MasterChef (2 Viewers)

[Billy Bats]

Balls.

 

[Wingnut]

Who went home? Someone put it in a spoiler tag please. TIA.

 

[phrozen]

Who went home? Someone put it in a spoiler tag please. TIA.

Spoiler

Frank

 

[Wingnut]

Who went home? Someone put it in a spoiler tag please. TIA.

Spoiler

Frank

 

[NCCommish]

First they show the rerun where they let Mr. I'll never let you down again for the 7th time stay and get rid of my personal favorite. Now this. 2 out of 3 left are unlikable IMO. Leaves me just one to root for. Good thing we are at the end or I might walk on this.

 

[Premier]

First they show the rerun where they let Mr. I'll never let you down again for the 7th time stay and get rid of my personal favorite. Now this. 2 out of 3 left are unlikable IMO. Leaves me just one to root for. Good thing we are at the end or I might walk on this.

I don't really think any of them are unlikeable. Becky is c#nty sure, but she's a woman and probably can't help it. She just seems more competitive than anything to me. I've liked Josh since the beginning. He's inconsistent but when he's on he's top-notch. I think Christine wins.

 

[Wingnut]

I think they already know who their winner is going to be, and it seems Frank or Josh wasn't it so it really doesnt matter which order they send them home in. Thats why they gave the shocker moment they did.

 

[encaitar]

Spoiler

If they truly are basing their decisions only on the pressure test, then Frank had to go home. Josh's souffles looked restaurant quality, while Frank's only looked "ok". It was the right decision if they're basing it solely on that particular cook off.

 

[NCCommish]

First they show the rerun where they let Mr. I'll never let you down again for the 7th time stay and get rid of my personal favorite. Now this. 2 out of 3 left are unlikable IMO. Leaves me just one to root for. Good thing we are at the end or I might walk on this.

I don't really think any of them are unlikeable. Becky is c#nty sure, but she's a woman and probably can't help it. She just seems more competitive than anything to me. I've liked Josh since the beginning. He's inconsistent but when he's on he's top-notch. I think Christine wins.

Becky is just absolutely full of herself. Josh keeps scrapping by and thinks he is the best thing since sliced bread. Christine is the only likable one left IMO.

 

[Tybeeman]

First they show the rerun where they let Mr. I'll never let you down again for the 7th time stay and get rid of my personal favorite. Now this. 2 out of 3 left are unlikable IMO. Leaves me just one to root for. Good thing we are at the end or I might walk on this.

I don't really think any of them are unlikeable. Becky is c#nty sure, but she's a woman and probably can't help it. She just seems more competitive than anything to me. I've liked Josh since the beginning. He's inconsistent but when he's on he's top-notch. I think Christine wins.

Becky is just absolutely full of herself. Josh keeps scrapping by and thinks he is the best thing since sliced bread. Christine is the only likable one left IMO.

I agree with this sentiment

 

[pacman_fl]

First they show the rerun where they let Mr. I'll never let you down again for the 7th time stay and get rid of my personal favorite. Now this. 2 out of 3 left are unlikable IMO. Leaves me just one to root for. Good thing we are at the end or I might walk on this.

I don't really think any of them are unlikeable. Becky is c#nty sure, but she's a woman and probably can't help it. She just seems more competitive than anything to me. I've liked Josh since the beginning. He's inconsistent but when he's on he's top-notch. I think Christine wins.

Becky is just absolutely full of herself. Josh keeps scrapping by and thinks he is the best thing since sliced bread. Christine is the only likable one left IMO.

I agree with this sentiment

Need a little help from the episode this week. I think the 3 guest chefs likely have restaurants in the states that they can check on but how much do you think they got paid to appear? I don't see any upside for them to make a guest appearance. Also, the casual viewer (me) doesn't know who they are so what is to gain (I know the thought is it brings "legitimacy" but it didn't impress me the way it played out). Why not have celebrity chefs (like the Paula Dean episode)? GOGOGO Christine

 

[NCCommish]

First they show the rerun where they let Mr. I'll never let you down again for the 7th time stay and get rid of my personal favorite. Now this. 2 out of 3 left are unlikable IMO. Leaves me just one to root for. Good thing we are at the end or I might walk on this.

