Masterchef Australia – Alice Was In Heaven, Debra Was In Hell
Well no one has ever received a sainthood for not playing their immunity pin on Masterchef Australia, and it was quite a surprise when Alice decided to take a risk and not play it but cook in the elimination challenge. This could have gone down as one of the dumbest reality TV moves since contestants giving away their immunity necklaces on Survivor.
Was it stupidity, strategy or was she just confident she that was a better cook then either Andy, Debra, Ben or Julia?
Her reasoning was quite Kumbaya. “If I go back to the Masterchef kitchen without facing my fears about going home it will be harder the next time…” she then pointed to the pin and said “this is my reminder I conquered”.
She wasn’t the only one pulling out their self-help spiel Debra was talking about the pig she was prepping like she was embalming it rather than cooking it.
For former vegetarian Debra cooking a pig on a spit would have been something she thought she would have faced on Fear Factor not Masterchef. She must of been grateful that she did not have to gut the pig.
The challenge was for each person to cook a course for a village of fifty Italians. Lucky for them Alice decided to cook otherwise it would have been a four course meal. Thankfully it was up to a challenge which of the five Italian dishes the contestants had to cook.
They had to make 100 grams of perfect pici which in layman terms is a long piece of thick spaghetti. The order in which they finished would be the order in which they selected their dish. Ben was first to finish, then Alice with a just by the seat of her pants pass. Debra was failed by the nonna judges which meant Julia and Andy by-passed her in the dish selection.
No surprise Debra was stuck with the suckling pig and Julia took dessert.
Ben picked the pici, Alice the antipasti, and Andy picked the salted cod croquettes.
They were given four hours to cook for fifty people, which was a tad ironic considering the previous challenge the cheflings were only given three hours to cook for 500 people.
Gary was sceptical about Alice’s antipasti and wonder whether she was doing enough. She confidently quipped “Well if Jamie liked my antipasti then hopefully the Italian’s should as well”.
Debra obviously missed the “listen to the judges” memo or maybe her menopausal mind forgot it, as she completely ignored George’s advice on how to cook the pig. She made a oil marinade and George said his father had told him never to put oil on the skin as it will split and only put water and salt.
She still decided to use it. She said she normally listens to George, however that marinade was giving her a spiritual moment of “connecting” with the dead carcass.
“It just feels like touching the pig and rubbing the pig I was kind of connecting with the pig…. “ It was like she was embalming it.
Julia’s who had managed to get her wish of making dessert was suddenly looking fallible as she stood before her “dark” aka burnt pastry cases. She had to change strategy about putting lattice on top as she could not put the cases back in the oven as they would be very dark indeed.
Alice was first to serve up. Gary thought Alice should have done more, however she had made the caponata and duck liver pate.
Ben’s Pice was criticised by the Italians for being too thick. George found it a bit on the al dente side however Gary liked the sauce. Andy’s Baccala was very well received particularly by George gave it his seal of approval by burping after eating it.
Debra was late plating up the pork and and the sides she had made with it. The others helped her after a mini teary meltdown. Unfortunately for her doing too many dishes and the fact it was served cold were the criticisms.
Julia’s dessert looked pretty simple, a pastry case, homemade jam and ricotta cream piped on it.
The diners got to vote and the person with the highest score was Alice so she was safe. She was gracious enough not to turn around to Gary and say I told you so.
George and Gary made Andy and Ben safe and were sent to stand with the other contestants. Audra at this stage did what half the women in Australia want to do and went the grope on Andy. He was a bit shocked.
It was not surprising Debra and Julia were the bottom two. Deb was eliminated she was upset but not surprised she knew that as soon as she saw the pig she was on the way out.
Debra now hopes to open a holistic retreat where she can cook for her guests.
On a final note she reveals how hard the challenge was for her.
“It was incredibly important to me, no matter how confronted I felt, to prepare the pig with respect,” she says. “It was deeply personal and evoked many emotions beyond what was actually happening on a physical level. For most of the day I felt as if I was moving slowly through thick cold air. I felt completely off-centre.”
Hopefully Debra is feeling a bit more centred now.
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If only Debra had that spray those wonderful hippies had on TAR Australia, she would have been calm, centred, and less menopausal during every team challenge as well as tonight’s elimination. Hopefully she will get in touch with the hippies and strike a deal to sell the spray at her holistic retreat.
And as for the screen “grabs” of Audra, do you blame her? She’s been locked up in the MC prison for 5 months now with no conjugal visiting rights!
I thought Andy’s balls should be the dish of the day.
I wonder whether if Alice’s dish hadn’t been chosen by the villagers, would she have been in the bottom two as the judges seemed most unimpressed with her offering.
At least Audra didn’t give him one of her special hugs. I had to rewatch that bit as I couldn’t quite believe she was grabbing at his upper thigh…- I actually thought on the rewatch that she was trying to pull them out of the rain, as it was obviously cold and wet, and the safe contestants were standing under a tree. Though you don’t usually need to grab someone there to do that…anyway, a more pressing concern to me was why were Ben and Andy wearing almost exactly the same thing.
But poor Deb – I’d have felt sick having to deal impale the piglet too.
Dunbi – that was just the stooges schtick for the old red herring. George said something like “but would this be enough in the Masterchef kitchen”. Who cares dude, it only has to be enough at this village feast. He’s such a wanker that boy!
The Ben and Andy show was priceless when Deb went to them for help. Ben says to camera – “this might be an elimination challenge but we’re still a team”. Poor old Deb can’t take a trick can she – the producers had to use that dirty ‘team’ word in her demise.
RR – love your screen grabs.
George looks like an engorged foetus having a reflective moment between feeds.
In the groping of Andy series, the third pic looks like he finally surrenders to Audra and puts his hands behind his head to do the pelvic thrust. Hahaha!
@Georgie-lol with your witty comments.
Go Audra!!
Happy that Debra is gone. I thought Andy should’ve won best dish of the day. I was kind of jealous of Audra, I would’ve loved to have grabbed Andy like that!
So another three will go home next week, I’m sure the “bombshell” Gary drops is that someone is going home that day.
I think Deb will be on the 10 breakfast show in about 30 mins~approx 7.20 EST.
Thanks Masterchef for making Italy seem like $hitaly.
With auburn tresses , thirty years off her age and a better tantrum, Deb may well have sucked the judges into an extra 15 minutes cooking time like Clare Winton Bung It On.
What a fake Beige Ben is. He was more than happy to drop Deb in the shizen the other night.
I actually felt sorry for Debra. It would have been hard for anyone to do that suckling pig and impale it let alone a vegetarian.
Not to say I’m going to miss her but yeah…
And all this time I thought Audra was pretty tame (and not jumping on people) in Italy as she is not in her culinary element. Thanks RR for the images (as I was cooking dinner so I missed that part) jealous ‘cos I wished that was me
The judges sent Deb home because she didn’t listen to advice. ‘Cmon you former vego eater, get some pork on your fork!
Alice scored an extra point for being Debra’s roommate. OTT + menopausal behavior = I don’t want to know what has happened behind the closed hotel room door.
I actually like Debra’s food and it was unfortunate with her behavior that she would never going to be the winner. Getting the pig didn’t help. JStar – she definitely should have brought a few bottles of the Aura spray to the MC house.
I don’t know if the promo on the previous night has given away the clue that Alice didn’t use her pin. They announced during the promo that the contestants would cook a 5-course meal but if Alice used her pin, they would probably have reduced it to a 4-course meal?
Did I miss it or there wasn’t any home coming party for Debra?
I had to replay to watch the saucy bit. Audra’s hand was on his chest & then on his hip. She was reliving my cougar dream minus the red Vespa.
@EH
No homecoming clip for Debra, but she’s still in Italy for tonight’s masterclass episode, so that might be why.
My housemate thinks Audra actually went to pull her scarf back, accidentally overextended her hand, and then tried to make the best of a awkward situation with a congratulatory pat. Me…I think she just wanted a grab.
http://i.imgur.com/9u9DE.gif
“This is like foraging,” says Alice, as she takes eggplants from a basket. Yes, that is exactly like foraging.
“It’s what I’ve done when I’m stressed, or sad, or happy…” explains Julia. So, basically, there is no time when she doesn’t make desserts.
“Roasted fennel. Very typical Deb flavours. You know, her middle name should be fennel.” All this time, I thought the judges were commenting on Debra’s appearance when they said she would be a fennel… (apparently, they just meant she cooks with it a lot).
