# Who won UK master chef after after Prince Phillip passed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [July 7, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-won-uk-master-chef-after-after-prince-phillip-passed/945869 "2021-07-07T01:24:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-won-uk-master-chef-after-after-prince-phillip-passed/945869/1 "2021-07-07T01:24:20Z")
I’ve been looking but can’t find anything. I know the BBC suspended programming after he passed. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-won-uk-master-chef-after-after-prince-phillip-passed/945869/2 "2021-07-07T01:38:14Z")
Tom Rhodes, according to the [BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56753806). ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-won-uk-master-chef-after-after-prince-phillip-passed/945869/3 "2021-07-07T12:32:33Z")
I’ve now learned another difference between British English vs American. In American, a common euphemism for “died” is “passed away”, and only very rarely do I hear “passed” alone. Now it seems that “passed” might be more common in the UK. Why do I mention this? Because I misunderstood the OP. I thought the question was, “Who won UK Master Chef after Prince Philip won the competition and declined [passed on accepting] the prize?” ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-won-uk-master-chef-after-after-prince-phillip-passed/945869/4 "2021-07-08T03:26:10Z")
> [@Keeve](#): > > In American, a common euphemism for “died” is “passed away”, and only very rarely do I hear “passed” alone. I’ve been hearing/seeing it a lot for a very long time now, especially on the boards here. It’s not rare. (I happen to strongly dislike it.) ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-won-uk-master-chef-after-after-prince-phillip-passed/945869/5 "2021-07-08T06:08:03Z")
> [@Keeve](#): > > Now it seems that “passed” might be more common in the UK. Other way round, in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-won-uk-master-chef-after-after-prince-phillip-passed/945869/6 "2021-07-08T09:39:37Z")
Me too, sounds more American than British to me. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-won-uk-master-chef-after-after-prince-phillip-passed/945869/7 "2021-07-08T13:58:27Z")
FWIW, in SE Louisiana, “passed away” is a common euphemism. “Passed” is known and understood in context, but it’s a decidedly minority usage and carries a connotation locally of extra formality. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-won-uk-master-chef-after-after-prince-phillip-passed/945869/8 "2021-07-08T16:51:42Z")
I have to say, to me it sounds like the kind of thing a spiritualist would say. Not quite ‘gone to join the choir invisible’, but getting there ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-won-uk-master-chef-after-after-prince-phillip-passed/945869/9 "2021-07-08T23:41:38Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > I have to say, to me it sounds like the kind of thing a spiritualist would say Not quite ‘gone to join the choir invisible’, but getting there A now-gone message board used passed all the time. My guess is they thought it was more genteel. I hate it. I always wanted to scream “using a vague euphemism doesn’t make them less dead!”