I don't really think any of them are unlikeable. Becky is c#nty sure, but she's a woman and probably can't help it. She just seems more competitive than anything to me. I've liked Josh since the beginning. He's inconsistent but when he's on he's top-notch. I think Christine wins.

Becky is just absolutely full of herself. Josh keeps scrapping by and thinks he is the best thing since sliced bread. Christine is the only likable one left IMO.

I agree with this sentiment

Need a little help from the episode this week. I think the 3 guest chefs likely have restaurants in the states that they can check on but how much do you think they got paid to appear? I don't see any upside for them to make a guest appearance. Also, the casual viewer (me) doesn't know who they are so what is to gain (I know the thought is it brings "legitimacy" but it didn't impress me the way it played out). Why not have celebrity chefs (like the Paula Dean episode)? GOGOGO Christine

Well a guy with 21 Michelin stars is head and shoulders above Deen in the culinary world but I get your point. My guess is they figure the foodies who watch will know and be impressed. It doesn't play so well for the more casual viewer though. And I am sure the show compensated them well. Plus Ramsey really is all that internationally and I am sure he can talk folks into dropping into LA for an all expense paid trip.

 

[pacman_fl]

Well a guy with 21 Michelin stars is head and shoulders above Deen in the culinary world but I get your point. My guess is they figure the foodies who watch will know and be impressed. It doesn't play so well for the more casual viewer though. And I am sure the show compensated them well. Plus Ramsey really is all that internationally and I am sure he can talk folks into dropping into LA for an all expense paid trip.

I understand that and understood while watching (though I don't understand Michelin stars and have never cared enough to look it up). I think, to a point, everyone who watches is a foodie at some level. Although I don't know if the execution was or wasn't there, I WOULD have loved to have a chance to sample all 3 courses from both teams last night. (Segway to Ramsey) - I can't watch Hell's Kitchen as he ruins the show - amazing how likable he ALMOST is on MC (although Joe takes his place for some reason).

 

[Sarnoff]

how much do you think they got paid to appear?

Totally wild-### guess is $5K each and travel included. I'd put the range anywhere from $2K to $12K, but $5K seems about right. It'd be on the lower side if there was already some event, opening, or conference in Vegas they were attending anyway. It's possible there could also have been an event in Los Angeles or Texas or somewhere in between all 3 were attending, too.

 

[NCCommish]

Well a guy with 21 Michelin stars is head and shoulders above Deen in the culinary world but I get your point. My guess is they figure the foodies who watch will know and be impressed. It doesn't play so well for the more casual viewer though. And I am sure the show compensated them well. Plus Ramsey really is all that internationally and I am sure he can talk folks into dropping into LA for an all expense paid trip.

I understand that and understood while watching (though I don't understand Michelin stars and have never cared enough to look it up). I think, to a point, everyone who watches is a foodie at some level. Although I don't know if the execution was or wasn't there, I WOULD have loved to have a chance to sample all 3 courses from both teams last night. (Segway to Ramsey) - I can't watch Hell's Kitchen as he ruins the show - amazing how likable he ALMOST is on MC (although Joe takes his place for some reason).

On the British Kitchen Nightmares he is much more likable. That show is far less drama more focus on the business. And even though he will call people out on the show in general he is there to mentor and comes off that way.Yeah I would love to taste some of these dishes. It's amazing to me how accomplished these folks are for amateurs.

 

[Beerguzzler]

First they show the rerun where they let Mr. I'll never let you down again for the 7th time stay and get rid of my personal favorite. Now this. 2 out of 3 left are unlikable IMO. Leaves me just one to root for. Good thing we are at the end or I might walk on this.

