Masterchef Australia – The Zumbo Challenge
Last night Masterchef Australia morphed into Sweet Genius (a bizarre show on Lifestyle Food) with teams of two having to make a dessert like creation that would not be out of place on a Baz Lurhman film set.
But first one of the seven remaining contestants had the opportunity to go straight into finals week if they made the best French inspired dessert in sixty minutes. Julia and Kylie were thrilled as they knew they had the advantage in this challenge.
Ben was never in with a chance of winning as he made Chipotle and Chocolate Parfait with Butter Croutons. The parfait looked like something that would be found on the streets of Paris but when was Chipotle a French inspired ingredient. Gary said “His croutons were good”. Which meant the rest must have been ordinary.
Mindy was another one whose dish was using more Asian style ingredients than French. She made Burnt Custard with Lemongrass and Galangal. Matt Preston basically called it a mess.
Julia’s Cafe Opera did not look as good as Rocco’s from this years My Kitchen Rules. However she did only have sixty minutes to make it. Gary said it was good cooking.
Andy made Rosemary Cream which collapsed and was described as puddle pie by the judges. Gary Mehigan had a good point when he queried why Andy had listened to a food critic aka Matt Preston, instead of a chef when seeking advice on getting the cream out of the tin.
Kylie was in tears when she was told her Salted Caramel Mille Fieulle did not have enough texture. She did not even make top three, which must have felt a tad humiliating.
Alice’s Floating Islands with Creme Anglais looked amazing and must have been very unlucky not to win, but Audra’s Chocolate Frangipane Tart with the Poached Pear looked like the dish that should have won the Masterchef Magazine cover.
She was put into final’s week and was told she also got to pick the teams for the following challenge.
Then it was Zumbo time with Andy and Ben looking like all their nightmares had become real when they saw the towering cake creation he wheeled in.
He said it was a French Pastissier Marie-Antoine Careme inspired masterpiece. Surprisingly Careme was around prior to the acid inspired 60′s or indeed the Lewis Carroll, Alice In Wonderland opium den times.
Fortunately they did not have to replicate Zumbo’s. They had to be inspired by it, and they six hours to cook and two hours the following day to build it. It would then be presented to six of the best pastry chefs in the country.
It was interesting how Audra picked the teams. Clearly she thought Mindy is the one to beat as she place her and Andy together both not strong in cakes. The other teams were Julia and Alice, and Kylie and Ben.
Julia’s team made a cake base, topped by a macron tower topped with and sugar box filled with choux pastry. It looked good, it was just a pity the sugar box was not perfect.
The judges were as Matt Preston described them the “Ocean’s Eleven of pastry”, they were Kirsten Tibballs, Dean Gibson, Vincent Gaden, Alistair Wise, Darren Purchase, Phillip Sibley and Matt Moran who started as a pastry chef.
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Audra’s team picking was strategic and clever.
I felt sorry for Julia – I think if that “box” on top had been smaller and more dainty they may have won.
Kylie made TWO gushy speeches. I know she’s young and excited but Julia’s dignity, even when crying, makes me want her to win even more. Go Julia!
Thoughts…
1. Andy/Ben conversation in the house (though obviously staged) but cute joking about them being the last two men in Finals Week. Actually, thinking back I don’t think it’s that much of a stretch. The blokes weren’t particularly strong this year and these two keep pulling tricks out of their collective manly bags.
2. Julia vs. Kylie Round 1. Julia’s out for blood.
3. Andy sassing Matt while ‘listening’ to his advice. “It should be beautifully just set.” “Should be.” Lol Andy knows he’s not winning this shit.
4. The obvious OMG THE DESSERT QUEENS! IT’LL BE HARD TO BEAT THEM! Makes it obvious they’ll both lose.
5. Is it me or do the judges kind of hate Alice?
6. But Alice, Italian poached meringue in a French dessert challenge?
7. Julia has brass ovaries and I respect that. She’s all “Imma do this just watched bitches” and it’s like…yeah. You know what? Back yourself. Go for it. I can respect her being herself and not trying to put on any affectations for the camera.
8. Yay more judges being proud of Andy.
9. I’m excited about Audra’s pear.
10. Adventures with Andy in the kitchen. Someone needs to put together a youtube video with all his weird little grunts and yells and laughs because they’re friggin hilarious.
11. WTF Andy listen to the chef, not the man paid to eat
12. Gary’s my fave judge. So friggin funny. And matt just stands around laughing lol.
13. “WHAT AM I MEANT TO DO?” “It’s stuck!” “Is it?” LOL Andy. (also: dirty)
14. OMG Audra’s pear <3 <3 <3
15. After the time is up Ben goes up against the wall and lifts his leg like a dog against a hydrant. Lol
16. Julia’s opera thing would have looked better without the gold leaf. But honestly, it doesn’t look like anything special….I dunno. No doubt that it’s yummy though.
17. Ben and Andy together lol They both look like shit and they know it. With Ben it’s literal.
18. Andy’s at least tasted good. They liked the croutons on Ben’s dish. The CROUTONS. ONLY.
19. Woah they dissed Mindy. First time?
20. Alice’s dessert looks amazing. As does Audra’s. THAT PEAR. That pear you guys. THAT PEAR. I want that in my tummy NOW.
21. Kylie’s desert looked better than Julia’s but I guess it didn’t taste better…
22. Kylie crying at her bench It looked like Andy turned around to either comfort her or check up on her or something because she smiled (a kind of ‘I’m okay’ smile) just before the camera switches to Julia (who, by the way, smiled as Kylie was coming to the bench, but it wasn’t a bitchy smile).
23. Audra for the win. I can dig that. THAT PEAR. Still not here for the OTT bullshit though Audra.
24. So Audra is the first person through to finals week. THREE people were to be eliminated this week out of 9, which means finals week will have 6 people going into it. So 1 of 6 people is now in finals week. By the end of the episode, there will be 3 out of 6 people in finals week guaranteed. That means 4 people in the next elimination with 1 person going home.
25. Ha Andy’s reaction once he realized who’d be popping in! I’m honestly glad we’re getting more Andy now that most of the contestants have gone home. They weren’t focusing a lot on him beyond the King’s Cross challenge and I think we missed out on a lot of humour.
26. Matt loves his drawn out SuperChef introductions doesn’t he?
27. WHAT is that monstrosity Zoombo’s wheeling in? Is that newspaper?
28. Interesting that Audra says first that she’ll think in terms of strategy but then switches to ‘balancing out the team’s strengths.’ I have no clue what she eventually decided on, or maybe if she’s playing a little bit of both. But it’s interesting that she didn’t pair Mindy up with any of the Dessert Queens…
29. Her little speech about Andy. I love whenever someone does something OTT and Andy cuts in with a little bit of realness: “The thing couldn’t stand up and it was only one layer.”
30. “Edible?” Julia: “INCREDIBLE.” Lol Julia, you’re allright.
31. I like this challenge. Really allows people to be creative. Dessert Queens are cracking the whip (especially Julia, who’s probably pre-programmed to be quite good at that sort of thing) while Mindy seems to be calling the shots on her team.
32. Mindy with a flamethrower giggling uncontrollably. OH GOD MY NIGHTMARES HAVE COME TRUE.
33. That glass thing Julia’s coming up with is really interesting. I love this sort of thing; it’s why I watch Cake Boss so much (though I like Cake Boss better when they focus more on the baking and techniques then the ridiculous family stuff)
34. Looking at that chocolate cake Andy’s putting together with the red jewels…….I can tell….it’s gonna be bad. But good on them for trying.
35. But the question remains: which team is making the Dalek?
36. Alice in cake labour.
37. Naked icing judges. “Can I have Abs?”
38. Zumbo’s awesome and helpful But lol when Zumbo watches Julia assemble the box thing like a creeper in the background whispering to George like they’re hiding behind the bushes watching a mating ritual which I’m sure they actually do in real life come on.
