Masterchef Australia – Well Here Was The Controversial Elimination
Well Marco-Pierre White is a frigging genius apparently he is a tad psychic “In a very short while I will know exactly who you are by the way you hold your knife, by the way you touch food, and by the way you put it on your plate.”
He did not at that stage announce who was going to be eliminated.
Actually he was just mind f**king the contestants and of course play acting. Even with all his over acting shenanigan he was a great guest judge.
Also with his knife holding antics women viewers could not help but have Fifty Shades Of Grey fantasies about him.
It was a double elimination and and the six from the blue team had to cook a three course meal. However if your entree was judged to be the top three then you were safe and did not have to cook the next two courses. Wade was made safe at once when the judges tasted his Brussel Sprout and White Anchovy Salad. Audra’s Sashimi also got her through, and Debra’s more rustic Brushcetta with tomato and goats cheese also saw her grab a top ten position.
It appeared Marco’s advice to the contestants was right keep it simple, and Debra’s big flavours got her through.
Amina’s flavours in the entree of Ocean Trout Capaccio were too big as Marco said the dressing overpowered the “salmon”. This appeared to be code for too much chilli.
Something she decided not to put in main course.
Andy had to cook again because he burnt his fish, and Jules’s Prawns with Tarragon Butter Sauce with asparagus did not hit the spit either.
With only Jules, Amina and Andy left the pressure was on.
Ben was moaning on the balcony how the top ten would not feel right unless Andy was there. Thankfully he did not run down and offer to swap places with him.
Jules, Amina and Andy had to make a main course to be served in 45 minutes with a dessert to be served 15 minutes after that.
Amina was making a blue eyed trevalla tangine there were gasps from the judges when she poured in a jar of passata. Clearly they are not a sponsor. George thought there would have been time for her to chop up her own tomato. I wonder what Gary would have said if she had put in the Masterfood Moroccan Spice Mix in.
Jules was making Fennel, Mint and Grape fruit Salad served with a piece of Ocean Trout.
Andy was making Duck with Braised Red Cabbage. He was not going to start his dessert until he finished his main. Did he mishear the instructions? He could have started cooking it the first 45 minutes like the girls did.
Marco Pierre was wandering around advising and also creating a bit of tension. Andy just finished but did not get a chance to wipe his plate.
Gary thought the plate was mucky but he liked it. Marco said the duck was better than he thought it would be.
Gary thought Amina’s dish was perfectly cooked but he thought the dish lacked flavour.
Jules dish looked nice and fresh. George thought it needed more seasoning, however he thought in terms of flavour it was delicious.
For dessert Amina was making Rice Pudding with Orange Blossom and she was blitzing it to try and make it glutenous as it normally takes two hours to cook. However the judges liked it but said it was undercooked.
Jules made a Mascarpone Trifle with a Macadamia Crumble it looked great. George thought it was a great finish however Gary thought the cream was a bit heavy.
Andy made a simple Grilled Figs with a Honey Grape Dressing. Gary said it was not his cup of tea but gushed over how wonderfully Andy had quinnelled his cream.
Gary told Andy he was safe. He also told Amina it had been a narrow margin and how they had wanted her to stay in competition basically saying Jules was never in it.
On last night’s cooking Amina’s dishes were not the stand out ones, so definitely should have gone home if that was the criteria. However I am not sure Andy’s were either. Or maybe the judges including Marco as his opinion was sought was turned by the pretty face of Andy.
Jules was basically never in it, however I thought her food looked the most appetising. Maybe they did not want to have seven women in the top ten.
Anyhow we now have a top ten, and they are Audra, Mindy, Alice, Julia, Kylie, Debra, Andy, Beau, Ben, and Wade.
Everyone was sad that they left, but then the judges made the big announcement about Italy. Everyone went wild and hugging well except for Kylie with Debra, when she went in for the hug Kylie appears to push her away. Thanks Heath for the tip off.
Poor Deb looks like no one will be wanting to sit next to her on the long flight to Italy.
Jules is currently working in two high end restaurants in Darwin, and Amina is working on a sauce, spice range including labna balls. She is also looking for finance to open a cafe. Amina will be one of the contestants from this year to be successful.
Should Amina have been saved because she is the better cook of the three or should it have been judged on the best food of the challenge? Who do you think should have been put through to the top ten.
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Marco may have stated to keep it simple, but bruchetta? Really Debra? And really judges? I could make that in five minutes! Amina should’ve been safe after the first round. Highway robbery, in my honest opinion. Debra should be thankful she is a good cook, because if she were on the same skill level as Dani or Sun, I’d probably would’ve given up on this show.
Guess I’m rooting for Audra and Mindy (who, by the way, could be seen wearing chef whites during the promo for Italy week, so she must get the shot at immunity while over there) to take out the title, now.
When all is said and done Amina shouldn’t have made it through the Vincent Gadan dessert extravaganza. She’s been off her game for a while and it’s caught up with her.
I will say though, Marco was a fantastic judge. I would love it they sacked the three stooges and just had him to judge the competition.
Marco was an awesome and entertaining guest (second only to Jaime I think), Heston didn’t even rate… hey does he still count as a cook or a scientist? Anyway, I think the top 10 is fine how it is. Amina peaked too early in the show to last (ala Marion). MC winners are usually not leading the pack from the get go, so I’m not going to be backing Audra either.
And it should -always- come down to the dish they cooked that day, not on past performances. Otherwise it becomes the Voice.
Amina’s decision to try a two hour dish in one hour reminded me of Alice and her tongue in the first challenge. Not wise.
Marcooooo! The old snivelling Marco was left at home and still he is marvellous. I knew Andy was gonna make it.
Yep bruschetta takes minimum time. So does sashimi.
Marco was a great guest judge, and very entertaining too (second only to Jaime). Top 10 is fine how it is, and the judging should always be on the dishes they make on the night, not past performances. Otherwise it turns into the voice.
Spam Blocker hates me. Looks like I won’t be posting on here for awhile then.
RR my post just got swallowed by the block-hole again too. Same as yesterday straight after Joseph!
I’m baaaaaaaaaack! Watched this at 5am while working off the jet lag…
I’ve missed most of the last few weeks except for RR’s wonderful updates! (thank you!). Finally got to see how much the girls were wetting themselves when Jamie Oliver came in.
I really enjoyed the episode tonight. Just disappointed about the last 3 left behind – was beginning to enjoy Jules’ cooking, and I’m surprised Amina dropped off.
I was so hoping to be rid of Deb after the last team challenge
I can see Amina doing very well post Masterchef.
She has got a great personality for television and there is a gap for a Middle Eastern type cooking show.
SBS or ABC beckons.
