Gary taste after that shot his eyes were very twinly!- I thought it was hilarious – would be great actually if they did the show pissed – more entertaining!!!
Heh Amina bandwagon – how can Alice make top 10 when she didnt even cook a thing – she got SO lucky on that challenge!
You can wipe your ar$e with your picture , Paul. I’ll take a rain check on your patronising offer.
Great show, I’m glad the red team won! Everything’s been said – noticed that both Gary, Matt and Deb all had recent haircuts – perhaps the resident hairdresser gave them all a ‘do’ before he left!
Audra was shocking and deserves to go home – reminds me a bit of Sun – just wandered around doing nothing and looking rather vague. Amina looked very hot and frazzled – but you would be wearing all those clothes!
Ok, interesting who gets picked last, so Alice & Deb are annoying.
Would be pretty happy if it’s both Deb and Audra gets the chop tonight.
Deb’s obsession with her missing womb is more likely why she’s a bitch.
Jules I wouldn’t miss either.
Just better keep your hands off poor Andy.
They probably want to dump Deb and Amina, the most problematic for travel.
Predict Andy will be safe tonight based on the theory of the people in the previews who say they might go always turn out to be safe.
LOL BDD (#52)! Someone should go back through the archives and make a list of all the funny one liners you’ve done. Who knows, maybe one day it can become a TV series staring William Shatner?
@Sioux Denim – Dunno about Audra being the *worst* example, but her leadership skill is about on par with Deb’s.
As an aside, this means only Alice has not been Team Captain. Here’s a quick review of when the remaining boys were captain:
Eyebrows Wade – Suburb challenge – winning team
Mexican Ben – OzHarvest challenge – winning team
Quiet Beau – Chinese garden challenge – winning team
Pretty boy Andy – high class restaurant (near start, Canada boy was still there and he lost his spruiking challenge to Alice) – winning team
Jowl$y had the worst and most noticeable haircut by far. It just needed the schoolboy blazer and shorts to set it right off.
Didn’t notice Deb’s haircut at all but Gary’s had that familiar juvenile vibe to it.
Thanks Joseph, btw. William Shatner has done a cover of Hawkwind’s Sonic attack that I’m dying to hear.
Sidetrack – I also wonder if Miguel from “the living room” will show up sometime. Where the hell did they find that guy? He is incredibly entertaining and out of all 4 “hosts” the one whose segments I stick around to watch.
Lol bdd – Jowlsy, the Angus Young of food. I doubt he’d manage a duck walk though.
A schoolbag full of macarons on his back doing Dog Eat Dog. Y’all want to see Jowl$y in shorts anyway.
I’ve got at least a dozen AC/DC albums here but he’s bringing out his own~ Jowlbreak.
“But he made it out….with a b b buffet in his back”
@ Joseph Skyrim – I really like Miguel from the living room, I also love that sometimes his poor pronunciation makes him sound like he’s saying rude words when he’s not and the rest of the panel members are so shocked – it even shuts Amanda Keller up for a while. It’s something a little different on TV.
I doubt he’d be on MC as George could barely hide his disdain for Miguel when he was a guest on their first or second show. His whole look was “why are you even talking to me you talent-less hack” but Miguel didn’t even waver and kept talking to him which makes me have awesome respect for the guy.
Skyrim – you LIKE Miguel? Holy cats. What a diverse world we live in to be sure.
Is Rendang the same as Wangdang? – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnMaSLCDxQc
(Must admit that trailer for “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” looked pretty good -
“He’s the 16th President of the United States and he discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States.
He makes it his mission to eliminate them.”
Hopefully Bob Carr scored a cameo.)
AGL – For Those About to Cook We Salute You!
“The world is full of darkness, Mr President”…. hahhahaha
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1611224/
Don’t stop me, Gorgie, lol
Fryway To Hell
You Cooked Me All Night Long
Night Jowler
She’s Got The Rack
Shoot To Grill
Sole Stripper
Dirty Kneads ~ Done Dirt Cheap
Chunderstruck
Black Rice
“Funny how the menopause only pops up when she has to work as part of a team…..”
Major hormonal changes are stressful and confusing. Perhaps recall yourself as an adolescent.
Deb clearly is someone who works best as an individual, and becomes controlling, stressed to the max, and a bit hysterical when dealing with group challenges.
Therfore, her reserves being low, she would feel more stress and more ‘menopausal’ in a team situation where she has no control.