39. “When that sugar sets…the way it’s on a slant…see, it’s stuck there.” Then Julia just pushes it up. LOL Julia all the points.
40. lol Andy and Mindy’s clown cake.
41. So Kylie/Ben has the Dalek cake. But loving the techniques on that sugar bird’s nest thing.
42. The box is lopsided. “It is on a slight angle Alice, just like you wanted. Although it was unintentional.” Oh Julia couldn’t resist adding that. Then: “Can you stop dancing.” Julia wasn’t wired to understand the varied purposes behind spontaneous ecstatic movements during moments of extreme relief.
43. Yeah Ben, push it in.
44. Okay, those pastry chefs actually seem totally cool for their abilities alone. Really make the whole Dessert Queen thing seem kind of pedestrian in comparison.
45. Oh and there’s Matt Moran because they couldn’t find anyone else and he’s contracted to make X amount of appearances this season.
46. It seems like they don’t really have anything negative to say about it except the box doesn’t quite work geometrically (but it turns out the box is better lopsided, Julia! Ha take that).
47. Oh lord Andy/Mindy’s cake. That was tough to watch. Moving on.
48. Kylie really perfected sucking up, didn’t she? But the base of her cake didn’t taste good…not sure how they won over Julia/Alice.
49. Aw Julia She really wanted this. Probably should have gotten it.
50. Really hate when people say, “I don’t know what to say!” After they win and then proceed to rattle on a long well-constructed and well articulated speech.
51. Audra/Ben/Kylie = 3/6 going into Finals week. 4 people going into the elimination. 2 people have already been eliminated this week (and 3 people are supposed to be eliminated this week). That means the third person of 3 will be eliminated in the next challenge (and we started off with 9 people this week once Debra was eliminated). And 3 people will go and join Audra, Ben and Kylie. In the Top 6 who will start off Finals Week.
52. Aw families! Damn the pressure is on.
Messy Mindy and her chickens are finally coming home to roost.
She is gawne.
Cretin croutons from Ben. Beautiful, maaaate.
Yeah I had a dream that the whole panel of judges on last night’s challenge had marshmallows for eyes, toasted coconut stuffed up their noses, uncooked cake with chocolate icing blocking their throats and that wiry fairyfloss stuff instead of a brain. Poor things couldn’t see, smell, taste or speak and even if they could their brains couldn’t work out WTF they were doing there anyway.
I have long held the view that Julia is not too popular with Gary and Matt, they quite often leave her in suspense much longer that she needs to be, like during the elimination with Kylie Kwong, Audra was first safe after stuffing up the tofu, but Matt picked on Julia because hers was not a chinese dish according to him. Matt is so full of himself, I think he drinks his own bath water.
Loved the dynamic between Alice and Julia last night, which spawned some funny lines. Alice must be an awesome teacher – and while people may find her over the top I do know one other person who behaves like her, and I think it’s just a natural state.
Kinda feel bad for Julia she didn’t win though, as I very much preferred her creation to Kylie’s. Did you see how eager all the judges were to stick their fingers into Julia and Alice’s sugar box? I think they were really all enjoying themselves, at least until Matt Preston ate his own head.
Jowl$y giving himself head~ highlight of the show.
Julia ~ robbed.
That performance from Kylie, grovelling and dribbling all over the panel of judges before they could start discussing the cake was cringe of the highest order. Dilettante!
Yes bdd, sometime today Jowlsy will have his head coming out his arse.
“Jowl$y giving himself head~ highlight of the show.” Hehe. RR should compile a ‘Best of’ list of comments at the end of the season.
I agree Julia was robbed. I don’t know how anyone else watching that could think otherwise. Loved the dancing by Alice. I think Julia needs to get her groove on more often!
Firstly, Fred – how am I meant to read through your comments? I appreciate your desire to contribute, however your aforementioned post is not only verbose, but also superfluous and its simply far too lengthy a read. Please don’t misinterpret this as a personal attack – merely a suggestion as I would very much like to read your insightful comments, so consider this nothing more than a suggestion to keep it succinct.
Now, on to the titular program. What a farce last night’s episode proved to be. While Ben and Kylie’s concoction was indeed impressive, by the judges admission – the tantalising tower had some flaws such as the overly dense cake (did anyone notice the guilty look painted on Ben’s face at that point?), Julia’s efforts were vastly superior…a point of debate for many comments I’d imagine.
One can’t help but feel that the judges have a predisposed disdain for Julia, perhaps its her robotic or overly confident mannerisms? (“I can do it”). A raw deal and her tears were a genuine heartbreak for this viewer (why is that robot leaking?).
“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges”
Georgie , that’ll be a tight squeeze because Kylie’s probably still stuck up there as well after her grovelfest last night.
Re the judges disdain for Julia referred to by Angelo.:
* none of them have the class to $hag her.
* She doesn’t crawl up their ar$es
*only cries when genuinely offended, shafted and upset ,like last night.
Er…….anyone who doesn’t want to read my comments….
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just don’t?
It’s not like I read every comment in these posts LOL.
So what’s the big deal?
Also, wtf at policing how other people are supposed to comment…seriously…
I cringed when Gary kept on repeating “you’ve got 4 hours to go”, “you’ve got 20 minutes to go” as though he was pushing them to work harder. Well if he gave them extra hours, perhaps he didn’t have to be so mean about it!
Nothing worse then after the tv ad that they got only 2 minutes to go. So we missed out on 6 hours of actual cooking footage.
Mindy/Andy’s cake looked novelty, ie they were obviously making a kid’s birthday cake.
Andy looks hot as eva.
Mindy’s tan is looking darker and darker.
I really though Julia should of won.
Hmm cake, gimme cake.
I thought Kylie and Ben deserved to win. I liked the look of their centrepiece the most and I think the base should be heavy, as it’s holding everything on top of it. Just my opinion.
Phil – I just gagged at the thought of Matt drinking his own bath water. Ugh.
@ Exactly Fred. I look forward to reading your posts and others have commented on them as well so keep ‘em up if you have the time!
@BBD. I’m so sick of crawlers! It’s a sign of insecurity that they think their talent isn’t enough.
Zumbo was suitably impressed with Julia and Alice’s effort and I predict he’ll give Julia a job. He looked gob-smacked at the judges decision last night.
* Puddle pie – Andy for the win!
* I heart Julia.
* “Audra’s Chocolate Frangipane Tart with the Poached Pear looked like the dish that should have won the Masterchef Magazine cover.” Exactly what I thought, RR.
* Mindy should have copied another Manu’s dessert recipe.
* I was busy with other chores while they were assembling their master pieces. Didn’t know what they making. When I saw Andy & Kylie presenting their creation, I asked my daughter, “Are they making a Humpty Dumpty inspired tower?” I thought the 3 figurines were the king’s men. *facepalm *
I woke up at 2:30 last night with “Down, Down, Prices are Down” ringing through my head! What an annoying ad, and its repeated ad nauseum, particularly through MC.
Down , Down, Ratings are Down!
And I thought the Frogrance of a Women challenge the other week was preposterous.
I’m thinking of going on MCA next year just so I can ramp up the bad taste (in an aesthetic sense) of these kitsch, architectural dessert challenges.
Here’s my concept – ‘Silence of the Hams’
Through cunning use of sugar, fat, flour, assorted carcinogenic food dyes, a bachelors degree from Madame Tussauds and my Frank Lloyd Wright Architectural award, I create three perfectly formed (well, sort of) replicas of the heads of Matt, George and Gary, presented on a silver platter in a manner that makes you think the rest of their ample personages are under the table (suitably restrained).
The theatre of this piece is that you remove the top part of the skull (actually thin crispy sweet biscuit) of each of ‘em, Hannibal-Lector-Live-Monkey-Brain chow-down style, to eat what’s inside. (The more post-modern version of this dish, has Ray Liotta as waiter.)
Cracking George’s sconce open theatrically releases a budgie. Ta da!