Alice about to applaud after Debra’s elimination, but deciding against it: http://i.imgur.com/fbcoy.gif
If I was a conspiracy theorist I could imagine that the whole thing was set up – Alice happened to decide not to waste her pin, Deb happened to be the only one who’s pasta was not up to scratch so she came last, she ended up with the dish no-one wanted especially her, could anyone have carved up 2 whole pigs and kept them hot for service, maybe Deb even wanted to go home. Plus Gary and George were up for a hug because the others wouldn’t have been keen.
Okay she was a menopausal bunny boiler to some but expecting a serious vegetarian to do that is like expecting Jack The Ripper to be kind to a prostitute.
The beige frump who “won” last year was able to avoid Dalai Lama protocol because her of her apparent deep religious conviction, Deb could have refused in a similar fashion when she drew the pig impaling task. Is the show called Ma$terbutcher?
Five nights to aliminate one amata? Bad television.
I felt sorry for Deb last night, she really got the short straw – unfortunately for her. It would have been difficult for anyone to impale one of those pigs on to that rotisserie pole! I don’t think her ‘losing it’ had anything to do with being menopausal, I just think she was overwhelmed with the task.
As for Audra, I could hear her voice at a distance, so FFS shut up! It’s a very annoying voice with a faux American twang.
Wonder if Matt has been sitting on the loo all week with gastro, as he hasn’t been seen for a few nights.
Actually, yeah, I felt bad for Debra, too. Especially considering what she had to cook with. We have modern spit roasters these days, but she was left to contend with a stick over a fire. The other contestants didn’t have to work with rustic wood-fired ovens. The suckling pig just seemed unfair.
Alice’s justification for not using her immunity pin sounded really fake. She probably just thought she could out-cook the others and wanted to save her pin for later. (I wish she would hold back on all the Yiddish, though. We get it, you’re Jewish.)
@bdd
It’s actually not traditional to refer to the Dalai Lama as “Your Holiness.” It’s just common in the West because he’s equated with some sort of Buddhist Pope figure.
Isabel – you’re probably right about Matt but I don’t think any of the judges got the gastro. His ‘elimination challenge’ would be more to do with gastric overload after a week with his snout in the Italian trough.
Thanks Jess. Re the Pope comparisons~I find that pretty strange actually because the DL isn’t in the business of protecting paedophiles as far as I know.
The Andy-Ben friendship/bromance is adorable to watch.
Matching shirts last night!
I’m now wanting Julia or Alice to win. Or any of the boys.
Mindy, Kylie and Audra are all getting on my nerves now.
Good thing the show is ending soon.
Poor Deb! I felt sorry for her too, I could never do that, I would feel upset seeing the poor little pig, and trying to impale it would be torture not to mention its really a strong man’s job to handle and lift that thing. I know she got a bit of help doing that but she still had to prepare everything else and then carving up all that pork and keeping it hot was too much for her. The judges could have helped her there as her team mates did when she broke down. She looked a bit fragile and everyone was gentle with her so is probably best she went. Julia was the one who surprised me as I thought the dessert would be easy for her. How could she overbake the tart and then expect to put it back in the oven? If she hadn’t been told otherwise by the judges, her dish would have been burnt and she might have been the one going home.Love Andy and Ben, one of the Italian villagers wasn’t too bad either! Audra annoys me saying Dude and the way she pronounces Tomaaaatoes! Sorry to pick on her accent!
I thought that whole pasta making challenge was a bit sus.
Here we have people who’ve said such things as “I’ve never made pasta before”, yet they can magically make exactly or near enough to 100grams. Andy’s looked like a lot less than the others sitting on the scales and George sure went all out to keep the dial covered.
Also, Ben’s pasta looked very thick and I was surprised when the lady finally gave it a begrudged okay. Debra’s didn’t look any thicker than Ben’s and she got knocked back?
Another MC conspiracy theory (but don’t take it too seriously folks):
Debra has to get the pig, because whoever gets the pig will lose. George clues up the Italian lady next him before they start. “Okay, one kick on your foot for ‘yes the pasta is good’ and two kicks for ‘no go back and start again’.”
Then Andy throws a spanner by coming up short so George has to do some slight of hand long enough to drop a couple of Italian coins onto the scales to make up the shortfall.
Librarygirl – I am with you, warming up to Julia & Alice. I don’t mind any of the boys win, even Beau, as long as it is not Mindy or Kylie. My picks are Alice or Andy. They have improved a lot; done some great dishes; team players; the judges like them & they have not been overexposed like some of the front runners.
Littlepetal #2 – I wanted to tuck into Andy’s golden balls.
Kudos to just about everyone last night: to Ben and Andy for helping out; to Alice for standing up to the stooges; to Julie for holding on to Debra who was losing it while the Gary was drawing out who was to be eliminated; and finally to Debra for at least trying.
The only interesting episode for the week. One negative I’ll make was the initial test with the pici. Not only is there is no way that those scales would accurately weigh 100g, but George wasn’t even looking front on. Interestingly, apart from a fleeting glance at Ben’s weighing, we didn’t get to see the scales properly for any of the others.
For all you Deb haters you got your wish last night so who are you going to dislike from now on. I felt sorry for Deb trying to struggle with the impaling and how on earth was she expected to keep the pork hot no facilities for that. The “miserable judges” did not comment on how well the pork was cooked just found it was cold.
Why didn’t Alice, who finished her dishes first give Deb some help but then she would not have had any more facilities than Deb did to keep the pork warm. Julia’s dessert overcooked pastry,
jam and piped ricotta not a lot of cooking in that
and dessert is her speciality”.
I’m with you fairybreadgirl.
Jess – Great shots how do you do that? And funny comments.
I have requested an interview with Debra is there anything thing you want to know?
It wouldn’t have taken long to show the viewers the scales , especially considering the mindless footage of George dividing up food again and again, the pregnant pauses , amatas walking hither and thither with their dishes and the useless recapping of events five minutes old.
We do see the scales on The Biggest Loser and are left to trust the producers on this weighing last night that it’s fair dinkum.
I love all of Alice’s expressions! makes it so easy to relate to her… especially all the jewish words she throws in – its nice to see her stick to her roots.
Georgie #24, I thought the same – it did seem just a wee bit predictable that her pasta would be refused. Still, its nice they are letting her stay in Italy instead of going into “lockdown” like last year.
Lesley, I completely agree with you, the producers must have known Deb’s task was impossible for one person and Alice should have been roped in to help her, at least the boys tried which was good. It was mean to stand back and watch her practically collapse, once again unfairness on this show. DEB is coming up soon on THE CIRCLE on now, it will be interesting to see what she has to say.
Another conspiracy theory: The judges told the contestants that the Pici was supposed to be stodgy and thick, unlike spaghetti. When Ben served his up to the villagers, they complained that it was too heavy. It’s a good thing G&G liked his dish, because it seemed like he was being set up to be eliminated.
Lucky Deb that she gets to stick around for the Italian MaterClass. Sun, who was eliminated in New York Week, missed out on that IIRC!
Poor Deb, like the pig I thought she was shafted last night but she handled it reasonally well under the circumstances.
I was disappointed with Julia’s dessert as IMO it was more a French patisserie offering. The cases were not only burnt but had shrunk quite a lot, especially on one end where there was none, though slicing them before serving no-one other than the judges would had know.
Deb didn’t give much away on the breakfast show on Ten this morning. She was asked about her”dream” of the retreat ( yes but it’ll take a while) and what it was like to be traveling back on the plane being aliminated while the others were still alive, so to speak. Her vegetarianism and the suckling pig issue was covered, too. She’s been a vegetarian for a long time.
I feel that she’s been pretty guarded in what she has said so far and who could blame her?
RR~I’d like her to be asked what Georgie suggested.ie Did she think that whoever scored the suckling pig would lose? Because it looked much tougher than the tasks of the other amatas. Hope the interview goes well.
God damn, Im pretty sure it would have been Alice going home last night if the town hadn’t have chosen hers as the favourite..
Is it wrong for me to want to keep Deb in the competition, just because of all the drama that happens around her?
Also, did anyone else notice that they didn’t do the traditional ‘three cheers for ______’ for Deb? I know no one liked her, but really guys.
Georgie – lol at your conspiracy theory. Debra’s pasta was the only batch that was rejected by the lady, yeah….
Anna – How disappointing. No tiramisu or cannoli. Instead we got jam tarts.
I heard Julia introduced her tarts to the Italians as ‘Framboise Tarta’. Framboise is raspberry in French and tart in Italy should be torta. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Debra could have used the ovens Julia baked her ‘tarta’ in to keep her pork warm.
