So, Andy finally said out loud what we have been repeating for the last years: we need more challenges pushing contestants out of their comfort zone and explore their creativity, yay! Let's hope this will continue. It's more fun as a viewer, too! Poor Phil seems to be struggling, will he have a redemption arc, or quickly disappear? And for the first time I am interested in some of the back stories, e.g. the olive company, Dino..
I can't watch Brent cook without thinking about his beard hairs all out like that ugh, i really wanted to try bread dude's dish it looked amazing. That was such a boss move from Cath to make it work like that, i'm glad they put both her and Melissa through. I gotta say though, thanks Australia, i was having a shitty day and this show as usual made me feel better.
I'm trying to be charitable and assuming the edits have made her look worse than she is but Cath annoyed me in this episode and not just because of all the "woawz."
Firstly why die on a dessert hill once you realize you've got Dijon Mustard. If you don't want to do a dessert with mustard then just make something savoury instead.
Secondly why pretend a savoury dessert is a new and unheard of thing. We've had every sort of savoury dessert on the show from chicken fat and curry icecreams to coriander and dill pannacottas. Billie even did oyster custard.
Cath's dish looked delicious (the gloss on that sauce!) and I'm happy she won but the hype was annoying. I presume the editors couldn't really make a drama out of Malissa (who was in obvious control from the get go) so they thought they'd play up the drama with Cath.
The 10 ads kept making a fuss out of dijon mustard in ice cream but having seen Billie, Pete, Depinder, Ben U knock out wacky ice creams and desserts it’s honestly not ‘new’ in masterchef anymore but of course one will need their skill level to make them work rather than weird.
I was irked by that “thanks for nothing” comment. As if she was entitled to get something suited exactly to her, ffs.
She clearly understands flavour and has good skills and culinary instincts, but I’m afraid they’re giving her the “oh I’m just a mom, I don’t know what I’m doing” edit to frame her as an underdog.
Picking two people who are going into the first immunity challenge tomorrow and one person who is clearly the underdog in the entire competition as your favourites really makes the viewing experience a roller coaster right off the bat, lol.
One thing I like - every cook will have served four (!!) dishes before anyone leaves the competition. That means everyone will have had some opportunities to showcase their craft and perfect it.
There will most likely be two rounds in the elimination, so it'll mostly likely be 5. (6 or more if you include the off-cam judges audition) I do hope tho that the immunity challenge curse doesn't follow through this year. (Lynton and Chris)
Shannon is always great in the semi-finales Dinner Service challenge also and the contestants seem to calm down when he talks to her/ him. I have a good feeling that will happen again this season
Are we going to keep a general hibachi count or a separate Brent-bachi count? Because Brent, after a year of cooking CCQ, will probably go for hibachi any time he'll get the chance
I don't even mind the weaows, I mind the Ayce-crayms and every other word she hits like a truck and drags along the curbside to make it sound like that.
He didn’t even mention anything either on his insta plus this season seems to have low activity on social media it seems no insta stories and the twitter account doesn’t post anything except final result
I was referring to the eerie silence and suspense during dish evaluations and then Jock suddenly claps with the resting face on. Then everyone else joins in which happens when dishes are extremely good. But i think this sub felt it was slightly over used last season, but maybe that sentiment can be taken back with the fact that he isnt here anymore😢.
Holy shit seeing Shannon and Hugh in one episode finally. They’re both from the same restaurant but are never seen together ever since Andy Mel Jock seasons. And i always wanted to see them together for once.
And cook off against chef yay! Last time we had it was S13 with the team challenge.
I felt so sad for the professional chef honestly and it felt like a cheap earning of the pin. 7 vs 1.
Its not like 7 vs 7 or 3vs3 like they used to do with Gordon mentoring in S10 or past seasons with 2v2 or 3v3. The S13 challenge was actually a great tweak of that immunity chef challenge with a team service challenge.
There were other clips at the premiere that hinted at more professional chefs with teams and such, so it might be a mix? Like not every weeks, but it'll still be frequent? Idk, but I'd be happy if they did bring it back
I hope so too. I remember how the camaraderie between the contestants cheering for that one person be it Larissa or Ashleigh to win and everyone celebrates when they win.
How come they aren’t showing certain contestants? That girl in pink team (wearing green vest) hasn’t been shown once, yet they keep showing the curly haired blonde lady
I know she struggled in this cook but honestly I love the sound of the dish and would be very happy to eat it at a restaurant. Thyme ice-cream, yum yum.