(This one’s not for eating, just for show. You didn’t think we do pastry just for eating did you? FFS, you plebs are not worthy of our gold leaf, let alone our artistry!)
Gary’s sconce opens to reveal a Heston-inspired, bacon-infused, liquid Nitrogen concocted icecream that tastes just like 1970s Space Food Stick lollies.
And lifting Matt P’s reveals an oozing mess of chocolate, an ode to the ‘umble chocolate pud. Simple. yes. But delicious… oh, provided you like Star Anise and Szechuan Pepper.
Enjoy.
On the contrary, MC climbed to the top with 1.426 million nationally last night.
BDD – the ratings 1.46 million that’s not a drop is it? They should have a clear run for the next four eps.
Jko – Maybe Mindy is auditioning to be on The Shire. The Mayor would probably find her much more appropriate to be on the show.
You know, it hasn’t been played nearly as much as Ben and Andy, but Julia and Alices little friendship/partnerships are so cute to watch. They are so ‘odd couple’ but I think they work well off each other. Julia reigns Alice in a bit and keeps her focused, while Alice loosens Julia up.
Also, there are so so so many things I could say about Julias sugar box. But that would be rude.
I expect the ratings are going okay, RR because it’s nearly Finale Weak but overall I’d imagine they’re down on last year.
I’ll wait for the Gestapo to sort me out on that one.
A drover’s dog could get better ratings than The Voice or AGT.
Mindy and The $hire ~ spot on. Beautiful.
ROFL CB – well decsribed, I visualised the whole performance.
Hehehe… Julia’s sugar box.
I was shattered when I saw Julia was married (how pathetic)
(She was robbed)
(Of me)
I love last night challenge. They should more challenges with this kind of format.
Most of Julia’s creation was edible whereas Kylie’s was not. If she has managed to drape the fondant over and stuck some lolly or something onto the fondant, that dress is more of a display. I think she was lucky not to get the fondant over. Her creation looked better with the pink cone rather than white fondant but there is nothing much to eat on the pink cone.
I thought everyone worked really hard last night and put their heart and souls into it. I loved the sugar box inspired by Marie Antoinette who used to devour boxes of tasty pastries and sweets. As she used to say, ” let them eat cake”. If it had been made a bit smaller and daintier it might have been a winner. Kylie’s looked good too but she was sucking up to the judges a bit too much.
It was an enjoyable show, glad Ben got through, tonight I hope Alice and Julia get through.
BDD, did you read my comments about Location, Location, Location done in Adelaide last night?
Another great moment from last night, was when Alice wanted the sugar box to be on an angle when Julia didn’t really want it to be, but when they put on the top of the centrepiece, it’s on an angle and Alice does a little dance, and Julia just stares at her. Pure LOL moment.
As a savoury fanatic, it’s Julia’s meat purse rather than her sugar box that interests me most.
Sleeping in, littlepetal? I did the right thing when Dr T told us all to go to sleep last night. So delirious I hatched a plan to rob Poh’s house.
Julia’s “creation” was edible? Oh yeah,baby!
Yes, thanks Andy Pandy, I did. Those places were Gawler and Roxby Downs (where the uranium protesters have been) btw.
Angelo Fortuno LOL – ‘why is that robot leaking’, funny but I feel I must say a trifle unkind also, Julia is just one of those A-type personalities who aims very high, has had a hell of an education, was born with height and looks to live up to, and hopefully will learn some good relaxation techniques at some point throughout her life to set her up for that moment she’ll hit in her late thirties (we all hit it) when we realise that many of our dreams won’t come true…
So tired of the Oscar speeches that Kylie and Mindy produce. Don’t want to hear them thanking their parents and all those who helped them get here (declared best of a single day of cooking by a group of other primates). Acceptance speeches not necessary.
I felt really sorry for Julia, she has grown on me because she doesn’t gush, it seems she refuses to howl and say how ‘beautiful’ everything is at every opportunity, and the judges don’t like her for it. Julia and Alice made a great team and their work looked better than Ben and Kylie’s in my opinion. Mindy, Audra and Kylie grate on me so much I can barely watch them. They are SO FAKE. Kylie seems incredibly two faced.
Sadly, I feel like we’re stuck with ‘byoootifulll’ Mindy, Audra the frog and Kylie’s bloody pony tail until the bitter end.
No sleeping in, BDD. Lots of things going in my mind. Was saddened to see Cadel losing the TDF but he gave his all. Nice fella. Now I can go and read the book The Tour.
Yes, Poh is not home. She is in the the MC house. You must do be quick.
She was robbed. Although that sugar box looked so messy in the end at least she had the guts to give it a go. It was a great idea and Zumbo was suitably impressed. As were some of the judges, they did love diving in for a sweet treat. And, didn’t Mindy sound peeved when Zumbo was questioning the use of all that lard, ‘but we’ve got lemon blah blah’ as the voice pitch rose. She just couldn’t take it. The croquembouche & spun sugar won it for them. That ‘french ladies dress’ was so ugly, it matched that diabolical brown jewellery box of M&B. And wasn’t that ugly. A brown jewellery box!
Julia or Andy for the win for me.
@Simone – Believe it or not, you can fulfil your dreams after your late 30s. I can’t remember her name now but a woman chef appeared recently on the show who changed her career in her 30s. People should snap out of the mindst that dreams are just for the young. Age should never hold you back.
littlepetal…I’ll steal the century egg recipe but leave her art work alone.
Yes, I’ve watched all of the Tour and feel the same about Cadel.
Age ~ what about 65 yo Colonel Sanders beginning his “culinary dream” with his recipe? Finger lickin’ good.
So the cone part of the croquembouche is not supposed to be eaten, right? I thought they’d make it out of cake or something.
Gillian, Simone – Christine Mansfield?
@EH Yes, Christine Mansfield is the person I was thinking of – thanks EH! I thought she was very inspiring to the contestants as well as myself. Incidentally, my mum did a childcare course at TAFE at the age of 60!
Well Audra certainly knew what she was doing, putting Minday and Andy together gave her a good chance of knocking out her biggest competition for the final. A wise move. I was convinced Benandandy would end up in the pressure test tonight but it wasn’t to be. I’m glad others are being driven mad by that sad Status Quo commercial. It’s a sad shadow of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLo8JRf409g&feature=related
Gillian, your mum is a legend! Love her!
Fred, I read everyone’s comments including yours, its good fun. Sometimes I save yours till last so I can concentrate on all your points.
I think Julia was robbed now too, hope she gets through, I am warming to her.
Forgot to mention, in the new all-stars ad they ran last night that I realized Miguel (Living Room resident chefmedian) has already been on MC! There was a clip of him standing beside Dani! Pretty sure it was for a masterclass too.
@Andy Pandy – Hahah, thanks … you’re too kind but she is a legend (to me anyway)! Children love being around her. And I agree with both of your comments about Fred’s posts and Julia being robbed
An amata that couldn’t toast a bun properly on All $tars.Way to go,$hine!
I read Fred’s stuff and find it very amusing. I’m envious of how he ignores trolls , too.
I was truly amazed that Mindy managed to make the burnt custard and “beautiful” lemongrass desert in just hour. She must have taken a long tobacco break.
What does Julia have to do?! Not only was her/Alice’s creation perfectly baked (unlike the others’), it tasted good, and the degree of difficulty was sublime. Should’ve been a lay down misere. That Korlie won was a travesty – and note, in her subsequent speech, she accepted the award on behalf of herself.
The judges have got it in for Julia; trying to ‘break’ her seems to be a hobby.
I agree, the Julia/Alice dynamic was pretty cute … Julia striding around like a dominatrix and Alice scurrying hither thither like an accommodating Hobbit, wanting to please her mistress. I think these two should do a cooking show together, such was their chemistry.