Go bdd -
Duck on the Wall
Cheeseball Breaker
Blow Up Your Duck
Dirty Plates Licked Clean Cheap (ya beat me)
The Knifes Edge
High Voltage Cooktop
A Whole Lot of Jowlsy
Won’t add to the Deb/Audra comments as it has been said already. I will say that Wade is a very patient man and I liked how he piled in the ingredients by crate into the trolley at Coles, not one-by-one like others have done on previous challenges. Pity Beau did not hire the forklift as we may have seen Wade use his forklift skills in the challenge.
I thought the challenge and the Domayne store were in Alexandria so don’t understand the driving across the Sydney Harbour Bridge to get from the empty warehouse to the furniture shop.
Kingfisher #40 – I am totally with you re Mindy, Kylie & Alice.
Oh Alice, I just want to dine in peace!
Oh & she didn’t need to cook a single dish last night to be in the top 10. Masterchef is all about cooking, is it?
She is just lucky to be in the top 10. At least Beau has cooked some chicken ballotine & the wtf dessert thing. Alice? All I remember is the salmon she smoked ‘beautifully’ back at the shed. May be she is a ‘good cooker’ (#59) but I am still not so sure if she is good cook
It felt like Shine used last night episode to shut up the skeptics, “We told you so, Audra is NOT a pro running an established food catering business.” lol!
Even without the Debra meltdown, Audra’s leadership disaster, red team would have won based on the food they served. Blue team menu was too pedestrian to be served in the pop-up restaurant. Chicken & prawn balls, lychee cocktail, beef rendang, coconut ice cream…. All scream food court to me.
Gosh, I really don’t care anymore who will win after last night episode. Just let the prettiest one win will do – Andy. Hip hip hurray! So I can buy his cookbook (yeah right!), attend all the MC events he hosts and jump him Audra style.
Jess – for someone who is able to mention the word ‘Minangkabau’, hello townmate! ping Littlepetal
p/s I like to eat my rendang cold with cucumber slices. People from other part of Malaysia often think I am a weirdo.
for the record Alice is a JAP -
Jewish Australian Princess
I also like Miguel, although wasn’t very keen on the ‘milking the fish’ segment last week.
There was some fish milking on River Cottage last week, among other strange things. It’s on ABC at 6.00 tonight and again lunchtime tomorrow. Interesting food show, and as Boner mentioned last week, it’s not just the herrings that end up being pickled , the hosts give it a nudge.
Keep up the witty one liners BBD – and forget about sniping at someone else ( you know who I mean)…Love your posts (the funny ones).
Miguel is hilarious, and his sexy friends/brothers/cousins – have they been back?
They were on the 1st show, a room full of sexy Spaniards/South Americans (?), they were yummo.
I’m not on the Miguel bandwagon :p
Oh dear! Both Audra and Deb showed that they just aren’t cut out for the restaurant business. I see that Audra’s “food dream” is to open a concept store selling gourmet delights, so this may not be such a problem, but I would seriously question Deb’s plan to open a holistic retreat and serve food to her guests. Unless it’s an exceptionally small “one woman show”, she’ll need to work with others!
As a woman, I never use PMS as an excuse for my own bad behaviour, and so I don’t like to see an older women use menopause as an excuse either. By making these types of excuses, we give a licence to others to blame any legitimate grievances on “hormones”. Deb should just admit that she finds the team challenges difficult. I hope for her own sake that she goes home tonight.
cb
Alice’s bio from the Masterchef website. Surprised that she was a secondary school teacher. I would have thought pre-school was more like it.
Alice Zaslavsky
Top 24
Secondary School Teacher
State: VIC
Age: 26
Born in Georgia, before emigrating to Australia as a seven year old, Alice’s love of food was influenced by traditional Georgian styles and cooking alongside her mum, aunties and grandmothers. Her great grandfather was a cook in the Bolshevik Army – in fact, everyone in Alice’s family love to cook.
A self-confessed “Ferd” or “Food Nerd” Alice is bubbly, bright, loves exercise and is a real theatre buff. She says she hasn’t repeated an outfit for three years.