RR I am SO GLAD you included the massive crotch grope, I absolutely wet myself the first time I saw that and your screen shots, my friend, are GOLD. Thank You.
I’m with you fairybread – this smelled of a set up from the get go. Deb should have just had a little lie down and watched the others play amatar chefs, because she was destined for the chop (or indeed the dead pigs). What great japes it was for the producers to set up a former vegetarian with the job of impaling a dead animal. Sadistic voyeurism.
And Julia could have served dog poo done five ways and she still would have not lost last night. Andy and Ben forgot it was an individual challenge and worked as a team of two from start. Is that in the rules? And then made the disingenuous comment about being a team when poor distraught Deb pleaded for some assistance. What a crock!!!
EH, jam tarts, exactly and although I didn’t pick up on the Framboise and heard the Tarta.
Super pics Raver and great gif animation Jess.
I wonder if Andy will use these as his screen saver?
Are you 100% sure George is burping, Raver?
Looks more like he was slyly trying to release a squeaker, but instead followed through with the full catastrophe. (He was also in Camp Gastro, wasn’t he?)
I also note Andy deployed Kylie as a human shield against any further MILF MISSILE attacks.
Glad Alice won, in spite of her pyscho-babble explanation for not using the pin (I reckon she simply thought she wasn’t the weakest cook) and especially since Gary and George were so negative about her dish. Antipasti involves more pre-done stuff – like cured meats, pickled veges, olives and other canned stuff than most meals – and would probably not be a proper home-style antipasti without this stuff being 50% of the mix.
Debra did draw the short straw and deserves congrats for making it this far given she spent close to half her life avoiding meat. Of the contestants at this stage she’s one of the few I’d actually consider reading the recipes of, though only for veges and sweets.
Agree, the weighing of the pasta was very suss. Why weren’t we shown the weights.
Deb had a very hard task, carving meat is time consuming, carving up two pigs and keeping it hot was impossible. Ben, Andy and Alice should have been out there helping her without them being asked. I think had Julia been first finished she would have automatically helped out. I would like to know how long those pigs took to cook and how long she had to carve them up.
Yes, andy pandy re Audra and the “duuuuude” : irritating me too.
Is she going to say”totes” and “cray cray” next?
Agree with everyone – a very unfair episode last night. Was it really necessary to have a pig spit?? Surely the Villagers would not do that too often, compared to the other dishes. Not happy MC!!
Hehe totally missed Audra’s grab. Nice pickup RR and nice gifs Jess!
Ben and Andy’s bromance is awesome as was Alice’s shirt. Did feel sorry for Deb, but she should have just not stuffed up the first part to avoid the piggy.
Pig spit style is common in many places so it’s very possible that village is one of them.
Also enjoyed George dancing to the band. ^_^
I don’t mind that Deb went home – I don’t even think SHE minded… but she definitely got shafted in this one. Her pasta looked better than Alice’s, but I just knew she would receive a no from the ladies. Then I saw the giant skewer and the pig and it was physically impossible to impale that thing by herself. They let her struggle with it long enough to waste valuable time, then came in like the heroes to help (which they were going to do anyway – why make her struggle then berate her about wasting time?). All I could think about during that ep was what a lot of rigged crap! You can even see Gary smirking, delivering his rigged lines – oooh you better make that again Deb, to the back of the line! Alice saved her pin for when she has to face the better cooks later on, and I would have loved to see Mindy and Kylie’s faces when they knew she still has it. She made me want to smack my own head against a wall over and over again throughout this season, but that was clever!
I honestly don’t care if Deb’s elimination was unfair, I was angry about her making Top 10 with bruschetta (not a knock against her cooking ability, but she should’ve done way more) and she was just not a pleasant person to watch most of the time. Glad she’s gone.
Suziekue, yes I noticed that too with Andy and Ben working together as a team which is fine if everyone is allowed to do it. Poor Deb had to cry and practically beg for help before it was given. Shame on you producers to let her get to breaking point! On The Circle, Deb said it was very confronting for her but didn’t blame anyone else. She said she is a very private person and found it very hard to live with other people in a confined space. Asked who she wanted to win she said Julia or Andy who she thinks is the nicest person ever, and easy on the eye too! She started eating meat again for the sake of her health to get more protein in her body.
Small correction regarding Julia’s dessert, courtesy of my Italian neighbour. Tart in Italian is ‘crostatta’ and pie is ‘torta’. Strawberry is ‘fragola’. So, Julia may have been saying, in very bad Italian, ‘Fragola Crostatta’.
Long time lurker but loyal follower of this blog since the beginning of season 4 here. Hello all! Thanks for keeping my mornings entertained with the funny bantering.
I thought last night’s episode was best of the Italy week, predominantly because there were no Audra, Mindy and Kylie being ever so loud and unsincere, hogging camera time. The more I watch them, the more annoying they become.
Were Ben and Andy wearing uniform? They have identical shirts it seems. And what is it with Alice and innards? She seems to go for it everytime. Maybe she was Asian in her past life…
Does Audra just cry at every elimination? She was crying for Deb…
Anyways, thanks RR for all your recap, and everyone for the funny conversation.
I like Julie but Deb got the raw end of the stick in that episode. Carving up two whole pigs by herself? Julie got at least 5 hours to make some (burnt) pastry cases and a bit of jam and cream, what was she doing the rest of the time? I know it’s a competition but the others could have least have given her a hand (before the point when she broke down and begged for help).
@Andy – I can only imagine the moaning and complaining if they had stepped in earlier to help Deb and she somehow got through. It would have been at DefCon 1 status !!!!!
Tokyowatcher, welcome to the blog – buckle up and enjoy the ride!
Welcome Tokyowatcher…….
RR loved the title of this recap, it certainly was hell for Deb and one of the worst challenges ever for a MC contestant. How long does a pig take to roast on a spit, I thought it was more than 4 hours, but George would be the expert on that. It was shameful MC. So bloody rigged, did you think you’d get a laugh from your viewers seeing Deb (or any female) struggle with that disgusting display of impaling a pig FFS. Might be an everyday thing in that village but Im sure its the men that do it, without a doubt. Mean and nasty Producers!
@Anna and @EH – I heard Julia say quite clearly ” framboise tarte” and I was yelling at the Television -you’re in Italy, not France! fragola, fragola!! And yes, crostata, not torta! So crostata alla fragola con ricotta. However, from the way she was greeted, I think the Italian men in the village found plenty to like about Julia apart from the dessert…
Littlepetal and EH, I agree with Andy’s Balls, I wanted them to win too, lol
Also, I thought Gary tried to put the kabosh on Alice last night, he was so anti and negative with his comments mainly to her, and trying to be intimidating regarding her pin. Glad she rose above it.
Andy had his Chef from South Park moment last night with his salt cod balls:
“Say everybody have you seen my balls they’re big and salty and brown.
If you ever need a quick pick me up, just stick my balls in your mouth….”
Daze@54, couldn’t agree more with you, it was shameful to do that to a female contestant!
I’d like anyone to win except Mindy and Audra.
Welcome Tokyowatcher, keep your comments coming.
Love the salty balls, CB!
Ben: has everyone seen how long and thick my pici is?
Hey Tokyowatcher thanks for reading and now thanks for commenting.
Just interviewed Deb and will have it up later today. But interesting the conspiracy theorist on the Pice might be closer to the truth then we first thought….. She gave a great honest and interesting interview.
Ironical isn’t it; Ben’s pici and Andy’s balls, what a hoot
Looking forward to reading your interview with Deb, it would be, nothing but honest. They didn’t have a real villain this season but I wonder if they ‘kept’ her in and thus highlighted all her crying, and being pretty much excluded from the younger group, just saying
Absolutely @Morgan – agree with you 100%. Deb made it to Italy by sheer luck. She should never have been there. The outpouring of “poor Deb” is making me feel very uneasy. It’s the old adage, if you can’t stand the heat then get out of the kitchen. Clearly it was too hot in there for Deb from a while ago and her time was well & truly up.
RR – would love you to ask Deb her reasoning on going onto a general cooking show as a long time vegetarian. Wondering if she thought she would be able to make it through without having to deal with meat in a way which may be distasteful to a vegetarian (and don’t start all bleating about Amina – pork is just one kind of meat)
Yes Tokyowatcher, I too enjoyed that episode. It was a pleasure to watch the four quiet ones plus Alice, who wasn’t too bad. George’s dancing was very funny.
Here’s an old adage just for you, Liz.
