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g0lbez posted:The competitors in Masterchef are given recipes before most challenges, I'm sure that helps. Do they get to practice? They do a good job keeping the recipes off camera. "I've never made an apple pie before" You mean before TODAY when you had practice to make a few earlier?
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g0lbez posted:The competitors in Masterchef are given recipes before most challenges, I'm sure that helps. Also cooking classes for said recipes. Otherwise if you take any Joey Fartpants off the street like Cutter (remember his ~artisan~ pizza?) and tell them to make you dim sum, odds are they won't even know what that is. A recipe won't tell them what they need to know either. Don't get me wrong, he still hosed it up; but without that level of instruction MC would be even more amateur hour.
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g0lbez posted:The competitors in Masterchef are given recipes before most challenges, I'm sure that helps. One of the things the other contestants would criticize Monti for in season 3 was that she'd just "memorize" recipes and couldn't innovate. Apparently when the other cast members would go out to party and drink she'd stay back and spend time researching food stuff. SHUPS 4 DETH posted:Also cooking classes for said recipes. Otherwise if you take any Joey Fartpants off the street like Cutter (remember his ~artisan~ pizza?) and tell them to make you dim sum, odds are they won't even know what that is. A recipe won't tell them what they need to know either. Don't get me wrong, he still hosed it up; but without that level of instruction MC would be even more amateur hour. I would think they learn several cooking styles and techniques each week, not knowing which one they'll be challenged on, and have to do the best they can. The sushi challenge which has been in every season is a pretty good example. There is no way on earth they didn't have a full cooking class on how to prepare sushi, how to cut the fish, how to make the rice, how to make tempura, how to make a roll. Even Gordon Ramsay on his first attempt to make a sushi roll it took him like 10 minutes while the professional sushi chef did it in a minute. It's not something you can spring on someone with no training or preparation in the style and expect anything but a mess on the plate.
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Aug 27, 2014 21:02
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Bob Morales posted:Do they get to practice? They do a good job keeping the recipes off camera. I believe some former contestants have said that this is basically the case. They've mentioned how they have to wear the same clothes for days on end in order to make the editing easier. It makes sense, especially if they were getting cooking classes in between each round, which would give the producers that much more extra 'stock footage' to play around with. Add in the usual voiceover / cutaway shenanigans, it would give you a huge amount of material to help craft whatever narrative you wanted. g0lbez posted:The competitors in Masterchef are given recipes before most challenges, I'm sure that helps. They also only had to make a couple of dozen individual items in a setting they were familiar with (the MC set), versus cranking out 300+ in a kitchen they had never worked in before.
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Aug 27, 2014 21:16
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g0lbez posted:The competitors in Masterchef are given recipes before most challenges, I'm sure that helps. Now I wonder how the hell Christine Ha was able to get through MC and win the whole thing. Well, besides having the assistant next to her during those challenges.
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Aug 28, 2014 07:27
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g0lbez posted:The competitors in Masterchef are given recipes before most challenges, I'm sure that helps. I wish they wouldn't hide that. It's slipped past editing a few times (Willie a few episodes had a comment where he was looking for an ingredient and he didn't know what it was). Masterchef Australia doesn't make a secret of giving their cooks recipes and they use that to give the cooks absolutely absurd dishes (though mainly deserts) that have to be carefully constructed. You don't lose the drama and it brings the contestants down to earth in my view.
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Aug 28, 2014 14:51
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Ghostpilot posted:gently caress the renovation, I want to know Sandy's secrets to getting a dozen people to willingly work for him for free for months and years! This baffled me. Having a hanger-on who isn't getting paid could happen, but how could you accumulate a dozen people like this in the middle of nowhere? How did the chef guy support his family? Did Sandy buy the hula hoop instructor her hula hoop? It makes no sense, unless they were a cult or something.
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Aug 28, 2014 15:06
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Solice Kirsk posted:What's wrong with him? Should we root for him? I don't know if I should spoiler background information on an upcoming contestant, so I will just in case. Regarding upcoming Hell's Kitchen contestant: Steve Rosenthal I worked with Steve for a short time around 5 years ago. Interestingly, I worked with him at the same restaurant I worked with Russell (season 8). Russell and Steve worked together for a little while. I assume they have talked about what the competition / filming is like. Steve was recently the executive chef of a restaurant in Washington D.C. That restaurant recently closed, and the reviews were mixed. From what I remember, Steve had a fairly grating personality / harsh sense of humor. On the plus side for him, he actually can cook. He is, in particular, fond of atypical meat cuts and should be strong on meats. I am expecting that he will finish in the top 3/4. And, if he has sorted out his personality issues over the last couple years, he should have a good chance at actually winning. If, however, he is still fairly confrontational, I would expect him to have a very Russell like arc, resulting in a villain edit. I didn't work with him long enough to have any real personal info. But he should be one to watch once the herd gets thinned a bit. In non-spoiler related news, Russell recently got engaged. As bad of an edit as he got and as bad as he himself reacted to the stress/situation,(regardless of the edit, he did still blabber on about blackballing people like a douche), in my experience Russell is actually a pretty good guy. He could get fairly intense during service, but that's not all that exceptional in the industry.
