Masterchef week beginning 31/5/2020

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for start

Emilia and Reynald are safe tonight
Reece looking forwards to showing more of his abilities ..he really enjoys sweets
Round 1, ice cream
Lots of smiles
2 different flavours in 1 dish
And 1 plate each. 3 plates per cook
They want to be blown away with combos

No safe combos
Jock says he wont taste any boring combos..Andy says he will.. Jock says if I don't taste it, straight to round 2
No pantry and no garden
3 tables
1 of fresh ingredients 1 of dry ingredients
And 1 of ice cream base ingredients
Reece so excited

75 mins all dishes tasted
top 5 are safe

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Jess picks up strawberries but wanted mint....very different
Poh doing strawberry and wasabi ice creams
Khanh doing vanilla and cardamon and a smoked rhubarb
Reynald thinks Khanh is going too safe...blah he is probably right but I wouldnt eat it


Reece is doing mandarin and taragon and caramalised white chocolate and miso parfait
He is also doing a granita...mixing fresh and heavy flavours. concentrating on texture

Jess is making basil and a liquorice dark chocolate
In a way this is hers to lose.
She doesn't like liquorice but thinks it is okay with chocolate

Andy says he can eat a litre of ice cream in a sitting
It is his guilty pleasure unlike cake "which he doesn't like" but we all know he will down the biggest piece in a flash.

Beetroot and aniseed myrtle and Tamarind from Tessa.. she knows her flavours and what goes with what she assures Andy

Laura has wattleseed and fig ice creams
Brendan's ice creams are the same colour. White chocolate wasabi and a parsnip one.........blah

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Simon is struggling...... it just doesn't seem right to him... he calls it a flavour block like a writers block. molasses and peach icecream..............blach.. what a thing to do to peaches

brendan seems on track

Sarah has a corn ice cream and a miso one. She isn't a fan of icecream but enjoys making it..
miso corn and caramel... gross..

45mins to go

Tessa adding blackberries to her dish and meringues...she knows they want more than two scoops of icecream so this should add a level of complexity.. and then meringues.. making it into a tee pee...

30mins left now

Poh seems okay too.. wasabi ice cream.........dear oh dear.... she seems to think it works with strawberries

Reece picking herbs with tweezers

Andy questions if Khanh has gone too safe. Khanh is worried now
Khanh trying to add extra flavour...picks bay leaf

Simon doing pancakes with his ice cream...nervous they wont be fluffy and soft enough
Less than 5 to go now

Callums parfait is so vibrant!
gin poached beetroot!

Reece is happy that his parfait has set...he was panicing
Happy with his ice cream too

laura is happy.... adding usu whatever that is reynald approves

Poh not happy with the wasabi ice cream
Adding more for a kick...hopes it is not overpowering

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I've had wasabi in a dessert before. I didn't enjoy it.
1min left
Jess isnt sure her flavours will go together
And time is up
Khanh looks worried is it enough?

Tessa first
They look like they are melting already. great presentations
' Jock loves it...exactly what we are looking for
On their own the ice creams aren't great but together wonderful with the basil etc
Andy just raves a bout how good a job she did
Meringue brings everything together says mel
Hopefully she will be safe.

Poh next
Jock likes the strawberry one. Wasabi one is jarring, doesn't love it
Wishes it was a creamier heat..... had she added the cream it would have been better he said. would have made the strawberry fresher too
Not safe is my opinion.


Reece now
he is happy, looks fine
Andy wants more, he is going to try and make it himself.. aweome and your technique perfect.... it all worked.....
Mel says 10s across the board

Khanh next.
He is 2nd guessing himself now...doesnt want to be in round two

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Rhubarb and bay leaf jock loves
The cardamon and vanilla....also loves it
And together super delicious...the smoking of the rhubarb pulled it together
jock said 4 thumbs up i really enjoyed it

Sarah now. Sweetcorn and miso
Andy loves it...finished all of his
Many of them have done well so far!
Mel says synergy together

Laura now
fig and wattleseed prickly pear jelly mel says a plate of Laura on a plate
andy was too busy eating to say anything

Simon next
Not what he wanted really.. he picked it cos of nostalgic memory
Simon too safe perhaps?
White peach is great siad Jock
Molasses one is too over powering and you cant taste the peach

Simon in round 2

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Poh and Simon negative comments so far

Brendan turn now
Mel says back to the drawing board.... wow she pulled no punches
He will be round 2 as well

Callum and his vibrant parfait now
Andy says lacks acidity but the ice cream is lovely perhaps a sherbet

Jess next hearing wild rice a lot
Mel loves the fudginess of the choc liq ice cream
Other one not pronounced enough more basil flavour needed.... Andy agrees

so round two
brendan jess callum simon and poh

Poh is always in the 2nd round, but never gets kicked out!!!