I think it probably worked out for the best, Amina was starting to struggle a bit and I really wanted her to get through. Maybe the judges felt she wasn’t up to the frantic pace in Italy. How annoying for Jules and Amina to just miss out on the trip though. I don’t think anyone will be brought back as I remember Gary saying that in this season they didn’t think it was fair to do that this time. I did think earlier on that a guy might win this time as they had a woman win last year so I think they’ve been hiding Wade, Beau and Andy a bit and now its their time to shine! Notice how calm Deb was, seems she is fine in individual challenges. Joseph Skyrim, keep trying to post, I like reading your comments. Welcome back Dr T!
Sad to see Amina leave the competition as she did have a repitoire that was not mod-Australian/Asian /Italian. I hope she does open up her cafe.
Loved seeing Marco Pierre White wielding his knife and creating tension in the room. Very witty.
I think Deb will go well in Italy. She may be hopeless in team challenges but doesn’t seem to struggle in eliminations. Wade-o wasn’t happy to see her come through the first round and return to the upstairs balcony.
If a guy is to win this year, I hope it’s Andy. These past few weeks he’s shown to be a very competent cook, and he probably has the best plating skills out of everyone left. He’s also very marketable, he’s friendly and approachable, relatable and he’ll be popular with the female audience.
Ben has piqued and is starting to flounder, not the strong favourite I once thought he was back in the beggining, and I just do not see Beau or Wade winning at all.
Raver, agree on the comments about the bottled passata – which looked a quality Italian brand to me. Seems like the stock issue from earlier episodes all over again.
George and Gary should know full well that it is generally recommended that because the vast majority of us cannot even get semi-decent tomatoes to make sauces* – unless we grow them ourselves – cans or bottles from Italy should be used to get better flavour. Maybe George doesn’t rate Italian grocery products. La Gina’s still my favourite.
I suspect the decision to dump Amina had been made regardless of what she or the others had cooked by a production team that would see her cultural requirements and Biggest Loser episode#1 physique as a best-avoided headache for a week in Italy. (This is regardless of whether Thunderbird 2′s oversized luggage pod was available for her and the other over-stuffed baggage of Matt, Gary and George).
* I’m looking at you Coles and Woolies.
Did anyone notice Marco licking his knife (can’t remember who’s food he’d just tasted) and the pressure he put on Andy ’10 seconds to go, 10 seconds to go’ I really felt the pressure and I wasn’t even cooking. Scary man lol. Oh and another thing that is so annoying, why does Gary say Wate instead of Wade? He also says preformance instead of performance.
Audra has a lot to answer for……..complete disorganisation in the pop up cafe has led to two teams members leaving. Alice did not cook an item on the night just gushed over everybody I would have sent her home on the first night for attempting to cook tongue – YUK. Interesting to see who goes next nothing outstanding in the contestants.
Nought wrong with tongue. Properly cooked of course.
Andy cooked well but you could kind of predict he wouldn’t go unless he completely stuffed up because I’m sure they want the gender balance – if he’d gone there would only be 3 blokes left.
Bruscetta saving Deb – really?
I am blaming Audra for last night’s eliminations. I’d sit next to Deb on the plane but not Audra.
Looking forward to seeing Amina’s SBS cooking show, there MUST be one.
Have to disagree about Wade Morgan. Last night showed how he’s gone ahead in leaps and bounds. That dish was a pretty sophisticated blending of flavours. He’s definitely a contender, though I really think Mindy will be the one to beat. How annoying it must have been for the others to see the two causes of them being in the elimination get through to safety first. Sad to see Amina go but she stopped improving awhile back and didn’t seem to have taken on board any of the things they’ve been taught along the way.
Yes, Daze I did notice Marco licking what looked like a knife. A friend of mine is a chef and he’s not a pig around food. They’re not all like that….or Gary and George.
I tend to agree with Boner that it was a done deal to shaft Amina as she was literally going to be a big problem in Italy. I know that Hannibal managed to get elephants over the Alps but people are much softer these days.
Well done $hine for getting the penis balance almost 50/50. I guess some of the guys appeared to have improved over the journey, except for Beige Ben and his “it’s Mexican or starve” repertoire. But appearances can be deceiving, partciularly after they’ve been put through the $hine editing suite.
I can only associate Marco as the stock guy ad. Marco licking his knife is a bit disturbing as the knife looked pretty sharp.
Noticed how this is the only elimination challenge where everyone was there to wish Amina/Jules goodbye, as though the judges knew that Amina wasn’t on top of her game. Yay for more titty rubs! Maybe the judges were scared for Andy if he were to go back to the big brother house and get jumped by Audra? ahh the visuals! lol
And speaking of Wade’s reactions: last night was the second time Audra jumped on him to express her excitement (only this time she didn’t do the legwrap, just hung from his neck for a bit). He looked so embarrassed both times.
Am glad Deb got through. Marco was clear: don’t fuck with the produce, keep it simple, focus on flavour not wanker style presentation. She filled the brief.
Amina put a huge load of red chilli onto her trout and gave too much ‘flavour’ in the first round, and then pulled back on the flavour in the second.
If anyone in this lot was going to win, I’d hoped it would be Amina. But like a lot of others I’ve seen her lose her sparkle and certainly her ability to make good decisions and follow the brief, ever since she started ending up in pressure tests, after the Bloke Food challenge where she served up sushi etc.
Vincent Gadan (?) was really put off by her cavalier use of salt in the parfait challenge and I think to be fair her time was probably already close to up then. But expect Deb will get the blame for this also.
I almost laughed when Deb said she was using goat’s cheese… yet again.
I saw Amina on the channel 10 breakfast show this morning, and it was quite funny. The host (Paul?) was giving her a bit of stick for not finishing anywhere near the top 5, and saying he didn’t like the sausage she was using in the dish she was making.
RR~”Poor Deb looks like no one will be wanting to sit next to her on the long flight to Italy”
Sure , still that’s a lot easier gig than having to sit next to Amina and being crushed like a granita..
A couple of grilled figs and some grapes with ‘perfectly’ quenelled cream a winner? I do wonder why Amina’s rice wasn’t cooked, she put it on right at the start and rice just doesn’t take that long to cook.
Laughed when I saw Wade put his head in his hands when it was announced Deb had got through. Kylie’s pushing away of Deb and Deb then wandering around alone said it all.
The producers should have felt shame when putting together Amina’s film clips. Win after win, she at least deserved to have a trip to Italy – neither Deb or Audra deserve to be there after their performance on Wednesday.
I usually don’t like to watch someone make others feel uncomfortable but I actually enjoyed MPW last night. He was so over the top that it was funny.
Re Jules working in two fine dining restaurants in Darwin…. Nearly pissed myself laughing when I saw that. I am from Darwin. The only one I thought might be classified as ‘fine dining’ was the casino restaurant EVOO… But then maybe there’s somewhere fancy in the airport hotel lol. Fine dining in Darwin haha
Marepoppin – I’ve lived in Darwin and I too laughed at ‘fine dining’ in Darwin.
