Masterchef week beginning 3 May 2020

[Mistyavalon]

Slow moving molten lava
Gooey has to move
When I think of gooey, I think of runny caramel or dessert dishes. Gooey eggs is not it.
Hayden is making egg filled ravioli

Is he pretending to be Laura?

Gooey oozey egg
Only making 1 raviolo
That is a very foolish move.

Pizza pocket asian style for Brandon

Khanh is making a lava cake
With scotch caramel
Never made one before though

30mins down 45 to go

Callums dessert, Was a pina colada parfait with a caramel centre, or something similar.

20mins to go

[Mistyavalon]

Adding extra rum to Callums caramel.. when it goes into parfait it might thicken too much so makes it runnier

15mins left

Brndan Korean fire chicken......sounds spicy
His sauce is done
Looks good too

That sauce does look like liquid fire.

Hayden happy with his ricotta
He wants intense parmasab foam and flavour

Danis chilli jam looks good
A lot of them are blind with their dishes

Will Dani's eggs be gooey

Will Khanhs cake lava?
5mins left
Hayden still making pasta sheets
Hayden seems scattered
He is happy with his foam
Egg yolk is in

His hands are shaking so much

I've noticed that a lot in past shows.

Khanh running around

Brandons sauce looks amazing
Tested one by cutting it, stringy cheesy there
Definitely gooey.

[Mistyavalon]

Will that caramel set inside the parfait?
Everyone plating
10 seconds
Brandons looks amazing, simple by pretty pastries
Worried for Khanh. I dont want him to go home
I've had some great lava cakes and some that have been totally set. You never know until you crack them open.
you can’t have favourite lol

Hayden up first
I like Hayden but he lacks confidence in himself

Hayden cutting it
And its oozy
Melissa says sufficiently gooey
And it is seasoned!
Jock says a good plate of pasta
Andy agrees it is sufficiently gooey
Seems to tick all the boxes
He is full of surprises

Branden now
Cut it!
There is gooey stringy cheese
Smell makes Andy salivate
Andy loves it. Nice spice. Rounded off with the cheese. Texture is delicous
All judges are happy
Fairly sure both are safe so far

Khanh now
Please be lava-y
And we have goo!
Oh yes!!
Plus gooey sauce
All have hit the brief so far

\ Dani now
She is crying again
She is scared to cut the eggs
They are runny
They are under cooked
Andy loves the flavours but not gooey
Should have played the pin


And finally callum
His caramal is still gooey

Andy loves it
Jock agrees it was tasty But for him he didn't nail it
3 dishes very gooey
Hayden, regular gooey
Branden, cheesy gooey
Khanh, oozy molten megga gooey
Now between Dani and Callum
Tiny distinction between gooey and runny

But hard to get gooey when eggs are under cooked
Khanh crying
Dani going home with her pin

Jock reminding her she is an incredible cook
No pin this evens the playing field
telling her to walk out with her head held high

[Mistyavalon]

MON

Everyone arriving at the restaurant Thai Ute in Ringwood East we are doing the suburbs this week.. isnt that where most of us learned about food with our families?
Talking about favourite Thai dishes green mango larb pad thai.....
2 teams tonight Jock just goes ine two one two to pick the teams
Team 2 has an extra person who will sit out, not cooking
Red haired Sarah will sit out... unlike the other challenge where one team was down one member

Team Orange captain is Khanh
Team Aqua is Tessa
Both know Thai
2 entrees, 3 mains
50 customers each
Go
Tessa, Poh, Ben, Reece, Laura, Rose, Simon and Amelia team Aqua
Tessa thinks they are the underdogs////they are with Poh
Khanh apologising for offending anyone ahead of time

Into the pantry
Small kitchens
But have some outside space too
Only 2.5hrs to prep

Callums first dish out for Orange team
Kingfish on beetle leaves with a pickled papaya salad
Lots of chillis to slice
Brendan for Orange is cooking deep fried soft shell crab for entree
Khanh very happy with people's knowledge

Team Aqua has rice balls for entree, Poh and Reece working on these congee roasted rice oh it sounds vile
their other entree is bitter gourd salad with kingfish ceveche...yuck simon and rose are on that
Poh seems to be in charge of both entrees

so far I wouldnt eat any of these dishes

Tessa isn't sure about the rice balls but Poh pushed to do them

[Mistyavalon]

Judges talking about their go to on Thai menus of course melissa knows it all
Sweet, sour, bitter and spicy all needs to be perfectly balanced
Jock says it smells delicious already.

