Re: Re: Masterchef week beginning 17 May 2020

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1hr 45 to go
Simon making his puree
Brendan on the puree too

Looks like everyone except the sarahs are at the same point

Talking to red haired sarah
She is multitasking to try and catch up
She is worried they are not tempered
Jock is worried for her
Says she is overwhelmed deer in headlights

90mins left

Laura first to unmould her boxes
So scary to do
Her first one is out whole
she is happy with them
Khanh demoulding too
Everyone seems to be demoulding ok
Under 45mins to go

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Simon demoulding now
He thinks it is too thin

First one is out but think it broke
Second one falls apart
3rd one jumps out

He only has 1 more left
Simon trying to demould his last box
The final one......is out!
He only has 1 but he only needed 1

Red sarah has hers demoulded
Time is running out. Only 20mins to go now

Tessa has her boxes sprayed now
Others also on that step
Laura onto her gingerbread

Brendan must be safe as barely seen him this ep

Peter worried about both Sarahs

They wont be able to finish everything
Jock running off a list of what still has to be made and that they need to start thinking about what they can make to the plate
10 mins left

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Tracy telling Sarah T to think about what she has and can get done rather than starting something new
Don't think she is hearing her though
She is running around like a headless chicken
she’s struggling tonight

5mins to go and it is hectic

Everyone is running around
Sarah T is starting to lose it
She knows she is out of time
Lots of whisking going on

Calling it now, Sarah, Sarah and Simon will be bottom 3
So many liquid nitrogen elements
Sarah T is starting to lose it
She knows she is out of time

And dropping the mandarin puree pebble

Simon gaining confidence in finishing elements

1minute left

10 seconds

And time is up
The relief in that kitchen
Laura and Tessa say they got it all done
Most intense cook I have ever seen on MC

Laura talking to Sarah T
She is kicking herself
She is really disappointed in herself
Trying not to cry

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Tracy telling Sarah T to think about what she has and can get done rather than starting something new
Dont think she is hearing her though
She is running around like a headless chicken
she’s struggling tonight
5mins to go and it is hectic
Everyone is running around
Sarah T is starting to lose it
She knows she is out of time
Lots of whisking going on

Calling it now, Sarah, Sarah and Simon will be bottom 3
So many liquid nitrogen elements
n Sarah T is starting to lose it
She knows she is out of time

And dropping the mandarin puree pebble


Simon gaining confidence in finishing elements

1minute left
10 seconds

And time is up
The relief in that kitchen
Laura and Tessa say they got it all done
Most intense cook I have ever seen on MC

Laura talking to Sarah T

She is kicking herself
She is really disappointed in herself
Trying not to cry

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Jock says that recipe is the most technical recipe they have faced
First in is Tessa
Assembling in front of judges
Assembled inverted then put on the plate
She is happy with it

Looks good
Mel is impressed

Pete cracks it
Says it looks great
Pearls are consistent
Jock says it is really close to the original
Tessa’s looks bang on!
Pete says it is something they would serve flavourwise
Mel says she has done extraordinary well
they all love it

Next up is Sarah T
Trying to over compensate for missing elements with extra of others
Could make it very unbalanced....

Doesnt look great but it is assembled and she has a box
Jock says some works but some doesn't as missing elements
Mel says she should be proud of some of those elements


Simon next
It didnt crack, he is so relieved so plates it up

Cracks great

Looks good inside
Jock is proud of him
Peter says it is up there flavour wise

Khanh now
Looks good
Khan obviously safe Cube is a bit thick
Great effort, not much focus so must be safe

Brendan next
Also looks good
Brendan safe
Jock says a testament to how he is cooking right now

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Laura now
Laura safe
Best box visually of the day
Looks good inside too
Red haired sarah is last
Definately going to be between the Sarahs

Sarah vs Sarah to go
She is concerned about her flavours as missing elements

And everyone got the box on the plate

She is worried though
It might be at varying degrees of success but they should all.be proud they got the box up and plated a dish that was ridiculously hard for the time given
This happens every year someone great at this or that but when it something else they are stuffed



Didnt shatter

Looks ok inside
issing some zing and freshness
Peter says the mandarin cream isnt prominent enough
Box wasn't full enough due to missing ingredients

Peter says not close to his on flavour
She’s gone
I think Sarah C is going home
Peter saying they all did excellent

Sarah and Sarah as expected
Very close decision apparently
Both missing elements
Went with which tasted closer

Sarah Clare (red hair) going home

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so it is vegan night tonight a mystery box
Guest tonight is Shannon Martinez vegan queen apparently
Shannon isn't vegan but specialises in cooking it
Explaining what vegan is
It is a little garden.... Baby cos, raddish, beetroots, asparagus, pencil leaks, thyme, caspicums, celleriac, sweet potato, pine mushrooms, garlic and Dutch carrots.. it looks wonderful

oh dear poh is turning it into something difficult

different box of underbench staples vegan stuff.

Some of them will struggle
explaining that aquafaba is the same as eggwhites,

here we go
I know I would be heroing the mushies

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i had heard of using chickpea liquid to replace eggwhites but never seen it done
.

n Reece making a cake judging by his song

Would never have guessed

And ice cream minus the cream and eggs
Tessa out of her comfort zone
Simon tasting
Some of it is spicy

Simon making tacosWith celleriac as the tortilla
They want fireworks from Simon

Poh making curry puff pastry stuffed with sweet potato, some ketchup and a stir fry
She is making some fancy dough where to wash the startch away to mimic meat
1hr left to go
Poh of course has nowhere near enough time

Tessa still has no idea what to do
a big plate of mushrooms.... with cream or the substitute

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oh yuck tessa vegie skewers with celeriac

Jess dehydrating mushroom to mimic some lamb dish I think.. oh no wait now we have some sort of ice cream.. a pile of stuff i hear mushrooms and reduced something to make a cream...

Khanh tells Shannon she is fabulous
Making pine mushroom with thyme oil and something with the celleriac, and beetroot.. a puree and a textured layer

Tracy making a pine mushroom pasta with cheesy foam
Emilia also doing a pine mushroom pasta
And laura also doing pasta, no surprise a garganelli

Sarah making sweet potato karrathas

Callum making some sliders. Making bread, using mushrooms and beetroot to make a ketchup

Reece making carrot cake and ice cream
He is confident with making it
using beetroots in the caramel to replace the spices he doesn't have
Jocks favourite cake is carrot cake

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Brendan and Reece arguing about keeping things clean
Brendan doing dumplings again roast Sweet potato dumplings
and Poh is still washing her dough

heavens only knows what simon is doing... he does something he tells us will imitate chicken skin.. oh vegan tacos using the celeriac

43mins to go
Laura helping Emilia with the pasta machine... Reece says turn it on and plug it on.. but Laura knows the trick

Poh still washing dough. Has she done anything else ?
Admits she has taken on too much