Deb needs to embrace her unpopularity as a plus.
FFS, which self respecting middle-aged person would want to hang out with Alice from Owly’s School, Bert from Sesame Street, Frank Spencer and Andy from Wham!
Hopefully Deb’s got a stack load of books or a window seat.
Amina was awesome and I wanted her to go thru, she often had KILLER dishes that Chuck Norris would have been proud of. I would have loved to have seen her go thru and she deserved it more than others (she was a better chef) . . unfortunately it wasnt consistent every night.
Jules on the other hand should have gone a long time ago, she was never in it and only got thru on luck. fine dining in darwin my arse. There is no such thing. The vic does a great pub lunch though
Suit, that Paul on Channel 10 morning show is a moron; wouldn’t be surprised if it got axed. Amina doesn’t deserve any stick what the F**k does he know about cooking, wanker! Would love it if Marco gave him the death-stare lol.
When I lived in Darwin on the weekend used to load the van up with beer,drive around to Mandorah across the harbour and eat Queenfish and Golden Trevally. That was fine dining for me.
But there were deals at the Casuarina Hotel, all you can eat tiger prawns. ****,I’m salivating. Beautiful. I loved Darwin.
Chuck Norris eats Amina’s food before he works out on the Total Gym(tm)
Beautiful salivations bdd…………… Mandorah, now that’s a place that’s in a time warp!
Looking at the highlights shown for next week in Italy, no indication of the gastroenteritis that went through the contestants and some of the crew, though the judges were not affected. Supposedly held up production a few days.
Pity about that. I would have fancied watching a gastro stricken Jowl$y trying to soldier his way through a crucial “tasting”, with a bucket next to him.
” It comes down to the dish you cooked to….(.blurting,vomiting sounds)”
Lmao bdd – “It comes down to the dish I chucked tonight”.
RR, how are you feeling? You said previously that you wouldn’t be happy if Amina didn’t make Top Ten – (barring some last minute decision to extend the show and some contestants returned).
I laughed out loud watching the preview for the trip to Italy, when it was described as “a gastronomic adventure”. Gastro-something anyway!
To me, making bruschetta isn’t really ‘cooking’, any more than making toast is ‘cooking’. I can’t believe Deb was safe with that dish. And Andy’s dessert was little more than a fruit salad. People are safe because they can assemble dishes well?
But I loved MPW! He can lick my knife and serve me tongue 7 nights a week!
Oh BDD, now the memories for me are coming back re all that fresh fish. My partner at the time was a big fisherman. I have to buy it now
I’m tired of all these non-desserts that keep getting put up. Why ask for a dessert and then only give them fifteen minutes? That’s why we keep seeing trifles, mascarpone, grilled fruit, no-one has time to actually cook anything that might be interesting for a dessert dish. It’s silly and boring. If I see one more grilled fig or cup full of sweetened cream I’m leaving.
Agree Dunbi, the montage of Amina’s time in the kitchen must have embarrassed them. So many wins and great food. Also agree however that she seemed to have plateaued a bit, still did not deserve to leave compared to some others.
Why couldn’t The Fabulous Marco have been a judge properly, at least sitting down to eat with the two fat (and apparently intimidated) midget judges? Why just have him strutting awesomely around and then leave before giving him a chance to sit down and eat the food? Disrespectful I think, especially if you compare his social status with Gary and George’s.
That dish tastes ‘beautiful’ on the way back up aswell …
MPW’s acting was a superb study in deadpan menace.
Tarantino, the Coen Brothers or, at a pinch, Guy Ritchie should cast him.
I’ll pass on his version of tongue though Jruth.
Simone –
They had the whole hour to prepare their desserts. Amina started on her rice pudding thing straight away. Only Andy mistook the instructions and thought he just had the fifteen minutes left after the main had to be served.
Bruschetta? Tomato on toast. Had that for brekky yesterday.
Yes they had an hour for a dessert, but how could anyone produce anything baked or interesting in that much time as well as put up a main meal?
Jruth – re. bruschetta and cooking. I could be wrong cause I’m no expert on Asian food, but I don’t think Audra and Amina’s entrees involved any ‘cooking’ either.
I tweeted SBS Food a while ago and told them they’d be fools not to sign up Amina. Hope they’ve noted the ‘outpouring of grief’ on twitter, her show would be a winner. Agree though that she’d plateaued and made some poor decisions in recent times and just seemed tired.
Is it just me or was it quite patronising the way Gary referred to Jules as the home cook from NT. Not just the NT part, but they’re all ‘home cooks’, that’s the premise of the show…though perhaps when Audra/Julia go, they’ll mention something about how they can now expand their catering/cupcake business, after all the exposure they’ve received.
I’d like to know in Italy if they’d do it like in NY with Sun and Billy getting locked up in a room for the rest of the week….imagine if one of them’s Debra, they’d need a chaperone if the other person’s Audra or Wade.
Marco didn’t help Amina. He taught Jules how to supreme her grapefruit, and basically oversaw the entire cooking process of Andy’s duck breast. But nothing for Amina. I suppose Amina’s cooking is not his forte, so maybe he didn’t feel qualified to offer advice? Love Marco, though. He’s an excellent chef and mentor. But I don’t think they really leveraged his appearance all that well. Marco isn’t just meant to be “scary,” he was meant to be angry-scary. He was the Gordon Ramsay before Gordon Ramsay, yelling and swearing at everyone. He’s mellowed out a lot since then, but that was his reputation. I think they tried to make him a little crazy to offset his lack of shouting.
I thought Andy’s dessert was ridiculously below standard. Anyone can grill figs and sprinkle on grapes and almonds. His quenelled clotted cream came directly from a tub. No cooking involved in that. It was like the dessert version of Debra’s bruschetta. You made a sandwich, Debra. An open sandwich.
Amina’s cooking kind of stagnated after the dude food challenge. I think that’s where she lost her confidence because after the judges rejected her sushi, she stopped cooking Korean food. It was all Middle Eastern/North African cuisine from then on, which was a disappointing self-limitation. But Amina will do well post-MasterChef, no doubt. She was looking for financing to open an eatery? It’s around noon the next day, so I’m guessing she’s probably had offers by now.
Perhaps it was the sombreness of the the elimination, but Audra’s “thank you very much” response after the judges tasted her dish was actually very good! Now if she could just keep it at about that level each time…
But Gary successfully used chopsticks this time! Hooray! Please stop using those cheap plastic ones, though. They’re…well, ugly.
However, I think Audra will suffer without Amina in the house. Amina seemed to be the middle(eastern)man between her and the other girls. The younger girls have become increasingly cliquey, and I think Audra might have trouble fitting in in the house. She might even have to try to be friends with Debra. [gasp]
Oh, and that Herald Sun article lists Beau as “Wade”…as well as the actual Wade.
