Masterchef week beginning 3 May 2020

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Mystery box challenge tonight
a very special one!

still in the suburbs... as they approach just one box in front of the judges
they are enjoying being out
Andy is looking forward to some cracking food
I think it rains there tonight
oh great nothing in it yet.. and here come a pile of people carrying food
Amazing produce coming from everywhere.
Food comes from the locals from their gardens

gravenstein apples, blue cheese.. like a roquefort., shittake mushrooms grown in a reservoir.,. brown rice miso.... garlic.. yellow zuchhini, basil
no protein.. probably no cows in the back yard

75 minutes. No proteins. Regular items under desk. Best 3 go into immunity challenge. They can go to Coles to get one more ingredient from the local Coles must use at least one dish and can go to Coles to get something.... I guess a protein

looking for the best three dishes

Judges talking about the produce as well. the great thing about home grown vegies

Simon getting prawns again using miso blah
Khanah duck breast and he blathers
Reynald happy with the produce.
amina lobster tails
Poh got chillis and is making an upside down miso and chilli apple cake
Trying to steer away from dramatic cooks. yeah right she cooks it all the time so should be easy

Hayden doing an apple buttercake with a ginger sauce and using the miso an a caramel sauce.. sounds awful to me I hate miso he got ginger form Coles he hopes he can keep up with Po as they are both doing miso caramel

Tracey doing duck sausages

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she will fill them with a pile of stuff apple and the dreaded miso.. using the neck as the skin for the sausages

Brendan is going to take a risk today. Making spring onion noodles and is trying to make his own soy sauce. mel looks stunned
you reckon he has time? He will be pushing it. never made it before
He is making his soy with the mushrooms salt and that blasted miso

30 minutes down 45 to go

Tessa pork and apple
Sarah T is doing eggplant miso grilled......... blah

Callum Blue Cheese Gnocci... yuck
Ben is doing Spatchcock with some puree

Amina Lobster tails tortollini
First time that she is cooking lobster. using miso blah and mushrooms and a broth
Jess doing a pasta

Amelia is doing Quail as is Laura. battle of two good cooks
Laura whole butterflied quail oh no miso again
Amelia quail shittake and apple... and th e blasted disgusting miso... going for a deep caramelised flavour

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Ben has set something on fire....falls to the ground and is put out

Reynold is doing a savoury dessert, a shitake icecream and he bought parsnips.I am old fashioned i want dessert to be dessert

40 minutes to go.

Poh seems to be in heaven until she realises that it is taking forever.. well yes poh you are cooking outside..
Poh knows this dish well. It is something she has made a number of times. But the cake still isn't in the oven.

tracy is doing her duck and seems cool with it... I hear yummy mushroom and yucky miso
Tracey making the sausage insides(?) mushroom and meat mix. she is loving it... now she ties it up and starts cooking it..poaching first

heavens only knows how Hayden's cake will turn out.. he likes the taste of the batter... it is in the oven
Hayden asking Reece to cut his apples for him
Hayden will be happy if his cake is on par with Poh's. fat chance.. he starts on his ginger parfait

Poh is in a fuddle so far behind.... the judges appear and she asks the judges to go.. they don't of course
they tease her you do it to yourself every time

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Jock has told Poh it wasn't any secret that she was going to be outside cooking
nearly spat out my drink

20 minutes left.

Amina's lobster is in a miso bisque and also stuffed in a tortellini
Amina wants to show the judges a different side..both in cooking and in plating

Reynold caramalising apples. His icecream is done but not as strong as he hoped. He thinks it is a bit boring.
mushroom icecream did I hear that right....yes alas

Jock is talking about Poh's lack of time management and Melissa is talking about Brendans soy. Impressed with hayden's cake...
amelia is using just about everything in her dish, really happy with the balance.. hopes that she can beat Laura

Laura aiming for crsipy quail. Laura isn't completely happy with her sauce. wants it more intense

5 minutes left.

Brendan's noodles and oil is left. He is a bit worried about the soy but it is tasting how it should.feels he Jock's eyes on him
staying cool

3 mins to go

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Poh is incredibly stressed. What's new. she always does this she tells herself
She doesn't even think she will be able to flip her cake over and it will just be a sludgy mess

Hayden is really happy with his cake and parfait.
Haydens comes out well

tracy is happy with the sausage exactly how she wanted it...it looks fabulous to me.... she wants it to look beautiful on the plate.. she wants the judges to know she is here as a contender

Amina just loves her has the pretty zuchhini and basil between the torts.. very pretty


10 sec

that is it

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how good is it to out here in the suburbs says Andy.