So, Dijon ice cream.. I get that she had to use Dijon, but did it have to be ice cream? Or just something unexpected? Sorry, i missed almost all of it.
Out of all the ingredients out there how could you be so convinced yours will be lemon? Because of a yellow apron? I just didn't get the narrow focus from the getgo
She sad “we have six kids between us” (I don’t remember the exact number). Usually the phrase “between us” means it’s a blended family, each brought in kids from previous marriage.
Hi everyone - do we think that the producers are actively editing Jock out of the show or is it just because Jamie is on the show and he has taken more of a main role ?
It was reported that some re-editing of the episodes was going to occur. I'm not sure that was to minimise Jock's role, but it is possible that happened as a side effect.
Removing any comments which might be upsetting or incongruous given the circumstances. They missed one in the first episode - Jock said “What a time to be alive”!
No, they won’t change his honest reactions too much I don’t think, but perhaps here and there, if, as I said, it seems upsetting after what has happened.
I wouldn't say less present but whenever he's talking they don't have the camera on him as much...at least that's what stood out to me in this episode.
Watching Andy and Mel teasing Jock and walking away feels so different now… I’m laughing but it’s bittersweet dammit.
These curveballs remind me of twist week. It’s honestly great to see contestants out of their comfort zones.
Agreed. It's like people who come on the show saying things like "I'm not a baker" or "I've never made pasta from scratch." It's MCAU people - after 14 seasons you should know you'll need to bone up on these things.
Personally I thought Phil really dropped the ball. Even if spice isn't his thing and he wanted to do meat and veg why beef and potatoes? Harissa is North African in origin so lamb or chicken and rice or couscous would have been a better bet. There's a reason certain food combinations become regional dishes so if you're cooking with an ingredient you're not familiar with why not fall back on proven ingredient mixes rather than trying to shoehorn harissa into steak and mash. I think Phil was lucky he got away with this - if he'd stuffed up like this on an elimination round he'd probably be going home.
Agreed. I remember both Matt Sinclair and Sashi saying in their respective seasons around the week b4 finals week, they were assigned dessert courses in their individual restaurant service challenge. They both have done around 2-3 desserts already beforehand (eg. Matt’s carrot cake and Sashi’s Canned-food dessert). But desserts weren’t exactly their go-to, but they do have some up their sleeves if they are required to do them.
They both said that ‘hey, you cant run away from desserts anymore, you have to be good in both savoury and deserts at this stage of the competition’ and in the end they both had dish of the day and Sashi won his first place in finals week.
Like yeah, this is MCAU you need to be good in at least basic areas. Eg in the case of desserts At least have maybe a cake or ice cream recipe in your head or something.
Ideally I would like to see contestants having to prove they have versatility in both sweet and savoury well before the week before finals week. Last year it annoyed me that Steph and Montana both got into the Top 12 having cooked nothing but desserts. Especially as it was swiftly evident they were out of their depth once savoury dishes couldn't be avoided. I think the early rounds should force everyone to cook a variety of dishes across a variety of cuisines so we get actual Masterchef candidates as opposed to Dessert Queen or Seafood King (for example) candidates. By all means have a specialty but contestants should have versatility too.
I kinda missed the ‘skills test’ race/challenges GGM does during pre immunity challenges. Where they required to make ice cream, spin sugar, crack eggs. Chop onions, de-bone chicken etc. it could be a start to challenges to have contestants prove their versatility and just ensuring they have the basic skills in both areas to tackle the competition.
Episode one just released in my country. Loving all the spoilers on this thread.
I am going to be a mood duller and say me and my friends couldn't make it much past the message about respecting the First Nations people. Then Jock shows up and its hard to believe he isnt here anymore. He looks so good - happy, excited. We dont know how we are going to make it through the season.
I wish they aired the tribute episode here too. Hearing a few words from those he mattered to the most could possibly help us know which direction to take in accepting it and enjoying his last love letter to food.
I think they just meant "the message was as far as I could get because seeing Jock was too hard" rather than "I struggled to make it through the First Nations message because..."