I don't really think any of them are unlikeable. Becky is c#nty sure, but she's a woman and probably can't help it. She just seems more competitive than anything to me. I've liked Josh since the beginning. He's inconsistent but when he's on he's top-notch. I think Christine wins.

Becky is just absolutely full of herself. Josh keeps scrapping by and thinks he is the best thing since sliced bread. Christine is the only likable one left IMO.

I agree with this sentiment

Need a little help from the episode this week. I think the 3 guest chefs likely have restaurants in the states that they can check on but how much do you think they got paid to appear? I don't see any upside for them to make a guest appearance. Also, the casual viewer (me) doesn't know who they are so what is to gain (I know the thought is it brings "legitimacy" but it didn't impress me the way it played out). Why not have celebrity chefs (like the Paula Dean episode)? GOGOGO Christine

That's exactly the upside for them. They get exposure.

 

[pacman_fl]

First they show the rerun where they let Mr. I'll never let you down again for the 7th time stay and get rid of my personal favorite. Now this. 2 out of 3 left are unlikable IMO. Leaves me just one to root for. Good thing we are at the end or I might walk on this.

I don't really think any of them are unlikeable. Becky is c#nty sure, but she's a woman and probably can't help it. She just seems more competitive than anything to me. I've liked Josh since the beginning. He's inconsistent but when he's on he's top-notch. I think Christine wins.

Becky is just absolutely full of herself. Josh keeps scrapping by and thinks he is the best thing since sliced bread. Christine is the only likable one left IMO.

I agree with this sentiment

Need a little help from the episode this week. I think the 3 guest chefs likely have restaurants in the states that they can check on but how much do you think they got paid to appear? I don't see any upside for them to make a guest appearance. Also, the casual viewer (me) doesn't know who they are so what is to gain (I know the thought is it brings "legitimacy" but it didn't impress me the way it played out). Why not have celebrity chefs (like the Paula Dean episode)? GOGOGO Christine

That's exactly the upside for them. They get exposure.

I assume their restaurants are doing well. The average diner at their places is probably different than your local place. The wife and I have made a few high end places and it was never about "finding them" but more affording them (actually justifying the cost of). But, maybe I am missing something.

 

[Billy Bats]

Well mildly surprised that Josh ousted Becky but it looked like he killed both dishes to get into the finals. Glad Christine beat out Becky and her "heir to the throne" attitude. It came down to over creamed something and soggy potatoes, either one could've advanced but glad the right one did.

Will be an interesting final. Josh has really stepped up his game and can easily win this. If Christine goes with something simple like fried chicken in the finale, she won't win. I'm guessing Chrsitina pulls it out.

 

[Sarnoff]

Glad Christine beat out Becky and her "heir to the throne" attitude. It came down to over creamed something and soggy potatoes, either one could've advanced but glad the right one did.

Becky blew it hard. Christine's elimination dish had an awesome protein component, with a side with a small mistake. Becky's protein wasn't bad, but it wasn't particularly inventive or impressive. It was just "fine". As in, no one would have sent it back at least. But her sides were a real problem, too... if you're just going to do 'a salad' and 'some potatoes' to back up a so-so protein, you have to knock them out of the park. It seemed to me Christine put up an A- and Becky had a C/C+ protein with D sides.

Josh looked like he nailed it with both of his dishes, it just came down to minor points vs. him and Christine in the first round. He's turning it on late.

 

[Premier]

Great final two. My two favorites throughout the episodes.

 

[VA703]

im surprised she even went with fried chicken.. i find it hard to believe shes 100% blind she has to be faking it a little

becky did a piss poor job the last challenge. not sure what she was even thinking with that fish

josh just surprises me. i hope he wins it

 

[NCCommish]

I have been hating on Josh but he has really stepped it up at the right time. I still don't like him but he belongs in the final. Becky has been on a downhill slide for a couple of episodes. She never really got her mojo back. Christine is who I am rooting for here. This should be a very good final.

