Masterchef 2020 week beg 19 Apr

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and annoyance that they didn't listen

And people complain that Gordon was annoyed last week for a similar reason when they thought they knew better than him and didn't listen.
They are saying 1 less team member is the reason but reality is they started cooking really late compared to others
Excuses, excuses.

Tracey is concerned she hasnt tasted the corn with the mayo

Purple.is happy with their beef

Callum tells jess the donuts are nice and consistent

Purple is very calm and relaxed

Purple first to be tasted
Charred corn first
Andy loves that it is juicy but needs more get up and go. needs more seasoning

Porterhouse now
Jock says tasty. Beautifully cooked
Andy says packed with flavour
Pumpkin cooked perfectly
Melissa happy with colour, texture and flavour
Finally donuts and pineapple
Donuts are cooked beautifully
Andy says it is banging, amazing
Melissa says it soaked up the sweet sourness
Crunchy outside
Give them more
Only thing that was a slight let down was the corn but still a good job

Simon still pushing orange
Hayden knows they could be doing better speed wise but he is happy with the cook and flavours
the food is super fresh and perfectly cooked

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Love from the public for orange

Orange to judges now
Melissa says couldnt get any kore Australian
Prawns, Lamb and Banana
andy said too safe
Jock isnt sure if 1 less on their team made a difference ( crap)
Prawns first
Jock says very clever Perfectly cooked
Andy loves the salsa verde
Lamb
Melissa says lamb is succulent, beautifully seasoned
Andy says a cracking seasonal dish. Executed to perfection
Melissa says will be hard to beat it was delicious

Onto the banana
Jock says delicious and great for a bbq dani pulled it off...
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Jock says what having 1 less affected was their service,,,,but the food is tasty

Khanh is great face to face with people but has been giving 2 pieces of chicken each
That is why they needed to have more chickens. Going to run out of chicken
Because the portions were too small and they should have cooked more in the first place.
1/10 of a mid size chicken is nothing

Yellows turn for tasting now
Chicken first
Jock says really tasty. Cooked beautifully.
Melissa says lots of flavour in the sauce
Andy loves the salad too
Jock thinks the portioning is small though
Melissa says she would be wanting more than a small piece of chicken

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Beef now
Jock says cooked nicely but didnt have much taste
Andy says it is flat, wishes it was glazed
Potatoes are crunchy
Purple won the beef battle
Donuts now
Haha. Thought the beef was going to be boring. Chris is not my favourite contestant BTW.
ock says soft in the middle and tasty with ter pineapple
Andy says glazing the pineaplle.is a genious move
Jock prefers the flavour of the yellow donuts
yellow seems to have had more issues than the other teams in terms of flavour and portioning but who will win?
Toss up between purple and orange. I think it might be orange because they have never penalise contestants for being slow in past series.
Come on Andy say cracking a few more times lol
seems to be his word
yes he says it about the same amount of times as there is ads

Small bits of chicken and bland meat they are in trouble even if donuts was good
Andy telling them to turn and gice everyone in their team a hi 5
It was extraordinary, service on time and food spot on

Melissa says 1 team gave the perfect menu.
Crowd pleasing, flavour packed and looked great on the plate
Team orange
picked it!
They are stoked
Perfectly cooled prawns, zingy sauce
Lamb perfectly seasoned
And bananas turned out as a triumph
Orange team is safe
Surely has to be purple safe?
Both had dishes they loved
Purple donuts had texture like clouds
Yellow had flavour off the charts in donuts
Purple corn missed salt, and we warned you about seasoning
It has to be yellow team that goes straight to elimination.

Daniel Mould Susanne Pendock yep
Yellow the beef fillet was the weakest component on the dosh
Chicken perfectly cooked but portions so inconsistent, serving sizes all over the place
yellow team will be in tomorrows pressure test and will go home

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Andy knows how they feel. Telling them to go home, take a deep breath and come back full of energy
Laura determined she isnt going home

Tomorrow, pressure test is set by Jock
2 rounds for the pressure test

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Tues
Arriving to lots of clapping and Jock in chef whites
First time there is a 2 round set recipes pressure test. all cook round one 3 least impressive dishes go to round two
a prawn dish not a simple one... a Bunya Nut Chawanmushi and crumpets jam and honey
Andy asking if chefs at the restaurant would struggle to do this in 90mins. Jock says no
But says they will struggle particularly if they rush

jOCK takes them through the dishes prawns on the hibachi pick up the head and suck,,,, sweet and smokey Bunya Nut Chawanmushi savoury custard and the crumpet....... mmmmm

Brendan is onto his prawns he has to be so careful prepping them
Khanh reading the recipe out loud so he doesn't miss anything
30mins down 1hr to go

poor reece cant even turn it on starts on crumpets.. he has made em before Khanh doing good too
dear oh dear that is a tough call peeling the prawns


Courtney says she good at following recipes at home but this is hard to follow for the prawns
Jock stopping by reminding her she only has to do 3 prawns
Telling her not to imagine it to be worse than it is
She knows how to cook prawns


Simon asking about one of the ingredients. Jock explaining about it and how it is in its natural form
Chris says it is a strange texturechris cutting up t he baoab fruit.. who knew they had fruit.. like pumice stone
Andy sas Chris is right on time with where he is and Chris is having fun cooking

Andy says with 30mins to go it is now all about the cooking, not the prep
Jock at ben's bench. Ben is stressing over how much to do
Jock tells him not to stress
He is on the custard now
He is happy with the consistency, now it has to cook temp has to be right... or eggs will be stuffed....