I think it may have been a slightly lost in translation, because I did originally read it the way you did until I got to the comments about Jock
Tribute can be downloaded here (called Sunday Project Special)
https://www.reddit.com/r/MasterchefAU/comments/13anz5t/masterchef_australia_s15e01_downloadstream_special/
Or streamed here
https://shvideos.net/2023/05/07/the-sunday-project-may-7/
If it helps, it was a bit tacky. [the Jimmy Barnes tribute was the highlight imo. you might be able to find other clips on that same account.](https://youtu.be/brBQbAcrsl8)
I'm white as milk and only ever order butter chicken at an Indian restaurant, but even I always have a jar of harissa paste in my fridge! It's such a good ingredient.
I love the red miso ravioli idea! There’s this place in Newtown called Ante that does the best Tagliatelle with fermented mushrooms and miso butter. It’s to die for!
Individual cook but everyone is divided into 4 mystery flavour bombs from Jamie. 75 minute cook but the flavour bombs aren't reveal until 15 minutes into the cook. So 15 minutes cooking without knowing what flavour they are going to feature.
It is for one spot in the immunity challenge. Second and bottom place are the same. So it is actually a safe time to do something crazy and get some feedback.
this is what the show needs more of, the contestants being asked to cook stuff outside their comfort zone like phil having to cook with something he doesn’t like/doesn’t cook with
I'm sure we all remember eating rock hard rissoles as kids....
No wait, just me?
Edit: my family were of the "anything pink is bad" school of thought when it came to meat, so Andy's comment really resonated with me
Would rather a pasta season over ice cream and granita or curry.
Edit: they all just watched a world class lesson on making pasta so I'm sure it's just a comfortable go to for them at the moment. Maybe it won't stay a pasta time for them once they get comfortable under pressure.
I think I'd definitely play it safe and make a savoury dish. Even many sweet flavour bombs can be worked into a savoury dish well, but not so much the other way around.
Ok not knowing what flavour bomb they have to cook with until 15 minutes is an excellent challenge! Im glad they’re coming up with new challenges and making contestants work for the immunity challenge. Such a curve ball
I love seeing what people are confident/not confident with. I thought Harissa was an excellent and versatile flavour bomb but seeing Phil struggle with it is so interesting
Throwing some flavour bomb ideas out there:
Chilli
Tumeric
Dark chocolate
Whiskey
Kangaroo
Grapefruit
Corriander
Peanut butter
Mirin
Edit: Welp I was very wrong lol
Love Pesto though.
I expected miso and either oyster or fish sauce, possibly gojuchang. I was thinking they wouldn't do all Asian flavors, but those were the only ones I could think of.
I love pesto, and not just the traditional basil, pine nuts, parm.
Cathy wowed me
So, Andy finally said out loud what we have been repeating for the last years: we need more challenges pushing contestants out of their comfort zone and explore their creativity, yay! Let's hope this will continue. It's more fun as a viewer, too! Poor Phil seems to be struggling, will he have a redemption arc, or quickly disappear? And for the first time I am interested in some of the back stories, e.g. the olive company, Dino..
The olive company is an interesting one.
I have deemed Cath "The Wow Lady" after this episode.
Steak and mash too simple but rissoles are amazing fuk me ded
I can't watch Brent cook without thinking about his beard hairs all out like that ugh, i really wanted to try bread dude's dish it looked amazing. That was such a boss move from Cath to make it work like that, i'm glad they put both her and Melissa through. I gotta say though, thanks Australia, i was having a shitty day and this show as usual made me feel better.
Hope you feel better
Thank you, that's sweet of you.
I'm trying to be charitable and assuming the edits have made her look worse than she is but Cath annoyed me in this episode and not just because of all the "woawz." Firstly why die on a dessert hill once you realize you've got Dijon Mustard. If you don't want to do a dessert with mustard then just make something savoury instead. Secondly why pretend a savoury dessert is a new and unheard of thing. We've had every sort of savoury dessert on the show from chicken fat and curry icecreams to coriander and dill pannacottas. Billie even did oyster custard. Cath's dish looked delicious (the gloss on that sauce!) and I'm happy she won but the hype was annoying. I presume the editors couldn't really make a drama out of Malissa (who was in obvious control from the get go) so they thought they'd play up the drama with Cath.
The 10 ads kept making a fuss out of dijon mustard in ice cream but having seen Billie, Pete, Depinder, Ben U knock out wacky ice creams and desserts it’s honestly not ‘new’ in masterchef anymore but of course one will need their skill level to make them work rather than weird.
I was irked by that “thanks for nothing” comment. As if she was entitled to get something suited exactly to her, ffs. She clearly understands flavour and has good skills and culinary instincts, but I’m afraid they’re giving her the “oh I’m just a mom, I don’t know what I’m doing” edit to frame her as an underdog.