Agree with most of the comments, Andy should have been front of house and I feel Deb had too much to do with the setting up of the restaurant as well as making her dessert. It was a lot of running around for her and clearly too much, therefore she was stressed and had a meltdown. Possibly two younger people like Andy and Jules could have done all the leg work. Audra’s voice would get annoying telling everyone to stay calm and don’t panic. She could have delegated the jobs a bit better and been more in control. Im sure Deb would love to know everyone here is discussing her menopause! BTW, Alice also reminds me of ” Brains ” in The Thunderbirds “, and Joseph Skyrim, you mentioned my favourite actor, William Shatner, I just loved him as Captain Kirk! I don’t want any of the men to go tonight, there aren’t many left. They should go back to the way they used to do where the captain had to choose basically who let the team down and had to put themselves up for elimination, not everyone in the whole team.
As bad as team leaders Deb and Audra are, I still think Sun is the worst contestant to ever be a Team Captain, and ironically enough, both times she lead a team, they ended up winning.
Andy Pandy – I actually hated the way they did Team eliminations last year. Contestants could keep themselves safe by simply not opening their mouths. I much prefer the method this year, I just wish the challenges were more based on skill rather than luck. Although the past few ones have been good.
Thanks Calliegirl (89) for the kind comments now and in the past. Will do my best.
I assume they will have eliminations in Italy as both Sun and Billy were eliminated in New York and were put into ‘lockdown.’
Joseph Skyrim – you can never be on this blog far too much. Your comments with a few others were in spam. I don’t know why spam is being so over zealous. However I suppose it is better to have that them have to put Captcha up which I hate.
Fides – I must confess the Kylie/Mindy scenario had cross my mind also…
Fides and Chunks – I think the Gary and George clip with the young girls would make a funny YouTube clip.
BDD and Paul – ignoring your tiff.
I have been thinking about the Deb thing. I think she is probably a difficult personality but mixing it menopause which some people sail through others don’t. However one thing Deb should have as should Audra is a bit of life skills. Deb should have been able to handle Audra’s extremely crap captaincy better, and articulated to Audra the expectations they had of her. Maybe they did and we did not see it. The red team looked like they were cooking effortlessly, however opp for blue team.
Re: Alice – I think if you are told you are going to a Masterchef or TV show kitchen it is a different night out then just going to a normal restaurant you are there to observe look at people, cameras etc. I think Alice probably fulfilled the brief for what the people were looking for. Her vibe also met the communal atmosphere where strangers were sitting next to strangers.
Deb’s Holistic Retreat – one guest at the time, no more no less.
Re Miguel, his two restaurants (El Toro Loco & Aperetif) have kaput + some bad press: http://dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-news/miguel-maestres-kitchen-nightmare/story-e6freuzi-1226027011932
Deb’s Holistic Retreat- you can’t retreat quickly enough from it.
#100 !-(does chain saw celebration) Beautiful.
Jess – maybe Audra felt more in her comfort zone in the chinatown challenge. BTW great comments.
EH – LOL jumping Andy Audra style I am sure half of Australian women would love to do that.
Robbo – Alice has not repeated an outfit in three years! That is over 1000 – How could you remember and how many clothes does she have?
CB – not game to click on the link – is it safe.
Andy Pandy – No I think the whole team should go up for elimination. As this has happened in Series 1 and a couple of times in the previous seasons where the teams had to nominate two people to go head to head in an elimination and it can be unfair to the captain as sometimes it can be something completely random that makes the team lose.
Andy Pandy – An example as Tom and Kumar going head to head in the first elimination challenge in 2011. Tom was in because he had been captain at the bread challenge, and Kumar as he had made some small mistake. Tom was eliminated. It was unfair all the team should have been in.
Morgan and RR, I take your point on the teams, I’d almost forgotten how it used to be done.Maybe there is a better way though than picking each other as schoolkids do. I mean, it must be humiliating for Deb to always be picked last, remember how no one would pick the nerdy kid or the fat kid at school in team sports? Maybe this upset her to start with and if she’d just been left alone to do her dessert it might have been better for everyone concerned.
Absolutely agree the whole team should be in the elimination. Tom’s elimination was a travesty. It also could come down to who is liked and who isn’t. I have no doubt that if the team had picked somebody last night they would have picked Deb, and much and all as I didn’t like her behaviour, there were too many other mistakes by the team to just single out one or two people.
I admit I kept thinking about showers and toilets whenever they said communal on the show last night.
The link is as safe as Civil War America was when the Pres (a.k.a Old Abe) was otherwise occupied addressing the vampire menace. That is, totally safe. Well, um, to be honest, it does feature that certified National Rifleman’s Association nutjob and 70′s rock enigma, Ted Nugent. To save you and others needing to click, the secret of his wangdang recipe is that it comes with sweet poontang sauce. Don’t tell George.