There’s one born every minute.
Well, the other meals must have been a disaster is the antipasti won the best dish from the Villagers!
Andy’s balls looked delicious………….. man, that guy is cute!
Great screen grabs too Jess and RR – I totally missed those moments!
As a long time Deb supporter I just knew she ws gone from her grabs during the show – and scoring that pig was her downfall – totally agree with the conspiracy theory on the making of the pici – it all just looked too set up!
I actually have no favourite at all now ……………
My innards are still rooting for Alice ’cause she’s offally nice
It’s a sad thing to say, but in this type of show, failure is more entertaining than success. Hence the producers want to see people having meltdowns and disasters, and set-up situations that encourage this to happen as per Deb last night, and Andrew a little while ago.
In real competition we get excited (and TV stations get ratings) when great matches occur with lots of skill and prowess: success is celebrated rather than failure. Of course, the exception to the rule is watching Collingwood lose…that’s very entertaining, but hasn’t happened enough in recent years!
Chris W – loved your comment re Collingwood. I belong to the ABC footy club – Anyone But Collingwood. A bit off topic, but just had to post this…
There was real skill on show last night, but not in relation to cooking.
Audra’s sneaky, backwards, left-hand, no-look grope – complete with serious game face – was worthy of a Benji Marshall no-look flick pass (sorry I don’t follow aerial ping-pong). Her left hand must have an in-built detector for salty balls, pici or man-butt.
The Grope Brothers – George and Gary – should ask her for some pointers in preparation for MCA season #5. They’re novices compared to her grand master abilities.
oh my, your all being convinced by Deb’s moaning – yet to my mind, and Alice’s, the pig was the easiest choice, she didn’t even have to cook it that was done for her. She just had to use her brain and keep piggie warm & chop, and yes there are ways to do that efficiently. Just needed trays of pig in the coals whilst serving.
She should never have made top 10, nice food, but judges obviously had a thing for Deb, they should have tried living with her.
Andy, woohoo, he’s getting the Callum edit. Nice young guy doing the learning as a go, and he’s doing well.
How cute was he with Ben when Deb came weeping – and that’s another thing I find a bit cringey about madame menopause, could accept a grouchy woman behaving like a grouchy WOMAN, but Deb behaved like a 4 year old.
My grouching can still be grown up:)
Now come on guys, that crotch grab is really a pat on the bum. And who wouldn’t want to pat Andy’s bum. I’m inclined to agree with conspiracy theorists for once and say that Deb was set up to go. After all the work she put in, was the end result less worthy than Julia’s? It’s hard to know with the other dishes whether Gary and George were fudging it because with Italians, their version of a dish is always the right one, and a mile down the road the locals will have a completely different opinion about what ingredients you should have used and how you should have cooked it. Jamie Oliver whined about it on his Italian series, where nothing he cooked every measured up. So Ben’s pice may have been too thin for the next hilltop village.
Beige Ben is not top Ten material either. All he had to do was spread his cheeks and pack his bags. Props to the Italian diners for telling him his dish sucked.
He’s a dumb waste of space but more marketable than Deb.
I don’t want to pat Andy’s bum, thanks, Chunks.
@CB69 (hehehe)… I don’t think the Grope brothers will be able to get help from Audra… they’d be better off getting advice from Mindy
BDD – which cheeks was Ben spreading again?
I do like the Italians from last night. They obviously have no idea about MC Australia – not afraid, therefore, to tell it how it is
The beef cheeks , Doc. They were necessarily torn into sparrow sized portions or taco boy was a goner.
Couple of quick questions for you, please.
Can you tell if the amatas have gastro just by looking at them?
If gastro is around would it have been a good idea for the amatas to don gloves for the Bore-illa challenge?
A wide-berth pass on Andy’s bum as well.
Given there is no point whatsoever in talking about the food element of this show – well, without it turning into the sort of moan-a-thon that will have Paul’s disapproval crashing down on us – I want to raise for discussion this year’s biggest disappointment.
***Why the hell are there no hot women of the calibre of Skye Craig?!***
Based on comments here, you women seem to be more than satisfied with toy boy Andy and I guessing some of you even harbour some secret, albeit guilty, lust for Frank Spencer or Yul Brynner Attacked by Caterpillars.
But Shine have clearly been neglectful in their duties to us more mature straight blokes. Another epic fail.
I wonder who had the unfortunate job of doing the dishes after cooking for 50 villagers?
yes Kess, but if anyone else got the pig, funny how it would have turned out that they wouldn’t have ‘lost’ the challenge (Andy Ben eg) as they still want them in the show and perhaps Julia would have gone with that dessert. Its just too orchestrated, contrived and its reality tv I know, just wish sometimes we weren’t so aware of the stuff the production team get up too
we all agreed that alice’s pici looked thick but she passed and then deb’s pici look the same as alice’s pici but gorge’s wink wink to the old mama’s who are thinking why is dr evil given me the c’mon , say no ! too thick sorry , the old ma$terchef conspiracy theory raises it’s ugly head again . we all realised that they want deb to cook the pig (no not gorge the real pig) . o’k so deb takes it on the chin and tries her darnest to cook 2 pigs and vegies yet julia makes a couple of the most boring tart cakes we have seen her make and their burnt ! and yet someone who bust a gut putting all that food together gets beaten by a burnt dessert . when your papers are signed your going no matter what , great to see alice say “well jamie like my antipasto” and he’s more famous than you two hasbeens , gary and gorges faces. GOLD !! um she’s gotta point there c’mon gorge lets go and bully some else .
CB,
Maybe you need to petition Shine to do another version of Celeb MC starring Ajay !!!!
A random thought, the challenges are getting ridiculous & unfair. It is very confronting to a lot of good home cooks to impale a piglet. No wonder they can’t get quality applicants. Who wants to go on national tv and to get embarrassed & humiliated?
Another random thought. If Andy won, they will have to hire extra security to prevent him from potentially fatal cougar attacks.
Jrut & Anna #55: Hubby is European & he caught the ‘framboise tarte’ bit. He was amazed that the producers/editor didn’t check these simple facts (a la Zumbo vs Gadan) and let it went to air. Can’t blame him for not able to differentiate torta and crostatta. Pie & tart are the same to him – pastry with some sort of fillings. lol
Jruth #59 – I would like to find out how many inches is Ben’s pici? They should have measured their pici by length, not weight and it would be so much more entertaining.
Daze #56 – Andy should include his salty golden balls in all his future cooking demos.
CB #76 – You have my genuine sympathy but unfortunately I think the cougar$ are more MC’s target audience.
Chunks, that crotch grab is a crotch grab. There’s no two ways about it, buddy. Crotch. Grab. I can say it again if you want.
Lots of commentors indicating Deb should have had more help; she might have if she had asked for it earlier, and if she hadn’t unfortunately made herself a bit difficult to get along with during several (cough) other team challenges. And I did think it was bloody nice of the lads to help when asked, Ben especially seemed very kind in helping and not snarky at all which would have been only human of him really.
Boner, nothing wrong with Andy ‘cept if he’d been a woman crotch-grabbed like that someone would be (rightly) sued, shame sexism shame. I was far more interested in skinny-legs Sam but sadly that ship has sailed.
Good point Paul.
I’ll also ask for Lara – though more for the drama than the perv factor.
#CB i miss that truly hot mama julie series 1 winner , oooohh that moustache , she’s mine CB c’mon julie come run and jump me audra style . yeah baby yeah
I thought gloves would have been a good idea last night when I saw Alice tearing pieces of prosciutto apart and sporting a largish band-aid on one of her fingers. Bon appetit!
From one day to the next, it’s hard to know what you’re getting from Beige Ben.
He may have been all over Debra like a cheap suit last night but he did his best to throw her under a bus with ” she wouldn’t let me go near the meatballs” backstabbing the other night. I think he wears his sincerity like a cheap cologne.
EH – “It is very confronting to a lot of good home cooks to impale a piglet.”
True.
But maybe we need as Aussie show like this -http://www.cmt.com/show/redneck_island/series.jhtml –
with roo skewering instead of piggy.
Kingfisher#84. Point taken.
Though I think when Freemantle had the show they balanced the aesthetically challenged with some real beauties. Shine have just given us shiny, pony-tailed young things like Kylie – all well and good if you’re her age or Dennis Ferguson – and Blade Runner Replicants like Julia.
Umm – maybe that should have been ‘buon appetito’.
