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Topic starter 26/05/2025 8:48 am  

Tonight on MasterChef was a successful return to NORMAL & EDIBLE dishes! Maybe last night was just a bad dream. Although Rhiannon did go home yesterday, so there goes that theory.

 
Guest chef Ixta Belfrage set the challenge and offered the following ingredients: basil, limes, dried hibiscus, pineapple, cinnamon, okra, tomatoes, masa harina (sour corn flour), prawns and bonito-fish.
 
The pantry and garden were off-limits in this challenge, although the obligatory under the bench staples were available. They could use as many or as few ingredients from the main list as they desired.
 
However, there was a catch tonight. Inside the large Mystery Box with these ingredients, there was a small Mystery Box that the contestants could only open 30 Minutes after they started cooking, and they MUST use the secret ingredient in whatever they were already cooking. 
 
The secret ingredient was chillies!
 
The four least successful dishes will see their makers go into tomorrow night's Pressure Test Elimination.
 
The four top dishes were those created by Jamie Fleming, Laura Sharrad, Alana Lowes & Callum Hann.
 
Personally, Depinder Chhibber's dish should have been added to the top because it was fabulous! The judges loved it and said it was NEAR PERFECT!
 
Depinder - Lime Canele, Basil Coconut Ice Cream, Tropical Chutney & Fresh Fruits.
 

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Topic starter 26/05/2025 8:49 am  
Jamie - Bonito-Fish Tostada, Pineapple Salsa, Hibiscus Dressing, Pickled Onions, Charred Tomato & Okra.
 

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Topic starter 26/05/2025 8:50 am  

Laura - Prawn-Filled Scarpinocc Pasta, Prawn Bisque, Basil Oil, Onion Soubise & Fried Onions.

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Topic starter 26/05/2025 8:51 am  
Alana - Basil Oil Ice Cream, Hibiscus Chilli Broth, Lime Feuilletine & Charred Pineapple & Nectarine.

 

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Topic starter 26/05/2025 8:52 am  
Callum - Salted Coconut Parfait, Jalapeno Granita, Burnt Pineapple & Basil Oil.

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Topic starter 26/05/2025 8:52 am  
Now for the four bottom dishes: Rue Mupedzi, Tim Bone, Audra Morrice and sadly Sarah Todd.
 
 
Rue made a rather boring looking pineapple and chilli dessert where the soft element was too icy and the granita was too slushy. She essentially did everything backwards.
 
Tim made a prawn and chilli seafood bisque dish but undercooked the seafood itself, and the judges couldn't eat it.
 
Audra made a dish of small cakes which would have worked better as one whole cake, and you could barely tell there was any chilli there.
 
Sarah made a dish of lime and chilli sorbet with a hibiscus tea syrup but her elements weren't cohesive enough to work together.
 
Tomorrow night, Rue, Tim, Audra & Sarah must recreate a dessert created by Blayne Bertoncello - but they have to make 5 of the same dish, one for each judge (Andy, Poh, Sofia & Jean-Christophe) and for the guest Blayne. They have to be identical to the source dish or as close as possible. The least successful dish in looks, taste and uniformity will lead to an elimination.
 
I am hoping Sarah can save herself and NOT be eliminated.
 

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Topic starter 27/05/2025 9:42 am  

Tonight on MasterChef, guest chef/judge Blayne Bertoncello brought in his delicious dessert called Variations Of Sourdough & Strawberry With Balsamic & Elderflower.

 
The elements included sugar syrup, sourdough pastry cream, strawberry sorbet (using the fruit & the leaves), strawberry gum oil, sourdough bread crumbs, sourdough tuile, balsamic gel, strawberry gum emulsion, macerated strawberries, & elderflower crisp.

 

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Topic starter 27/05/2025 9:43 am  
The creators of last night's four least successful dishes (Sarah Todd, Rue Mupedzi, Tim Bone & Audra Morrice) had to recreate the dish five times, one for Blayne and one for each of the four main judges (Poh Ling Yeow, Sofia Levin, Andy Allen & Jean-Christophe Novelli).
 
Any worries I had for Sarah went right out the window, she made the dish(es) PERFECTLY and was the first one announced as safe. There was nothing the judges could critique, her work was flawless and she did not struggle once.That's my girl! My lovely Depinder has cause to worry if she wants to be Queen Of This Kitchen. Naturally I want them both in the Top 2 at the end of the contest.
 
The other notable dish was made by Audra, who had struggled with some of her elements, especially the strawberry gum emulsion, but she came through in the end, although her balsamic element was a little on the weak side.
 
This left Tim & Rue as the Bottom 2.
 
*Before I get further into this, I have to give kudos to Tim. Usually in "reality TV shows" everyone is out for themselves and would stab each other in the back without thinking twice. In MasterChef, the contestants aren't just contestants or even just friends, they are family and they show this. After Tim had struggled with his emulsion, he noticed Rue & Audra had also struggled with this element, so he gave them some ideas to give more strength and cohesion to this element with egg, xantham gum and glucose. He cared enough to give aid and advice where needed. It may not have worked ideally, but the thought and care were there. I've seen this kind of kindness and compassion in this series many times. This is the real reason I watch, it's not just about the food. This is why I have enjoyed many personal friendships among the contestants on Instagram and so forth. They really value their fans too.
 
Tim's sourdough tuile was far too thick, which affected the texture and the taste of the dish and his emulsion had split like a bad mayonnaise.
 
