No one else watching this year? They’ve got a good ‘villain’ in that snarky spoiled rich kid.
I love the Mystery Box challenges, how they all seem to come up with creative, yummy looking meals when faced with an assortment of raw ingredients. Me, I’d be gazing at them blankly going “Duh. Where’s the recipe?”
Oh, good someone else is watching too! That little Max kid–I can’t wait to see him go down. “It’s just cafeteria <loathing in his voice> food!”
You put meat on a DIRTY tray, you nasty thing!
I really like Christian (I think)–the guy from New England.
I miss Tony and the Alligator guy. Is it me or are the less photogenic ones getting dumped?
Oh, yeah. Such a snob! And totally undeserving of his superior attitude, unless you count ‘picking rich parents to be born to’ as a talent.
The challenge this week was also pretty down-market: sausages on a bun for a crowd of 100 bikers. What’s next, PB&J’s for a kindergarden class? 
You could have something there. Though maybe it’s not so much weeding out the non-pretty ones as getting rid of the ‘strange’ ones. I think, for promotion reasons, they want a winner pretty much like last time: someone young, main stream, middleclass. So no truckers or backwater alligator wrestlers should waste their time.
BTW, did you notice there were 2 episodes this week? Well, they showed three – two on Monday, one on Tuesday, but the first episode Monday was a repeat from last week.
I think they’re burning through them extra fast to make room for a Hell’s Kitchen series.
Yes - the next season of HK begins on July 18.
They did the same thing last week. (Possibly the week before but I can’t remember.)
On the other MasterChef programs from the UK, Australia and New Zealand, the cooks are much much nicer to each other. They realize it’s a competion but they don’t have to throw some one under the bus like Esther did. The groups talk it out.
In the Austrailan one they had a giant mystery box of all the ‘common’ things in a Australian pantry. That was fun.
All Vegemite and shrimp? <JOKING!>
Prediction, finals will be Ben vs Christian
I thought Max was going to be the big heel this year, but they got rid of him pretty soon, and now they’re obviously building Christian up to be the guy you’re supposed to hate.
Ben looks like the guy they’re building as “loves everyone and everyone loves him”, if he gets cut before the finals, I’ll be shocked.
They are sooooo mean on this show!
Wow, I’ve never been so badly jerked around in trying to set up to post in my life. But having said that I feel like Ramsy should be a man and step up to the plate and bring back the Italian. That was just so wrong that he got axed by Ramsy’s fat cow of a mother. The guy made what you could tell was the near perfect Carbonara. And the cow goes it’s no good it needs more grease. Cow, your greasy British spoon food is spat on in Italy. You are the worst case scenario of a fat cow pig commoner like on EastEnders who is on daily watch for a major heart attack because you have totally clogged your ability to taste food correctly. I was totally shocked that Ramsy didn’t correct his mother and out vote her and let the Red Team win. Absolutely mind boggling. I expected Ramsy to be more of a man than that. Guess he proved me wrong. Having said that, they should have made the Carbonara for the other two and served her the greasiest most common pub food ever. And made 4ths for Ramsey because when ever someone cooks that way he is there eating the whole thing just like his mum and to the utter disgust of Joe and Graham. Unbelievable. The Italian got screwed out of a win. And how is it that the crazy chick keeps getting to go under the radar. Of course she won’t win but still she shouldn’t be allowed to take other contestants out of the game. And why is it that the Judges look so bad and only the most beautiful ones get to win the contest. Having said that I love Joe and his acting job of playing the crude and blunt critic. But Ramsey’s “mum” shouldn’t be allowed to judge anything but greasy Brit pub fare. The Italian got screwed. I find it interesting that at first the Latin guy was the one you were supposed to love but now they’ve thrown him under the bus and had Joe just rip him to shreads and like 2 or 3 times in a row. Ok, I get the point already the kid has been replaced by Ben as the poster child of the season. Ben has gone from the annoying nerd act to the lovable and very intelligent stray dog who when he finds his way we all love him. They’ve done an amazing job of keeping me guessing though who will be the one to compete against him in the finals. Because I doubt they will throw Ben under the bus at this point although you never know with Ramsey. He might just go with the best looking again. I don’t think he is really taken by any of the girls this year though like he obviously was on other shows. So I’m trying to think up the stereotypes they have for this years Master Chef- um the Prissy school girl who asks for additional homework for the entire class. The rich snob, the angry middle aged dude. Ah, the lovable latin guy and then not trying hard enough latin guy. The anxious nerd and then intelligent and lovable guy. The Latin or Mexican know it all nerd. The angry and impatient expect everything to go her way throw you under the bus Oriental chick. THe Crazy B*tch who keeps getting under the radar. The underprepared black who (surprise) admits he didn’t do his homework instead of dropping the race card. The Italian who everyone loves. The sweet food freak who is a little too proud of herself. The fisty Blonde who will fight to win- I guess that one is an attempt at providing an interest for Ramsey but he doesn’t seem to take the bait this season. Oh the bearded guy was meant to be the star or maybe disguised as the Master of the group and now turned into the villian. And I don’t know what the deal is with the nails in his mouth guy. Maybe he is the tolken don’t judge me on my looks or nails judge me on my cooking. I also like how Ramsey obviously cares about contestents and really tries to help them with advise they can actually use in the real word not self-help cliches. And you can learn a lot from him as well and not just for cooking but like in general if you pay attention.
