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Masterchef S7 |OT| Come to Gordon's BBBQ. The extra B is for Bring Your Own Judge.
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Storm Chamber
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No more Graham? No more taking a bite and looking up quizzically?
Ramsay pls
Ramsay pls
The Right Deal
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Graham's absence is definitely noticeable, but I'll have to see a regular episode before judging just how big of a hole he left. Hopefully Christina can pick a personality and stick with it, she doesn't really work as a hard ass so maybe she can step up to Graham's friendlier judge spot.
chris121580
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I found myself missing Graham also. I thought they'd get a third judge. Not as fun with just Gordon and Christina. Do love that David Williams will be on the show. He's been one of my fav poker players for years.
Pull_Shapes
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I watched this for the first time last night, but had to turn it off because of the insane amount of quick cuts the camera does. Actually made me feel sick, they don't focus on a single shot for more than half a second
tearsintherain
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I binged through all 4 aired episodes last night, boring as hell. You can turn every episode into 15 minutes if you fast forward through the junk.
Last weeks episode involved a wedding, and the show had the bride toss out a bouquet to signify who won the challenge. I thought that was hilarious, basically the entire audience just started clapping for the winners and all I could think was "man... I bet that bride is super happy MC is stealing all the thunder!"
Christina didn't even bake a cake for the wedding, how far they have fallen
2 judge format is brutally bad, they need to bring back Joe. I still prefer this show to Hell's Kitchen which I stopped watching 3-4 seasons ago, but I guess thats like saying I prefer a dog turd to a cat turd. I'll just wait until the last 2-3 episodes air and watch those, no point in watching the middle boring stuff.
I binged through all 4 aired episodes last night, boring as hell. You can turn every episode into 15 minutes if you fast forward through the junk.
Last weeks episode involved a wedding, and the show had the bride toss out a bouquet to signify who won the challenge. I thought that was hilarious, basically the entire audience just started clapping for the winners and all I could think was "man... I bet that bride is super happy MC is stealing all the thunder!"
Christina didn't even bake a cake for the wedding, how far they have fallen
2 judge format is brutally bad, they need to bring back Joe. I still prefer this show to Hell's Kitchen which I stopped watching 3-4 seasons ago, but I guess thats like saying I prefer a dog turd to a cat turd. I'll just wait until the last 2-3 episodes air and watch those, no point in watching the middle boring stuff.
Well they did televise and professionally film their wedding in addition to probably paying them lol.
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Already PM'd a couple mods who were online before I saw your post. Thanks though Dereck!
tearsintherain
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Ramsay had an AMA on reddit today
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4qfwoo/hi_guys_its_gordon_ramsay_back_for_another_ama/
His answer to someone asking about casu marzu is ... very Ramsay
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4qfwoo/hi_guys_its_gordon_ramsay_back_for_another_ama/
His answer to someone asking about casu marzu is ... very Ramsay
Zoe
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And the guy did make it to the final four last year.
The Right Deal
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Haven't been enjoying this season at all, its fine to have on in the background but the contestants are all pretty bland, I like the gentle giant but that's about it.
tearsintherain
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US version, I believe UK is up to like season (series) 11 so far. The US version is not very good, while they have eased back on the product placements its too obvious the show is sorta "fixed" to get the most marketable chef as the winner every season and the challenges are very uneven in quality. There is also way, way too much of this kind of crap on the show - (Key and Peele sketch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPpzJAzdpTU
This week also highlighted another huge problem: the other judges are completely superfluous to the show. First challenge: Gordon shows them how to butcher a lobster. Second challenge: replicate Gordon's dish. So... whats the point of the other two judges, again?
tearsintherain
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Huh, saw an ad for Cooks vs Cons on the food network, and it stars Geoffrey Zakarian as the host (Chopped, The Kitchen) and an even SKINNIER Graham Elliot as a judge. Seriously, he looks nothing like he used to. Not sure if the other judges are fixed or rotating, but Graham seems to be on every show.