Reece on the custad....He thinks it doesn't look right
He has cooked the egg by putting it straight into the hot liquid Jock said it will never set.
He will have to start again

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Jock reminding him that the egg holds it together so cant precook the eggs like that

Ben frying saltbush
22mins to go


Reece has remade his custard
Jock telling them they should be thinking about cooking their prawns now, 15mins left

Andy helping Courtney with the hibachi grill, giving her advice.. there is a technique on the hibachi...watch the flame

Ben risking it by only cooking 3, he will have no spares

Khanh trying to do prawns and crumpets at the same time...silly boy

Ben happy with his crumpets, and flipping them they are golden but he forgot about the bubbles..Jock said you have no bubbles cos you flipped too early
Making more now Just batter enough to do another batch
Khanh has his custard out and now checks his crumpets. one is burnt and will have to be redone..is there time

5mins to go

Reece freaking out about his prawns
And he has burnt his crumpets too
He is worried about time so is going to make them thinner so they cook quicker

Plating now
Ben has burnt his 2nd lot of crumpets
And he has no batter left He is using the originals with the lack of bubbles..... burned again..choooses the originals

1minute to go

Lots of pressure on Laura to get this stuff right given she used to work for Jock
10seconds
And that's time on round 1

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So much smoke in there
Khanh is a crumpet short but couldnt put on a burnt one

Jock is so proud of them

Chris first up
Chris had a great time even though his bubbles ran away on the crumpets Jock says the custard is textbook
Onto the prawns
Yeeeeeaaahh from Jock
He is happy
Jock says prawns are perfectly cooked
Sweet and smokey
Melissa just smiles.. a joy to eat0

Great feedback, only bad comment was lack of bubbles

Courtney now
She is happy she got all dishes up
Will have enjoyed it in a day or 2
Jock has a poo shoot0
Jock says it is one of those things you have to check
Custard lacked seasoning
The crumpets were beautiful though

Melissa says it looks lovely
Courtney will be in round 2 for sure0

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Tessa now
Also looks good
Jock says she was cool, collected and confident
Tessa just backed herself.

The custard is jiggly
She has holes in the crumpets
Prawns perfectly cooked
Crumpets perfectly cooked
Solid cooking
Well she will be safe
I think Melissa is having a little happy dance.

Khanh now
He had fun until one of the crumpets burnt
Made the decision to only give 2 as a result
Solid cook says Jock
Bit of a let down on crumpets but great prawns and custard

Brendan now
Prawns smokey and gorgeous
Custard perfect
Andy telling him o stay in his mind frame. He must be safe

Laura now
Crumpets great. Texture perfect as was taste
Custard perfect
Andy says looked the same as Jocks

Ben now
Jock says crumpets only missing the holes
Custard perfectly cooked
But his prawns undercooked
He is happy he got it all up but knows some are wrong
Jock says it looks great

Reece prawnsSays best wood smoked flavour yet
Lots of nodding
but All have some or all of the poo shoots A shame as the cooking was good

No comments on anything else
Reece will be in round 2 as well i think

Tessa and Chris close to perfect tessa come work with me anytime
Cooking in round 2 will.be
Reece
Courtney
And a couple could have taken the last spot


So either Khanh because of the missing crumpet, although everything else was perfect, or Ben with the crappy prawns. Has to be crappy prawns.
Final spot is Ben

Round 2 is Pickled kohlrabi salad and damper with roast lamb butter cooked on the coals.. mmmmmm

Cant make the kohlrabi too thin or 2 thick..if thick wont get the shape too thin cant hold its shape. barrata foam is inside to help support the structure
Lemon myrtle dressing
Lamb butter is a holandaise made with lamb fat

1hr 45 to make both dishes
And 7 minutes to finishes dishes in front of judges

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Courtney didn't trust her instincts in round 1 so she needs to this time
Ben is disappointed he put himself in this situation
Determined to prove he can do more than ice cream

On the damper first0
Courtney working on the lamb butter rendering the fat adding rosemary
Apparently it smells like sunday roast in the kitchen

90mins left to go

Lots of flavour in the pan fats
Reece onto his damper now
He is excited about making it...you can see the flour
Jock says he looks more confident this round
Reece has his dough in the oven to rise

Onto the vegetable now
Jock says the firmer you push the thicker it is so find the balance to get the thickness right

Jock says that ben has perfect thickness discs
1hr to go

Ben onto the barata foam
Needs to be light and fluffy...really important element

he blends it all to emulsify it

Reeces is good at it too adding something to make it thick...

whoops Ben's is runny/// Jock said y ou went too far