Masterchef 2019

[Mistyavalon]

Both teams had issues, blue team with cooking of the lamb and green team with the cooking of the prawns. It could go either way here
The last plates have gone out and Sandeep says he is proud of Walleed as the captain

Judging time
The food was fantastic- best food in QLD from any challenge

Blue team, your lamb cutlets and eggplant were tasty but the lamb was inconsitently cooked across the board however your prawns just jumped off the plate. they were amazing and the papaya salad went beautifully with it
Green team, we loved the beef and eggplant and mushroom salad
and your beetle leaf salad was the taste of qld
however you prawns missed the tasted of ginger you promised and were well and truely over cookedand that is why the green team is in elimination

Joe is upset... he wished he had paid more attention

[Mistyavalon]

So tonight is another elimination with last nights green team at Brleigh Heads
first round will be the masterchef skills test
Up for elimination tonight is Joe, Ben, Tessa, Nicole, Simon, Christina and Steph

Well i say cooking, round 1 isnt really cooking but more prep
James Bradey is the guest chef today
1st elimination tonight
Joe says he takes responsibility for not picking up on the prawns, very good of him
The skills test will be comprised of
1. peel, de-vein 6 prawns
2. perfectly filleted and pin boned piece of snapper
3. remove the tail from 2 morten bay bugs
all in 15 mins
4 people to round 2 and they will be using the prawns, bugs and fish they prep in round 1
James demonstrating how to do the prep properly
prawns first
showing snapper next
and finally the bugs demo last
demo is over, time for the contestants to do it
15 mins starts

[Mistyavalon]

Tessa is hoping she does the judges proud as she prides herself on prepping seafood
Ben is worried, prepping seafood is a weakness for him
Simon has finished his prawns first and is onto the snapper
Tessa is onto the snapper too now
5 mins down
Steph is on the snapper
Ben is still on his prawns
Simon has been too heavy handed on his snapper
He is doing the other fillet
Ben is finally onto his snapper
Tessa is happy with the fillet
Joe is onto his bug tails with 6 mins to go
He has nipped the 1st with the scissors
Christina has fallen behind on the snapper and is worried she wont have time for the tails
2 mins to go
Joe has finished his tails and has decided to try and get a better tail by doing a third
Simon has caught up but still needs to finish his fish fillet properly
and time is up

[Mistyavalon]

Judges looking at the seafood
very happy with simon and stephs
they have picked christinas up and are comparing it to simons
Steph, Tessa and Christina are safe
Simon was a close 4th

Simon, Ben, Niole and Joe are in round 2
Must make a seafood platter using all the fish they just prepped and an open pantry
1 must be raw, 1 steamed and 1 fried
90 mins to make the platter
Joe is doing a classic platter from a pub, pan fried scalloped, deep fried callamari, raw oysters, steamed muscles in a broth
Nicole is doing steamed snapped, grilled scallops, poached bugs, popcorn shrimp. japanese flavours throughout
Ben is doing a mexican feel, scallops, muscles, octopus and king fish.
boiled and grilled octopus
Simon is doing asian flavours. he is feeling the pressure of the prawns after yesterday as he cooked them and screwed them up, so he is cooking them shell sided down, he is intending to give each prawn individual attention today, unlike yesterday
He knows he didnt do them justice yesterday
Joe was throwing stuff around the kitchen
He has some seafood marinating
1 hr to go

[Mistyavalon]

Ben is really worried, he doesnt feel like he has done anything properly
trying his octopus but he isnt happy with it

Simon has his broth almost done, but he hasnt started on cooking any seafood yet

Judges are worried he wont have time to do it all

Nicole is working on her tuna
She still has a lot of elements to do with 30mins to go
She is feeling stressed with 21mins to go

Ben is stressing too. he has a huge list of things to do in a short amount of time
Simon has added his seafood to his broth
Nicole is happy but but she has forgotten her popcorn shrimp - is it over cooked?

Joe is happy with his mussels and oysters

working on his snapper but the skin has stuck to the pan and Does not look good
Ben has to do both his beer battered elements, searing his prawns
Snapper and bugs are done, hopefully cooked well
10mins to go
Simon just has his prawns left to cook he is feeling the pressure for them today
5mins to go
Nicole is almost ready to plate
cutting her tuna, she is happy with it
Joe and ben are plating
1 minute to go
Joe is not happy with his platter because he thinks it looks bland
Simon getting his prawns on his plate
Time is up

[Mistyavalon]

Simon first, he is worried about his prawns but there is a lot going on . it is a very generous serving

time to taste

everyone taking their own things today, no tweezers from George
all the requirements are on the plate lots of textures but is it all cooked well?

Matt loves it, particularly the prawn. he has redeemed himself.

Judges love the crab
George would be happy to pay good money in a restaurant for this

James says he has really respected the seafood
Simon has really set a bar to beat

Nicole is up next
She is worried about her prawns too but hers looks great a fabulous plate of food
tuna stands out for Gary
popcorn prawn is delicious

she has thought about the colour, texture and flavours
a great job
Nicole has cooked everything perfectly

[Mistyavalon]

Ben next
he is really nervous about how it is all cooked
he thinks he has progressed personally as a cook but this is still a weakness for him
Gary says the prawns are tasty. bug is delicious
matt says not a lot of light or shade wanted more heat, more acidity
missing the zesty lime you expect with a mexican platter
octopus has only been poached not grilled...not looking good

joe up last
he knows his snapper looks rough but he is hoping it is cooked perfectly and tastes ok
joe isnt happy with his cook today. he feels he hasnt done his best today and
feels like he hasnt done enough either
George feels terrible for Joe
its getting harder and tougher but you need to think on your feet

matt says if 1 thing goes wrong things start to slide
Joe hasnt cooked things well
its going to be tough between Ben and Joe but I think Joe will be going home
Nicole and Simon are safe
Joe is going home
Ben dodged a bullet for the second time

[Mistyavalon]

back in the kitchen today
mystery box
and and you have to use all the ingredients... tough eh. disqusting brussel sprouts

only tasting 3 most appealing
top dish goes straight t o immunity challenge

Tessa very comfy with lamb as her family do it all the time

Ben chops up sprouts
Anushka decides to belnd everyting together and make some russian pastry.. you can fill it wit anything. like a pasty I guess
Tati lamb chop stew.. simple
Ben yoghurt and lamb and the rest
Larry is just gonna push herself

Simon gets crazy ideas about the sprouts an artwork.. lamb of course with rest.. confit leeks he roass the sprouts on the stem... Gary says very interesting Simon says you have more flavour when you bake fish...

Steph grilled yoghurt and lamb flan...hates sprouts and has no idea what to do with em


60 mins

[Mistyavalon]

Christina is doing lil noisettes
Anushka is happy with dough, now to fill.. it is still a bit hot.. harder to seal... into oven

Tess makes the sprouts into a slaw... smart.. she is even smoking stuff
Derek very carefully messing with lamb so it can be stuffed with rosemary

someone is doing parsnip and lamb pies mmmm

steph decides to deepfry the sprouts cos everything is better deepfried.. she tastes one and likes it

so far everyone is going okay..... things are tender or charred or pureeing beautifully......

Derek decides to deep fry sprouts too

5 mins to go

Walleed is eating his said Gary

George comes to Anushka starring at the oven.... and asks her but she basically keeps starring cos she is worried.

[Mistyavalon]

Nush waits till the last moment
Simon happy with the sprouts.... Gary looks impressed Simon wonders how to display it on the plate

Derek happy with the flavours.. not sure about plating
Steph feels good
Tessa is very excited with her dish
Nushies dish is done

time is up