 

[Worm]

Josh seems like a doosh... snickering and making comments under his breath all the time is annoying. He has killed it the last couple challenges though.

 

[Bonzai]

Great final two. My two favorites throughout the episodes.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Josh seems like a doosh... snickering and making comments under his breath all the time is annoying.

I wonder if he really is that bad. We know reality shows try to typecast people and get them to say things they normally wouldn't say.

 

[NCCommish]

Josh seems like a doosh... snickering and making comments under his breath all the time is annoying.

I wonder if he really is that bad. We know reality shows try to typecast people and get them to say things they normally wouldn't say.

Yeah I am sure there is some selective editing but it does seem to be part of his personality.

 

[Premier]

pretty incredible.

 

[offdee]

pretty incredible.

i'm assuming this means a blind chick victory?

 

[GTBilly]

Ya.

 

[Tau837]

Awesome outcome

 

[Beerguzzler]

Christine's food must cause a mouth orgasm because it looks like #### on a plate. That second course with the pork belly over rice had to be the worst looking plate ever. It's great that she won, but will she ever really work in a restaurant kitchen? Just by watching all the #### that goes on in Hells Kitchen it seems a pretty big leap to think it would even be safe for her to work in a big kitchen. Let alone have to rush out multiple entree's and working multiple pans.

 

[Premier]

Most of her plating looks amazing. Entree last night didn't.

The point of Masterchef isn't to find somebody to work in a kitchen.

 

[phatdawg]

Christine's food must cause a mouth orgasm because it looks like #### on a plate. That second course with the pork belly over rice had to be the worst looking plate ever. It's great that she won, but will she ever really work in a restaurant kitchen? Just by watching all the #### that goes on in Hells Kitchen it seems a pretty big leap to think it would even be safe for her to work in a big kitchen. Let alone have to rush out multiple entree's and working multiple pans.

She doesn't really need to work in a restaurant kitchen. She's going to do a cookbook and pocket $250,000. That's a pretty good start to whatever she wants to do. She could probably do some speaking gigs and write a non-cookbook book, as well.

 

[NCCommish]

I was happy with the outcome. You pretty much knew who would win when Josh undercooked the lobster. Still his plates looked great and he definitely proved he belonged in the final.

 

[ericttspikes]

Christine's food must cause a mouth orgasm because it looks like #### on a plate. That second course with the pork belly over rice had to be the worst looking plate ever. It's great that she won, but will she ever really work in a restaurant kitchen? Just by watching all the #### that goes on in Hells Kitchen it seems a pretty big leap to think it would even be safe for her to work in a big kitchen. Let alone have to rush out multiple entree's and working multiple pans.

My wife and I watched this season and I think it was in the bag for her from the beginning. If anyone else made fried chicken in the semi finals, they would of been out of there. Seemed like plating and complexity was a big issue until the final two episodes. Good for her though.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

I was happy with the outcome. You pretty much knew who would win when Josh undercooked the lobster. Still his plates looked great and he definitely proved he belonged in the final.

I knew it was in the bag for her at the very beginning, when in the episode previews, they showed Gordon right after he announced the winner. The smile on his face coupled with where he was looking (not straight up, like he would have been doing if he had been looking at Josh), made it clear that Christine was going to win.

 

[NCCommish]

I was happy with the outcome. You pretty much knew who would win when Josh undercooked the lobster. Still his plates looked great and he definitely proved he belonged in the final.

I knew it was in the bag for her at the very beginning, when in the episode previews, they showed Gordon right after he announced the winner. The smile on his face coupled with where he was looking (not straight up, like he would have been doing if he had been looking at Josh), made it clear that Christine was going to win.

Yeah they seemed to give it away a bit there.

 

[Wingnut]

Felix is still hot.