Rue had the most problems though, her emulsion was too hard and thick and had the consistency of butter, and her balsamic was runny instead of being like the gel it was supposed to be. In the end, these flaws could not be overlooked and she was eliminated. I knew this was coming, but we say Farewell & Best Wishes Rue!
 
Tomorrow night is the Relay Challenge where teams are divided by colour apron into teams and the winning team will win Immunity from Sunday's Elimination. They had a mini-relay the other week, but this is the big relay of the season. I am hoping for excellent results for Depinder & Sarah (I not only would love them to be on the same team, but if they are, I hope they win the challenge. If not, I hope one of them at least wins it and is safe from Sunday.)
 

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Topic starter 28/05/2025 9:58 am  

Tonight on MasterChef was the always challenging, sometimes fearsome and delightfully madcap Relay Challenge!

 
The challenge though this time was that the teams had to incorporate 2 - or more - different potato elements to their overall dish.

 
In order to win Immunity from Sunday's Elimination, the 16 remaining contestants had to divide into 4 groups of 4, by taking a coloured apron from a bag and taking position in their respective teams. Sadly Depinder & Sarah were on different teams.
 
The teams this time were:
 
 
THE PURPLE TEAM: Andre Ursini, Callum Hann, Depinder Chhibber & Laura Sharrad.
 
 
THE YELLOW TEAM: Audra Morrice, Beau Cook, Darrsh Clarke & Theo Loizou.
 
 
THE RED TEAM: Alana Lowes, Jamie Fleming, Samira El Khafir & Sarah Todd.
 
 
THE TURQUOISE TEAM: Ben MacDonald, Declan Cleary, Snezana Calic & Tim Bone.
 
 
This time, they had to delegate a Team Leader to start the dish, then change over to the next team member and so on until each member of each team added to the final dish preceded by a short briefing about what has already been done so far. Team Leaders were Callum, Darrsh, Jamie & Ben.
 
 
Callum passed the torch on to Laura who passed the torch on to Depinder who passed the torch to Andre who finished and plated the dish.
 
Darrsh passed the torch on to Beau who passed the torch on to Theo who passed the torch to Audra who finished and plated the dish.
 
Jamie passed the torch on to Samira who passed the torch on to Sarah who passed the torch to Alana who finished and plated the dish.
 
Ben passed the torch on to Declan who passed the torch on to Tim who passed the torch to Snezana who finished and plated the dish.
 
 
Starting with TEAM YELLOW, they ended up creating pork chops with pomme puree, hasselback potatoes and radish & fennel salad. This dish was labelled by the judges as too basic, too simple and not especially interesting. Although Darrsh & Beau started the dish, by the time the last two cooks took the helm, they had run out of steam. Theo was largely to blame for this as he stubbornly refused to change the dish after the judges' initial critique and by the time Audra came to finish, she stood by Theo's decision, although she did add the salad at the end.
 
Another problematic dish came with TEAM RED. They made lamb chops with three different styles of potatoes, mashed, garlic confit & crispy, and honeyed carrots. The main problem started right at the beginning with Jamie who insisted on making something called a "Lancashire Hot Pot", the problem was that nobody else on the team even knew what this was, and neither did the judges and Jamie did not communicate well enough to his team. Samira & Sarah are used to making exotic spiced dishes (much like Depinder), they are not used to bland English food. Again, the dish was not creative enough. There really wasn't a lot Alana could do to jazz this up.
 
If you thought these two teams had problems, wait until you check out TEAM TURQUOISE'S dish! Mr Ben "I Still Have My Immunity Pin" MacDonald started a fish with herb sauce dish, and handed the reins to Declan (the seafood expert) who handled that part rather well, and started to add some fried potatoes to the dish. Tim then started a potato puree and added grilled zucchini and fennel salad to the mix, but he neglected the chips. Declan & Tim failed to remind Snezana that there were supposed to be TWO potato elements, and she completely overlooked the chips as well and only added the puree to the dish. The almost burnt fries/chips were TWO INCHES away from her & Tim, how could they miss this! The serious lack of communication in this team and the failure to meet the brief disqualified them from contention in the Immunity and they were taken out of the running.

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Topic starter 28/05/2025 9:59 am  

Now we have TEAM PURPLE. From the very beginning they had a clear idea of what dish they were trying to create, they had excellent communication between themselves and they showed what a team really was supposed to be. There was only one error, which could have been critical, but it was rescued by keen intuition and talent. Callum had a vision for a dish consisting of fish, potato noodles and crispy potato skins, charred potato skin broth, pickled pipis, bay oil, caviar and fennel fronds. Laura picked up on this and continued on this path, and for a while did well, but she had some problems with the noodles which she overcooked and they were slightly mushy. Depinder stepped in and completely remade the noodles but she made sure they were neither overcooked nor undercooked, thus saving the dish from another possible catastrophe. Andre took over and made the dish into a feast for the eye and palate.

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Topic starter 28/05/2025 9:59 am  

Needless to say it was TEAM PURPLE (Andre, Callum, Depinder & Laura) who won the Immunity from Sunday's Elimination. They are all SAFE! I am so delighted, especially for Depinder of course!

 

Sadly, this means that Sarah is still vulnerable along with Audra, Beau, Darrsh, Theo, Alana, Jamie, Samira, Declan, Snezana & Tim.
 
Ben of course has his Immunity Pin to save himself if he needs it.
 
I just hope Sarah is NOT eliminated!

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