To think I expended all that energy in dissing Alice …
Andy Pandy, ‘let them eat cake’ …… finally, someone said it.
littlepetal, bdd: I’ve watched the Tour nightly too – just love(d) it – sad for Cadel but back to back victories just a bridge too far. I find all the diff. personalities of the riders v. entertaining. And Phil Liggett – he actually said “well done, that man” about a rider. Gold.
@BBD – ‘Fred’ stands for ‘Winifred’ I believe from memory
Thanks Lulu, I also said last night that “heads will roll ” at Woman’s Day after they leaked the final five ( which I still don’t know by the way ),a week early.
The Alice/Julia thing was funny comparing her to a hobbit, I also thought of that little creature I Harry Potter called Dobby or something, it had the same ingratiating look scurrying around eager to please! They would do well at a cooking show together, you’re right, and I never noticed that Kylie accepted the win on her own behalf, but yes that would be typical of her. I like Alice now too.
Some culinary history.
Food for fighting, not fornicating – http://shawna3377.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/napoleon-bonapartes-chicken-marengo.html
Omg APandy, you’re right, Dobby! …. much better.
Dobby like liver, ‘arry
I also went to TAFE and did a Diploma course in my fifties !! (Oh no, now I am letting the cat out of the bag) Age should be no barrier.
Hasn’t Miguel appeared on Masterclass last year? I think he did a paella.
Mindy darling is too obsess with Asian flavours. She needs a lesson or too from Poh.
Good one CB!
I’m starting to think there’s a real possibility Mindy won’t take out the prize. Hope Andy is practising his desserts like crazy for the final.
Come to think of it, Julia does look a bit like a Malfoy:-
http://images.wikia.com/harrypotter/images/d/d5/LuciusMalfoy.jpg
Poor Dobby.
As this is International Pick on Other People’s Posts Day…
“hopefully will learn some good relaxation techniques at some point throughout her life to set her up for that moment she’ll hit in her late thirties (we all hit it) when we realise that many of our dreams won’t come true…”
We all hit it? Oh, no, we didn’t. And why wait for your late thirties, anyway. Have a ‘quarter-life’ crisis now!
Chunks-What make you think so?
As much as I admire Mindy’s passion, perseverance and playfulness (ah, to be a master of alliteration…), I can’t help but declare my anguish at her overuse of the word “beautiful”. I would enjoy a drinking game based upon her utterance of the world – no doubt I would be inebriated quicker than you can say Western Star Butter.
She is indeed beautiful, a real shining light in the contest, and in few circumstances it is warranted, i.e. “beautiful truffle (which I don’t think has been used as an ingredient all season, someone please correct if I am mistaken), beautiful caviar etc… but beautiful galangal? beautiful ginger? The last time I checked both those ingredients looked more like misshapen remnants of stool – hardly what one would call beauty.
I postulate that she might be angling for a career in media and has picked up this rather nervous tick along the way.
“Beauty and folly are old companions” – Benjamin Franklin
I think Betty’s back…
Either that or it’s Ron de Jeremy?
Rarely have I been so disgusted by a judging decision. Every part of Julia and Alice’s concoction tasted delicious. It looked superb, every inch of that cone covered in gorgeous macarons, beautifully decorated base cake and to top it off a clear pink box containing profiteroles. Yes, it was a bit top heavy, but wow, what a wonderful idea and didn’t the judges have fun dipping into the box and then eating the box.
Compare that to Kylie and Ben’s not well cooked cake base and ghastly pink cone with very little decoration. The top was good but we have seen that before on MC. Agree with Heath, Alice and Julia are a good combination.
Mindy and Andy should have been put into instant elimination for leaving paper and a toothpick in their cake and the biggest crime of all – using lard in their icing. Lard!!
Great episode, but so disappointed with the result.
I did declare yesterday on comment#43 that Mindy can not win Ma$terchef.
Same demographic as Kate Bracks last year.Yawn.
Why Minday behaves as if she already has won is beyond me ~but I suspect that is part of the reason she won’t win.
Looking forward to seeing the parents that could produce and nurture such a deluded ,swarthy beast.
@BBD – Mindy will open up the show to a different demographic than straight Kate appealing to the pink $$$$. I actually don’t mind Mindy but I’ve only been watching the show on and off.
I blame Zumbo, and his mentor Vinnie, for the macaruination of this show.
@littlepetal – I think Chunks is suggesting Mindy (and Andy) have a weakness at making desserts which means Kylie or Julia (or Audra based on last night’s decision) have a good chance of stopping her.
@BDD – wasn’t Kate Bracks a dessert person? By extent that prolly means Julia and Kylie cannot win either? Mindy doesn’t seem so good with dessert though… well at least not the insane Zumbo type.
I’m wondering how one gets rid of a “nervous tick”? Give it some tranquilisers and ask it to politely leave,maybe.?
Need your help again, Dr T.
Sorry Joseph, I don’t remember much about Kate Bracks at all. Yes, I think Kylie’s ponytail is just about done swishing, too.
Loved the show last night. Thought Alice and Julia should have won. The jewellery box was amazing.
Like a good medication you’re straight to the source of the pain bdd. Lol.
Julia and Alice have to be the modern day Laurel and Hardy. Love it.
Julia’s absolute bewilderment at Alice’s spontaneity and joie de vie was stunning.
I have the feeling that the post on Mindy elimination will reach 300 comments. Or more.
Yes, the jewellery box. Even Zumbo thinks the box would not be able to stay on top of the cone and it will crack.
Come to think of it, I am not sure what Andy is good at. But who cares. He is pleasant to the eye. We know it is not the best cook that win MC.
I just wonder how many cookbooks have Kate sold.
littlepetal, there’s her dessert weakness and also she won her immunity pin thanks to someone else’s efforts. When she delivers, she really delivers, but she also misses the mark widely sometimes. I think Audra has the best chance of being in the final. Still hoping for a Ben and Andy finish though.
Where’s this “lard” stuff coming from. Didn’t they use vegetable shortening? Lard is pig fat.
BDD, Dr is still busy talking about his sexy nurse on the previous thread.
Based on previous MC seasons the early front runners do not end up winning. So hopefully Mindy does not win. Her insincere modesty and overuse of beautiful is irritating.
The constant cold sores she has are probably an indication of stress so maybe her air of confidence is just an act http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Cold_sores
Totally agree with you Chunks.
True culinary artistry in action:-
http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com.au/2009/09/let-them-eat-mole-rat-cake.html
Oh my goodness, Julia and Alice were robbed! Daylight robbery!!!! Makes me so mad.
I thought the taste comes first, and looks second?
Julia and Alice… you’re the winners for last night.
All episode long I just want to shake Kylie up and tell her to shut up. If you speak so much, people will know that you’re just bottom line insincere, Kylie. And sucking up to the judges is an art of talent that one can polish over the course of 10 weeks, but would you please do that off camera. Honestly.
Maybe my wish will be granted tonight and Mindy goes to Beautiful Heaven covered with beautiful ginger and gallangal and lemon grass.
I agree with Moonstruck’s point.
Jowl$y has said that they like to see ‘improvement’, whether that is real or imagined , I don’t think matters as much as Ma$terchef being able to crow:.
“Behold how much the amatas can improve in this awesome competition!”
Then there’s the element of surprise and the ensuing blood in the streets and around water coolers when Mindy is culled.
I can’t speak for Mindy’s appeal to the gay demographic except to note that the gay friends I have are constantly agog at the appalling vulgarity of Ma$terchef.
CB – That cake is a classic!!!
Are we all looking forward to the beautiful moment when Mindy waves goodbye?
OMG CB that is hilarious. Would love to see the look on Matt P’s face at being confronted with that mole-rat cake. Haha.
Actually CB, that cake looks more like George than the effigy Mindy and Andy made.
Yes CB, I’ve been reading Wind In The Willows again this winter. Just what I needed.
Agree it was a great challenge last night. Wish they’d do something similar on All-Stars as I’d like to see what Poh would come up with. They could auction them off for charity although the buyer wouldn’t know how it tasted. And I wonder if Zumbo’s selling treats in little glass sugar boxes because he was impressed. Love that Julia pushes herself and won’t be intimidated. And she’s a tough taskmaster (like with Mario making her melting moments) but always apologises afterwards.
