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Post by Rad on Apr 4, 2007 14:02:33 GMT
Yay that it's back, but obviously cooking for French people is all a bit silly compared to a proper prize like cooking for the Queen.
This week's two competitors annoy the hell out of me, I hope neither gets through. And Jennie Bloody Bond!!!!!
Why are there no female chefs in this? there was only one last time as well.
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Post by Muinimula on Apr 5, 2007 18:02:44 GMT
I agree - both chefs this week are rather annoying. I remember being very pleased that Galton beat Antony Worrall-Thompson last series, though.
The thing which is most annoying, however, is Jennie Bond's bloody smug comments throughout. Whenever one of the chefs makes a remark, she leaps in with a "jokey" retort, and she keeps putting French words in too. Shut up, woman.
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Post by booers on Apr 10, 2007 12:50:40 GMT
One of the welsh chefs is well hot. Matt Trebbutt or summat. Yum yum he is lovely. I'd sample his eel (that's what he cooked yesterday, and I don't even like seafood).
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Post by Muinimula on Apr 10, 2007 13:44:17 GMT
Indeed - "Calling all Lowculture. Go and look at the fit Welsh chef (albeit without Welsh accent) and report back." Sacre bleu. Married with two kids, but still.
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Post by frapperia on Apr 10, 2007 15:42:49 GMT
I just don't like how it's stretched out over a week, so if you want to see the judges tasting it, you have to wait days and days. I prefer my cookery shows to be more immediate, like Masterchef Goes Large.
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Post by Rad on Apr 11, 2007 10:26:04 GMT
I was gutted that Sat Bains won. Wasn't a big fan of Galton, but Sat just wanted a punch. Olives, raspberry vinegar and sponge cake in a dessert? With hay infused goats milk ice cream. And brown sugar jelly with fish? Sod off.
I agree about the fit Welsh one, and Bryn, whilst not especially fit, is sweet. I'd be happy for either to win. In fact last year, the Welsh heat was the only one iu recall liking both contenders.
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Post by jerriblank on Apr 11, 2007 17:34:21 GMT
I quite fancy Bryn in a dirty way. I swear I heard him say he was looking forward to "beating off" Matt in the competition the other episode (although that may be one of my televisual delusions)
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Post by Rad on May 9, 2007 17:42:52 GMT
Rabbit and crayfish pie? Seriously?
My friends and I decided within 30 seconds on Monday that we'd rather Michael Caines won this week than Mr 'I don't care about Michelin stars, honest guv'.
With only a couple of weeks left, anyone know what will replace it? Is it Celebrity Masterchef time again? I need my 630 foodie fix. I don't want to be reduced to watching repeats of Hollyoaks.
Edit: That pie utterly terrified me with the crayfish sticking out of it. Shudder. It looked even worse than it sounded.
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Post by jamie on May 9, 2007 18:48:58 GMT
Edit: That pie utterly terrified me with the crayfish sticking out of it. Shudder. It looked even worse than it sounded. It looked disgusting I wouldn't go anywhere near it. I don't mind seafood and I've never had rabbit but the idea of mixing meat and seafood in one pie seems awful. But he'll probably win, GRRRR. I liked the look of the duck today as well. I'm looking forward to the deserts tomorrow.
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Post by thelovelykate on May 25, 2007 11:30:09 GMT
Just wondering if anyone saw this last night and if so could you please tell me whose desserts went through to the public vote? Stupid BBC website won't tell me!
I can't remember what half of them did the first time now. I just hope horrible Northern Mark didn't do through (although I suspect he did because his strawberry thing did look quite yummy).
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Post by Rad on May 25, 2007 12:23:41 GMT
Desserts: Bryn's strawberry thing (something different from his earlier round dish), northern Mark's strawberry thing, other Mark's jelly thing and Jeremy's strawberry shortcake thing.
I hope the crayfish pie doesn't win the main course heat.
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Post by Muinimula on May 25, 2007 14:56:42 GMT
Not that I would normally consider complaining to Ofcom or Icstis or whoever, but the voting for this just doesn't make sense.