@Jess – post 61. Great comments. Agree Audra wasn’t a great leader but I think she already knew it. She did give Andy the sous chef title and she did grab Wade to help her with the shopping because he could pull her back into line. At least she recognises that her mind goes elsewhere at times – (see her winning that immunity challenge dish for Mindy and forgetting what she cooked). Like you said, at least she took full responsibility for the chaos, unlike Deb’s one and only turn as captain.
Yes Audra, was a crap leader. But so was Kate last year (24-hour mine challenge) and who could forget Poh’s meltdown where she had to be literally taken into the cool room to calm down? Lucky for all of them, the finale is just based on one’s cooking skills (and marketability).
And @EH, EWW! Cold Rendang with cucumber. Yuck!
I wonder how many pairs of glasses Alice has to ensure she doesn’t wear the same pair with the same outfit twice!?
@EH- I can imagine you missing the rendang. I don’t eat beef but I can tell a good rendang from a bad one. My local Malaysian restaurant has kaput after 10 years in business. It’s quite good but pretty expensive. Now have to travel further for a good meal. Luckily me and my friends are pretty good cooks and we can cook them at home.
Talking about from the same town, Jackie M is from our kampung:
http://jackiem.com.au/
Jumping on the J train with all the other Js…. J-Ko, JStar, Jruth………..
JStar – haha! As I said I get that reaction a lot. The original Minangkabau style rendang is dryer than those we see here in Australia and as Jess mentioned can be eaten cold. Minangkabau is a tribe & only people from a certain small state in Malaysia appreciate the taste of cold rendang.
I forgot to mention that I have a read in goss magazine. Deb has been out of a relationship for a while and she said it is difficult to find a partner. She has even tried the dating services. I guess we know why it is difficult for her to find a partner. She needs a person who is easy going and cool and calm.
Also in the mag, it said Jules, Amina and Ben have lost weight.
You could ask for a small royalty on each pancake sold, just like Colonel $anders did when he started out with his “secret” chicken recipe at the age of 65.
Menopause or not – Debra is a bloody drama queen. If she had dropped her ‘power play’ with Amina and maybe trusted Amina to pick stuff from Domayne, then arrange it all – maybe they could have got the pop up restaurant set up quicker and she could have finished her bloody dessert! I had no leway for Deb at all last night. She’s the eldest contestant there and was acting the most childish. Sorry, there are numerous tablets and medication to take for going through menopause – I suggest she buy a bucket of it.
And Audra was useless. I find it hard to believe she can organise feeding a cat let alone run a catering business.
Oh, and who else had a pining for popcorn prawn taco’s?? I’m SO making those tomorrow night.
re Alice:
I think that editing has grabbed all her bubbly moments and this is all we see- thus we have an overload of bubbly Alice. I am sure it is tempered by less exuberant behaviour at times, we just don’t see it!
I think Alice is popular with the others because she is a lovely upbeat person, and whilst all we see is “bubbly” or over the top, they get to see her whole persona- which is probably quite charming.
I also think that because the customers last nite didn’t get an overload of Alice either (they were greated, seated, then she went onto others- so the “Alice” factor got diluted a bit, lol)- thus the customers seemed to enjoy her bubbly and “spirited” front of house efforts.
…just my thoughts
and as for Debra- sorry the menopause excuse is just that- an excuse! the whole show is stressful, so why would her menopausal symptoms ONLY surface in team events- bullshit!!!! (as 1 who may or may not also be menopausal!!!- put that in the TMI slot,lol
)
I think the real fact is that she doesn’t work well with others or in teams. she is a good cook, but not so good at working with others, or compromise, or taking directions!
Audra- now she was a joke! sorry, but seriously??????
Gidgit – Tell me what your tacos come out as. I will probably make them at some point.
By the way in TV Week it said Debra was single and had not had a date for five years. Maybe she will get a shag out of MC
I’ve seen that new Eva Longoria ad and I’ve never seen someone organising to feed a cat so interesting.
If Debra makes to Italy, she’ll score -no risk.
EH – okay, if it is a drier sort of randang, maybe, but my first reaction still stands. EWW!
BDD – what does that say about Italian men then? Casanovas?
Still leaning towards Deb to have another meltdown and quit. (In line with every season featuring one quitter). Unsure who will be the second one alliminated. Jules? (Can’t be Wade as Ben, Beau, and Andy won’t survive all the oestrogen).