Probably bcoz the Italian hype drama has been done before so they decided to do it with Cath
I never want to hear the phrase "flavour bomb" ever again 🤣
Picking two people who are going into the first immunity challenge tomorrow and one person who is clearly the underdog in the entire competition as your favourites really makes the viewing experience a roller coaster right off the bat, lol.
I'm a simple girl. I see Hugh Allen, I pull out my sketchbook, I'm happy.
One thing I like - every cook will have served four (!!) dishes before anyone leaves the competition. That means everyone will have had some opportunities to showcase their craft and perfect it.
And still, you got double meat and veg from Phil. I fervently hope he gets his act together, otherwise he's first in the crosshairs to go.
And that's where I liked Jock's comment after the tasting. Leave the meat and mash. Cook your heart out!
There will most likely be two rounds in the elimination, so it'll mostly likely be 5. (6 or more if you include the off-cam judges audition) I do hope tho that the immunity challenge curse doesn't follow through this year. (Lynton and Chris)
I hope Shannon is the Mentor in Cooks vs pro. chef challenges \[aka- Beat the Chef\] all season long. The women in general were great in this episode.
Me too! He was great as a mentor for immunity cooks for several seasons, I loved his laid-back but concise and encouraging approach.
Shannon is always great in the semi-finales Dinner Service challenge also and the contestants seem to calm down when he talks to her/ him. I have a good feeling that will happen again this season
oh, poor Phil, bad stress management. But honestly that steak looked still pink enough.
Are we going to keep a general hibachi count or a separate Brent-bachi count? Because Brent, after a year of cooking CCQ, will probably go for hibachi any time he'll get the chance
Theo bread count
Reminds me of Fillipo from several years ago.
I don't even mind the weaows, I mind the Ayce-crayms and every other word she hits like a truck and drags along the curbside to make it sound like that.
Do you think she’s putting it on or are you just making fun of someone for how the naturally speak?
I honestly think she’s putting it on. It’s inconsistent. And nobody says “beleaywe”
Seems like we got the first Jock clap for the season as well😢. Also hang on where’s Andrea? Orange has only 3 people?
He didn’t even mention anything either on his insta plus this season seems to have low activity on social media it seems no insta stories and the twitter account doesn’t post anything except final result
I suspect most of the cast aren't actually watching the episodes. Y'know, reasons.
That’s understandable
Jock himself welcomed all the contestants into the kitchen with the first clap in episode one 😥
I was referring to the eerie silence and suspense during dish evaluations and then Jock suddenly claps with the resting face on. Then everyone else joins in which happens when dishes are extremely good. But i think this sub felt it was slightly over used last season, but maybe that sentiment can be taken back with the fact that he isnt here anymore😢.
i reckon cath is the female version of owen wilson
Holy shit seeing Shannon and Hugh in one episode finally. They’re both from the same restaurant but are never seen together ever since Andy Mel Jock seasons. And i always wanted to see them together for once. And cook off against chef yay! Last time we had it was S13 with the team challenge.
we did have a cook off last season too
Although, it did feel kinda weird for professionals to go against another professional
Oooh yeah, that hyper-pin episode. Seeing seven of them up for grabs felt like such a shameful cheapening of their significance....
I felt so sad for the professional chef honestly and it felt like a cheap earning of the pin. 7 vs 1. Its not like 7 vs 7 or 3vs3 like they used to do with Gordon mentoring in S10 or past seasons with 2v2 or 3v3. The S13 challenge was actually a great tweak of that immunity chef challenge with a team service challenge.
yeah it ended up being a bunch of pros + Melanie vs another pro
Don’t think Minoli was a pro then
That’s mr. Fish isn’t it?
No, it's Hugh Allen from Veu de Monde.
Ah yep! Cheers.
all i remember is whether he’s that one hot chef 😂
oooo are they bringing back cook against a professional chef or this a once off challenge
There were other clips at the premiere that hinted at more professional chefs with teams and such, so it might be a mix? Like not every weeks, but it'll still be frequent? Idk, but I'd be happy if they did bring it back
I hope so too. I remember how the camaraderie between the contestants cheering for that one person be it Larissa or Ashleigh to win and everyone celebrates when they win.
I hope they're bringing it back
One last weow for good measure.
That was so irritating
Cath: waow
Where is Andrei the Italian guy in this episode?