The judges pick their favourite three dishes every day this week, and then the public phone in to vote for their choice each day. We don't find out the winners of each course until the end of the week. However, what doesn't make sense is the fact that each chef can only win one course. Therefore, it is entirely possible for the chef who wins the fish course to also have a dish in the running to win the dessert. So, given that the chef has already won the fish course, what happens to all the phone votes for his dessert? Are they just void? It's all most peculiar that you could be voting for a dish which cannot possibly win, as the chef is already out of the running. Surely that's not allowed?
EDIT: It seems they actually decided to change the voting rules without telling us, and one chef can cook more than one course. Good job I didn't actually make the effort to complain.
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Post by Rad on May 25, 2007 17:56:35 GMT
They changed it from last year, so one chef ended up winning two courses.
I wanted Atol to win something and that pie to go back to hell where it surely belongs. All 4 desserts looked lush.
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Post by Muinimula on May 25, 2007 18:05:18 GMT
My choices would have been: > Sat's egg, ham & peas > Jeremy's seafood broth > Atul's marinated lamb > Bryn's strawberry mousse
I imagine that Richard's fish course was all about the taste, because it certainly didn't look very exciting. It still annoys me that Marcus was eliminated last week, when the judges said he did the best dessert out of everyone. The same thing happened with Gary Rhodes last year.
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Post by Rad on Mar 12, 2008 18:11:01 GMT
Series 3 starts next week. And it's actually on at 6:30, hurrah.
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Post by Muinimula on Mar 18, 2008 11:42:16 GMT
So...that was a bit of a waste of time. Hello judges, blah blah blah series 1, blah blah blah series 2, toughest challenge yet, Gherkin, Blumenthal, Matthew Fort touring the country, see you tomorrow.
Can the phrase "toughest challenge yet" be banned from television, please?
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Post by Rad on Mar 18, 2008 17:03:22 GMT
I'm hoping they actually start cooking today.
Despite the fact there are double the chefs this year, there are still only two women. How rubbish.
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Post by Rad on Mar 19, 2008 17:15:06 GMT
That cheese and pineapple dish was quite exciting last night.
I feel a bit meh about Sat Bains going through again. Last year when it was about Britain vs France, it made sense, but isn't he just a poor man's version of Heston Blumenthal? And when the man himself is 'hosting' the event, why would you want a more rubbishy version to remind you that you *could* be eating at the Fat Duck instead?
EDIT: Thank FUCK someone is calling a langoustine a prawn at long last. But that Pig cheek thing was vom-tastic.
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Post by Muinimula on Mar 23, 2008 23:54:31 GMT
So while the last series were obsessed with being BRITISH and SEASONAL, this series everything has to be MODERN.
Which means desserts made of cucumber and cream cheese, and everything coming in threes, apparently.
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Post by Muinimula on Mar 31, 2008 23:10:24 GMT
Spotted! Last year's 'Masterchef Goes Large' winner, Michael Steven Whatshisname Wallis, is Sat Bains' sous-chef.
Not spotted! Jennie Bond. Is she only narrating this year?
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Post by Rad on Apr 1, 2008 17:40:54 GMT
Sat went to Grimsby for his fish.
Therefore: Sat for the win (of the Central England heat).
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Post by Muinimula on Apr 4, 2008 23:38:40 GMT
I'm happy that they've thought of some different poses for the chefs in the title sequence. Last year, they could either turn their head or cross their arms. This year, some of them get to play with utensils.
The Birmingham chef's a bit rough-n-ready, almost in a porn way.
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Post by LoveMusic on Apr 5, 2008 11:21:19 GMT
Last night's show was so funny, it was like picking the okay dishes out of a pile of crappy ones.
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Post by partickswayze on Apr 9, 2008 12:32:49 GMT
The guy with the goatee cooking for Wales is a prick and I hate him.
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Post by Andrew* on Apr 9, 2008 13:40:48 GMT
I don't like this series.
Firstly Jennie Bond is SOMEHOW more annoying as a voice over than as an actual person. I don't think that's ever happened before. God, I hate her.
And secondly, the 'prize' is just a bit rubbish. Cooking at the Gherkin! I'm sorry, but that's really a bit of a step down after cooking for her majesty.
And I've just realised how much I complain about food shows on TV, yet it's all I watch. I do apologise.
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