Anyways, didn't watch (too much already!) but just for anyone wondering where he went
Anyways, didn't watch (too much already!) but just for anyone wondering where he went
Last years absolutely rigged finale did it for us. The two judges being gone probably would have done it anyways.
Lys Skygge
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I've actually been enjoying this season quite a bit more than previous seasons. I do miss Graham and Joe, but Christina and the guest judges have been decent.
backflip10019
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Nathan just keeps on failing forward. Kid is a mess.
Nathan really got put through the wringer. People were frequently rude and awful to him. I understand he had his social issues but there was some bullying going on there and it reminded me of the bullying Marcel got in Top Chef.
Alejandro got robbed. I was sad to see Dan go, too. Oh, Terry got robbed too.
Alejandro got robbed. I was sad to see Dan go, too. Oh, Terry got robbed too.
Zoe
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? Dan's still there.
backflip10019
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Yeah Alejandro and Terry were both shoe-in's for the last couple of rounds in my mind. Crazy they got cut so early.
He is? Whoops, sorry, must've misremembered the last ep. I forgot Katie got kicked off instead. Phew.
Agreed! They both seemed much more MC-worthy than their competitors... based on what I've seen this season, just as a viewer, it appears the food is the weakest overall since the contestants of Season 2.
Zoe
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It's okay, she thought it was Dan too :lol :lol :lol
I agree the team challenges are usually a snooze fest. Though I enjoyed the one last episode. It's always fun when Gordon is putting the pressure on.
Anyways, I think Brandi is pretty much a shoe-in for the crown. Girl seems to just be nailing everything they throw at her.
I did watch the last one, just because the kitchen challenge is basically HC-lite, but the weddings, armed forces, farmers, schools, ect just suck.
Gamer @ Heart
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How was it rigged?
Claudia only cooked Mexican dishes the entire show, including the finale. Derrick cooked out of the box amazing dishes all the time. The finale dishes looked in his favor by a large amount and the judges comments even alluded to his dishes being better, then they picked Claudia. Type Masterchef Derrick into google, first suggestion is robbed lol.
NYR
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How that stupid Nathan kid last s so long is beyond me. Terry gone before him shows the Show goes for shock moments too much.
This. Well said.
Really? lol. You must not be able to watch a single action movie made in the last decade then
Huh I went looking for a thread like this after last week's preview, now here it is.
What do we figure is up with David and "this protein"?
Anybody paid attention to whether he's avoided pork during all of the other challenges? Not sure how he'd get to top 5 doing that. It's the only thing I can come up with about the preview.
What do we figure is up with David and "this protein"?
Anybody paid attention to whether he's avoided pork during all of the other challenges? Not sure how he'd get to top 5 doing that. It's the only thing I can come up with about the preview.
Nathan got saved once by someone who wanted to preserve weaker competition, and IIRC coasted by on being on winning teams or middle of the pack on individual cooking. That said, I'm still flabbergasted they cut Terry after one poor dish. I thought he was top 4-5 material for sure.
This is the first season of Masterchef I've seen as it's gone by, rather than bingewatching an older season. This whole having to wait for the next one to air has been maddening. :lol
(It's also the first show my daughter has ever had to watch as it's aired. We got caught up and I actually had to explain why we had to wait a week. Kids these days.)
Frozenprince
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I hope next season they cut out the "guest judges" thing. It really broke the flow of the show where people start to understand the three judges tastes and dislikes and adjust themselves accordingly.
I also wish they'd bring back the auditions part, shit was hysterical when Joe was still there.
I also wish they'd bring back the auditions part, shit was hysterical when Joe was still there.
It is unfortunate that there isn't really a mechanism for the judges to take overall performance into account for elimination.
You can do flawless the entire competition and get fucked by one mistake, where someone else who just happened to get lucky coasts by with average output the entire time.
You can do flawless the entire competition and get fucked by one mistake, where someone else who just happened to get lucky coasts by with average output the entire time.
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