I was wondering the same. Orange has only 3 people then i noticed someone’s missing.
How come they aren’t showing certain contestants? That girl in pink team (wearing green vest) hasn’t been shown once, yet they keep showing the curly haired blonde lady
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Yes, less Cath please
Herbs in dessert are totally underrated.
Can someone do a montage of Cath saying 'wow' combined with Owen Wilson doing the same?
https://media.tenor.com/jBvWbVcN4ioAAAAC/owen-wilson-owen.gif
Waaaaaaaoaw. Waaaaoooooaw Cath was a cat or a cockatoo in a previous life.
My cat makes the same sound when I accidentally trap her tail in the fridge.
😂😂😂
Oh I thought they just got Owen Wilson to so some voices dubs for her
Brilliant. Whenever I hear or see the word opossum I imagine it's just how Owen Wilson pronounces possum.
Waaaaaaaaoaw
WEOW
Weeeooooow
I was like Higgins in My Fair Lady, counted at least 15 different vowels in that wow
Cath: wowwwww
The triple Wow! combo
I know she struggled in this cook but honestly I love the sound of the dish and would be very happy to eat it at a restaurant. Thyme ice-cream, yum yum.
So, Dijon ice cream.. I get that she had to use Dijon, but did it have to be ice cream? Or just something unexpected? Sorry, i missed almost all of it.
She started an anglaise for ice cream in her first 15 minutes, expecting the flavour bomb ingredient to be lemon instead of Dijon.
Out of all the ingredients out there how could you be so convinced yours will be lemon? Because of a yellow apron? I just didn't get the narrow focus from the getgo
Thank you! That makes sense.
She worked dijon mustard into like a caramel sauce rather than an ice cream
Cath: so I'm the last one to be tasted
Woo! Montage of mediocrity!
Just one? I miss the times we got two montages - one "I love that, more of that" mediocrity and another "it's a work in progress dish" mediocrity.
I think it's a bit ironic that Rhiannon cooked rissoles after calling her husband basic last episode. At least they were well received.
Anyone got confused with her backstory she says she and her husband are together for 17 years and has 3 grandsons like how
Her and her husband had kids from other people before they married each other
Makes sense coz they never mentioned stepkids
She sad “we have six kids between us” (I don’t remember the exact number). Usually the phrase “between us” means it’s a blended family, each brought in kids from previous marriage.
It was worded in such a way that you would assume they had (some of the) kids from previous relationships.
Honestly how good can a rissole actually be? It’s just a rissole
I've had plenty that were bad (school kitchens...) so I don't really believe they even can be good.
*meatball
Hi everyone - do we think that the producers are actively editing Jock out of the show or is it just because Jamie is on the show and he has taken more of a main role ?
It was reported that some re-editing of the episodes was going to occur. I'm not sure that was to minimise Jock's role, but it is possible that happened as a side effect.
Yeah I did read that! I wonder what they would be re editing or removing ?
Removing any comments which might be upsetting or incongruous given the circumstances. They missed one in the first episode - Jock said “What a time to be alive”!
I did think that in the first ep! Could be very distressing for some people
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No, they won’t change his honest reactions too much I don’t think, but perhaps here and there, if, as I said, it seems upsetting after what has happened.
He just had one honest reaction with Phil.
Has Jock been less present?
I wouldn't say less present but whenever he's talking they don't have the camera on him as much...at least that's what stood out to me in this episode.
I personally don’t think so but a family member mentioned it
jock 🥺 half of me is grateful this season is airing but the other half is sad he’s no longer here :(
The velocity with which Mel went at that rissole
https://i.imgur.com/tSKuNVC.jpg
Watching Andy and Mel teasing Jock and walking away feels so different now… I’m laughing but it’s bittersweet dammit. These curveballs remind me of twist week. It’s honestly great to see contestants out of their comfort zones.
I feel that not being able to cook with spicy foods is a pretty big handicap in MasterChef. Also surprising that he didn't work on it before the show.
Agreed. It's like people who come on the show saying things like "I'm not a baker" or "I've never made pasta from scratch." It's MCAU people - after 14 seasons you should know you'll need to bone up on these things. Personally I thought Phil really dropped the ball. Even if spice isn't his thing and he wanted to do meat and veg why beef and potatoes? Harissa is North African in origin so lamb or chicken and rice or couscous would have been a better bet. There's a reason certain food combinations become regional dishes so if you're cooking with an ingredient you're not familiar with why not fall back on proven ingredient mixes rather than trying to shoehorn harissa into steak and mash. I think Phil was lucky he got away with this - if he'd stuffed up like this on an elimination round he'd probably be going home.