I think Kylie is more than alright… not sure what the complaints of lack of attractive women are about
BDD – no, unless they are vomiting or running off to the loo to spread their beef cheeks, you won’t be able to tell just by looking at them necessarily. But most of them do look a bit washed out don’t they
Most gastro is spread by the fecal-oral route (ie… contamination/poor hygiene). If they have gastro, they shouldn’t be preparing food, gloves or no gloves. Hand washing /hand hygiene is the most important thing – the alcohol based washes are excellent (as long as your hands aren’t visibly soiled)
All were expected to assist in the past pizza challenge to ensure the ‘customers’ were looked after. Last night seems a different ethos was in play.
on a serious point of view CB you have me thinking yes where is our eye candy ??? there always seems to be meatloaf for the women folk but no buxom wenches for us !!!!!! i demand we start a pertion demanding buxom wenches in the next series … cmon boys stand up and fight !!! ps don’t let my wife know i have demanded buxom wenches next season shhh
Hi again, all, thanks for the warm welcome!
RR, look forward to reading the Deb interview. I re-watched the episode this morning and felt a little sorry for Deb, but… I’m with Morgan (#33), honestly bruschetta got her through? That’s just not fair (especially for Jules and Amina).
Someone will have to deal with roasting the whole pig regardless, male and female will both struggle. Unless they’re Asterix and Obelix and the roast boar feast at the village at the end of every adventure!
That said, a whole roasted pig is actually perfect for the occasion. It’s like the Indonesians with their roasted whole goat for a celebration, or the Bedouin with their stuffed camel for a wedding in the village.
It would have been good to have the two ‘roasters’ around to help Deb mount the pig to the skewers and dismount it. You know, just for all fairness.
Okay thanks , Dr T. One more,please. How long after infection would the amatas begin spreading their cheeks and technicolour yawning?
Kylie and Julia are both attractive, I think Boner and myself are suggesting that the cougar (not XL’s with ‘tashes) quotient be upped. My initial instinct re Julia and Kylie might be that of a caring uncle, looking out for them and wanting to protect them from the Grope Bros.
Andy madness has already started. Lol at the report of this VIP Ladies Night event:
http://dimboolabanner.com.au/newspaper/?p=419
Hmm… Public apperance for Andy & Ben prior to the finale being aired. A sign that both of them won’t be in final 3?
OMG tokyowatcher; impaling a camel, ewww, I don’t want that image – too late
How do you stuff a camel I hear you ask?
“Stuffed Camel”
From the Al Hasa cookbook
1 medium camel
4 lambs
20 chickens (roasted)
150 eggs (boiled)
40 kilos tomatoes
Salt and seasonings
Stuff eggs into tomatoes, stuff tomatoes into chickens, stuff chickens into lambs, stuff lambs into camel. Roast until tender
Serves 150 people
OMG Georgie! I am feeling a tad sick now!!
@BDD – I also believe gastro can be spread airborne. Since Shine skimped on having an on-site medic and had to have Amina double as one, I expect there were 50 very sick people in Italy after this episode. Frankly after having gastro, all the contestants should have been given the okay to continue by a doctor.
@EH – The dream with the vespa and Andy. Was that an upcoming chapter in a sequel to 50 shades of grey?
@Morgan – agree that Deb should not have been pronounced safe after the bruschetta last week. (I still think she would have won in the second round though over Jules and Andy). Given that Alice was hammered majorly by the judges for “keeping it simple” and doing a greek salad in the rapid-fire elimination, how come Deb was given a pass for toasting bread!
I don’t think this episode was deliberately rigged for Deb (although the producers would have been secretly hoping it was her) but whoever did score the pig would always struggle. That was the drama they wanted. I don’t believe even the guys could single-handedly impale that pig without some help. All the contestants should know by now that if you come in last, you are more than likely to get a lump of coal to work with. Remember botargo? How about a home with no kitchen? Deb could have saved herself by not overdoing the side dishes as frankly, the pig was the meal. Julia is very lucky to have scraped through.
And as for Deb needing to beg for help – I am more of the view people in the house were unsure how to handle her in team challenges because she was so moody – that was why she was always given tasks that shunted her somewhere in a corner. Andy had to get “reassurance” from Deb in the Barilla challenge that she was okay making the bechamel sauce. Not saying that she didn’t need help last night but I think her snappishness in the past made contestants reluctant to approach her to enquire about her well-being and progress.
I suppose the camels need to be humped first.
Thanks JStar. Of course, we’ve already seen that hand hygiene is an absolute imperative on Ma$terchef.
If you want another one to stuff one day bdd, then yes.
Before any of them even picked what dish they were going to do, I said to my partner I’d take the pig. Aside from shoving the pole through it, it was a matter of salting it (not smothering it in f**king oil and lemon) and letting the Italian lackys to spin it. As the judges said it only needed a very simple side which could have been churned out in a heart beat! But due to Debra’s massive crying break down (yet again) she left the two pigs – now sitting on the carving table getting cold – to run all the way back in the kitchen and garner sympathy from the boys. If she had just got on with her job of carving it would have been hot and yummy but she absolutely messed easily the easiest dish up completely.
Depends on the bug BDD – usually 1-3 days after contact for viral gastro
Did any of you catch that large animal dissection show that was on SBS a few months ago. I caught the episodes where they cut up a camel (died from a broken neck) and a whale that had beached itself and died
Oh, oh, oh! Do go and watch the exploding whale if you have never seen it before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vmnq5dBF7Y
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_whale
Speaking of whale-I would like MC to go to Japan/North Korea next year to cook with scientifically culled whale in a can.
How about dolphin carparccio?
Thanks again, Dr T.
Yes , a whale that had died here in SA a few years ago was blown up and towed to a remote location by the authorities because sightseers were going out to it a few miles offshore in dinghies and “patting” the white pointers that were Jowl$ing up on the carcass. One idiot was photographed standing on the floating carcass holding an infant.
I am still trying to get my head around BDD being a ‘caring uncle’ to Julie and Kylie!
@RR
It was an unnecessarily long process of recording the segment, importing it into Photoshop, and saving it as an animated gif. (There must be a quicker way to do it…)
@Maz
North Korea doesn’t whale. But you’d probably have problems sourcing food/ingredients in North Korea…
The only remaining contestants who haven’t been seen in public are, hm…Wade, Alice and Mindy? Oh, and Beau?
Excluding Mindy, this line-up confuses me…
I hope the poor whale was towed first and THEN blown up, dave.
People are jerks.
@Georgie – just curious, how long exactly does it take to cook that camel? Sounds like something you’d spend a few days doing if you had to prep all the rest too.
As for looks, Kylie is #1 followed by Alice (when she wants to be pretty) then Julia/Mindy this round. I think they’re all rather attractive. Audra is only missing from that list simply because she’s too old for me.
Also I think Shine does try to get more um… ample chested and good looking ladies I think, but there are only 1 or 2 per season. If you look back at the previous rosters you’ll find them.
Jess – Has Kylie been spotted yet?
Sorry Jess. I stand corrected. It was South Korea who wanted to resume hunting whales.
Joseph Skyrim – not sure about any of the finer details. I imagine it would take a couple of days and what the hell would you use for a spit? Scaffolding maybe – lol. Another option could be digging a big, big hole and having a hangi.
Given the turducken (chicken inside a duck inside a turkey) that is popular in Canada at Christmas time I wonder what name you’d give to this roast?
Georgie, JS:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/05/the-worlds-largest-item-on-a-menu-is-stuffed-camel/
Thanks EH, that’s enlightening!
So far no sighting of Mindy, Kylie, Alice, Wade and Beau.
I also thought some of the pici were quite thick and the weight from Andy’s looked short.
Also noticed the Italian men checking Julia out.
I have to recharge my batteries for the Midnight Express Elimination Week and the Tour de France.
I prefer my whales alive, if you google up Harvey and the Whales, ( Harvey is our mascot) or Whale Watching Hervey Bay QLD, you will see the best images of whale watching in Australia. This is where I live and the season is just starting now, July thru to Nov. These humpbacks come right into Platypus Bay for a rest before continuing their migration south. They swim up close and personal to the boats, it is magical.
@kess#70 re Deb ‘should have tried living with her’ – have you actually lived with her? Do enlighten us.
@JStar, do you honestly think that because of skimping, Amina was the on-site medic … seriously?
Agree Suziekue & Georgie. When Andy’s pasta was weighed, after much hand-waving, the needle was shown to be in the same spot as Ben’s, yet Andy only had about 1/3 the amount … it was pretty obvious. The two women followed their cues, and Deb was rigged for the pigs.