JStar – It was shown on preview last night Deb presenting her food to Marco, so I assume she didn’t quit.
Sue N, nice to see you back and read your comments! How greedy were the judges as well, they each had two starters, entrees, mains and desserts, and still wanted more! I wish George would stop saying he is salivating, anyone would think they were all starving to death! EH, are you going to stay EH or change to JLo? I like em both!
@RR – sure will. Found a really good American recipe for popcorn prawns so will use that, make my own salsa and see how it goes! Making Hungarian goulash tonight.
J Star… the Casanovas of Tu$hcany will go for bunny caldaia, no risk.
Those popcorn prawn tacos did look tasty. Probably the best taco Ben has dished up (and might not be the last!
). Will have to make those soon.
Sue N – welcome back
Agree with you on Deb.
Andy Pandy – lol I think I better stick to EH. I am getting confused with so many J’s on here.
@sue N
Yeah, the editing really does heavily skew what we see. But Alice was picked last in last night’s challenge, so I don’t imagine she’s that popular. On the other hand, I think both captains chose their team based on cooking ability, with Mindy and Amina going first, so maybe they just don’t think she’s that great of a cook?
Jess- I agree that the reason Alice may have been picked last (or 2nd last if we want to get technical
) is her cooking ability…. but I still think she may be popular as a person 
EH & Andy Pandy- thanks for welcome
was lurking, but a little hesitant to weigh in…. 
(also had too many dumb appts lately)
[...] MasterChef contestant Deb revealed the reason behind her mood swings — Reality Ravings [...]
@JLo = Minangkabau is a tribe from Indonesia’s West Sumatra, not Malaysia. The rendang itself originated in Indonesia, and brought to the Malayan peninsula (and subsequently Malaysia) later on. Just getting the fact straight
it’s like saying sushi is from China and not Japan (which is wroooong).
I cooked a beautiful dinner tonight as I was very good in arranging the flavours !!!! You know what I meant after watching tonight episode.
So if you can quenelle, you are a good cook. I must practice that tomorrow
One more for you, EH. I have never braise cabbage before, from Andy
Em Em Em – I am EH, also know as JLo. There were previous conversations (on an earlier post) among a few of us & we were guessing we were from the same state of Malaysia and the particular state has strong link/history with Minangkabau. The rendang from this particular state is different from the rest of Malaysia & we call it Minangkabau style rendang in Malaysia. In Malaysia, if one likes to eat cold rendang, they are usually from that state. It is an inside joke. Sorry if it confused you. Of course I know the dish is originarated from Indonesia. Please read the history about the link between Minangkabau & this particular state of Malaysia and you will understand where I came from:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negeri_Sembilan
Littlepetal, Jess – Sorry, I won’t mention anymore inside jokes on here. It is too confusing to the others.
Em Em Em, JStar – this is the Malaysian Minangkabau style rendang that I was referring to:
http://lilyng2000.blogspot.com.au/2008/10/rendang-minangkabau.html?m=1
BTW, I am not related to the blogger.
@sue N
Oh, don’t mind me. I was just trying to be sneaky. Technically, Alice was “picked” last, because Audra didn’t pick Debra. She just got stuck with her.
Call me a wowser but a lot of children see Ma$terchef and Macho Pierre White waving a huge knife around while blowing sun$hine is an appalling example of how to handle a knife in a kitchen… or anywhere for that matter. How long before little Johnny eviscerates himself after watching that , trying to amulate the trash talking celebrity chef?
I guess in another thirty minutes or so tonight’s bloodbath will have aired in WA, yeah?
I actually agree with you BDD, I didn’t really like him very much, he could be scary.
I think I must be the only one in WA who actually used to like coming here to get spoilers for the end of the episode when I couldn’t watch it all or didn’t want to haha. Oh well, the episode is almost over!
Christ, I never thought I’d ever agree with Paul…. But I thought it was rather noticeable that it’s only ever in team challenges that Debra has a meltdown.
And for the record, I’ve been through the menopause. I was working in a pretty challenging job at the time (ICU RN) and although I felt like crap at times, I never took it out on anyone else. Then I saw my doctor, tried HRT, and all was happiness and roses. I know not everyone likes HRT, but if you are going to blame your appalling behaviour on menopausal symptoms, for God’s sake get yourself some medication.
But I don’t think for a minute that that is why Debra was being such a bitch. I suspect she is just a bitch.