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5 cloches with weird & wacky flavours under them.Hide or report thisLike

First combo is Lamb & coffee
2nd is Basil & peanut butter
3rd Dark chocolate & Soy
sauce that is.
k 4th Mustard & Mint
5th Carrot & Raspberry.
They have to pick a pair and use it in any sort of dish and hero the flavour pair. Open Pantry and Garden 60 minutes.

Callum is mustard & Mint as is Poh.
Poh is doing a pasta dish. Targetting Jock's Italian heartstrings.

Judges talking about what combination they would use.
jess is doing carrot & raspberry and doing a mulled wine type dessert.
Raspberry Sorbet is a main element....not what I w ould enjjoy.. but I hate raspberries too
Reece supportive but urges her to keep it simple

Brendan is peanut butter and basil. He is doing chicken pang pang


Simon is doing the lamb & coffee. For a vegie lover he is going for the coffee option cos he loves it.. he prefers to eat vegies but can cook meat...
Jock confused how the coffee will fit with the lamb in Simon's dish. meat sauce coffee.... a cracker w ill turn to mush

Callum is doing Mustard roasted Cauliflower. He is going for taste rather than looks. He has made this before for his wife who loves it...

Jess is making spheres (little bubbles). It is a carrot jelly from what i can figure.
Definitely spheres says Jock...... carrot spheres... totally confusing..

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Brendan's is a poached chicken called Bang Bang( Pang Pang) Chicken. Andy is telling him he is being safe. careful brendan......

Pohs Pasta has pumpkin and biscuits in it and for once she is ahead of time and feeling a bit weird.

Jess still has to make the cremoux but doesn't have a lot of time, She is multitasking to the max.

10 minutes to go.
Mel talking to Brendan about how he is going to balance his flavours.

Back to Simon and how he is going to use his coffee. Changed his ideas. adding a roast coffee glazed butter Jock reminding him about the flavours being front and centre. he then decides on a coffee crumb

Jess's sorbet is really vibrant.. The bubble process is interesting to say the least. I can't really describe it. right now it looks like egg yolk in water!

I have a bad feeling Simon might be going home
He or Brendan, but I can't figure out how Poh's pasta is heroing the main ingredients either.

Times up.

Simon is feeling quite flat and not confident.

judges pretending they don't have preconceived ideas.
Callum first.
looks like Callum is safe, and now for Simon

Mustard Roasted Cauliflower. It looks lovely. Has a Dhal Mustard Butter and Mint. a chutney
Plates are empty. Nothing is overpowering. Best food he has cooked is the comments for Callum.

Simon's dish. Lamb with with a coffee sauce and a coffee crumble.
Lamb cooked perfectly. Coffee crumb was overpowering. Coffee didn't work in the meal but they could taste it through out.
very worried for him now

Brendan's Bang Bang Chicken with a peanut butter satay sauce.
Andy forgot he was a judge for a minute. Peanuts and Basil front and centre says Jock
looks like it will be Simon ... only one they really has an issue with I think
fingers crossed for Jess, she is next

Poh now. Pumpkin and Amoretti pasta.
Jock thinks it looks good.
he loves it. It is like a warm hug from Nonna.
So far it’s Simon at the bottom! Waiting to taste Jess’ dish
Again I have the complaint that they are supposed to hero the main ingredients. I can't see that Pumpkin Pasta heroes the mustard and mint no matter how good the dish tastes and how harmonious they all are together. Either they are the hero or they are just present in the dish.
If Simon wasn't trying to make the coffee hero so much rather than just be harmonious he may not be the one at the bottom.
That's my 2 cents this episode.
Mustard and mint are there but harmonious.

Jock hopes that Jess's dish is as good as it looks.
Tasting the carrot bubble first. Jess looks deflated.
Red wine is too strong. Jock says things are unpleasant.
Raspberry and Carrots were not heroed properly.
Poor Jess

Between Simon and Jess

Brendan, Callum and Poh are all safe.

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Oh this is heartbreaking to watch
They all want to give Jess a hug but cant
jess & Simon are in the bottom 2. Coffee 10 times over dialled.
Jess had the difficult pairing and tasted more of Redwine & Orange. She missed the brief and she is gone.
NOO!!!!!!
Sarah really cut by the fact Jess is going home
I honestly thought she would be there until almost the end.
They can’t even hug her!!
Elbow bumps instead of hugs with the judges
So many people crying

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Only 3 benches
They won't divide equally into 3 so how will this work.
Only one goes home at the end of the week again.
Series of heats to battle for elimination
Brendan, Callum, Reynald on heat 1
Today
Khanh, Tessa, Emilia and Reece heat 2 tomorrow
Sarah, Poh and Simon heat 3
2 rounds tonight winners go to round two
Citrus night

Pick a citrus
Cook anything you like
If you make round 2 have to use the same citrus and cook opposite, so cook sweet round 1 must cook savoury round 2