In ignoring George’s advice re oiling the pig, her fate was sealed. History has shown that not listening to the big bwanas will make you come a cropper. She didn’t moan, but was clearly struggling as anyone would, unless you’re a direct descendant of Vlad the Impaler. Da boiz were asked to help later, and Ben did …. maybe not because he’s such a great bloke, but because he was on camera.
Did the producers think that the painfully dragged-out footage of Deb struggling to ram a pole into a pig was great TV? Was it awfully clever?
No. It was pathetic, a little cruel and the final humiliation for Deb.
Without defending some of her behaviour, I’m kind of glad she’s been jettisoned, so she may find some peace from the clique (except Julia and Andy).
Ben probs should’ve been eliminated, but they didn’t want to risk Andy having a conniption – he may have stuck his head in an oven … if they were working.
JStar #99 – Nope. It is the new best seller I am going to write – 64 layers of red.
Anonymous @109…..Yes you’re right, I got the order of proceedings wrong. That whale died of natural causes btw and attracted the usual ocean freeloaders and scavengers.
Lol lulu, I always enjoy your comments.
LULU, I thought the same thing, Kess are you an eliminated contestant who knows about living with Deb? Just curious. It was pathetic and cruel, and no, Deb wasn’t a favourite of mine but she’s a human being and we can show empathy for her, in fact anyone who would have been in that situation, it was just mean.She’s probably better to be out of the show and back to her quiet life.
Since Deb lives on her own, kess has no ‘ken idea what it’s like to live with her.
Props to Deb for not hanging with the by and large pack of culinary douchebags.
Gidget @102, if the pig was the easiest dish as you say, then why didn’t one of the boys offer to cook that dish before Deb got stuck with it? Being strong guys they would have found it easier to handle that poor heavy pig than the girls would have so it was only right that they turned into gentlemen and helped someone who was clearly distressed.
Jess – I’m not buying this whole “who ever has been seen in public isn’t in finals week” theory. Surely Beau and Wade aren’t in the Final 4? I actually expect them to be the next two gone.
thank you lulu, that’s the word I was looking for – ‘humiliated’ and really, SO unnecessary to Debra or ANYone contestant. Just horrible and shameful tv. Debra has enough of her own and private demons. It wouldn’t be laughable, even if it happened to Lara or even Deni Hines tv claptrap ratings/viewers. Morally, disgusting (still fuming, for her).
and should I say it? 2 piglets outside and 2 inside, not mentioning any names!
I mean $hine could scrape the bottom of the barrel even more and ask Alice to cook for some Nazi war criminals.
Season two’s Adam is now writing for the Wall Street Journal:
http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/07/12/chicken-rice-for-the-soul/
His article here, however, would only be new for those who are unfamiliar with him. But kudos to him for going international.
@Andypandy I think all of them were ‘scared’ of the pig dish (no idea why) – maybe none of them knew they would be given two guys to help out and lift, spin and carry the two pigs! I have it on pretty good authority she was also helped out by others (which was edited out). Her ‘break down’ was not necessary and from what I hear, she was being really very difficult with production crew, even though she was getting an enormous amount of help.
@daze I honestly should not be suprised at George eats, but over and over again I find myself saying to my partner ‘was this guy raised by gorilla’s’. He was shoving Ben’s pasta dish in his mouth like he had not eaten for weeks!
People who work on the show sign confidentiality agreements and if they break them they are anything but “pretty good authority”, in my opinion.
So I’ll call BS on that Gidget.
Where is the 3rd one, Daze? Went to the market? :p
EH; the 3rd one had the good sense to go to the Market
Gidgit – I’m sure Debra got help and was difficult with not only with contestants but crew – that would go without saying re her ‘difficult’ nature. Any kindness shown by Andy or Ben would be reflective of their good nature and/or an understanding of a difficult/moody mum,aunt,gran, whatever?? I’d be classed as ‘difficult’ as in I’d wipe my hands from that type of behaviour, yet there are many kinder people that will tolerate it and sometimes I wish I had that level of tolerance – so I sort of see both sides. Debra had no business staying in the comp as long as she did, but, she did and it was of no choice of hers if her dishes were not disqualified by the 3 ‘little ones’. I think, after the yumcha challenge and her attempt at Captain and subsequent meltdown, if she could have, she would have, left.
Then of course the questions begs, why did she sign up – surely she’s seen previous seasons of MC and the stress levels and crying Julie G did – why put herself thru it (sigh)
Masterchef Allstars is starting on 26/7 (Thursday) at 7:00pm according to the EPG.
Agree whatever Debra has done (being an absolute nightmare with filming or to live with), she doesn’t deserve to be embarrassed and humiliated on national tv. It is getting harder and harder to attract serious home cooks to go on the show. Favouritism, manipulations, unfairness, ridiculous challenges, uninspiring recipes….. Unless one wants to be a member of the elusive elite “Masterchef Club” (borrowing Gary’s term).
The Ma$terchef Club~” We’ll take anyone- except masters or chefs”
Not wanting to be morbid, but for those interested, there have been at least 11 suicides – contestants on various reality shows. Mainly due to ‘shame’ after series finished. You get a fragile contestant (ie the likes of Deb for example) it’s a frightening thought, especially if they don’t have a support group of family or friends and lead a ‘quiet life’. I’ve just done a bit of a search and without going into the reasons why as stated on the sites, their names are Nathan (Paradise Hotel)
Najai (The Contender) – a guy from ‘the streets’ that I absolutely loved watching, so sad
Kelli (Extreme Makeover)
Paula (American Idol)
Melanie (Vegas Elvis)
James (Supernanny) a single dad
Simon (Wifeswap)
Jo (Celebrity Big Brother)
None outside of Najai am I aware of and don’t have cable which a lot of these shows probably have been on, but still, the media was hauled in after invading so much of Princess Diana’s private life and new rules I suppose written, there needs to be a body of sorts that still protects humiliation to that degree displayed last night. And I’m still fuming because, it was.not.fun.
Gidgit, I get what you are saying, but really we can only go on what we see on screen and its not our fault if things going on behind the scenes are not shown or explained. Why didn’t they edit out her breakdown then to save her embarrassment? Hopefully RR has asked her about this. I just imagine that when these villagers get together to party in the town square that the men would take over the task of cooking and carving up the pig (and drinking at the same time)while the women are in the kitchen doing the pasta and salads.
Thx Georgie, Daze, APandy.
Woa bdd, not one to put too fine a point on it haha. But you’re right – some would say ‘ oh, but Amina cooked pork’ ….. it’s not quite the same. It’s one thing to cook a slab of meat, it’s another to toy with the beast’s affections, in the most protracted way.
Gidgit, what are your ‘pretty good authorities?’ You say Deb was being difficult, having a breakdown etc., hmm. So therefore what better way to treat this person – erstwhile, long-term vegetarian, shunned, clearly fragile – than to make her prepare two, fully grown pigs in the most invasive manner (Greek-style for George); I always figured her for an 18th century Calabrian swineherd, myself. The concern for her mental state is to be applauded … the only thing lacking was a posse of some snotty-nosed producers throwing popcorn at her.
It was excruciating to watch, irrespective of what you think of Deb.
Andypandy, I was just being sarcastic about kess living with Deb, as if
Just going off now to take a chill pill and watch Fast Eddy on Better Homes
@Daze 138
Sadly, two ‘contestants’ from Gordon Ramsay’s reality cooking shows have committed suicide as well. A coincidence, perhaps, but still unfortunate.
I heard from someone with pretty good authority (I am looking at you BDD) Yukio was not selected because of his fragile mental state. Also all selected contestants need to sit through psychological examination as deem fit for the competition.
A contestant from Cake Boss: Next Great Baker also committed suicide.
Alison Braun, a runner up on The Biggest Loser (Aust) a few years back , had her husband commit suicide not long after the series.
One of Australia’s BB housemates died of a heroin overdose o/s. Sometimes O/D’s are suicides.
Julie Goodwin reckoned her marriage was put under severe strain by the Masterchef experience.
Reality TV glitters for some~ but it’s clearly not gold.
What does it profit a person to be famous for doing a bum dance and nothing else? Or for turkey slapping someone?
It obviously hasn’t worked for Altijan Juric, whose album languishes in bargain bins at JB’s. Who gives a forklift about him anymore?
I am so sick of hearing George the Midget, Matt the crank and every second trendy goose say ‘yeah’ after every sentence. It was cute when Jamie Oliver started it but it is just plain annoying when lesser ligts try to copy someone else’s gimmic….yeah?