Oh come on Shine, if Mo & Mos (The Amazing Race S1) can race around the world with praying 5 times everyday, you don’t think Amina can take on Italy???
I think Amina was second guessing herself as the competition wore on. Her performance in the past week has been deplorable. Adjusting chilies so as not to “overpower” the judges’ tender taste buds, and so on. Well, all the best to her on her food career. I also think she’s a great spokesperson for Muslims and shows that they’re not terrorists in strange hats.
Nobody seems to be crying over Jules?
Not sure about the top 10. Some of them have gotten lucky and avoided facing as many elimination challenges as they should have, considering the quirky format. But it’s not hard to tell who should be in the top 3, at least.
Even if Audra was more organised don’t think her team would have won the pop-up restaurant challenge. Debra would have sunk whatever team she’s on, and red team was kicking on all cylinders, except for the main course.
Well said Planb.Your comments are the only ones that actually make sense on a page full of conspiracy theories.The Bandwagon’s must be reaaly piss right now,LoL.
when marco came in i nearly had a lady moment and i’m as straight as they come!!! no bdd not cum ,come . what a legend, piss the two little jerks off and bring in marco ,heston and jamie .what a ratings winner for ten you never know i might just turn ???? nah
“FFS, which self respecting middle-aged person would want to hang out with Alice from Owly’s School, Bert from Sesame Street, Frank Spencer and Andy from Wham!”
Well done CB – perfectly sums up these people!
I haven’t had a chance to read all the comments yet, but it was very close last night. Amina even made Andrew Bolt’s blog in the Herald Sun today – he’s written a nice article, finishing with
It is a great pity Amina is now eliminated, when a far more self-obsessed and ungenerous contestant survived.
Wonder who he is talking about – Audra I’d say!
And Deb’s menopausal comment has made into the widely read Sydney Morning Herald’s Column 8 this morning!!
BDD – only 10 seats needed on that plane now!
Interview with Amina: http://www.popsugar.com.au/Interview-MasterChef-2012-Contestant-Amina-Elshafei-Immunity-Challenges-Working-Debra-23866794
Thanks Isabel, though it was Boner I think who did the original number crunching concerning seating arrangements prior to my mentioning the perplexing problem today. It’s no longer a problem for $hine. Finding someone to sit next to Deb and getting some token footage of her enjoying the trip will be their next challenge.
And my cat got the fright of her life last night – I shouted PIG! at the TV when George was eating (and he’s getting worse). The poor cat sat up and looked terrified!
Gary got his way wtih kepping Deb around, can’t beleive she made TOAST & got thru?? Amina, yes has been off her game for a few weeks, but Deb should never have even made it into the top 24! I mean seriously its obvious she’s not cut out for the industry, you actually need a personality to survive & it’s completely obvious that even the other contestants can’t stand her! Cut her off!!!
Isabel,no.54 pmsl. Chris W great read, thanks. Amina is just a really nice person.
Andy got to the Top 10 by doing a perfect quenella clotted cream. I thought Jules dishes were better than Andy (but I can’t taste to confirm).
Read on another blog that the Finale will be on July 25. From the TV guide, there is only 1 elimination in Italy. Thus when they come back from Italy, shown on 15 July, they have to eliminate one contestant every other episodes to get to Final 3.
Was impress with Wade’s dish last night. He must have learned a lot from the other contestants while on MC. His dish looks delicious and I am salivating!!! and it is only brussel sprout.
Georgie – I do agree with you that the sashimi didn’t really feature any “cooking” either. I guess I just judge it by whether I’d be happy to have the meal served to me as an entree in a restaurant. Audra’s sashimi with salad and a tasty dressing – yes. Deb’s toasted salad sandwich – no.
I agree with everything planb says #21 re Deb & Amina. So won’t repeat.
My best Marco Pierre White moment was when he said to Wade, “Your bluberries, your NUTS, your anchovies, big flavours!” He emphasised the word NUTS. I couldn’t stop laughing!!
“Amina is working on a sauce, spice range including labna balls.”
So if you get a Marion moment, you get compensated with a sauce range deal on our supermarket shelves? Yeah, yeah?
EH; Im just fanning myself, what’s this; nuts and balls in one post, lol. Yes I cracked up too – big flavoured nuts ha ha
Oh, the best Marco moment was when Amina served up his dish cherry tomatolessly. Looking hurt: “What did I do to upset you, Amina?”
And:
“Ten seconds, ten seconds, ten seconds, ten seconds, ten seconds, ten seconds. Andy, you’ve got ten seconds, five seconds, Andy.”
My fav Marco moment was when Andy asked him how he was going and Marco stonefaced him. What a ba$tard.
Isabel: I don’t think Audra is ungenerous and self-obsessed. He must have meant Debra who certainly is.
I can’t help but feel that Debra will keep going for a while. Pretty sad. I however would put my money on Audra, Mindy or Kylie winning.
Dunbi, I agree with you. Its interesting that as I said before, if two people from the losing blue team had been put forward as the worst performers of their challenge, then obviously Audra and Deb would have gone home. This is how they used to do it in season 1 but the general consensus here is that the whole team should go up for elimination which is fair in some ways, but not in others. Also, if Amina had won her own immunity pin instead of helping Mindy ( who doesn’t really deserve it ), then she could have used it last night and been safe. Therefore, there is a lot of unfair things happening on this show which won’t please everyone. Amina wasn’t meant to go to Italy unfortunately. Isobel, I think he meant Debra as well.
My favourite moment was Audra saying she was shaking in her pants with Marco glaring at them.
Thanks Chris W for the popsugar link – Amina’s such a lovely soul, and incredibly articulate. I found the transcript of a speech she made as a 20 year old… not sure what the occasion was but I assume it was some Muslim function. (Nothing to do with cooking obviously, but girl sure can write a speech.)
http://www.speednet.com.au/~keysar/aemay05.htm
I am expecting Taco Ben to serve up ‘iCarly’s Spaghetti Taco’ to the local Italians during the team challenge. They will love it.
For those who have no clue, the spaghetti taco is so ‘famous’ that it even get a mention on NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/dining/06tacos.html?_r=1
i am planning to join S5 with tomato on toast !!
Andrew Bolt has waded into the Masterchef waters with this post on Amina. Whom is he describing in his last line as self-obsessed and ungenerous?
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/core_ingredient_missing_from_masterchef/
As above Chunks, I think it could be Deb he’s referring to.
At the same time Andrew Dolt’s got his own rather ordinary show on the Ten Network and wouldn’t surprise that he’s stirring up some muck and controversy for his employer. He could be well describing himself there.
i missed it last night, but i suspected that amina would be out of her depth… she’s maxed out all her unique-ness and had nothing left in her asian-middle-eastern repertoire. shame though. i really enjoyed her presence on the show… i need to watch last night’s EP online! and they’re off to italy? man… wonder what crazy challenges await them.