To end so I can go to bed- somebody needs to make a talking Ramsey with such sayings as “SHut it Down” and “the meat is green are you insane man- green food equals death, are you trying to kill someone”?
sorry I wasn’t allowed to edit my post so I had to add an extra one.
But… but… the dish that ‘made them lose’ was the apple pie. The ‘ratio’ of crust to filling was off.
The salad beat the soup, the pie was said to be too doughy and the Carbonara said to not be greasy enough or “too dry”. I ultimately thought they lost because of a fan of
Brit Greasy Spoons. And now I get why as the other judges look at him in disgust, Ramsey always polishes off the greasy spoon dishes like Steak and Kidney Pie. Whatever the case, the Italian got screwed out of a potential win. My other complaint is that because the contest is not cumulative this means that people like the crazy chick can keep in 2nd to last past and slide under the radar while people like the Italian have one bad day and get thrown under the bus. I realize he is too old and all of that- I know the people running MC don’t take the Susan Boyle approach and never favor the best cooks and I appreciate that this season potential love interests for Ramsey are getting to unfairly win. That one chick should have lost like 5 times in a row and even burnt Ramsey and yet she got to beat out the much more deserving Patrosa. She so didn’t deserve the win. Ok so I get that this is another example of life is unfair and rigged for the less deserving but still… I thought Ramsey was someone who was above this. Guess not.
I mean potential love interests are not getting to win sorry they won’t let me edit my post for some weird reason.
Donny, the enter key can be your friend.
What made you pick this message board to launch the vitriol and racism?
Do you put any weight to the fact that “the Italian” (his name is Giuseppi) lost on his own course to a fish dish? The judges included an Italian and a woman who hates fish. In many other TV cooking competitions, the leader of a group who loses is routinely sent packing.
**Last episode of Master Chef… if you watch at the end of the show, showed another female, (a brunette), that I never saw before in any previous episodes, just wondering where in world she came from…She was not on any previous shows…I know she hasn’t brought any dishes forward for the Three Stooges to critique…
I haven’t watched the episode yet, but I keep a cheat sheet with all the contestants listed and I make notes when they do something ‘noteworthy’ in an episode. Like having their dish for a mystery box chosen to be one of the three best to get tasted, or being selected as a bottom 3 in an elimination challenge – be being the ‘best’ in an elimination and thus becoming a team leader.
Anyway, as I looked at my cheat sheet I was startled to see that a woman named Suzy – dark hair and darkish skin, IIRC – had NOTHING beside her name so far. A perfectly mediocre non-entity it seems.
So my guess is that’s who you’re talking about.
I know it’s not Suzy , she along with Brittany and Alexandro (I know it’s spelled wrong), were the bottom three…and Alexandro had the raw pork dish and was kicked off…
This other woman has never presented a dish and at the end of the show they said; "only eight contestants remain for "Master Chef" and they flashed some quick views of them with stupid smirks on their faces, and then this girl, and the wife and I looked at each other and said…Who in the hell was that person, she’s never been in any previous episodes…