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Watching MasterChef Professional AU right now. Anthony was a dick. Dude made a bad dish and he was so arrogant about it that it became hilarious. "I made that dish for Penelope Cruz and got rave reviews!"
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Aug 28, 2014 20:21
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Dancing Peasant posted:Now I wonder how the hell Christine Ha was able to get through MC and win the whole thing. Well, besides having the assistant next to her during those challenges. Christine won because she was blind and that makes for a good story. Probably why Courtney will win this year. Rags to riches; stripper to chef.
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Sep 1, 2014 06:46
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Cutter and Leslie are about to throw down and you guys are too busy with leaked celeb pics to post. Shameful.
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Sep 2, 2014 01:25
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Who needs nude celebs when you have Speedo Gordon every week?
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Sep 2, 2014 01:28
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I'm here.  I liked the blue team switching leadership like a game of hot potato.
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Sep 2, 2014 01:28
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Courtney looks so much better without her godawful makeup on.
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Sep 2, 2014 01:29
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Bye Christian you're up against 2 producer darlings you dont stand a chance.
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Sep 2, 2014 01:39
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This is the dumbest challenge
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Sep 2, 2014 01:50
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"Well, if you can't get one off, then how the hell am I?" And Courtney triumphantly hair-tosses in the background.
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Sep 2, 2014 01:52
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Where's Joe, anyway? Hope he never comes back.
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Sep 2, 2014 01:56
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She was on their poo poo list since shutting down in the previous challenge. Get ready to mumble your farewell speech for the camera.
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Sep 2, 2014 01:56
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DurosKlav posted:Bye Christian you're up against 2 producer darlings you dont stand a chance. Or not.
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Sep 2, 2014 01:58
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Well I'm shocked. I guess Jamiees was just so obviously bad they couldnt even pretend to let her through. I am impressed by them for once.Mad Dragon posted:Or not. I never thought the best one at baking would end up making GBS threads the bed so hard on a baking challenge. 
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Sep 2, 2014 01:58
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Just a reminder, this is a grown woman acting like a 2nd grade dweeb
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Sep 2, 2014 01:59
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Mmmm. Brains/heart/guts episode next week
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ElGroucho posted:Just a reminder, this is a grown woman acting like a 2nd grade dweeb I find it endearing! v v2 seasons now and I still can't get over this Hotel Hell theme.
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Sep 2, 2014 02:01
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Ghostpilot posted:I find it endearing! v I can't believe it's an actual song.
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Ghostpilot posted:I find it endearing! v Ghostpilot posted:2 seasons now and I still can't get over this Hotel Hell theme.
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Sep 2, 2014 02:03
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Sep 2, 2014 02:03
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Sep 2, 2014 02:04
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It would really make me happy if all this ghost poo poo turned out to be the fat brother rolling across beds she made, secretly taking a bite of her sandwich, and trying to kill her with arson
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Sep 2, 2014 02:05
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Too bad ghosts and spirits can't pay the rates. E: They hand-write the credit-card info? 
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Sep 2, 2014 02:07
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liltimshady posted:Too bad ghosts and spirits can't pay the rates.
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Sep 2, 2014 02:08
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Ha ha the ghost locked Gordon in.  Note to self: Never eat when this show is on.
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Sep 2, 2014 02:11
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Here we go, loving ghosts, we are going to play along with this bullshit gently caress you Ramsey
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Sep 2, 2014 02:13
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"I am very proud of my food." Food is, of course, crap. E: Limper that his granddad's cock.
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Sep 2, 2014 02:14
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Sep 2, 2014 02:23
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liltimshady posted:Note to self: Never eat when this show is on.
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Sep 2, 2014 02:24
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I was wondering when we'd see Ramsey's flat British rear end
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Mad Dragon posted:There's the Mandatory Naked Gordon. It's not the naked Gordon in the shower as much as the dead bugs, rotting food, and the black-light  .
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Sep 2, 2014 02:34
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Did they do a black light tonight? I haven't been paying attention.
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Mad Dragon posted:Did they do a black light tonight? I haven't been paying attention. They haven't. Just a lot of dust collecting thanks to the ghosts and spirits masquerading as customers.
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