Just noting the general love for MPW, I caught an episode of his recent show (MPW’s Kitchen Wars), which I think RR had mentioned, while I was overseas. It was just one of the early stages where he was selecting teams to compete, but it was a great show, and he was the only presence in it.
Hopefully someone (free to air) will pick it up over here
Fides #65 – Amina did that speech in parliament. It is something to do with migrants.
EH#59 – Yes, I was laughing about the NUTS too.
Amina & Poh, the only contestants I’m interested in their recipes.
My favourite Marco moment was when he said “At the end of tonight three of you will be going home on the bus ……..with me”!
kess – Yes, I would love to cook some of Amina’s dishes. They are my kind of food. I did get Poh and Adam’s cookbooks (at discounted prices) and have try some of them. My complain with Poh’s recipes are that sometimes you don’t get the same serves as mentioned in the recipes. I have to adjust them but then it is not a problem as I tend to adjust recipes anyway.
Read this review about MC the pop up restaurant that is currently on in Sydney. You get dishes that have been cooked in the MC kitchen by the contestants or celebrity chefs. Those that are on that day just circulate among the guests. So it is a fan experience and not a dining experience.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/masterchef/masterchef-restaurant-a-fan-favourite-20120706-21kzd.html
I wouldn’t want to be there when Dani is on. She will be like Alice, grinning from ear to ear and laughing the whole night.
Andrew Bolt must have run out of stuff the write and is now kicking his heels waiting for the Abbott-ordained Carbontaxaggedon. While Deb’s hippie-dom would no doubt irk him as much as it does me, I reckon he’s referring to Audra. When’s Miranda Devine going to wade in on this issue? And surely Gerard Henderson has an opinion on the “left-wing conspiracy” concerning Amina’s demise and sneering, inner-city, leftist comments about George and Gary being unable to use chopsticks properly?
I’m really going to miss Amina. She was a great cook, hilarious and seemed a lovely person. Definitely will be looking out for what she does next.
I’ve lost a lot of respect for M.C this season with the blatant favourtism/editing at play. How all the mediocre cooks like Ben, Andy, Alice and Beau are still in I don’t know except that they’re young and are marketable (eg. look good).
And quit with the rude and immature comments re. Amina and the plane flight, seriously.
George last night to the contestants, something to the effect of “Welcome to the hospitality industry.”
As if Masterchef was not a game show created by a TV production company. Does George really think that viewers are that stupid or has he just been drinking Shine’s Koolaid ?
Or maybe budding chefs in Australia now know they can go on Masterchef to join the “Endastree” instead of Tafe.
He really is annoying: what with all his yeahs/ and profane exclamations. Go back to school doofus.
Loved the recap RR and agree with you Morgan (comment 3) I wish they’d get rid of the three little pigs and replace them with the big bad wolf.
Oops, my posting has gone into thin air again
Rest assured, Amy, there will be no more “plane comments” from me as Amina’s Masterchef dream is now officially kaput. She could cook – and I’d like to see her demo some middle-eastern dishes and correct okra preparation – but in all honesty will she be even be remembered this time next year. Though perhaps the next time an obese person rudely takes part of my plane seat by over-flowing into it she might come to mind. Well for a little while anyway – well, at least until the next season of Biggest Loser.
While sad for Amina I think it’s the best result for her. The ones who don’t win actually do better at following their dreams of opening restaurants or getting their own shows.
The judges kept on saying how wade and andymhad come a long way and improved so much. Perhaps that was the problem with Amina. She still had problem with plating up and making a plate look attractive after all these months. I know that middle Eastern and Mediterranean home cooked food does not put a lot of emphasis on plating up but she was on Masterchef and the boys showed progress in this department.
Thanks littlepetal.
Impossible I know, but wish they’d included Season 4 in all stars, though Amina’s the only one I’d like to see in it.
#26-30 are the new entries. I won’t post anymore new updates until the finale. But please keep up your contributions, I will post the complete list on RR’s finale post and we will see the number of entries that came from the winner – Australia Best Amatar Cook.
I have excluded isomalt (Beau) from the list as it is not a common ingredient that we have seen or used.
I have included tempering chocolate because the contestants should know by now there is always going to be a challenge involved chocolate tempering at some point of the competition.
‘I have never made French toast using sunflower oil before – Tomislav Martinovic’ (contributed by Marie, Andrea & Joseph Skyrim)
* Please note that this is a list is to mock the contestants, I do not want to disrespect the guest chef. It really wasn’t his fault as there was no butter in the pantry.
1. I have never baked a cake before – Ben & Kath
2. I have never eaten raita before – Ben
3. I have never tasted Moroccan cuisine before – Andy
4. I have never heard of egg white omelette before – Mario
5. I have never made or eaten a fish pie before – Andy (contributed by Andrea)
6. I have never tasted a barramundi before – Andy
7. I have never been to yum cha before – Debra
8. I have never made a meringue before – Wade (contributed by Littlepetal)
9. I have never heard of Roquefort cheese before – Beau (contributed by Jruth)
10. I have never baked bread before – Wade or Beau? (contributed by BDD)
11. I have never made fresh pasta before – Jules
12. I have never cooked bisque before – Beau
13. I have never made onion rings before – Tregan
14. I have never used a pressure cooker before – Tregan
15. I have never cooked turkey before – TK (contributed by JRuth)
16. I have never filleted a fish before - Andrew & ? (contributed by Andrea, Andy Pandy & RR)
17. I have never tasted blue swimmer crabs before – Debra (contributed by J-Ko)
18. I have never cooked a crumbed schnitzel before – Andrew (contributed by Daze & Dunbi)
19. I have never made panna cotta before – Julia
20. I have never made tortellini before – Tregan (contributed by Down with an ear infection)
21. I have never learnt how to spell macaroni and champignons - Tregan (contributed by Jill & Rosie)
22. I have never poached a chicken breast in glad-wrap before – Jules (contributed by Andy Pandy)
23. I have never made a creme brûlée tart before – Kylie (contributed by Jill)
24. I have never cooked with pork mince before – Debra
25. I have never confit’d anything before – Alice (contributed by
Jojangles)
26. I have never made sorbet before – Beau (contributed by Jill, Andy Pandy & Joseph Skyrim)
27. I have never made parfait before – Beau (contributed by Maz)
28. I have never tempered chocolate before – Beau (contributed by BDD , Littlepetal & Simone)
29. I have never cooked this dish before – Mindy & Jules (If Marco Pierre White said it is a risky business, who am I to say no?)
30. I have never braised cabbage before – Andy (contributed by Little petal)
So, random question – does anyone miss Sarah Wilson?
Was wandering through the wiki to try remember who all the contestants were (well mainly who the heck s1 aaron was) and had trouble remembering over half the people on those lists!
