Masterchef week beginning 26 Apr 2020

[Mistyavalon]

Reynald never looks phased by anything
He is only nervous about the other 6 people relying on him
Rose looks a little worried
Only a few mins left
T e s s a will win today t e s s a lol
Harry making his cheesy fish ball
2mins left
tessa plating
60 seconds left


All the dishes look wonderful.
Tessa first
Calamari and scallops with pickled cauliflower
Tasting

Melissa says she delivered texture, flavour and bright
A celebration of seafood
Andy says a cracking bowl of food

Chilli and broth is wonderful
Simple pleasing bowl.of food
Jock says silky texture from scallop. Elegance to the squid.
Sea shanty in his mouth
I love that he is telling the audience about the dish.

More hugs

[Mistyavalon]

Hugs for everyone
Harry next
King fish herb and cream cheese mousse and chips to chip and dip
Jock doesn't find this cheese and fish beautiful together... some fich and cheese dishes work some dont.
Andy says the fish doesn't have enough fat to hold the flavours

Melissa says wonderful presentation and super fun
Finally Reynald
Can he beat Tessa

Bbq scampi with texture of cauliflower
Jock says looks fantastic

Melissa says almost too beautiful to break down
Reynald has such a poker face
Melissa says Wow
Time and time again he manages to make it look gorgeous with flavour
She loved it

[Mistyavalon]

Andy says technically mear perfect but thought the scampi was overpowered
Jock says technically he agrees
He says the cauliflower was more the star
I think Tessa has it then.
Team Grey with Tessa will be safe by sounds of it
Dish that stood out to the judges was Tessa
So Tessa, Tracy, Dani, Callum, Brendan, Ben and Jess are safe

Round 2 now
1 person to cook for them
Theme is quick cooking
Cook anything in 30mins
Cant be the same person cooking as round 1
Win and your team is safe
Lose and whole team goes into round 3

[Mistyavalon]

Round 2 cooks


Team Cyan is Poh...she volunteered
Team Pink is Simon
30mins to save your team
And Go!

Poh making a dessert by looks of it
Oh no she is making pasta
Filled pasta no now it is potato dumplings... huh say what???

Simon making burnt cucumbers. Butter poached shallots. A cream and a caramel
Cucumbers on the hibachi grill tessa encourages

Poh is making a potato dumpling. She wants 5 dumplings which she says she can do in 20mins
She is confident that she can do it
behind the scenes melissa is waving at Laura and Khanh back off. back off but laughing as they got so close to Poh. Laura keeps saying I didnt touch anything

[Mistyavalon]

Simmon is having fun
15 mins left

Still waiting on potatoes
Plug the machine in...it works better

Smoked creme fresh for Simon
Simon confident he will be done in time

8mins to go

Potatoes still not cooked
Cutting them smaller with 6 mins to go
Don't known why she didn't make them small to begin with
She puts the potatoes in the water rather than steaming them with 5 mins left
And smashing what she can through the sieve
Not enough for 5 dumplings
Only enough for 1 dumpling
Make that 2 small ones
They are in to cook with 1 minute to go
Jess looks mortified... don't blame her!

[Mistyavalon]

She puts the potatoes in the water rather than steaming thwm with 5 mins left


And smashing what she can through the sieve
Not enough for 5 dumplings
Only enough for 1 dumpling
Make that 2 small ones
They are in to cook with 1 minute to go
Jess still looks mortified
Simon plating
He wants it to look amazing

Poh has dumplings out
2 dumplings look very sorry for themselves
10 seconds
Why did Poh leave it so long to check?

[Mistyavalon]

Simon first
Charred cucumber with lemon caramel
Melissa says it sings..perfectly balanced
So much flavour

Andy says well rounded well balanced textrual dish
Jock says 1 sexy vegetarian dish
Simon is very happy with that

Poh now
Potato dumplings with burnt butter
Jock said it is pretty but why only two... she ran out of time

2 dumplings....3 judges..... Melissa gets the extra piece
Pasta silky perfection. Potatoes light and fluffy

Filling perfectly seasoned
No buts from Jock
Andy says game on Mel is going for poh and andy for Simon
Sorry but Simon did so much more and showed great creativity
Simon deserves to win
Melissa says she is feelings Pohs dish more

Andy says Simon
Up to Jock to decide
Come on Jock it HAS to be Simon
Winning dish is Simon

[Mistyavalon]

Team Pink is safe
Simon, Reynald, Rose, Reece, Emelia, Sarah with red hair, Chris are safe

Harry, Hayden, Sarah, Poh, Amina, Khanh and Laura have to cook round 3...against each other.. best one is safe, the rest go to the pressure test tomorrow

Round 3 theme is berries
60mins to bring best dish featuring berries
Harry looking for trout
Khanh doing fish too...sweet and sour Indian fish
Harry sharing gooseberries with the crowd
Amina making marinated quail with blackberry balsamic glaze and a warm salad with mullberries and a warm salad

Khanh loves the crowd, and they love him..they help him find the bowls
At least the audience is getting to see another cook so 12 in total.

Sarah doing venison with a pile of berries

Hayden fish confitted and I heard tomatoes must be berries somewhere
45mins to go

[Mistyavalon]

Hayden making burnt tomato and some berry sauce with trout

Poh doing marshmallow pavlova
Poh says wont come out for 30 seconds to go


Harry morten bay bug curry with gooseberries
Laura is doing crosslies, sweet fried pasta with strawberries

30mins to go

Crowd loves Amina say the judges to her. she is good she says
Charring her meat and glazing it with her blackberry sauce
She is confident in her flavours. Like a big warm hug

20mins now

Khanh says it is next level lol not sure what but he is smiling and enjoying it
So many flavours
All different cuisines too
Only 1 safe spot rest will cook tomorrow

Jock with Khanh. He is working on his soup. His fish is prepped food cooking...concentrating on the balance...Jock tastes it and asks if he wants it that sour. Khanh looks stunned
He always stays positive though and finds a solution - Adding blackberries to balance it out
He is happy with it now

Poh waiting on things to cool, as per usual
No blast chiller today.


Laura rolling her dough she is very happy with it

Sarah is happy, berry sauce is POW
Cooking her venison now
But pan is sooooo hot
5mins to go


Someone singing about salt and seasoning
Khanh torching his fish but almost set the paper on fire
2mins to go

And time is up
Tasting time

Amina first

She has BBQ Quail balsamic and berry glaze
Jock says it looks so inviting

Tasting

Melissa giving Amina a hug safe to say she loves it
She wants Amina to be part of her family
I dont think she has enough words to describe it
She could eat it every day

Not a bad word about it from anyone

[Mistyavalon]

Next is Sarah
Venison with blueberry and blackberry sauce

Venison should be medium rare..alas a bit over
More medium well
You could tell how it was cutting.
Pan was way too hot
Jock says if only you nailed the venison
Leeks are gorgeous. Sauce fantastic and macadamia cream brings it together
A shame about the meat as a great dish


Poh next
Marshmallow pavlova marscapone and vanilla yoghurt
Very colourful
Andy says Pohs Pav
Jock says what a plate of berries
Gooey, cherry and full of flavour Jock loves it