Apart from Kylie’s sycophantic spiel last night, I think the spun sugar top and the glittery bits (silver leaf?) is what drew the judges’ eyes as they walked in (they couldn’t stop staring) – I know I was looking at them thinking oh no, they really like this one, and that was even before Kylie did her giggle, swish and speech.
Mindy’s orangeness was so distracting last night. Too much Tuscan sun, or is she getting jaundiced like the rest of us?
bdd – ‘deluded, swarthy beast’
That is so wrong but I couldn’t stop laughing for a good minute ROFL(IRL)
Call me crazy, but I think Mindy might be going tonight, this will be the huge shocker elimination, even more than Amina’s.
Bandy/Bendy is undeniable even to the contestants: http://finnickderpdair.tumblr.com/post/27471242241
SHUT UP KYLIE – is what I yelled at the TV last night! How fawning was she! But it must have helped her, although she didn’t like the criticism very much.
I loved that Mindy and Andy knew they wouldn’t win so did a fun cake, but agree that Audra deserved to win the first round. I saw Mindy’s cover in the supermarket and with a pool of liquid sitting on the top of the cake it looks as if the cake has sunk in the middle. It doesn’t look good and Audra’s would have looked amazing.
George can’t even say butter – it’s Western Star Bu-er according to him.
Firstly, ratings are going well. It continues to be Ch Ten’s flagship and whilst its not rating as well as previous years it still is a ratings giant in normal terms. So sorry to disappoint those who genuinely dislike MC but still watch it (yes, that is confusing but these people sadly do exist). It will still be on for a few years left.
Secondly, Mindy same demographic as Kate Bracks ????
WTF…..
By same demographic, do you mean female?
Poor Mindy has made the mistake of being a confident, attractive female – And to top it off she is skilled at something.
Obviously this cannot be allowed by the braying mob……People such as these must be put down and insulted wherever possible.
Know your place, girl…..
Paul- Poor Mindy has made the mistake of being a confident, attractive female – And to top it off she is skilled at something.
You got the name wrong, Paul. The name is Julia
It’s Dobby, flat out!
What if Mindy was unconfident, and unattractive, in your view, Paul? What if she was, gasp, overweight, or elderly? Would you defend her so vigorously? I didn’t see you standing up in gentlemanly fashion or calling the rabble out when Deb was being pilloried.
Paul, what do you think of the burnt custard mess Mindy made last night? Oh and the dalek she made with Andy. Your honest opinion is appreciated.
@Angelo Alliterative Fortnuo, haha, the problem with Mindy’s ‘beautifuls’ is that she uses the word to refer to her own cooking … should be for others to judge. That said, they’re all saying it now, even on other cooking shows.
Mindy reminds me of Linda Hamilton from Terminator 2. She’s ruthless, in a benign way, ambitious and accomplished. To be fair, it’s not her fault if the producers always put her on show or if she won her pin on the back of others – she didn’t make the rules. Kylie’s the one who needs to be swatted, followed closely by Audra.
Oh, life was so much simpler last year when we all just hated Dani ( …. in the nicest possible way).
‘…being a confident, attractive female’, you are describing Julia in my book. I’d describe Mindy as – arrogant, smug and unattractive due to those personality traits. Do you see the facial expressions she almost suppresses when an outcome does not suit her? It appears she can not comprehend that her opinion is not shared by the judges (and/or production instructions). This is my opinion.
Paul if Mindy is not popular it shine’s fault. The silly immunity pin challenge that she won based the winning dishes of the two other cooks set her up as the bad guy. She wanted Amina to help her in the challenges but in eliminations she didn’t support Amina. Also what we see has been edited so if she has been sincere, Shine has chosen not to show this.
littlepetal @91, touche !!
From MC mag front cover to Asian inspired French burnt custard mess and then the Dalek creation. What a ‘beautiful’ journey.
Some MCA confectionery creations escape to cause chaos at The Night of The Poms, I’m mean Proms – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICsZE17MHwA&feature=related
@Fred
“Italian” describes the meringue, which means it’s made from a sugar syrup instead of sugar. But the overall “oeufs à la neige” dish is a French dessert.
We got to see Julia wash her saucepan in the first challenge. That’s a pretty rare treat.
As clever as it was for Audra to separate Mindy from the Dessert Queens, I think the real tactic was to keep Andy on the losing team so he would challenge Mindy in the elimination. I feel bad for Julia, though.
Kylie said something like, “Thank you so much,” to Audra after winning. Thanks to Audra for choosing the teams in her favour? Hm…
Audra’s dessert was a highlight for me. The pear! Look at the pear! However, I have to question the presentation. It seems that whenever Audra presents something, there’s always a jug or bowl of something to drizzle over it. No problems there. But if you look at the final dish just before tasting, it had thyme leaves garnishing it on the side which must have been placed there after the cream. Adding the cream before tasting is fine. That’s normally George’s job. But who garnished it after that?
Everything is beautiful, in it’s own way…
I think Kylie (and Ben) did more than just 2 cakes and the croqembouche. There were at least 3 different types of decorations stuck to the foam bodice and despite being told the cakes were dry they were praised for thinking about texture with toasting the coconut. To be honest I think they worked harder than Julia who seemed to get stuck on the cake decorating and the box.
@EH – yeah, it wasn’t good last night. She knew it, the judges knew it and she was marked accordingly. Not sure what the controversy is there.
And can I reiterate that if everyone thinks its Shine’s fault that Mindy is apparently being ‘portrayed’ like she is (which frankly is ludicrous but anyway) – then why on earth do you fall into the trap and still have a go at Mindy. I mean really, have a think about it please because its not terribly smart.
Cheryl I agree. I think it’s wrong to say Julia was robbed. Yes, she worked hard and yes she delivered, but that box was ugly and took up a massive amount of time. Kylie utilised more techniques and probably had to spend less time instructing Ben, who is very quick on the uptake. And while all of the end results, including Zumbo’s, looked quite hideous and kitsch, K&B produced the least grotesque looking “work of art”.
Yes Chunks #102. Too right.
Even the mole rat.
Or this little cutie:-http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/ugliest-baby-bird-in-world.html
Or George.
There’s no evidence to suggest that “everyone” thinks it’s $hine’s fault that Minday is what she is. Big on accusations but impoverished for examples.
Paul, you’re back, honey?
So, as someone mentioned previously, what was your take on the treatment of Deb, the pigs etc. Just curious. Or was that all kosher with you? npi
Of course it’s Shine’s fault. When we are bombarded with someone’s every thought, expression, gesture etc. we get heartily sick of it and it’s only human nature to start disliking that person. They did it last year with Dani with the same result. Had Mindy received the same amount of air time as, say, Beau, this wouldn’t be happening.
@Culinary Boner in 21, love your input.
Out of curiosity, are you in architecture?as in practicing as an architect?
…but not George’s table manners
No Jill, that’s all made up, as is my past as heroically endowed p*rnstar
Just finished watching the Zumbo challenge,had a family dinner last nite which I had to cater for. Hats to Julia and Alice for the creativity. Husband always like Julia and Audra. I’m warming up to Julia. I think Audra is amazing with the Chindian repertoire.
Oic. Thought it would be interesting to know another architect turned chef. I’ve known a couple. Also knew a Doctor that move from his final year of medicine to start first year Architecture at Uni.
I would categorize Julia’s creation closer to Le Mies van der rohe or Le Corbusier rather than Frank Lloyd. Maybe more to Le Mies(less is more).
@Fred, your input are a ‘Win-ner!’, enjoyed reading them.Keep it up!