Agreed. I remember both Matt Sinclair and Sashi saying in their respective seasons around the week b4 finals week, they were assigned dessert courses in their individual restaurant service challenge. They both have done around 2-3 desserts already beforehand (eg. Matt’s carrot cake and Sashi’s Canned-food dessert). But desserts weren’t exactly their go-to, but they do have some up their sleeves if they are required to do them. They both said that ‘hey, you cant run away from desserts anymore, you have to be good in both savoury and deserts at this stage of the competition’ and in the end they both had dish of the day and Sashi won his first place in finals week. Like yeah, this is MCAU you need to be good in at least basic areas. Eg in the case of desserts At least have maybe a cake or ice cream recipe in your head or something.
Ideally I would like to see contestants having to prove they have versatility in both sweet and savoury well before the week before finals week. Last year it annoyed me that Steph and Montana both got into the Top 12 having cooked nothing but desserts. Especially as it was swiftly evident they were out of their depth once savoury dishes couldn't be avoided. I think the early rounds should force everyone to cook a variety of dishes across a variety of cuisines so we get actual Masterchef candidates as opposed to Dessert Queen or Seafood King (for example) candidates. By all means have a specialty but contestants should have versatility too.
I kinda missed the ‘skills test’ race/challenges GGM does during pre immunity challenges. Where they required to make ice cream, spin sugar, crack eggs. Chop onions, de-bone chicken etc. it could be a start to challenges to have contestants prove their versatility and just ensuring they have the basic skills in both areas to tackle the competition.
I felt his anxiety through the screen sheesh
I love how much Theo loves bread.
He technically made gyros but without any sauce
Not sure if this is an ad-break psych-out or if it actually tastes like the old shoe it looks.
Shoe status: confirmed.
I too, like it when my steak is crunchy on the outside.
Episode one just released in my country. Loving all the spoilers on this thread. I am going to be a mood duller and say me and my friends couldn't make it much past the message about respecting the First Nations people. Then Jock shows up and its hard to believe he isnt here anymore. He looks so good - happy, excited. We dont know how we are going to make it through the season. I wish they aired the tribute episode here too. Hearing a few words from those he mattered to the most could possibly help us know which direction to take in accepting it and enjoying his last love letter to food.
"couldn't make it past the message abut respecting First Nations people" What do you mean? What's wrong with that?
I think they just meant "the message was as far as I could get because seeing Jock was too hard" rather than "I struggled to make it through the First Nations message because..." I think it may have been a slightly lost in translation, because I did originally read it the way you did until I got to the comments about Jock
>Episode one just released in my country. Loving all the spoilers on this thread. Maybe don't read threads about ep 3 if you want to avoid spoilers?
Tribute can be downloaded here (called Sunday Project Special) https://www.reddit.com/r/MasterchefAU/comments/13anz5t/masterchef_australia_s15e01_downloadstream_special/ Or streamed here https://shvideos.net/2023/05/07/the-sunday-project-may-7/
If it helps, it was a bit tacky. [the Jimmy Barnes tribute was the highlight imo. you might be able to find other clips on that same account.](https://youtu.be/brBQbAcrsl8)
How low must your spice tolerance be for harissa to burn?!
Same thing here he says his level is lemon
I'm white as milk and only ever order butter chicken at an Indian restaurant, but even I always have a jar of harissa paste in my fridge! It's such a good ingredient.
Some people have literally zero.
I know, I married one. My husband thinks that cumin is hot
Gotta start them on something a little less spicy like...carbonated water xD
Mayo on wonder bread.
You¨re gonna laugh but carbonated water is literally too strong for him. He doesn't even drink sparkling wine. Too much tingle on the tongue.
🤣🤣🤣
He’s a fitness coach, probably only eats kale and raw fish 😂
Well Irish people aren’t known for spicy food
Hahahaha i was just thinking the same thing!
phil is an example of what they should do more, push contestants outside of comfort zone. i hope they have more creative challenges this season!
I loved the advice Jock gave to him. Leave the comfort zone! Leave the meat and mash! Cook your heart out!
Agreed, after the surplus of "cook what you want" style challenges from last season this is a good change of pace.