BDD I think you’re talking about Gordon from the first series of Big Brother. Pretty sure it wasn’t a suicide. He was just a party boy on holidays who took a gamble and sadly lost. I’ve always wondered about the lives of the two turkey-slap guys “John” and “Ashley” after all that hoo-ha about nothing. I’d love to know how they were treated and how they coped with it all.
Yes Chunks, you’re right. Heroin users are more prone to O/D in a strange ,unfamiliar environment than otherwise and sadly ,it seems there was no one around to help Gordon.
I just don’t think I can hack the Ma$terclass tonight. Arrivederci Roma.
According to a workmate, he spotted Mindy at Paddington in Brisbane, a week or so ago.
I missed last nights episode, but don’t need to watch it now. Great recap.
Current Market: ( based on the total manipulation of the judges and producers to get the result they determined that they wanted when it started and having no bearing whatsoever on which of these cooks might actually have some ability:
Mindy – no price as she is a certainty
Kylie – even money as she may be able to charm the judges more than Mindy and she actually has some ability
Audra – 20 to 1 as the producers dont want any backlash since it was revealed that she runs a semi professional meals on wheels ( the work experience kid didn’ t do their homework)
Julia – 50 to 1 because she is a good sort but neds to save hard to purchase a likeable personality…..or any personality
Alice 100 to 1 – only stil in it because it is funny watching an adult who wears showbag glasses and cant see how gormless she looks.
Ben, The guy with the Muppet eyebrows….don’t know his name and don’t care, Andy and Beaugon 1 million to 1 because they all set extremely low standards and then regularly fail to achieve them…..and have since the show started.
Deb will be on The Living Room tonight, starting now EST on Ch10.
Ashley (aka Michael, there were 2 Michael’s in this series) was a WA tradie – you know I pegged him to win that series – seemed like a top bloke, got caught up in the moment unfortunately….. he was in the paper over here in WA a while back now to talk about the incident – apparently has ruined his life and it just sounded that he has been continually abused since – no support from Ch10 (no surprise there) and basically left to fend for himself. I certainly dont condone their behaviour but really did feel for them when this incident occurred.
As for Gordon – he was the guy with that spiky mowhwak in Series 1 – he was a lost, lost soul indeed – not sure BB had anything to do with his demise into drugs – do recall reading it was some family issues – sad all the same with any loss of life……
Thanks Georgie, just about to start here. Ditto for the updates Sioux Denim. Didn’t know about those things.
Evening all. Loving reading all your comments.
Is it me, or does Gary especially talk over & interrupt any celeb chef? Poor Neil Perry didn’t stand a chance.
As for Audra…listening to her is like hearing kiddies at their first fireworks night, Ohh, ahh, wowwwww.
Most over-used phrases this season:
I’m salivating, It doesn’t get any better than this, Beautiful, Wow, Such an amazing balance of flavours, Cooked to perfection.
Bless Ben & Andy’s Bromance, so sweet.
I used to love Masterchef, but Audras constant nasal drawl & Mindy & Kylies peppiness & fake amazement at everything as well as Gary being a bit of a shit to the contestants & gabbing when the celebs are trying to teach is making me want to watch The Shire instead. And that can’t be good????
bdd no.144, yes yes yes, I completely forgot about Alison’s husband………. all very hush hush too
Just saw Debs on Living Room; so glad Miguel was kind to her and she was quite ‘light’
Also talking of Michael (was it Hayden’s best buddy) ? on a tv commercial selling cars and just the other night, Ellie on a commercial, so some good is coming out of their exposure – if not cookbooks etc
FFS Audra – STFU!!!!!!!!
God I hope she goes soon………………
Audra’s favourite food TOMAAAAYTOES! ITS so irritating!
Oh, and I saw Matt from Season 3 last night… I don’t think he’ll make it into finals week this series either
out of curiosity- how in particular was Deb humiliated?? the various challenges have all had different pros & cons for many of the contestants, not just Deb- does this mean they have all been humiliated? (well probably, but they are all there voluntarily
)
I am a little confused as to why Deb is being described/portrayed as humiliated- nobody made her do anything disgusting or degrading- she simply had to cook a meal in a way she hasn’t done before, with the help of quite a few people at 1 point or another it seems. so , how was she in particular humiliated??? I really am confused about this one?
I too think that possibly she was a bit of an outsider because of her prickly attitude, and whilst she may be a good cook in her comfort zone- I don’t think she copes with surprise well, or team work.
I am very surprised she thought she would ever cope with MC!!!
I think people feel sorry for Deb because skewering a pig is much harder then skewering a shish-kebab, or for that matter a ferret
Oooh lots of comments to…well…comment on. Firstly, no one has forced these people to apply to go on a reality show. By now we all know what it involves. Next even if accepted, no one forces them to go through with it. Everyone is warned about the process, and have to sign a HUGE contract. Thus I’m sorry but anyone pulling the ‘boo hoo’ crap about how they are ‘edited’ or ‘shown’ – sorry. You signed up, you bought your ticket – I say let them crash. If you seriously want to be a professional chef you do not go on Masterchef. You go on Masterchef to be famous – not a top chef or have your own food stall etc. It’s about the money, book deal and fame. Simple as that.
@sueN Yep could not agree more. Fact – the editing team were actually very NICE with what they showed of Deb. It’s said she had several fits and break downs that were left on the editing floor. End of the day there is a reason NO ONE wanted to be on a team with her, and she was picked last. Menopause or not – she’s a bit of an overdramatic asshole and it was obvious. Sometimes people are just f*ckwits – just think of people you work with. You can’t like all of them! Dani from The Block is an asshole. No matter how much recovery media fodder she tries to provide – there is no way editors or producers made her treat her partner so badly.
@lulu I cannot reveal my ‘source’ as they would get in trouble! And sorry – why the HELL would one sign up to Masterchef if you are a vegetarian or vegan or you don’t cook certain foods! It’s a god damn cooking show. Just common sense would tell you that you are going to be cooking all types of foods and if it’s not your ‘deal’ – maybe do not sign up to be on the damn show! And if Deb has nailed the pasta straight away she could have picked something else. It was her fault – not producers or the show – she came last, no one wanted the pig… thus she copped it. She should have just sorted herself out and got on with it. I hate hate hate curry. Hate it – but my best friend adores it and I did an entire Indian feast for a dinner party. I wasn’t even competing for money, a book deal and fame! Just did it for the love of my friends.
Just watched masterclass and….really wish Audra/Kylie/Mindy would stop with the fake enthusiasm and constantly oo-ing and awing.
I just need to say (I can’t help myself here) but saw Deb on the living room and she cooked Bruschetta … ffs … Now she’s just messing with us right … here’s the crap ass tomato on toast that got me into the top ten, you all hated it, now I’ll cook it again … think I’ll just stick a pointy piece of toast in my eye to make me feel better…
because…Sue N…not wishing to bang on about it, but she was a veg. for a long time (so what, her choice) and she was clearly unstable. Just because she volunteered initially doesn’t mean that frames of mind don’t change, and this whole giggly, exuberant stuff was not for her.
The producers knew they were going to offload Deb, so decided to give her the pigs in a last ditch effort to derail her – good telly – then chuck her to counselling and avoid litigation.
The sight of this hapless woman flailing those carcasses around, stick in hand, looking more and more depleted was cringeworthy and yes….humiliating.
If you consider that as challenging as making a macaron, good luck to you.
Very funny, Mr T (still a little doubtful with your qualification
), except that you can’t comprehend the difference between random spotting and scheduled public appearances. All formal public engagements need to be approved by MC for a certain period of time as drafted in the contract. Will they allow their potential/selected winner aka the final 3 to start doing cooking demos; working in a restaurant before the announcement?
Hehehe… doubt away EH. Not going to out myself here, as I am here to enjoy myself and say politically incorrect things that I couldn’t say at work, but rest assured I am qualified.
I fully understand the contract side of things and form engagements etc. I don’t think anyone is doing anything formal yet (except maybe chicken can Kevin and has arena food campaign).
Matt works near where I live… walked into the shop he worked at a few months ago and did a double take. Almost felt like apologising, as I stood next to him and stared for a minute before it clicked.
Hey Fred dont be so hard on the girls chronic over awe at everything George the Midget, Matt the Crank and Gary do and say….they have learned that this must happen or you become the next target….boobs alone will not get you the prize, although they are a pre-requisite. Poor old Julia has big boobs but no personality and so GEorge will soon cut her down to his size…..which means only her body from the knees down will be left…and she will be punted. Of course there will be the usual, ” you are a brilliant chef and we know that you will achieve your dreams and own a string of restaurants and be rich and famous….that is why we are flicking you…..”