 

[Premier]

I was happy with the outcome. You pretty much knew who would win when Josh undercooked the lobster. Still his plates looked great and he definitely proved he belonged in the final.

I agree. No way Ramsey was giving the title to a guy who served raw lobster. They could've stopped it right there.

 

[Tecumseh]

Felix is still hot.

 

[NCCommish]

Well ratings were up for the show 11% in the 18-49 demo. In fact all of Ramsey's shows killed in that demo even Hotel Hell. We will be seeing a lot more of all three as it seems all are renewed. Ramsey is getting paid.

 

[zoonation]

IF Christine wasn't blind that food wouldn't have won.

Looked like food you would order at 2:00 a.m. at your local awesome asian bistro after a night out at the bar. Not Master Chef quality, visually speaking. If Josh cooked the lobster properly who knows, but I think the result was already decided.

 

[Sarnoff]

Well ratings were up for the show 11% in the 18-49 demo. In fact all of Ramsey's shows killed in that demo even Hotel Hell. We will be seeing a lot more of all three as it seems all are renewed. Ramsey is getting paid.

Fox Maxed Out on Gordon Ramsay, Passes on New Shows

Shouty chef Gordon Ramsay has four shows on Fox — Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, MasterChef, and the newish (and renewed) series Hotel Hell — but the network has decided that it has reached a maximum Gordon Ramsay saturation point and will not be doing an American version of the UK series Gordon Behind Bars. Kevin Reilly, the entertainment president of Fox, told the New York Post that "he decided to pass on the prison show and will pick up extra episodes of Ramsay's Hotel Hell instead." Reilly added, "We have a lot of Gordon on the air right now."

While Ramsay is contractually free to do another show with a different network, he has tons of other shows in the pipeline. He's set to produce a Tyler Florence-hosted show set in a food court in Alabama. Outside of the four series for Fox in the US, Ramsay recently signed a one-year deal with Channel Four in the UK to do three new shows including something called Hotel Brittania. Surely BBC America will pick those up. So basically, plenty of more opportunities to get naked.

 

[NCCommish]

Well ratings were up for the show 11% in the 18-49 demo. In fact all of Ramsey's shows killed in that demo even Hotel Hell. We will be seeing a lot more of all three as it seems all are renewed. Ramsey is getting paid.

Fox Maxed Out on Gordon Ramsay, Passes on New Shows

Shouty chef Gordon Ramsay has four shows on Fox — Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, MasterChef, and the newish (and renewed) series Hotel Hell — but the network has decided that it has reached a maximum Gordon Ramsay saturation point and will not be doing an American version of the UK series Gordon Behind Bars. Kevin Reilly, the entertainment president of Fox, told the New York Post that "he decided to pass on the prison show and will pick up extra episodes of Ramsay's Hotel Hell instead." Reilly added, "We have a lot of Gordon on the air right now."

While Ramsay is contractually free to do another show with a different network, he has tons of other shows in the pipeline. He's set to produce a Tyler Florence-hosted show set in a food court in Alabama. Outside of the four series for Fox in the US, Ramsay recently signed a one-year deal with Channel Four in the UK to do three new shows including something called Hotel Brittania. Surely BBC America will pick those up. So basically, plenty of more opportunities to get naked.

Hard to blame them. I would love to the see the American version of Kitchen Nightmares be more like the Brit version but it seems he has a formula that works in America and they are going to stick to it.

 

[brewer]

Felix is still hot.

Felix definitely her own spin off.

 

[Maelstrom]

Well ratings were up for the show 11% in the 18-49 demo. In fact all of Ramsey's shows killed in that demo even Hotel Hell. We will be seeing a lot more of all three as it seems all are renewed. Ramsey is getting paid.