Hayden is first to be tasted. i took a chance by baking he says
looks nice... they eat and then Go back for seconds for his sauce.
Melissa says it was a brilliant job. Jock loves it and says it is super gingery, delicious, sauce is brilliant. Andy not a cake eater and he loves it.

tracy duckmeat sausage with appple and mushroommiso puree ( yuck)
she plates Jock says fancy and they eat. Jock said it is very hard to do without the pork fat. but you have done .it is a really good dish. everything else in it loosens it up
andy said best dish yet of yours.. making it with duck breast is even harder. so full of flavour mel likes it too

reynald up now
It looks wonderful
andy wants to take a pic and likes the mushroom icecream but feels flavours a little down perhaps
Jock i thought more savoury s
not as good as he hoped for oh well

Sarah well done miso eggplant.. beautifully cooled
Simon prawns with miso darchee? they love it
red sarahs dish well received.

Amina. Looks like it was the lobster she stuffed her buns with. Sort of looks like a pasta dish.

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Amina. Lobster Tortellini. she says she used all the products in the box
that's it she stuffed the tort thing with lobster...they eat and
Judges very quiet for a while. Bisque has just the right amount of miso a wonderful balance . Zucchini tender and filling beautiful. Lots of hereos. All judges think it is pretty flawless.

Brendan..... shanghai noodles with homemade soy.... looks nice.... they eat.. Mel loves it nostalgic for her.. really showed some good techniques Jack said wanted more oils than noodles.. you did a really good job though
Andy likes it...work on the presentation

Laura. Quail with miso apples and zucchini. it looks amazing Quail is still pink. Melissa says cook is perfect...golden crunchy
skin. Jock agrees is only problem is that. Apple caramel a bit too sweet says Joc Andy agrees.

Emelia. Quail off time. Quail apple and shittake. quail and miso sauce I can see it is still pink. Jock says Wow about the sauce. Melissa says it is fantastic so well balanced smooth and sophisticated. Andy really enjoys it too.. go for it


oh here is poh... is it cooked? it does look good..and when cut .. it is cooked
Miso Chilli Caramel Cake. Sour milk icecream . another heart in mouth cook
Andy has mentioned again he doesn't like cake. He likes the flavours but says that it is the slightest bit undercooked. Jock agrees
but all 3 like the flavours ... Jock said if only you had cooked it longer...

No idea what any one else cooked as they didn't show them.
Deciding now who is going to cook tomorrow.

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Those cooking for immunity tomorrow are Amina. Perfect broth and they loved she was out of her comfort zone. Dish of the day.
Emelia. Not one weak element on the plate.

Tracey. Duck Sausage is one of the hardest things to make.
A special mention to Hayden who only just missed out.

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Immunity challenge tonight
everyone is off to the sushi train shop in famous food street Chapel St Windsor
The 3 are cooking for the judges and contestants
Making 100 plates each have to make 5 asian inspired dishes 20 each
2.30 prep time then each dish out every 15 mins
Emelia thinks it is a pressure test!
Amina is doing a bit of a freak
Going to be a blind test

and they are off
Amina goes for the cabbage for kim chi

Emelia first immunity challenge and leanng toward Jap foo will give the dishes later.. they go to fast
Judges talking what they want with the cooks
Jock wants Want clean and healthy seaweed raw fish and fried chicken

Tracy going kingfish and scallops chicken catso ma hoo and silken tofu hearing lots of green stuff and coconut cream
They want music going to break the quiet but no one is going to start

amina buldogi scallops tuna salad kim chi and rice balls.. she calls it soulfood and homely..... um........
2 hours to go

Emelia
a chicken dish fried
wants it to look great.... time is a concern

amina aware of what needs marindading

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Tracey being so careful with the fish it will be sashimi... no bones and even slices. she knows time will fly.. she is making a wonderful sounding dressing.. perhaps too much chilli for me

Emilla starting to roll her dumplings larger than normal and a rectangular shape

90 mins left

Judges talking about how hard the challenge is so much work in each dish

Amina marinating everything and doing her tuna now...watching her cut it.. my mouth waters
She doing a tuna teracha salad
They are glad jock not in kitchen yelling at them and do a sing along

tracey really stressing out

Emelia doing her kingfish ceviche . her mind is a bit blank.. and then they start singing .... next thing for Emelia is to pack it full of flavour
1 hour to go

They all have a big hug
Amina making sauce for her teracha salad
wishing they were eating instead of cooking...
they start the train... that is mean Andy

45 min left
Emelia is king fish looks nice

Tracy doing a pork and prawn dish marho thai dish
Amina sending her teracha salad first

tracey really behind trying to get the mahor going but t he other dish needs attention too
1 min left
mild panic
10 secs
start the train