Lol Dr T
i was just kidding.
I am still feel very odd/confused that Ben, Andy & Audra have such high profile engagements prior their exits or finale being aired. My thought is that they are given these opportunities as consolation prize as they always do with the exit contestants so they can say at the end of their exit episode, “xxx is currently doing work experience at yyy restaurant.” Appreciate your professional input. So the bros cooking demo in front of 300 screaming ladies is not considered formal as in they are not paid to do it?
I had the same experience. I stood next to a S2 male contestant waiting for takeaway coffee and I still can’t recall his name till today but I remember he was the one who made cupcakes for the children party challenge.
EH, do any of these names ring a bell? http://www.realityravings.com/2010/05/05/masterchef-australia-the-kids-birthday-party/
Thanks Daze! Now I remember his name is Dom
I was staring at him and I think he was waiting for me to say ‘Hi Dom’ but I just couldn’t remember his name. A little embarrassing.
Peter Gilmore lives a few streets away from us. Everyone knew he is a chef and that’s about it. Now all the kids go wild when he picks up his kids from school. All thanks to Masterchef.
Have a good weekend
# 160 ” I cannot reveal my ‘source’ as they would get in trouble!”
Well, really? Quelle surprise. Shine will possibly read this and know there’s rat in the ranks.
People working on the show “sign up for it”, too and are expected to maintain confidentiality. Do you seriously expect me to believe a single thing that comes from a source that cannot honour such an agreement? If so, why? Your reasons for this will be side splitting,I’ve no doubt. Because if you do, you are ~in your own words~ a fuckwit.
Interestingly and tellingly , you’re extremely light on for goss on the other contestants, it’s just the tawdry hatchet job on Deb. You could really dig deep into your dodgy source and furnish some material that hasn’t already been speculated on.Give them half a can of beer and see what you can come up with. But don’t worry, I ‘ll treat that with a tonne of salt just the same.
“Fact – the editing team were actually very NICE with what they showed of Deb.”
Not a “:fact” at all. Facts need to be proven in the real world.
BDD, since it is a gorgeous weekend day, I have 2 blind items to lighten up your mood:
Blind item 1:
Chefs talk during their ciggy breaks. Sometimes they gossip about their head chefs and sometimes they trash other celebrity chefs. Some ciggy break sessions have turned gossip into facts that one of the married regular guest chefs was having affair with S1 blonde female contestant. If you turned back the clock and reread some of his interviews after the S1 wrapped, you will be enlightened with some of the words the chef used to describe this contestant, yeah.
Blind item 2:
Boom. S2. Another female contestant. She wanted to win. She wanted the winner title so much that she would do anything to get it. Boom. She has gone far into the competition & got the chance to go to London. She got an offer or we can call it a proposal that shake her to the core. A night shared with the judge in the room will guarantee her the winner spot. The judge got what he wanted and the winner turned out to be a male. The damsel in distress cried & couldn’t contain her anger. There was nothing she could do about it and soon she disappeared into thin air and never to be seen again.
No, these blind items will not be revealed.
Now people expect me to believe that someone would $hag Gary , George or Jowl$y, yeah? I know $100, 000 would be nice, but…..FFS.
Whatever drugs you’re taking, I want some now!
I just saw an impaled pig fly past my window!
lulu- I am sorry, but I still do not agree that Deb was humiliated. I do not see that the show had to take into her account her apparent “instability” & “menopausal behaviour”, any more than they had to take into account Amina’s religious beliefs or whether George dislikes chilli.
I am not saying that the challenge wasn’t difficult, but many of them are (& some are just plain stupid)- should they have a different set of rules for Deb because she is unstable and/or menopausal??? I don’t think so. It also appears that she had a lot of help with the pig, and actually I don’t recall seeing her physically do the impaling part of the process…we saw her faffing around with it and wringing her hands etc, and then, hey presto- it was done! Probably by someone else…..
Also, would the pig preparation/cooking etc have been humiliating for any of the others, or only because it was Deb?????
EH- don’t be mean please!!!!-more clues for the curious person with no life- aka moi!
& for item 1- we are talking a regular guest judge are we- not 1 of the 3 stooges we always have?? Plus Matt P is not a chef anyway…hmmm
Have a good weekend, BDD
BDD – People do leak. In fact more people should leak TO ME…
Jess – thanks sounds beyond my capabilities.
Yes and interview is coming still transcribing. I keep on getting f**king interrupted.
Not by you guys by my family
I got spammed RR…
:( please release me!!!!
Just say “No” to drugs….that leaves more for me.
Same to you EH.
I do get that people leak, RR. I’ll save my respect for those that don’t. I tried so hard to get some stuff on MKR from someone I’d known for a long time( 20 years plus) who works on compiling the teasers but they were tighter than a crab’s ar$e about it. Just a matter of integrity.
Oscar Wilde said that three people can keep a secret~ so long as two of them are dead.
This spit roast has become a ‘passion pig’.
Pink Floyd were partial to the flying pig bdd!
Yeah, Georgie, the huge inflatable pig(*not Jowl$y) used on the cover of “Animals ” broke free of it’s moorings over the Battersea Power Station, brought London air traffic to a standstill and landed in a paddock about 40 miles away(Essex, I think), pissing a farmer off because it scared the bejesus out of his cows.
True story. I have photos of blokes with guns ready to shoot it down in case it happened again.
I’m a huge fan.
Sue N – I have left a lot of clues in the blind items. More than you need to solve them. Just read again, word by word. Have a good weekend
Deb is “unstable” ? I didn’t know I was blogging with qualified Psychiatrists and experts on mental illness here.
Feel free to diagnose Emma while you’re at it.
Another huge fan here bdd – yes I know the story and that’s the cover of the Animals album. I noticed you said the other day Exile was your fave Stones album – well it’s mine too! Plundered my soul they did.
BDD- I was only paraphrasing Lulu’s comments- I never said it myself!!!!
….(however… 
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EH- acording to wiki, there weren’t really any “regular” guest chefs on in season 1 (season 2 yes, but not season 1) so I am a bit stumped on that 1…..
spammed again………………….sigh
Yes Georgie, I’m watching Mick, Keef and Ronnie jamming with Muddy Waters on his best tunes circa 1980 Chicago DVD right now. Just released yesterday “Checkerboard Lounge”.
My Exile On Main Street T Shirt is quite a conversation starter actually.
I’ve never been spammed here but I rarely use links and don’t do emoticons. Don’t know if that helps.
today is the 1st time I have been spammed, and I use emoticons sometimes but not always…. my post above got thru ok, so it seems to be totallly random…& annoying!
No worries Sue N; I guess the twain shall never meet on this.
I generally don’t truly care about the contestants – they signed up for the bucks and dubious fame.
I also think the show is dumb and contrived … duh … which is why it’s fun, too. This is the first time I’ve felt sorry for one of them, and that’s because she was set up, and I found it disconcerting to watch.
Despite her histrionics, I liked Deb ’cause she didn’t conform to that conveyor belt of faux camaraderie … and I like people who are different.
Hopefully, she’s been enjoying several mint juleps on a pleasant verandah somewhere and has reached some equilibrium.
I too liked some of Deb’s food, most of it probably, but I honestly think she must have been damn awkward to interact with, because she doesn’t seem to have really got on with anyone. makes it all the more odd to me that she ever signed up for this gig… & yes I agree a lot of it is contrived (& really badly scripted/acted, lol)…
…& I am happy to join anyone who care to in a glass of vino- so that my equilibrium (such as it is, lol) is restored/maintained ….
OMMM…
Deb had to have had help. She had to prepare two pigs and then start cooking them. This would have left a lot less than 4 hours for them to cook. The pig’s forelegs were secured with wire. Someone who has never prepared lamb/pig on a spit would not know that this needs to be done.
They just did not show just how much help she received in getting them ready.
She would also have had help getting it off the fire and off the spit and instructions on how to get it of the spit and cut it up. They did not show how they got them off the fire as they wanted to create the impression that she did everything herself. I doubt she did 3 hours of turning the spit either. Probably a few turns for the camera and then she off preparing her veggies.
As for the task being confronting, there was the option of quitting. There’s been at least one contestant each season who has quit.
They all want ther five minutes of fame and they are prepared to do anything to get it. Then some are smart enough to use their short lived fame to their advatage
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