Not a chef either, just a home cook who likes good food. My line of work for the last few decades has more to do with words (and perceptions). I wasn’t creative enough in a spatial way to have succeeded in architecture or design, even if this had interested me. Doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate a good design or building though. My primary pre-occupation on this excellent site is jape-ing and cackling at the work of fellow jape-sters here. I’d talk more about the food element were this worthy of it.
lulu #108. Ma$tertroll had nothing to say about Debgate. Quelle surprise.
Aw thanks everyone for your kind/informative/encouraging comments
Haha, I know bdd – it didn’t fit into his troll agenda …. which is why I asked. He must be having a short circuit now.
Lulu,
Deb & the pigs ?????
What are you going on about?
If its another retarded conspiracy theory then please don’t bother.
@CB, cool. I’m struggling to understand ‘jape’. What isit?
Jape = joking, making fun, taking the piss – usually at someone’s expense.
In my case, mainly the pompous judges and other try-hards (like Lara B) on reality shows.
@Paul – I think lulu was referring to Deb’s elimination in Italy where she had to spit-roast the piggies.
Will be interesting to see what type of guy Julia married tonight. I’m going to guess a fellow muso (musician). ^_^
A lot can happen in a short time. My disdain for Julia and Alice has now turned into love. I’m not sure what happened but suddenly Alice’s quirks are charming and I barely notice her glasses any more. As for Fembot (and I say that with loads of affection), I now appreciate her smart mouth and one-tone demeanour. It’s a refreshing change to orange-plastic-fantastic Mundy, Auuuuudra (sorry but once you diss Andy, you’re on my hit list) and Kylie (“oh pick me pick me I’m ever so talented!”). Julia and Alice was robbed.
@Fred – seems like your detractors needs to learn how to scroll. Never change.
Dessert seems to be the death-skill in every competition. If Andy is to win, he needs to improve because in every finale, there is always a dessert round. Trying to remember but I think this season, besides Julia and Kylie, only (…gulp..) Amma, Audra, and Deb cooked desserts that were praised. So when Audra won for the first round for that fantastic pear tart, whichever team did not get Julia or Kylie was always going to feature in the elimination challenge. She could have been really mischievous and teamed Julia and Kylie together!
Agree, Alice and Julia were robbed. Theirs was the most aesthetically pleasing centrepiece. I got the feeling it was not a unanimous choice as the pastry judge at competitions clearly preferred theirs. However, upon rewatching the episode, the judges said it had to be their best Careme inspired centrepiece. So if Careme invented the croquembouche, that was always going to get Ben and Kylie over the line. It just hit the brief better even though Ben baked two-tiers of dense cakes. Not really fair but then again, when has the judging ever been fair?
Big question tonight is will Audra jump and grope her husband tonight or does she only save those moves for strangers?
Baz, couldn’t agree more on everything you mentioned (#125) – you just articulated what I have been thinking perfectly
On the subject of trolls and web forums seems the latest is ‘trolling for national security’ – http://www.news.com.au/technology/trollqaida-the-uss-new-way-of-fighting-terror/story-e6frfro0-1226430052754
i’d love to see Bdd and Paul duking it out on Al Qaeda’s website
Kylie reminds me of a prancing pony with it’s tail swinging around.
“Retarded” ~ one would have to be lower than snake shit to use such a term and guess who?.
Delete it, please.
As the reality-related commentary appears to have petered out this arvo, the following ‘Great Moments in Science’ report caught my eye: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/macho-neanderthal-man-a-new-age-man/story-fnddckzi-1226429670057
“Cavemen’s remains show they had huge right arms – 50 per cent stronger than their left ones – which had been attributed to the demands of hunting big game with spears.
However, a Cambridge University study suggests hunting would not have had this effect at all, and the bone structure is more likely to be the result of hours spent scraping animal hides to make clothes.”
Umm….
Are they sure?
’cause *ahem* another hypothesis comes to mind.
So true bdd – and this from the champion of causes … calling everyone else a sexist, homophobe etc.
Jeez Paul, it was a simple question, and your opinion is of such great value to the lesser mortals.
Anedoctally, Marie Antoinette never said ‘let them have cake’ (qu’ils mangent de la brioche). This quote was invented by the Queen’s haters at the time to destroy her public image and entertain her image as a decadent and perverse foreigner ( as were invented her lesbian orgies with Mme de Polignac). I also think Julia and Alice were robbed. Technically and visually, their work was vastly superior to Kylie and Ben’s (and apparently tasted better too). It’s very difficult to make proper macarons, and Julia nailed it again (as for croquembouche, even kids or my British boyfriend could bake them easily). In spite of the judges’ votes, Julia’s patisserie skills are far better than Kylie’s (who would put a hard caramel top on a bed of cream and pate feuilletee as she did for her mille feuille??) and I can’t stand the fact that Kylie keeps using French words that she can’t pronounce, very painful to hear for a native French speaker (use English words or learn to pronounce them properly like Julia or Matt do). I think Alice is also great, her and Julia make a great team.
I would prefer Kylie to win over orange Mindy (as fake as her tan). Am still trying to recover from her leopard nail varnish in Italy (so Shire)
circa 2012) and her victorious smirk when Amina was eliminated…
He can’t prove his insane claims so it’ll just get worse , as it has in the past.
Just hope it’s got some Xanax handy for Mindy’s cull.
I agree with you Baz@125, it just proves that we can learn to like the contestants once we get to know them better and the way they have been presented to us. Most people here seem to be going for Julia and Alice now, but not so with Audra, Mindy and Kylie for some reason. The boys I think we all like!
Paul, in a previous post, someone asked you what your take was on Deb and the pig incident, I remember it and was waiting to see what you thought. I think thats what Lulu at 105 was talking about.
He’s not answering it because he can’t, AP. He said nothing when it happened, of course.
One can not say anything remotely critical of the show or the amatas or there’s a tantrum of trolling and moronic chest beating.
Thankfully, Mummy’s probably just cooking his tea now.
Same shit,different day.
That’s right APandy, I was curious to see what he would say as he was deafeningly silent on that topic; it was a legit. question.
However, it seems he can’t diverge from his script and gets accusatory.
Shine, can you drop a bombshell tonight, cull them all at once and made Andy the winner? Yeah? I am so over with some of the characters. I only want to see Julia & Andy, perhaps one more, Audra.
No~ make Julia the winner. Keep Eye Candy Andy.
Cull the others.”Thanks for comin’!”
Ooh – I’ve been out all day and I’ve had a lot of reading to catch up on!
@CB (66) – normally I love desserts (and dessert challenges) but last nights effort was just taking the piss. You say macaruination, I say micturation!
Hmmm… I actually wanted Julia to win but very unlikely 2 dessert cookbooks back to back. So must as well let the eye candy take the crown & release a ‘bendy cookbook’.
Looking forward to read Paul’s odds tomorrow. Wonder if he read the WD s& other poilers. Otherwise it is going to be hilarious.
Ben has got the name “Emily” tattooed on his arm(and a whole lot of garbage I’ve yet to “freeze” and read. I do wonder if it’s her he’s planning to rekindle the romance with after Ma$terchef. If so, pass the tissues to Andy.
Oh the odds, lol. Dog’s breakfast. I was on the Julia team @25/1,also Deb.
Yes I really wanted to know too Lulu, don’t know why he can’t remember if we can! I believe in giving everyone a go on here and maybe he does have a few valid points but he needs to explain his reasonings behind them and answer a genuine question like yours was.
Frenchy, I knew Marie Antoinette never Actually said “Let them eat cake” but its gone down in folklore as being true. There’s a really old movie made about her life (done in the thirties, starring Norma Shearer) which is way better than later versions. I’m a bit fascinated by her life story and always felt sorry for her.
What did@131 have to do with Masterchef? Was it you CB or BDD?
Well, that wasn’t me at #131, AP.
Frenchy, didn’t the contestants make maracons earlier in this series? Or did I imagine that? Reality and unreality are all starting to blend together. Personally I think macarons are highly overrated, or maybe I just can’t face them anymore after I made myself sick on them in Bretagne last year.