… also I just wanted to see if I could post again. ^_^
Sarah who? She was honestly the most pointless addition to the first series and was always stiff and awkward. Not missed.
“always stiff and awkward”~ just like George and Gary.
Not really JS.
Well not on Masterchef anyway.
I do however miss her column for the magazine in Sun Herald as this was the non-invasive surgical equivalent of rummaging around the cranium of an air-head.
“This week I… buy some shoes etc”*… Guess she’s now lost that niche forever to Lara Bingle….
I was hoping to pitch a similarly inane column, but with bloke stuff like:
- “This week I…catalogue my Iron Maiden collection (and wonder if my life would be different if I became an airline pilot)”, or
- “This week I…decide to go fart free for a week (but not without a back-up plan first)”, or
- “This week I… decide to be nice to Mrs Boner (but am worried she’ll think this means I am truly having an affair with Ajay)”
You’ll see my cunning innovation is to add a caveat to each of my weekly life-changing forays.
I really don’t know why Sarah was there, she wasn’t a judge nor did she even taste the food.
Garry and George stiff and awkward BDD? I would have thought more like a pair of gelattttinoussss (said with a Jowlsy hiss) pannacottas.
Soon Jowl$y will be feeling the Tuscan wind break gently on his cheeks.
Another great MC recap in The Age today, by Ben Pobjie … hilarious.
I haven’t watched MC for ages but do lurk here to see what’s going on. I *have* to comment, though, to say
CB – YOU NEED TO WRITE THAT COLUMN!
I was reading the abstracts in Nigel Tufnel’s accent. Surely somebody can see the beauty in your idea. Too good.
Thanks for that info lulu – a refreshing and irreverent take on the schmaltz-fest that is MCA.
Speaking of schmaltz , guess who Alice is tonight? The Red Baron? Little Red Riding Hood? $hine put her in the front row to telling effect.
Carlton v Collingwood or Alice?
Thanks Injera.
Unfortunately this’d require over 500 words of witty deadpanery and, just like Nigel experienced in his elusive search for the million-dollar bass riff, I’d no doubt get writer’s cramp.
Or is that writer’s block?
I’d probably end up just a pale imitation of The Sandman.
And just like when Sandy ran out of comic ideas in the latter part of the ’80s, I probably have to revert to writing in the nude and putting it on YouTube for cheap laughs. I still have some dignity, thankfully. Well, except when it comes to Ajay.
You’re welcome Georgie, I think Pobjie’s MC recaps are brilliant.
They are all flying business class
CB – No extra seat needed.
Agree lulu and I’ll be reading more of it for the comic relief. It’s all getting too serious and tiresome for my disposition.
bdd – I wanted to slap Alice tonight just so she’d stop that stupid, smug, smarmy nodding at everything Matt and Gary were doing.
Re the spacious business class arrangements~no small thanks to Ma$ter Foods Tomato $auce. How many bottles of that needed on the table tonight and the tawdry repeated close ups of Gary squeezing that $*** onto his pies, label in the face of the camera.
These Friday night Ma$terpimps are a disgrace.
Lulu, is that the same person who does the recaps on the SMH website? I look at that sometimes, its very funny and by Ben someone, could be the same. He’s very clever with his recaps, gets a lot of comments too. Just saw Amina on “The Living Room” cooking a dish in her home. She still seems to be nice and a happy person.
Amina is such a nice person. She works with children but she doesn’t behave like Alice. Alice behave like someone who has never seen or eat anything before. Everything looks so strange, interesting, surprise? can’t find the right word to use here. For goodness sake, she is a secondary school teacher, just act like one.
Yes, Ben Pobjie (I mentioned him above) – check out today’s Age online – he was in fine form.
I asked my Miss 10 who does she prefer to be her babysitter – Amina or Alice?
She answered, “I think I should babysit Alice.” Kids say the darnedest thing.
“Chi è il bambino con gli occhiali enormi?”
* I miei blog saranno tutti in italiano da ora in poi.
Ok thanks Lulu, I read the recaps on both websites and it is Ben Pobjie, he must write for both papers, he’s very funny and seems to be very popular with the commenters. EH, “Out of the mouth of Babes”, your daughter is smart!
Firstly I just want to thank the person who sent me the ebook Lighter Shades Of Grey: A (Very Critical Reader’s Guide to “Fifty Shades of Grey”. Please email me so I can thank you personally. I have an inkling of who it is… The name in the email I think was a pun on the book, if I am wrong apologies.
JStar – Yes and no regarding being upset about Amina. I think on talent and form she should have been there. But she was saved Monday night after her dreadful over salted praline, and last night her tagine did not look that appetising.
I think Jules looked the best, can’t comment on taste.
In fact I thought Amina’s was probably the worst of the three.
CB – Very funny.
Regarding Debra and her foodie future, don’t think she will be working in that area. Doesn’t she want to open a retreat?
Was also reading a publicity blurb for the Italian trip and at the end George said about 63 or the 70 contestants ( must be the top 20-24 from each season ) was now working in food.
Ok it had crossed my mind about whether there were high end restaurants in DArwin, but I did read a review in The Australian a few weeks ago about one.
EH-Love your daughter comment. I have this picture of Alice in my head and is not pretty. Imagine her dress in a baby gown, with 2 ponytails and the pacifier in her mouth. May look like this:
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPgCdTUwhao5l0GDPoaCrf5ei3uLSoNAX8H2FSGenu1G0y4vw
“Marco likes the dish, and mentally undresses Deb.” – Ben Pobjie
“Also with his knife holding antics women viewers could not help but have Fifty Shades Of Grey fantasies about him.” – Emma Ashton
Marco & Deb would make a great couple.
Amina’s now on twitter : @AminaElshafei
@JS #87, Sarah Wilson appeared on 60 minutes a few weeks ago for the story on quitting sugar http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/
I swear that tonight’s masterclass camera man was a totally different person.
JKo -Why did you say that?
@Andy Pandy
The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald are both Fairfax publications. They usually cross-publish articles, so you’ll find the nationally syndicated writers in both newspapers.
thanks Jess and Morgan!
I may be on my own here but I find MPW really annoying! All that “10 seconds, 10 seconds, 10 seconds, 10 seconds” is so irritating! (and yes. I understand he’s trying to motivate them.
I think Amina’s elimination really shows how unfair those immunity challenges have been. How many dishes has she won in other people’s immunity challenges and yet when she had her turn it was just her against the chef cooking his dish! As for the comments on her weight – is that really necessary?
Helen Razer also does hilarious takes on some of the masterchef episodes in the Age and SMH online. My favourite line from her overview of Deb’s hissy fit in the pop-up restaurant team challenge:
“On behalf of the sisterhood, I’d like to thank you for underscoring the fiction that we women are prisoners of our biology. Also, I can’t do PE today, sir, because I’ve got my period.”