Up until last night, I was still trying to think the best of Audra, but really, that is not how a captain behaves. She wasn’t so much a bad captain as a non-captain. Fucking hopeless.
Sorry Marie, it’s a shit sandwich because there’ll be complaints from WA if the result is posted. It’s over now anyway ,right?
I’d rather the result was up earlier too, with the appropriate warning.
Yeah, I can understand it annoys people/can ruin an episode but that is why I personally don’t go looking at MC stuff unless I want to be spoiled. I would rather come here but I can always brave the sites forums if I really need to know!
It is over now. I will admit I was pretty sad to see my favourite go. It will be less fun to watch without her!
Well, if $hine have got any brains, they’ll give Amina the chance to get back into the “competition” and we’ll see the amatas $hitting concrete again.
I think she’s been the best cook…but this is Ma$terchef and if she’d made tacos every week, she’d be off to Italy.
Yeah, yeah, yeah all over in WA – I dont sign on anymore whilst it on and sorry if I have harped on about it BDD.
Yeah it was a boy fest tonight – I had a feeling when Andy was in bottom 3 he ws safe immediaately…oh well, hope Amina does well out of this – watching the flashbacks she really did serve up some ripper meals – moreso than anyone else featured …. didnt we oly hear of Adam too when he made Top 10?
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Yep, the boys have been invisible up to now, as I said on the other post, its a pity we never saw their progress going through because suddenly they have turned into geniuses! I reckon one of them could win this thing, or possibly Deb or Kylie.
No worries, Sioux Denim. I’m in Adelaide and sometimes don’t mind being spoiled here or half expect it in the evenings. There are times one is unable to endure the emotional abuse meted out by $hine and it’s nice to come here and find the result being discussed by the Eastern seaboarders
Agree with you Andy Pandy. The obvious ones won’t win. Thus Mindy and Audra will get eliminated at some stage. They are slowing the pace down again with only 1 elimination next week.
I really can’t stand them using the word ‘ salivating’. George eat like a pig (no offence here). When the food is nice he just can’t stop himself from having more.
I think RR is the first on the money to suggest that a guy might win this when it looked really impossible. That was a big call.
Ben tore his cheeks apart to go to Italy. Eye Candy Andy now. $hine have got the penis balance about as good as they could have hoped for.
The judges used to say “my mouth is watering” before “salivating” came into fashion….
Thanks BDD – keep up the cracker comments too mate – lovin them!
Really looking forward to this Italian week and loved seeing their faces when they got told – that would be some surprise – I know they thinking they heading overseas somewhere but to finally find out where would be pretty freakin cool!
I still on Debs bandwagon but aside from her I’m kinda blasé about he rest – am sure I will ark up though throughout the remaining season………….
I think White actually looked mildly disgusted (more so than usual) when watching George wolf down giant fork fulls of Wade’s salad which pleased me. Speaking of which, maybe Wade is going to be a bit of a dark horse in this comp, I didn’t think he had a hope a few weeks ago and now he is putting up some good dishes.
@ brain dead Dave — totally agree with you, she should be brought back into the comp
I’m not watching anymore and I hate Deb the nasty menapausal witch!! amina deserved a pin
I think there’ll be a cook off between the aliminated amatas to allow one or two back in later. Isn’t that how Poh got back in from memory?
Ain’t Deb a instant mash thingy??? I’m so sad and just not a happy lil vegmite at the moment… Aminaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
(( I thought at least the top 5 for her arrgaaaaa 
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Brain dead Dave- omg I so hope that this will happen for she really was a fav of many and she is so much better at cooking than Deb,Beau,Taco Bell, Julia, Alice and all of top 10 poo pooz
Interesting episode last night. I was pretty happy with the result. Jules has done some good stuff but has been prone to errors, while I think Amina, while she started strongly, plateaued early and is really being exposed as a bit limited in the past couple of weeks. She’s probably a fantastic homey cook, but that’s about it. Not sure what would have happened if she went to Italy — “I made an Egyptian-style Lasagne with North African spices” — I am fearing Italian tacos enough as it is…..
I’m starting to really warm up to Wade. Seems like a genuine guy.
I think some comments here sell the guys short. Yes, they started slowly, but look at the women and how predictable they are becoming. Mindy will always make SE Asian, Kylie and Julia will always make dessert, Audra will always make Asian food that looks like it’s come straight from a really good Hawker’s. All good cooks, but I have a feeling they could all be exposed when taken out of their comfort areas.
