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Any other saddos out there who like MasterChef?

New series starts tomorrow. They've revamped it to make it a little bit more reality TV style. Should be interesting!

Yeah I like it, but the amateur one is better in the latter stages imo..........

Think they're removing the heats. Doing a week of audtions xfactor style. Then straight into the finals for the last 20.

kiwi version is done pretty much in the style of the apprentice, 2 big teams competing. are they going down that route

Can't beat Masterchef. New format defo a good move though, last two series have been below par imo.

Yeah it is....don't know if I like it yet..can't watch the Aussie one as it pisses me off (Aussies tend to do that though so don't know if that's the format or just their accents)

anyone one seen iron chef yet? the hosts are pure rubbish but hilarious at the same time.

I've seen the US version of Iron Chef, is there now a UK version?

Aussie materchef is class. So much better than ours. Hope they do it like that one.

Think there's two episodes this week at an hour each.

Then one hour long episode every week after... except maybe for the final week I guess. Doesn't seem very much...

I'm looking forward to it too

Masterchef Australia is awesome.

Definitely gonna be watching this.

Have they employed a new judge to go with the X-Factor idea?
2 judges 1 saying you are through, 1 saying not might cause some issues?

I am that saddo. I look for ideas then dismiss them as too difficult. Except one, which flopped.

if it aint broke...

i love masterchef, hope the change in set up wont spoil it.

Undecided after last night's opener.

'The Apron' is suddenly everything. Contestants desperate for 'an apron'. No aprons in previous shows, what's this all about?

'Decision' music straight from X Factor of three years ago. Plus the standard 'means the world to me' nonsense from contestants.

Still got Frog, Toad and India though, so not all bad.

It is literally a copy of Masterchef Australia.

Works, IMO. It will get a lot better after the shitty auditions when they really get going, especially if they bring in some of the challenges they used in MA. I'm hoping they do the one where the chef who "wins" a challenge that week goes on to have a "cook-off" against a top chef.

I preferred old format tho food still looks the nuts which is the main thing for a fat bastard like me

I hope they bring over the chef who chops like he's Jackie Chan then. That was awesome.

Still not sure about these prelims. I expect it will get better when we get to the proper comp.

Yeah, I hate the pre-lims..let's hope it does get better because that was really crap. Also they're "We're not just here to put people through so we have the right numbers" comment when those 4 people were invited back was clearly a joke. you have 2 auditioning rounds and end up putting 10 people from the first round through...that sure was coincidental.

And if one more person gets praise for having moist chicken when they've poached it I will flip and start killing people. You have to be really shit to not get moist chicken when you poach it FFS!..

Edit; or even worse..when people roll it in parma ham and then get credit for having moist chicken....arghhhhhhhhhhhhh..IT'S WHAT THE HAM WAS FOR!

Oh and Greg had better start saying "Cooking doesn't get tougher than this" in the next few rounds or I will stop watching it out of protest.

I found it funny when they said there were only 2 aprons left but you could see a big pile of them sat next to them :)

Thought it seemed a bit harsh that duck lady went out in the final round.

Originally I thought it seems a bit odd to put 20 people through and cull to 12 but then it quickly became apparant that 20 people is too much to focus on.

Me too, she was quite nice :)

John and Gregg seem to be acting a lot more this series, some of the facial expressions they are pulling are laughable.   

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they broke Masterchef :(

Enjoyed tonights.

Seems like we're gonna get a bit more variation with this format.

I'm liking this, but then again I'd seen Masterchef Australia so am kinda used to it.

Think the right 2 went today. Be interesting to see if Sara can cook anything other than Italian later on, she seems very one-dimensional.

Want James to win but think Kennedy will from what's been shown so far.

I agree, it's broked! OK there has always been a bit of false drama involved but it has gone a tad too far now.

Liked the lasagne dish though.

I think some of the false drama has been taken away. John and Gregg appear to be acting much more naturally. Encouraging contestents when they're doing well, telling them off when they're not, and generally being more honest about things. Even the elimination today wasn't as drawn out as it could have been. They had 5, and just started out by saying the two they were getting rid of.

The various shots of Gregg eating his puddings were funny too :)

Only one episode per week now it would seem :(

Enjoyed tonights. I liked the fact that a non-masterchef hq task had some sort of outcome on who got eliminated.

Alice FTW

I quite like jacqui. Which I find quite worrying :/

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcQy_lc57Xw

I know this is Masterchef Australia but I've only just started watching it.

However, holy shite at this "celebrity chef's" knife skills!

(skip to 9:00)

Like I said:


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I found this funny :)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuIxUFbZnNw

Final tonight :D

Who does everyone think will win?

My money is on Tim, as long as whatever wacky concoction he comes up with actually works. The other two are good but there's nothing that stands out about them imo.

Nailed on

if tim is the geeky one with glasses then i would say he is nailed on fav but you dont see many of the fav's winning. i think the chubby guy tom? wants it more and zara is gonna crack under the pressure tonight.

Fair result imo.

Best quality final of Masterchef eve. All three were great cooks.

Yes - for once I couldn't decide between them. Great cooks all of them, they made food out of things I wouldn't normally eat in such a way I would have given them a go.

the winner didn't cook though. he put raw meet in a bun

An excellent final.

All 3 produced top quality food.

Tim was still the clear winner though imo. Since day 1 he's been the best in my eyes and nothing has really happened to alter that view. The other two are undoubtedly excellent but throughout the competition Tim has been the one to stand out. And that didn't change tonight.

Do they win anything bar a trophy?

Years job somehwere or anything?

Just the trophy I think. I can't imagine they'd have much trouble getting a decent job off the back of the win though.

Series got better as it went on imo, gradually slid back towards the old format.

Not sure I'd believe the three finalists came up with such complicated menus without help after weeks off hard slog though. Tim a deserving winner.

I do find it a bit suspect that the final dishes are always so good, when earlier episodes have mistakes in them.

That said I imagine they get a bit of time off before the final to go and practice. They'll have learnt lessons as the series goes on. And they were given 3 hours so much more prep time and less likely to be under stress. But given how much was going on I think they'll have needed those 3 hours.

I wish someone would get all the way to the final and serve super noodles or something.

do most of the winners not open their own places. would be a good where are they now follow up programme

I thought the idea was that the skills learnt are ideally showcased - like Sara learning how to use dry ice in front of the academics and then using it again in the final to get her sorbet to set.

I got the impression that they highlight the positives in the final programme and just don't highlight the errors so much. Greg obv didn't like one of the burgers as much as the others as he said something along the lines of "Two of those were absolutely superb" he just didn't diss the other.

Talking of Sara - if she said once more how much of a 'journey' it was I was going to scream. It did turn a bit X factor for me in the last programme - lots of trembling lips and glistening eyes and 'I have to win this' moments.  All in all though great programme, first one I have watched in a long time all the way through and I will be cooking some of the stuff for sure. Loved it.

thought the winner was a bit ott when they announced he had won. did you mis pronounce that...yes tim. we meant to say tit

LOL - yes that was a bit ott - but he is American so it was an epic moment for him.

Sara also kept saying "cooking doesn't get tougher than this" and similar. I recall wondering if she was being paid to say it lol

aint that greggs line?

1st eps of usa edition with gordon ramsey

http://www.tv-links.eu/linkview.html?data=MTkxMDUzOQ==

Will watch properly later.

Randomly jumped to a bit to have a quick taste and got swearing from ramsey (really don't like him) and fat guy saying "Just the fact that you made your own curry and knew the different steps of toasting the spices then adding the onion...". Wow. America have high standards!