Fox Maxed Out on Gordon Ramsay, Passes on New Shows

Shouty chef Gordon Ramsay has four shows on Fox — Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, MasterChef, and the newish (and renewed) series Hotel Hell — but the network has decided that it has reached a maximum Gordon Ramsay saturation point and will not be doing an American version of the UK series Gordon Behind Bars. Kevin Reilly, the entertainment president of Fox, told the New York Post that "he decided to pass on the prison show and will pick up extra episodes of Ramsay's Hotel Hell instead." Reilly added, "We have a lot of Gordon on the air right now."

While Ramsay is contractually free to do another show with a different network, he has tons of other shows in the pipeline. He's set to produce a Tyler Florence-hosted show set in a food court in Alabama. Outside of the four series for Fox in the US, Ramsay recently signed a one-year deal with Channel Four in the UK to do three new shows including something called Hotel Brittania. Surely BBC America will pick those up. So basically, plenty of more opportunities to get naked.

Hard to blame them. I would love to the see the American version of Kitchen Nightmares be more like the Brit version but it seems he has a formula that works in America and they are going to stick to it.

It seems like the foreign shows show a more "civilized" Ramsey. I think he has been toned down a bit in everything except Hell's Kitchen lately. I love watching when he is instructing someone, or helping them learn, or even critiquing in a positive manner. I tone out when he starts yelling. Seems completely contrived for TV, and one of the things that is off-putting about Hell's Kitchen for me.

 

[Maelstrom]

Question about Masterchef - are the contestants given recipes, or is everything they cook from memory/skill? Have they ever said one way or the other, or does someone know? I was kind of imagining that some of the contests where hard enough that they were allowed recipes whereas others where pure skill competitions, but really curious about this.

 

[Sarnoff]

Question about Masterchef - are the contestants given recipes, or is everything they cook from memory/skill? Have they ever said one way or the other, or does someone know? I was kind of imagining that some of the contests where hard enough that they were allowed recipes whereas others where pure skill competitions, but really curious about this.

I think I read somewhere that they're given some basic details between being given a challenge, and the clock starting. On any reality show, they'll stop the cameras while full rules & instructions are given to the contestants by the producers, so there's no confusion about what's allowed. I think on MC this includes some very rudimentary background on the dish.

 

[NCCommish]

Well ratings were up for the show 11% in the 18-49 demo. In fact all of Ramsey's shows killed in that demo even Hotel Hell. We will be seeing a lot more of all three as it seems all are renewed. Ramsey is getting paid.

Fox Maxed Out on Gordon Ramsay, Passes on New Shows

Shouty chef Gordon Ramsay has four shows on Fox — Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares, MasterChef, and the newish (and renewed) series Hotel Hell — but the network has decided that it has reached a maximum Gordon Ramsay saturation point and will not be doing an American version of the UK series Gordon Behind Bars. Kevin Reilly, the entertainment president of Fox, told the New York Post that "he decided to pass on the prison show and will pick up extra episodes of Ramsay's Hotel Hell instead." Reilly added, "We have a lot of Gordon on the air right now."

While Ramsay is contractually free to do another show with a different network, he has tons of other shows in the pipeline. He's set to produce a Tyler Florence-hosted show set in a food court in Alabama. Outside of the four series for Fox in the US, Ramsay recently signed a one-year deal with Channel Four in the UK to do three new shows including something called Hotel Brittania. Surely BBC America will pick those up. So basically, plenty of more opportunities to get naked.

Hard to blame them. I would love to the see the American version of Kitchen Nightmares be more like the Brit version but it seems he has a formula that works in America and they are going to stick to it.

It seems like the foreign shows show a more "civilized" Ramsey. I think he has been toned down a bit in everything except Hell's Kitchen lately. I love watching when he is instructing someone, or helping them learn, or even critiquing in a positive manner. I tone out when he starts yelling. Seems completely contrived for TV, and one of the things that is off-putting about Hell's Kitchen for me.

Yeah he can be very supportive on the European versions.

 

[VA703]

flex made the episode last night

christines plates looked like crap

josh should have own they gave her the pity vote