Did anybody notice that while Deb was bitching about something to her team, in the background you can see Jules chewing on the wafer they made and Andy turning it around like it’s a precious jewel or something? I got a good kick out of that
But if Amina were to be brought back there would be an outcry if she were to win. Remember the outcry when Poh was in the final for that reason.
I had a sense that Amina was running out of steam. Curious her parents were not at the homecoming just her sister.
I thought it ironic that Audra and Debra were safe after the first round, when they had been the blue team’s biggest problem.
Yay for Andy being safe for another week!
Talking about predictable – Deb has been one of the most predictable, and limited, too, no experience with Asian food? Hard to believe in Oz! Remember Gary saying if she was a vegetable, she would be a fennel? And bruschetta in a challenge, with her favourite ingredient, goats cheese AGAIN? Bring on the boys, go Wade!
Deb is an appalling team player, an embarrassment to herself. Menopause….don’t think so. Amina eliminated for Deb’s brushetta, what a shame! Shame on the judges!
Still holding out hope Debra decides that the competition is all too stressful for her menopausal wellbeing and decides to quit before going overseas, and Amina comes back to replace her.
Wow can’t believe Marco actually liked what Deb made which was so basic anyone could of made that….now come on.
Audra’s ok I’m guessing many people out there are just a touch racist. Yes she is starting to be a bit annoying but as for Alice someone said she is a jewish girl but I thought she was Albanian. Notice how Marco intimadated the contestants. Is that guy/chef for real waving a knife around I bet the judges were embarrassed. Who will win Im guessing Ben or Andrew. I love the house they live in. Must be fun having to cook good food without paying for it. Good show this time round.
I like Matt Preston what a cutie….hee he
Agree with calliegirl ( post13 ), about Alice, what a phony attention whore…oops, sorry, attention seeker. Nothing worse than a 26 yr old woman coming across with all this ‘cutsie pie’ stuff. Looks nice if a 5 or 6 yr old does it.
I agree that Audra was not cut out to be a captain but Debra’s attitude was pathetic. When she came back in and said that nobody would have got the salsa ready if she hadn’t, well, so what? That’s what being part of a team is all about. Then to start cracking up and saying,”I just don’t care”. Well, maybe she didn’t care but if you just give up you’re jeopordising the whole team’s chances not just your own. Quite a selfish attitude that shone through I thought from Miss Spiritual Zen.
When the situation was reversed in an earlier team challenge and Deb was captain and didn’t know what she was doing Mindy jumped in and helped her…then got an ‘on camera’ dig and stab in the back from Debra. I’m quite sure if Deb had tried to help out Audra and take control Audra wouldn’t have acted in the same manner, she seems (Audra),like she’d welcome someone trying to help her.
Sorry to see Amina go as I thought that, along with Kylie she was the most genuine and natural of the females on the show. Didn’t act like an overexcited, hysterical 11 year old schoolgirl. Unlike some I quite like Audra as well.
Sunday nite show & all is cooking up a storm notice Ben was trying to say something in front of the judges about Deb………really nobody likes her ain’t that the truth. Well she brought it apon herself always rubbing people up the wrong way. Even when cooking those over sized meata balls she has to take over & made Big ben redundent.
Mindy made foodie music for the judges whilst Alice’s ink squid looked really bad but it turned out to be the best dish of the day.
I think they have the right mix of contestant minus Amina & without doubt Deb is there by pure luck I guess. Notice again nobody cuddles Deb at the end of the show. Menopose could be a reason for her stress.
In my opinion, Deb may be a good cook but she’s not suited for Masterchef–she doesn’t get along well with other people and she doesn’t work well with others either.. And if all her anger is due to menopause, she shouldn’t have entered the competition, or she shouldn’t let it affect the other contestants.
I’m sad that Amina left, she was an excellent cook, though her last few dishes on the show weren’t great. They all look really tired so maybe that’s what’s been letting her down?
I think the boys are sitting low for now so that they can shine through during the top 10.. I’ve seen some of their awesome tricks come out during elimination cook offs etc.. Although I would still be surprised if one of them won.
Just for the record, I love Andy!! He may not be the best chef in the competition, but he’s so sweet and I love his bromance with Ben
During this ^^ challenge he kept his calm and I know their team could have easily fallen apart (more than they already did) if he wasn’t there..
Just my opinion
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