BDD, I find the best way to deal with Paul is to ignore and him and not acknowledge his pitiful existence. Works for me!
Thanks Jay, you’re absolutely right. My biggest problem is that I’m not someone else…like you.
I tried hard this arvo and went out. Now I’m off to get some goodies for tonight’s cull.Cheers.
@Chunks – I think Amma tried making macarons and somehow was put through into the Top 24 over Yukio, despite them not rising.
#131 twas me.
Yes, nothing at all to do with MCA, but a cracking piece of science though. Neanderthals as house hubbies, hahhaha. Next they’ll be saying NRL players make the best cupcakes.
Twas filling the lull in commentary on this post.
*PS. I do have to ‘fess up to being a guild member due mainly to Mrs Boner’s adverse reaction to Bettina Arndt.
I thought you were the wanker that posted #131(no offense), Boner.
Feel free to post the result of tonight’s cull when it happens anyone.
No problem, bdd.
Why can I hear The Vapors’ ‘Turning Japanese’ echoing thru me head?
I guess you’ve heard Fleetwood Mac’s Rattlesnake Shake and also The Pretty Things’ Bracelets Of Fingers,The Who~ Pictures Of Lily.
Dang, there’s some great musical odes to ma$turbation out there.
JStar, Chunks – Julia made macarons with surprise raspberry centre. Can’t remember what challenge it was.
JS, Littlepetal – Miguel did a paella masterclass with Dani as his helper last year. He flirted with her & had a flamingo dance or something like that. Trying to erase that image from my head.
Jowl$y’s the go to man for surprise raspberries, I hear.
Okay! LOL! bdd lecture time.
Flamenco= $panish Dance
Flamingo= Pink African Bird.
Hahahahahaha… Note to self – Do not type on RR’s blog while watching cute Andy cooking on Masterchef.
Sorry Andy Pandy, did not mean to imply that you did not know – so many people, including in France, believe it to be a true historical fact (mind you my history books in the 90′s still presented it as a fact, talk about government propaganda still going on 200 years later, Robespierre you won!).
Chunks, am also totally over macarons, but they are still pretty hard to achieve technically. Julia presented a vegemite/white chocolate version with the Heston Blumenthal episod but there was no macaron challenge this year ( I think there was one last year and it was a bit of a disaster for all contestants, but can’t really remember because my brain has wisely decided to supress memories involving Dani’s related episods).
Poor Alice, sad to see her go, at least Julia is still safe but why did I think Nicole Kidman/Tom Cruise when I saw her with her beautiful husband?
Ice queen said no ice cream.
Still <3 Julia.
I am interviewing Alice tomorrow morning – do you guys have anything you want to know?
How many pairs of glasses has she got (why are they so big) and does she really need to wear them? Tell her how we all warmed to her as the show went on please.
RR – could you ask Alice how she can afford so many pairs of prescription glasses?
No forget it Andy Pandy has it covered.
Lets have a lesson in terminology, not aimed at anyone in particular:
Retard (ri:ta:d) born that way, not to be pitied or looked down upon, usually sweet and kind
Fucktard (fukta:d) people so unbelievably stupid they troll on blog forums and say shit like #yolo (silent hashag)
So let’s all just think about that when describing other comments/commenters k?
Seeing all and sundry are going to ask about the glasses, what about random things like favourite movie/book/song, most inspirational person past or present (non-chef) … and maybe her birth name, because ‘Alice’ doesn’t sound Georgian/Jewish to me.
RR – these are the questions that came to my mind. Some serious, some not.
1. Is the bun her real hair?
2. Where were her glasses when she wore the bandage dress?
3. Will she cook with tongue again?
4. When & how did the gastro happen in Italy?
5. What was her favourite Masterchef moment?
6. Please ask her about her experience living with Debra. She was her roomie in Italy.
Georgie thats okay, I didn’t ask how she could afford them and its a good question, its so expensive just to buy one pair!
RR, I would like to know why you even bother interviewing her? Why don’t you just email your questions to Shine and wait for the scripted responses to arrive so you don’t have to type it all up.
Georgie, Andy Pandy – You go to Thailand for holiday, you can buy 10-20 pairs of Alice glasses same price as 1 here.
“I have never cooked freekeh before.” – Alice
Ha, RRazor
We get it Marta Martins thank you!
Question for Alice, we’ve seen other Jewish/Muslim contestants have trouble with pork (Jonathan’s “I’ve never dealt with this before”/Amina). Was her upbringing less religious, and did it allow her to experiment a lot more with different foods and styles that a stricter background may have frowned upon?
Can we please launch a campaign to raise money in order to buy a dictionary of synonyms for Mindy? “Alice is going to go home to do amazing things with kids and that’s pretty amazing”. It’s cringeworthy and she is a national embarrassement for the Australian education system.
Reality Razor – how cutting of you!
bdd is actually a mirror…
breathe, marta. breathe.
Just read two (one of them is hilarious) tweets from Adam:
1. He explained why he didn’t take part in MC all-stars:
@adamliaw: @laurengrace1990 I’m in the middle of filming my own show for SBS and the schedules didn’t work out for me to do both.
2. He explained to us why Mindy is so ‘beautiful’:
@adamliaw: Just learnt two things. 1) Mindy’s real name is Melinda; and 2) Malaysia is Thailand. #MasterChefAU
Hahaha EH!
I was wondering if I heard that right (was cooking at the time), but I swore that Mindy’s dad said something something “…we were living in Malaysia, and so I’d like her to make a Thai dish” !
@Wallah, that’s an excellent question. I didn’t think of that one.
Call me whatever you like Reality Razor, while you can’t string a two line blog together, I won’t break into a sweat wiping the floor with you.
For a razor, you’re about as sharp as a bowling ball.
Well Socs, technically we can order Thai curries from Thai restaurants in Malaysia.
Socs-You did hear right. I think it is just her dad way of getting to show her skills
Question for Alice, RR, could you ask her about her “food truck” idea?
Is it a travelling/education/cooking school thing?
Like everyone else, I warmed to her over the series and wish her well post show.
BDD, don’t get sweaty yet, let’s just wait for Marepoppin’s clarification.
And who would have thought these MC contestants were real people with real families – amazing.
Mindy made something ‘beautiful’ again tonight.
Andy’s Mum probably has a huge right arm from cleaning animal skins to make clothes.
Julia – there’s not a lot of men around who are taller than her.
Alice is not really gaga silly?
Ben has a brother.
Kylie has a sister.
Ben and Kylie have something in common there!
Audra’s boys are too small to jump up on.
Can someone explain to me what the ‘pig incident’ was?
I’m sorry, I’m not up with the latest conspiracy theories – I have a brain.
If someone could try and explain then I will try and answer but really I have no idea what some of you are talking about.
Only pig incident as far as I’m aware was that she had to cook it….Am I missing something here?
RR,
Question – Were the contestants allowed to watch MC on the television in the house ?
What’s a “#yolo (silent hashag)”?
Sad about Alice. That’s why Julia and Alice’s tower came second I guess, so they could boot out Alice.
I am really keen on the prescription lenses question, don’t care if it’s a repeat, those are big specs she is partial too. Also, was Deb okay, having to deal with all those squealing girls and being set aside the way she was by the power-group? And how did Alice feel about all of that whoo-hooing and Audra’s jump moves?
Tell her she’s a lovely person and it shone through so loud and clear by the end.
Yeah, well I’m confused ’cause I thought Marepoppin was referring to someone else, not bdd.
Thought that Julia and husband were very cute … the Valkyrie and her minion … true to form, not over the top like a certain person’s mother. Mrs. Andy, he has not returned from Gallipoli.
Also, Mindy’s dad was lovely. Audra looked like she couldn’t wait to offload her family so she could get back to the task at hand … jumping on any remaining personage available.
Andy makes a mushroom puree – that’s it. He throws a slab of lamb in the oven, George makes his potato thing for him … phew.