Moonstruck (84) – mentioning that those who don’t win actually go on to do better. Don’t know if any of you remember Bobby Flynn from an earlier Australian Idol? but I was so grateful when he was voted out early-ish. Unbelievable talent – sounded like Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake had a baby – would have been SO unsuited to pumping out a crappy dictated studio album. So yeah, leaving early is sometimes the best thing.
I had completely forgotten Sarah Wilson was ever on Masterchef and I have been all over this show since day one. How weird.
RIP and thanks for the memories:
Amina – carried the hopes of the entire nation, a religion and several cultures on her more than ample shoulders
Andrew – ambiguous, androgynous cat with nine lives
Dalvinder – Jimmy incarnate
Emma – STFU and take that stupid beanie off your head
Flippo – Steve Bescumi, Ren and Stimpy bake bread
Jules – keep doing that to your hair and you’ll be bald soon
Kath – that gap in your front teeth was wasted on you
Kev – there has to be at least one idiot in the top 24
Lydia – George didn’t like your polenta bread or your feisty attitude girl
Matt – nothing to remember here except yours was the second head to roll
Mario – he’s still wondering why he was there and so are we
Sam – adds salt to the dish by the drip method
TK – too sweet and innocent for the MC machine
Tregan – mayogate on roller skate
Love it, Georgie.
Especially Kath. Julia cleaned up in that department.
Please be nice and treat people how you would like to be treated. I find the comments are getting very personal, nasty and sarcastic. Also please write in English. Thanks
Another SOOTI – there must be an army of them lurking.
Amina – My favourite MCA contestant ever, or at least tied with Marion. Would’ve loved to have seen her win.
Andrew – Yeah, cat with nine lives. Most definitely very lucky to have gotten as far as he did.
Dalvinder – Wasn’t keen on her at first, but after the second week I was a fan. Majorly robbed and should still be there.
Emma – Aside from the tears, she had potential. I hope she does well after the show.
Filippo – Eh, he was sort of disappointing. His baking was good, but other than that not much else.
Jules – A younger version of Julie Goodwin. Deserved to go when she did.
Kath – I really liked her, TBH. Shame she didn’t last very long.
Kevin – Most shocking first boot ever, IMO. When the Top 24 was revealed, I thought he was going to be a huge contender. Gee, was I ever wrong.
Lydia – Who? I barely remember her apart from seeing her in the intro.
Matt – Could’ve been Callum 2.0 but was booted way too early to see if that was to be.
Mario – Why judges? Why did you cast this guy? We all know he couldn’t cook (the episode where he was eliminated pretty much proved that). He only got as far as he did because he was lucky enough to be in most of the winning teams.
Sam – Honestly a shame he was eliminated. He looked like a strong cook.
TK – I loved her, so sweet. But it was obvious she was a filler so I knew she wasn’t going to get very far.
Tregan – Seemed fun and cool at the start, but as time went on she started to show she was pretty hopeless.
#122….Avere una vita.
Concordare e Dio ha parlato!
I just can’t understand. If people don’t like this blog why don’t they just go away and leave us alone. Or they could start their own blog and do what they like.
Sono d’accordo littlepetal
我愛阿美娜。
EH 我太
أحب أمينة
Bitte stoppen. Sie machen mich zum lachen
EH ha dichiarato: “Amo Amina” Et Daze.
Non I’n cerebralmente morto !
I’ll bet you wish you hadn’t said that, Meg Jones. Zut alors!
Now time to go back to the wall, hum yourself a little tune and sniff some curtains.
Dunbi now for some Welsh – mae hyn yn hwyl
Och aye, Daze
Je bent heel slim – BDD
Grazie, gentili you’revery.
Sto producendo un piccolo dizionario che può essere utile in Italia.
ie “Deb! $ei al sicuro!………..”Deb! You’re safe!”
Pensi che stai andando a casa stasera, “amata” ?
cũng cho biết
இந்த வேடிக்கையாக உள்ளது
Tutti i dilettanti hanno la gastroenterite. Cosa fare brillare?
“Si può andare ora e gusteremo. Yeah?”
Boom! Boom! $cuotere la stanza!
Sto sbavando!!…….I’m salivating!
Cotta …….undercooked.
barba cozze…….mussel beard
$hine………$plendere
Grazi, littlepetal. Lo ho solo la traduzione su Google.
George – Είμαι σαλιώνει
what’s a SOOTI?
Been out and have just come home to find this long list of comments ‘not written in English’ and I’m pissing myself laughing and crying laughing. We have such a diverse range of linguists on this blog.
lulu – in English and too funny for words.
sue N – SOOTI is Supreme Overlord Of The Internet. Keeps an eye on everything and polices content.
and they may be funny in the context of the earlier comment
, but to the uninitiated/uneducated- can we pretty please have a translation? 
sue N – if you copy and paste the foreign text into the Google search field then type ‘translate’ at the beginning of the text, Google will do it for you. I’m about to start working my way through them.
Or sue N , you can type someting in English into Google and prefix it with “translate into Italian”,say , it’ll do it and then you can cut and paste that into the blog.
BDD-I discover that this afternoon ! I was disappointed when I couldn’t join in the fun.
Georgie & BDD- the educational things i learn on here
. when I am feeling up to the task- I shall endeavour to research and translate, lol…. feeling apathetic right now 
I discovered it last night while watching Tour de France and doing this.
I use Google translate iPhone app. Handy & fun. 很好玩。
lol Georgie, I learnt a new word today. Thought SOOTI is one of the commenters lol
immaginare il mal di testa for RR (imagine the headache for RR)
Georgie bdd littlepetal EH and Dunbi imagine Meg #122 started this lol; ah well a bit of fun on this cold day
I swear on a dusty stack of Ma$terchef cookbooks to RR that there’s no bad stuff in there and I’ve translated it all, everyone’s .Tutti.
Daze I think it was a response to my RIP list at #120 although she wasn’t specific. The ‘write in English please’ (so I can work out whether to be offended), may have been about an exchange in Italian between bdd and me last night on the ‘Top 10′ thread.
bdd – what’s your take on Morgan’s 124 post? In English would be good, lol
Ditto Daze
I was at the zoo watching the seals playing tricks and pretending to be a polyglot.
Daze, Morgan’s #124 post is also a response to mine at #120.
Sorry Georgie, too much Italian Welsh Tamal Malaysian, brain gone fishing! Sorry only referring to other poster saying ‘speaka da english’ hence all these other language posts started (I thought) lol
Shall we post in Italian next week?
littlepetal – that’s exactly what bdd said in Italian last night at #107. That’s where all this started.
Yes, I just wanted to post my opinions on the eliminated contestants as well. Sorry if I confused anyone.
EH #144 sorry google translate failed this time. Came out as
I am he salivates.
