masterhcef week beginning 7/6/2020

[Mistyavalon]

So, so far reynold is safe?? Is that what you’re all thinking?
Yup
and probably Sarah too
I think def between Tessa and Simon but unless this is amazing probably Simon

Melissa will dance if it’s tessa
If she has any sway it will be.
n Judges not impressed with teh looks of the dish\
It looks dreadful. It needs to taste brilliant.

very simple compared to Reynalds dessert
Jock likes the taste

Nicky WhelanActive Now
Nicky Whelan but disappointed by the cooking of the dish, not what they were told

his idea was so clear but not transferred to the plate
Is it top 10 worthy......

I dont think so

bye bye Simon

[Mistyavalon]

Mel talking about receiving 4 different interpretations of austrlia on a plate
Reynald flawless and amazing dish so ovviously safe
If I got presented with those 4 dishes and got told to put them in order of what I wanted to eat that Broccoli would go last and I don't eat pork and I do eat brocolli.
Tessa, modern australia fusion with indiginous ingredients but be careful witht eh pressure cooker pork not perfect but a good dish

Ya Tessa safe

Sarah, the potato cubes did not belong on the plate but the rest was packed with flavour
simons looked like veg witha turd on the side, sorry for being rude ... but it did
t was one of the worst looking dishes he has ever produced.So Simon left alone
Brought amazing veggie dishes but not today

underwhelming and going home
Well I think Simon is the bottom of the 11
Hate that they cant say goodbye properly
I like Simon very much .
A very humble guy , very supportive of his fellow contestants and a megawatt smile .

He was a 1 type dish wonder you have to be an all rounder to win the lot

[Mistyavalon]

MON

recap of last night
tonight is the challenge with the huge wall and identical dishes.... they talk through the wall.. chaos
I don't like this sort of challenge. The yelling through the wall is a real PITA and so unnecessary.
everyone arriving
celebrating being top 10

talking with contestants about what this means to them

the dishes must be identical to look at and taste

pairs will bepicked via cloche
under each is an ingredient which must be heroed
At least it isn't who they are standing behind.

reece up first
he gets corn
brendan picks celeriac
khanh picks peas
laura gets peas
so laura and khanh
Reece wants a twinsie.

sarah picks celeriac
sarah and brendan
tessa gets sweet potato
emilia has fennel
callum fennel
emilia and callum

Nicky Whelan poh has corn
so poh and reece
means reynald gets sweet potato
All savoury dishes.
so tessa and reynald
poor reece ... twinned with Poh, should be interesting and very frustrating for him

[Mistyavalon]

75mins
2 delicious and identical food heroing their ingredient
can be sweet or savoury
I doubt they will be sweet with those vegetables.

2 mins to shop in the pantry and plan together
3 teams who do the best will be safe
bottom 2 will be in the pressure test
go!
laura thinks squid noodles with peas laura is going to be in charge... and he is happy

emilia and callum going sweet....mking sure they get what they need
Being calculated by measuring to the gram... a mousse shouldnt be that hard to make the same

mel challenges andy and jock to conceptualise a dish for peas
and just silence
pantry is now closed

Reece is almost able to look over the top of the wall
Callum probably too.


corn custard tart with burnt butter ice cream for Reece and Poh

and everyone ha to yell over the wall and it is a d isaster.. poh is being poh.
making the pastry first.... she checks that he makes the pastry the same way.. tick

[Mistyavalon]

Callum and Emilia doing a mousse first so it has plenty of time to set. the creme fraiche adds to the fennel.. she yells out flush to the top of the mould he cant hear....
that looks like it is poured to different levels

Khanh and laurara yelling

tessa says khanh is so loud

emilia asking them to shut up

reynald wants a microphone tessa and reynald going savoury
sweet potatoes in the microwave
This is the worst type of challenge. Hated it previous years. Not liking it now.
reynald taking charge, tessa trying to follow instructions..she is happy with that
microwave sweet potatoes first... then the sweetpotato crisp.... cut it fine and blanch

laura wants to know how charred are khanh's cucumbeers


mel talks to reece mmm pop corn ice cream
reece and poh burnt butter...that is very subjective, burnt butter just before it cant go any further
Poh has trouble with burnt butter
I suppose it is burnt butter icecream isn't it.

but there is burnt then there is Poh burnt
Reece already put his butter in the ice cream and then she starts questioning him... well how burnt is burnt it is like weak coffee colour.. driving me mad let alone Reece.