30mins down 2hrs to go

Both teams are literally elbow to elbow
Mains for orange
Green curry with eggplant
Chicken with namjimdai… a balance of sweet spicy sour

90mins left to go

Team Aqua mains
Chicken larb Laura making it.. neve done it before... so tessa has to be more hands on.... she guides Laura
Chilli thai basil with garlic
And braised sticky pork belly braise in oven for 90 mins

[Mistyavalon]

Laura is inexperienced in Thai dishes but it has so many noodle dishes, so similar to pasta
Khanh trying to throw Laura off by talking herbs but she is awake to him
Laura asking if she should season the chicken... no says Tessa

Laura looks a bit panicked doing the chicken, toasted rice and dressing she loves thai but has never cooked it

Andy talking to Khanh about the menu
the third dish is bream .... Aiming for 2 people per fish on orange team. Means they need to prep minimum 25 fish

judges talk about their go to places when young.. Jock said in Scotland thai was unheard of

60 mins until service

Simon says Thai food prep is ridiculous chop cut pick roll Poh agrees

Tessa asking what to call the entree salty rice balls... she is still unsure..... but loves it when she eats it.
but some of the balls are a bit wonky
Andy asking if they are serving the broken ones, then leaves them to think about it
A clear hint that they shouldn't

[Mistyavalon]

Amina working on the clams in chilli basil sauce for team aqua gorgeous colour for the sauce

Andy telling them to start thinking about service, only 30 mins to go go faster
reynalds on the green curry sauce for the eggplants
Orange is portioning their eggplant to 10 tables so that it can be cooked and plated

20 mins to go as customers arrive

Jocks talks to Tessa who is happy with how they are managing it but cant answer how long has the pork been in
Jock saying Tessa should know how long the pork has been in they open the oven oh my god
Pork is nowhere near cooked tessa you have to right the ship.....
Time is running out so she and amelia are
Portioning pork and into the the fryer with it
Will it still have the texture they want?
yes

12mins until service starts
pork is being sliced and making extra caramel just in case

Poh is making some extra balls to cover the crappy ones

[Mistyavalon]

Khanh asks if there are any issues I need to know now
Khanh checking Brendan and Callum are ready to go
...... Crab is frying
Brendan and Reynald plating
Tracy helping with the fish entree

1minute now until service

tessa now happy with rice balls

Khanh loves the pass sending out food
Aqua has small dishes compared to Orange
both teams have food going out


Andy is so excited he is sweating
First to judges is Aqua entrees
Bitter Gourd salad and glutinous rice balls
Salad smells incredible apparently
Pungent fragrances
Jock likes it. Spicy, sour, bitter, sweet. Everything he wants
Melissa says beautifully balanced
Andy says perfect way to start

Onto the rice balls
Melissa says nutty flavour and sensation is great
Andy loves the contrast from the 1st dish
A great start for Aqua

[Mistyavalon]

Orange to judges now
Huge entrees
Deep fried soft shell crab
King fish betel leaves

Melissa loves the colours and textures
Andy says that betel leaf flavour works amazingly in the dish
Huge winner for him
Melissa loves seeing all the flavours that are coming

Onto the crab now
Crab is crunchy
Sauce is beautifully spicy and well balanced

Hard to split them right now
Normally you can pick one over the other just by a bit but this is a hard one.

Last of entrees on both sides are out

Onto mains now
Khanh jess 5 mins to be ready

Tessa is concerned about main dishes helping with the pork.. amelia is gonna remove the skin
and cos it is Melbourne it is pouring Chris telling them outside has water pouring in
water everywhere ankle deep
Khanh moving everything/everyone on orange team inside
Everyone on top of each other.. a disaster

4 mins on the chicken says Sarah
Khanh has 40 fish ready to fry
Jess sauce is great
Chickens are ready says sarah.. rested and sauces
Curry is almost ready too,,, everything seems good

mains away says Jock
tessa still stuck on chicken larb
hasnt tasted the clams
cutting fat of the pork cos it is too chewy she tells jock

[Mistyavalon]

Mains service starts now Khanh so happy with the team and food is going out and he wants to eat the chicken

Fish is frying for Orange team
Fish looks good
Orange looking in a better space atm more organised and confident
Orange team plates are huge, generous sizes, checking everything before it goes out

Aqua has nothing going out

Pork is going out chewy but Tessa still confident it is good this must be driving her nuts cos she is always so calm and organised. she feels the sauce will save the pork
She is concerned about flavour profile of the clams and larb... the larb is an Aussie version

Orange mains headed to judges
Andy says bring him here every week when he sees the food
Fish first
it is cooked perfectly and the sauce it is the star so delicious.. it was smart doing the fish whole.. totally yum and beautiful. it looks amazing too

Curry eggplants next
Melissa loves the different eggplants the bitterness and the textures
A delicious plate

Andy desperate for chicken...
so he gets a big serving...
Everything is punchy, delicious and there for a reason
Skin golden and glossy
Jock says he was in a happy place with the sauce
Andy would be happy at a table of 6 with those dishes and a cold beer