La giudice indossa cravatta ha le dimensioni di una balena!
“Questa è una delle decisioni più difficili i giudici hanno dovuto fare”
Lochef(tm)~ “Quest’anno è tutto per la cucina”"
The Three Stooges sono segaioli totali. Grandi teste e cazzi piccoli!
Et ho pensato che sarebbe stato “gabbiani”! Ridere ad alta voce.
Grandi was meant to be ‘big’ but when I reversed the translation it came out as ‘department’? WTF – piangere ridere!
Sembrano più come pinguini
Georgie #167 I put that into google translate and it gave me the right translation. But the bottom of the page asked me do you mean this:
The Three Stooges sono segaioli totali. Grandi tette e cazzi piccoli!
I can’t stop myself from falling off the chair!!
littlepetal – #170 – Sembrano più tre bradipi toed!
#171 – Lol littlepetal, that would be Jowlsy!
Tutti i giudici avrebbero uomo tette!
bdd – Ridere ad alta voce, and cazzi piccoli.
Il maiale, con guance indossa una cravatta!
Based on the love the ladies on the site have been projecting my way, thought this as good a place as any to announce the title of my forthcoming biography:
“Marco Pierre White: Making ladies curl their toes and bite the lower lip…and that’s well before foreplay”
Hi CB!
Sulla base l’amore le donne sul sito sono state proiettando la mia strada, pensato questo come un buon posto come un altro per annunciare il titolo della mia biografia di prossima pubblicazione:
@Marco Pierre White’s Scowl – in Italian please. I have translated it for you:
“Marco Pierre White: Rendere signore arricciare le dita dei piedi e mordere il labbro inferiore … e questo è bene prima i preliminari”
Am I that obvious?? Hi Georgie.
Off to watch some Game of Thrones season 2, now kids confirmed as 110% in the land of nod.
Why do I envy Tyrion and not Marco?
Afraid so CB but you should envy Marco because he ‘ha un naso di buone dimensioni’.
Hi Boner Culinaria.
I dilettanti sarà da gioco di troni in Toscana la prossima settimana.
La sfida ciotola grande, bdd.
Moonstruck – Darn! Greek is the only one that I used Google translator. I was out at the zoo with a Dutch, a Chinese & an Arabian. LOL!
@Littlepetal, I just thought that that particular cameraman was over the place…. close ups of the people, then a weird angle to the food cooking on the stove, then a distance shot at some random stuff, then repeat.
Great blog + honest comments = daily distraction
JKo-Got you. I wasn’t concentrating on Fri masterclass as the dishes that night didn’t interest me at all. All I noticed was Mindy. She was cooking, talking, tasting etc etc.
Zumbo vs Vincent Gadan. Good read! Zumbo is clearly not happy with Gadan.
http://news.com.au/entertainment/restaurants-bars/master-brawl-heats-up-over-chefs-adriano-zumbo-and-vincent-gadan/story-fn93ypt9-1226420059596
EH; interesting! Fancy MC not knowing their facts, I’d be p*ssed off too. Egg on face MC!
JKo and Littlepetal I thought the cameraman was besotted by Mindy.
Dunbi – it might have been a camerawoman?
Morgan – I like your thoughts on the contestants. No problems at all.
Everyone be nice to people, particularly new people that comment please . Meg was just expressing her frustration at the lack of english.
By the way don’t expect the recaps next week to be in Italian I have a hard enough time writing in english.
Georgie – Yes, I should have thought of that.
Apologies RR, think yesterday must have been Mad Saturday!
I believe Amina should have stayed, howver I’ve seen her struggling so far. I think she was the best cook in the Masterchef series. She was a favourite and will be missed. And also i didnt get to see what happened to Debra. Seems like shes hated, I just wanted to know could someone tell me why Debra is being hated. It’s not that i like her or anything but I didnt like her style of cooking from the start she seems like a rude person. Well i still think Amina should have stayed and Debra should have gone. 11 people should have went to Italy and that includes Jules and Amina. Well I am know going for Audra, Kylie, Mindy, Alice and Julia
Good luck girls and also Amina we still love Amina
I do not like debra. Debra its all your fault you should have been kicked out of Masterchef . Love You Masterchef (not uincluding Debra)
Kylie you wanted to get away from Debra go Kylie .. i think Kylie thought Debra stank. AHAHAHHA it says that Noone wants to sit next to Debra on the plane pooo weee
POO WEE DID U STINK? ALOT OF PEOPLE R HATING U COZ AMINA SHUD OF STAYED
Last three episodes it was so obvious they wanted to wipe Amina out. Two weeks ago, when their comment about Mindy’s food was ‘yuck, Amina was one of the three bottom contests not Mind! I think the judges have a soft spot for some of the girls!.
This show has become a joke with no credibility! Amina is out but useless no-hopers like every one of the men, Debra, Atom Ant Alice and even Julia are still there. The immunity challenges are too stupid for words. Good grief. It is so obvious that they are killing themselves to give it to Mindy who is so gormless she even thinks she deserves to have the immunity pin that Amina won for her and so they are eliminating all competition – watch out Audra and Kylie! Not watching this crap ever again!
‘beautiful’ – the most over-used and inappropriate adjective used on this cooking show. They are just ingredients for craps sake – they are not beautiful! Mindy is the prime culprit, she is always so over the top and don’t put Alice on the sreen for too long as the sun comes through my window and magnifies through those ridiculous glasses she wears starting spot fires all over my room.
My fault. The entire two lines of Italian prior to #122 were mine.
BDD – No fault just it was annoying readers. For the record I speak swahili when I am drunk.
Well said Cookie Monster. I can’t stand Mindy. Why the cameras are on her all the time?! What is going on? These judges are becoming more and more funny and unfair.
I think Amina’s elimination was controversial indeed, Gary is biased and this is absolutely ridiculous. I personally don’t have anything against him but he along with the other judges was highly unfair. Never letting her fight for immunity even though her dishes out stood every time. What a pity, this show is going Dowwwn for sure.
Sighhhh….if only people knew.
1) it’s NOT about the food.
2) It’s about making television for viewers to watch and make Shone Australia some mulla.
3) Don’t judge what you see. Imagine what happened, that YOU DIDN’T SEE.
4) Judges have favorites and are at times seem plainly mysogynistic towards some contestants.
5) That list of foods the contestants claim to not have ever cooked before? Umm its true.
6) As a judge, you can have anyone eliminated, keeping your faves on the show? All you have to do is claim the food tastes like sh*t. No one will ever know otherwise.
7) As a Producer, you can have anyone eliminated, keeping your faves on the show? All you have to do is whisper in the ear pieces the judges wear and order them to claim the food tastes like sh*t. No one will ever know otherwise.
There. Your show is born. Don’t get emotional people. There’s no rhyme or reason to it. It’s made for TV….T.V.
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