Judges taste, go into paroxysms of delight … George enjoys his own cooking. Judges stop eating to talk … the mother is still woofing it down like she’s just returned from The Congo. I mean, seriously..
Reality Razor – I thought you were hanging at the SMH thread? What happened to boring over there? As per usual your “sensible” comments are fine and most of the time add something to the conversation, and then you have a brain explosion and make mischief. Don’t get it.
Seen one troll, seen ‘em all.
I think the Telegraph has a better class of troll, as well.
So many names, so little skill.
Sad to see Alice go. But even more sad that they’re not having a masterclass reunion like they have at the end of every year.
RR, are you trying to say that any comments on here that you don’t agree with must be the result of a brainexplosion?
Reality Razor – What I am saying is your brain explosion is causing me to have a brain explosion. You didn’t answer my question about the SMH thread or did you just miss us all?
RR, I have never contributed to the SMH thread so I have no idea what you are talking about.
Watching mc as i was out and Yuk yuk yuk yuk. Mindy tasted and then put her spoon back in the frying pan.
Thanks for putting the troll’s garbage out, anyway, RR.
Hygiene isn’t one of Minday’s priorities, Moonstruck.
Got a cold sore just watching that incident.
Reality Razor – So you are NOT Dutch Courage aka Betty aka Frank and your many other non-deplumes?
Marepoppin, I don’t really understand what you mean .
Planb, agree with everything you said@186
RR, please ask Alice if she or the other contestants read this blog to see what we say about them and how do they feel about it?
@BDD – You can put the champagne back on chill till Sunday now. You noticed how Alice told Julia to go all the way and win it? Is that a spoiler? Will make you very happy if true.
@Reality Razor. Are you Helen Razer who does a weekly MasterChef recap in the Fairfax press?
RR – Could you please ask Alice if she was always happy all the time? I’ve always been a fan of hers and as the filming went on (she would have been imprisoned for 6 months) did she find it hard to continually be so perky and positive despite being deprived of loved ones and seeing her close friends leave in quick succession?
RR, give me a few more names to choose from.
By the way (and before BDD tells you off for incorrect spelling) the correct expression is ‘nom de plume’.
Wow, I must have recovered really well from that brainexplosion to pick that one up….
J$tar, I’m keeping that on ice until Minday night.
Reality Razor (since you brought it up), why do you think it would be more preferable to have scripted responses then with Alice? Would you say it would be better to have only scripted responses for all the remaining contestants once they are allowed to speak to the press? My understanding is that except for Channel Ten affiliated television shows, the contestants are free to talk to any form of media. There aren’t any PR wranglers keeping a leash on them once they are eliminated. Case in point, Sam having a go at the judges and Gary having to respond via Twitter. It’s a much different story when the Top 50 line-up was revealed to the press in the past prior to the commencement of the show. PR wranglers watched every contestant like a hawk and made sure each contestant stuck to a certain script so as to not give the game away.
@BDD – LOL! Okay, what is the drink of choice for Taco Ben’s adios next week then?
Anyone who does want clarification of what I meant by defining retard vs fucktard:
No I was not referring to bdd
I was highlighting that retard is an offensive term that doesn’t mean what ppl use it to mean
Fucktard is a much more apt title for those who give grief to others about their personal opinions on forums
#yolo means ‘you only live once’ and often ends tweets such as ‘got a tat of Donald duck giving it to Minnie mouse lol #yolo’
I said (silent hashtag) cos usually when a Gen Zer says yolo the # is implied as they speak in tweets or fb status updates
=)
J $tar~Tequila Slammers~because Beige Ben’s sphincter will be slamming when he has to leave Andy.
Thanks Marepoppin~ I’m just a bastard ,really.
Oh well@203, thats as clear as mud! Goodnight.
Reality Rodent~It’s only confusing if you’ve got the brains of a sheep and had half a beer.
RR, also some stock standard questions for Alice and every other contestant you get to interview later. What was her favourite challenge? What was her least favourite? Who was her favourite judge? Who was her favourite guest judge? Who did she get along best with? Who she thinks should win and who she thinks will win? Sum up her cooking prior to MasterChef in three words. Sum up her cooking after being on MasterChef in three words. And ofcourse the all important – who hooked up in the house?
I was wrong…you haven’t got the brains of a sheep, Dutchie.
BDD, apology accepted.
RR: Please ask Alice in a typical week how much time is spent in the house and what they do for entertainment. As it’s previously been reported that they get censored newspapers with bits cut out and are only allowed brief supervised phone calls, I assume they’re not allowed access to the Internet or TV (except DVDs), and it would get boring. I believe they have lots of cookbooks (which some contestants appear to have made more use of than others!), but you can’t cook 24/7. In other words, what stops them going loco and getting on each others nerves with so little privacy!
Also, she didn’t look surprised or emotional when she was eliminated. Did she believer her dish wasn’t up to scratch?
Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Dear god, the level of conversation here is degenerating by the post! RR, why didn’t you tell us you were making an appearance on A Current Atrocity tonight? I only caught you because I was flipping through channels waiting for MC and spotted Jay. Thought you did very well and was astounded that it wasn’t the usual competitor bashing that they do on those shows.
Once again the right person went I think, even though I really like Alice and will miss her.
Ben isn’t the better looking brother….but they sounded almost exactly the same
What? How did anyone read that post and think I said bdd had it off with Minnie mouse???? As long as bdd gets it, and he does, then I am done with explanations. After all #yolo and I cannot spend another second explaining myself
BDD, am curious as to why Ben is assumed to be the bottom in the MC bromance. I notice that’s also the case in the fan fiction. Is it his Helen Shapiro ‘do?
Chunks, first you are concerned about the level of the conversation on here and then you come up with your silly bromance question.
Do you have different standards after midnight?
That’s not what I meant,Chunks and I’m not familiar with the fan fiction at all.
Sphincter slamming is an expression that indicates extreme fear, much like ass puckering as the term is used in the FBI( Not eye puckering as provided by Jowl$y tonight, either.)
ie “My sphincter started slamming when I saw Jowl$y open my fridge”
In a nutshell, I was suggesting that Ben would be extremely fearful of having to part with Andy, come culling time..
Ben has “Emily” tattooed on his arm and I expect him to pursue and rekindle that romance as suggested in the Woman’s Day spoiler.
Back to the Tour de France. Sorry about that.
@Chunks – Is he really considered the bottom?
Maybe I was too busy gushing reading the fanfiction I wouldn’t notice. Maybe it’s because when we saw Andy in the elimination challenge, Ben was just hoping to himself and he was more sensitive. And when Ben’s in elimination Andy was more pushy and aggressive but in a really sexy way (to me anyway).
But I tend not to over gush over the shipping. I love them together too (and I have a massive infatuation with Andy but let’s not go there). Reading them would be a little creepy since they’re real life blokes and all. But whatever.
Honestly, it was obvious that Alice was going home from the start. I don’t get the sense that the judges liked her quirkiness or for that matter understood her decisions. loved her and the red specs – who would’ve thought that she would be dating such a quiet duuuuuuuude.
As for Minday – yuck. I want to gnaw my wrists to bits when she starts talking. she hasn’t been outside her beauuutiful comfort zone much and her “supprised look” initiates instant gag reflexes.
Producers trying to milk Bendy with Ben’s commentary – really?! Add a crying OTT mom and you have your show made.
Anybody else notice that the judges could also use a descriptive dictionary? A mushroom mousse tasting ‘mushroomy’ (btw not the fisrt time they’ve done that)
Rooting for Julia, may the Robot Dessert Queen triumph!
RR, Questions for Alice
1. The judges were quite dimissive of your cultural cuisine (MC mag cover) and Amina always having to recontextualise hers as Japanese. Do you think the judges really disliked it or the producers couldn’t see a viable cookbook market for it? (As there are still world cuisines that have never been featured in four years of MC)
2. Do you play the piano? And will you and Julia be releasing a compliation anytime soon
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