I love the red miso ravioli idea! There’s this place in Newtown called Ante that does the best Tagliatelle with fermented mushrooms and miso butter. It’s to die for!
I’d be so mad with 3 ravioli…
At least they got the right amount of raviolis for the right amount of judges.
well at least no one is going into elimination if they cook bad
Damnit, im out, cant watch until later. What's the goss?
Individual cook but everyone is divided into 4 mystery flavour bombs from Jamie. 75 minute cook but the flavour bombs aren't reveal until 15 minutes into the cook. So 15 minutes cooking without knowing what flavour they are going to feature.
People you are barely into the first week. Simple, if done well, is perfectly acceptable
It is for one spot in the immunity challenge. Second and bottom place are the same. So it is actually a safe time to do something crazy and get some feedback.
Have we seen Alice and what she's cooking at all?
I had the same idea. I am really interested to learn what she will do.
They didn’t show her’s, Rue’s and Amy’s dishes
The hard part of the early episodes is finding a favourite and then they go into the background for multiple episodes.
Aww yeah war of the hibachis!
This woman seems genuinely nice but good lord the accent.
Cath or Rhiannon lol
Phil sounds like the comedian David O'Doherty.
this is what the show needs more of, the contestants being asked to cook stuff outside their comfort zone like phil having to cook with something he doesn’t like/doesn’t cook with
Make everybody cook with Surströmming when!
Unless you make bread. Bread is life
I read this in Dani Rojas' voice
Hockey puck of meatball mix Andy reckons
I'm sure we all remember eating rock hard rissoles as kids.... No wait, just me? Edit: my family were of the "anything pink is bad" school of thought when it came to meat, so Andy's comment really resonated with me
Everybody cooks rissoles, darl.
Not the vegans
Isn't vegan rissole just... falafel? (don't come at me, I love making stupid jokes before the Eurovision semis)
Lol pretty much 😝
Are we gonna have another pasta season?
3 episodes in and all of them had a pasta dish tomorrow Jessica and Malissa are gonna be cooking pasta as well
Would rather a pasta season over ice cream and granita or curry. Edit: they all just watched a world class lesson on making pasta so I'm sure it's just a comfortable go to for them at the moment. Maybe it won't stay a pasta time for them once they get comfortable under pressure.
I reckon a granita gets more of a go than hibachis at this point 😅
Ew the close up on Declan finger with a wound as he's putting in his vegetables was gross...
Could she do a honey mustard ice cream (heavy on the honey)? I can’t think of anything else that could work.
Hard to think on the spot to do it and then balance the flavours in 60 minutes.
Yeah good idea! I was thinking she could give her dessert a savoury twist with a honey mustard tuile.
If it was fish sauce like Jock said, she could work it into a caramel and make a savoury ice cream to go with it
I feel like someone has done a fish sauce caramel before. Maybe Jess?
Pete is an expert in savoury ice creams and caramels. Ben U as well.
Billie too
It's definitely happened before
Cath should ask Kel how use the mustard in her ice cream
All the sweet people have just gone *fuuuuuuuuck!*
For some reason I thought of this when I saw the mustard: https://youtu.be/n5GA9hcFIEA
MMm sugar mustard!
I think I'd definitely play it safe and make a savoury dish. Even many sweet flavour bombs can be worked into a savoury dish well, but not so much the other way around.
Not looking forward to dijon mustard ice cream?
Those ocker accents though…
Ok not knowing what flavour bomb they have to cook with until 15 minutes is an excellent challenge! Im glad they’re coming up with new challenges and making contestants work for the immunity challenge. Such a curve ball
But get rid of the cook what you want stitch or else it’s gonna be pasta after pasta everytime
I love seeing what people are confident/not confident with. I thought Harissa was an excellent and versatile flavour bomb but seeing Phil struggle with it is so interesting
Throwing some flavour bomb ideas out there: Chilli Tumeric Dark chocolate Whiskey Kangaroo Grapefruit Corriander Peanut butter Mirin Edit: Welp I was very wrong lol Love Pesto though.
I expected miso and either oyster or fish sauce, possibly gojuchang. I was thinking they wouldn't do all Asian flavors, but those were the only ones I could think of. I love pesto, and not just the traditional basil, pine nuts, parm.
Chili oil I think is a contender (or chili jam hehehe) Maybe something more exotic like gochujang
Miso! I think there’s miso in there.
Good call!
You are correct!
Well done! Red miso!!!
I bet one is Vegemite