[Mistyavalon]

reece realising he needs to slow to Pohs pace

45mins to go

Emilia working ahead to get the measurements for the granita
then giving the amounts to callum.....

laura and khanh using peas in different ways so judges can taste them...Laura just tells him how many or how much...
cook squid for 5 mins she says add the salt to the butter she said

reynald and tessa seem okay..... she takes over for the salsa verde,,, she says too chunky switching to a stick blender

Judges probably shouldn't be talking while they are trying to do this challenge. Too hard already without that.
but it is a challenge, they like to make it harder

sarah and brendan have their dough done
working on their chilli oil... he has to show her how as it is his recipe
How do you make a pancake the same size? Jock listens as sarah describes it...
Jock thinks the pancake is more the hero
thinks they need more celeriac
Learn something every day. I actually didn't know that Celariac was the root of Celery.

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they are reducing the amount of other ingredients so that the celeriac sings

emilia and callum onto candied fennel

reece telling poh to roll pastry to 4mm thick

jock and andy comparing the tart shells side by side
jock says andys is uneven
jocking about swapping
their shells are in the oven

jock says sarah and brendan arent heroing their celeriac for them
They have already decided to put them in the bottom.

jock worried about tessa and reynald smoking now the sweet spuds,,, he has his in the pan and she hasnt he wants one side done and not the other,,,,

jock says poh and reece, poh is struggling and will cause reece to be doing a poh with the oven

15 mins to go

pancakes are in flipping them
brendans is darker than sarahs...cut into quarters
10 mins left now


poh and reece at odds over the brule he thinks he can she doesnt think there is time...

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tessa has her potato in a bowl to cover in butter
reynald is frying his in the butter
lack of communication!
tessa completely lost she asks for step by step help
Reynold was clearish
he didn't say to put it in the butter in the pan though
just put it in the butter
reynald just telling tessa to hold on

4mins
poh losing her head again
Calling herself a psycho always makes me chuckle.

2mins to go

tart shells are out
reeces arent cooked evenly
poh doesnt want to brulle but didn't tell reece in time
he already put the sugar on
He is organised. She isn't.


30 seconds now

make is look pretty.....that is not helpful!
and time is up

[Mistyavalon]

Laura and khanh first
khanh had fun
jock says it is still a team challenge
- mentioning that laura never won a team challenge yet this year

oh they look different, one has more herbs on top

Sauce is definitely stronger looking on one.
Jock says he loved it delicious and practically the same dish
they nailed it

andy enjoyed the technique, heros the peas
judges really happy with the dish

sarah and brendan now
I'm worried for Sarah and Brendan. Jock was against them comment wise the whole cook.
they look fairly similar in the bowl but very different on pancakes

jock says other than the pancakes they look similar
but that is where it ends
mel says brendan's pancake didn't live up to expectation either...she pretty much slammed it
sarah had double the celeriac to brendans
she had more flavour as a result

Emilia and Callum now..Callum describes it
look reasonably similar
more granita on one but other than that quite similar
they are happy with it

tasting now

andy loves the granita, mousse brought creamy element
mel loves the concept and thinks they did a good job
jock loves the flavours

[Mistyavalon]

Poh and Reece now
tarts look different...but not unreasonably so. Jock says poh is not happy she says
her brulle has melted
reeces held up
they eat it
jock says pohs is under caramelised

reeces is more caramalised but not enough to be brulle
they taste very different... Reece's tastes better
reeces dough isn't cooked either
ice cream doesnt get mels approval


reynald and tessa now
they look very different... reynald has a master piece hrs is more rustic
tasting
andy says tessa had more nest and harder fried and more caramelised and smokier
Reynald's more harmonious but worked together more smoothly
mel says a lot in common but personal flourishes that makes them different


jock says they all smashed it
no bad dishes today all delicious
trouble was some were not similar enough

Laura and Khanh best tasting and most similar laura finally wins a "team" challenge
Khanh is happy too

Callum and Emilia also safe... very similar dishes for the most and ate beautifully

Poh and Reece dishes just too different and you will be in tomorrows pressure test
yup very evident
tess and reynald are safe cos they looked different but ate so well

poh and Reese
Sarah and Brendan tomorrow