Masterchef week beginning 26 Apr 2020

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WED

mystery box no one goes home
chance to win immunity pin
normally you have t o use one ingredient from t he box today use them all
lobster cabbage miso oh wait all the boxes are different

leek potato tofu
prawn coriander
fennel parsnip parsley and chocolate Jess
chicken carrots prawns and soy
lol cant keep up with it all

aha but they can swap , as long as they end up with four
cherries juniper spec and salmon Poh is not swapping

as we go through I will try and go through all of them...

all dishes tasted
under bench in play

Ben doing ice cream, there is a surprise - he must have swapped almost every single thing.
A Sesame oil ice cream
Amelia is doing a leak and cheese pie

Dani doesnt have a clear dish in mind, doing pork a few different ways a sauce with prawn shells tarragon

Jock wants to know Pohs plan with 3 proteins

Reynald is happy with his ingredients except for the goats cheese which he didnt want but neither did anyone else
Why didn't he take the avocado or anchovies then. Der.

Callum doing a traditional japanese cabbage based dish without the cabbage as I have no cabbage I will use carrot
Andy and Jock looked stunned at Callum's explanation.

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Dani doesn't know if she should hero the pork or the prawn
Why not something like a pork and prawn asian dish? Dumplings or similar.
With the amount of publicity with Dani over the last 24 hours, her dish is NOT going to fail.
Dani is lacking confidence tonight
I don't like seeing them cry
no me neither.. it is supposed to be fun,.. no one wants to see people humiliated
Andy and Melissa watching.....
Melissa going for a chat
Trying to help her calm down, and a hug too
Reminding her that she is amazing
Telling her she believes in her. Sometimes tbat is what you need to hear
george used to be really good at that
Chris sharing his meat knowledge with Dani, always nice to see them help each other she adds them to the prawn bisque cos she knows they aren't cooked properly

Brandon talking about street food oh hell I c ant explain it all but it sounds wonderful

Chris hates warm avocado from the devils arsehole he says

Sarah From her mutterings it sounds like a dessert she is doing
Mango, coconut cream, lemon and chilli
Coconut, mango and chilli icecream, lemon crumb and candied chilli
Not something she is super confident with

Laura doing gnocchi apple riccotta cream and mint.. wants them all to shine...apple is the hardest.

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Poh has a plan she swapped nothing....she wants to innovate tuna cream sauce use the hibachi to cook salmon sounds nice
Jess has her original ingredients too. Parsnip, parsley, fennel and chocolate
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She is making a savoury dessert
Burnt caramel chocolate ice cream parsley sugar syrup

red Sarah likes the challenge of all ingredients. Duck esophagus and breast. a glaze sweet and sour ..interesting
Chris says he smells burning hair
She forgot to oil the stick and it has stuck as a result
30 mins to go

red sarah doing the second one oils it this time

Callum is confident his dish will work
Making crispy chicken skin look I have no idea what the dish is but bloody hell it doesn't sound like he is making anything like it
He would love to get the immunity again

Laura still has no plan for the apple
She is just eating them at the moment
the rest of the dish sounds good.. maybe as a garnish? apple caramel....

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Jess drying parsley in the microwave salty sweet and sour ice cream hopes it works.. if she slices the parnsip finely and hopes it will be sweet enough a sort of kataifi

chris tempura avocado with grape juice um he likes it

Po seems good said Jock seared venison with speck juniper and cherries.... oh lord I keep hearing different ingredients......

sarah says the ice cream is tasting great...candied chilli and a bitter coconut,,,, something is burning the chillis

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Sarah hoping the new caramel will be ready in time


Tessa doing a canape dish

Hayden, they don't like beige, unless it is Laura's pasta. bit double standard really isnt it
Dani heroing the prawns
Reynald doesnt like the goats cheese so trying to dial back the funkiness
Poh trying to be "modern"
4mins to go

Sarah is happy with her crumb
Keeping an eye on her new chillis
Sarah plating her duck
Jess wants her dish to look like the woods
Wont the noodles go soggy with the ice cream on top?
That icecream is already melting.
Laura adding an apple caramel
2mins left

Reynald is deshelling the lobster
He is running out of time now

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He is in trouble if it isn't right
Jock says should be on finishing touches

Reynald is happy deshelling... mmmm that looks good he thinks
And it is on the plate

chris is really happy with the fish and avocado

10 secs

Callum up first
Jock says it looks like something out of a japanese restaurant
Looks good
Smells good too apparently
Andy says it is epic


Andy taking it away from Jock so he can finish it
He has another 20 dishes to try!
Melissa would eat it anyday
A risk that paid off
Reynald now

It looks alright
He isnt sure how it is cooked
Jock says it looks to be cooked perfect

Jock loves everything except the goats cheese
But he had to use it in some way.
n Everything else.delicate and beautifully done. But the goats cheese is too heavy

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Sarah with duck
Jock says not her best work
Esophagus is burnt and spoilt the nicely cooked duck... tomatoes look good
andy said not your best

Laura now
She is happy but nervous about the caramel.
gnocchi is a hit
She is happy but nervous about the caramel.
Knock knock
Andy says use of the bench pantry for the ricotta was a smart move
Apple sauce gives it body and zing
Melissa says she knocked it out of the park

Poh now
cherries venison speck and tuna...looks good
Jock says looks really nice
Jock says a clever dish, nailed the venison, sauce is so good
Melissa says impressive dish..pops of the speck fat
Elegant and sophisticated and well conceived
Andy says he loves it..not his thing normally

Hayden now
beige Dumplings and fish balls
mmmm they tasted good

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Rose
No cheese mac n cheese
Noone wanted her nuts
but what a fantastic dish a cracker

Amelia
A Macedonian dish
Melissa says she learnt a lot about her with this dish
delicious and soulful


Dani now
She is worried about her dish not being enough..knows it is tasty.
prawn in pork fat with tarragon and orange
Talking about the meltdown
Everyone admitting they have had them in the kitchen
Melissa reminding her to think about how she cooked to win the pin
Melissa says delicious
As a dish very good but find your joy again
andy said chill this is great
Khanh straight to give her a hug

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Sarah with dessert now
Jock says ice cream.is smooth, packed with flavour
Andy says perfectly balanced. Makes you think pantry was infinite
Melissa loves the flavours
Big flavours in a different way

Reece now no blog on aussie native animals

simon has a great dish they say
Different looking dish but nice looking too

Brendan now
Breakfast pancakes asian style... very nice very appealing

Chris
fish head over cooked the rest great says andy and he doesnt like avocado
Mel.. one dish would have been better

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Jess now

That icecream is more set than when she put it on the plate
only seems fair, you can eat other dishes cold.but ice cream will melt and be unfair
calls it into the woods
Jock says a top 4 dish
Ice cream is banging. He loved the parsley
New technique with microwaving parsley that they are stealing
Andy says like you have been cooking for decades
He is jealous of her
Melissa says of all the boxes she was sure it would be separated but she made sense from crazy
Executed with finesse
She might win today

Result time
Top 4 dishes belong to
Callum
Jess
Laura
Sarah with dessert

They will cook for immunity tomorrow night
Tomorrow is a classic challenge apparently with a special guest...Curtis Stone