Masterchef week beginning 5/07/20

[Mistyavalon]

Callum now

Talking about how he shrugged off the morning cook
Would happily serve that to his family
It looks lovely
Pete says noodles are great. Lots of mushrooms. Lots of heart and soul in the dish Andy says a near perfect plate of food

Finally Poh
Poh questioning her dish
It does look pretty
How did that sauce miraculously happen in the last second.
different sauce

Compared to everything that the other 2 did in the time do we think that Poh achieved enough in the same time frame?
Pete says the flavour is beautiful but the confusion is reflected here
Sauce could have been elevated
Poh got in the way of Poh
If Poh knocks out Reece or Callum I am going to call foul.
Dishes reflected where your heads were at
Callum a considered dish
Reece flat out risk

But the way you edited your dish as you went was
Poh, redemption? Elegant to look at pasta pleats were raw and a rushed sauce
And that is why Poh you are going home

Everyone is speechless

about time

[Traveler]

WOW! I'm greatly amazed. I was not expecting this at all. Some weeks ago I thought the writing on the wall was that Poh would win.

I'm just left with a big WOW.

[Mistyavalon]

huge mystery box today
Everyone was talking what top 5 means for them
Talking about what they need to do now
They have 1 last chance at immunity which will put them into finals week
Situation repeat with Laura and Emilia as this happened in their season too
Today there is a terrarium
It is very pretty
Cook a dish in a bowl
Take insperation from nature for your dish today
Special pantry apparently
Moving the wall
Fresh fruits and veg galour

Have normal pantry and garden too
75mins to cook anything as long as inspired by nature
Top 3 go into the immunity cook

And go
Everyone except Reynald charges to the front
Reynald planning first
Cooked bananannana
You can pretty much spin anything to be inspired by nature
Callum doing a dessert inspired by the Adelaide Hills

[Mistyavalon]

Fennel ice cream, strawberry sorbet and making some leaves somehow too he goes strawberry picking at home

Emilia is doing smores drawing on memory and experience
Inspired by camping in nature with family
Using native ingredients for her smores...cinnamon noodles biscuit choc tempered twigs
Fancy smores and a DIY dish

Reynald is making a dessert that looks like a mushroom hazlenut choc and porcini gelato
Using flavours he is familiar with
He is planning on not doing too much this time.. oh shut up mel
1hr to go he really needs more time he thinks..

Marshmallow looks good...she is gonna get the judges to roast their own
Mel pinching marshmallow
Asking what Emilia thinks of the marshmallow flavour balance......
Mel says it is quite sour..which throws em a bit
Emilia thinking what she needs
Adding more cream to the ganache to help balance it
Nothing from Reece or Laura yet

45mins to go

With Laura now
Taking inspiration from mushrooms and the pine and oak trees
Back to pasta which she hasnt cooked for ages

[Mistyavalon]

Reece is making a dessert, australian native ice cream popsicles
Hoping the parfait sets in time...not confident
so Reece might be doing a Poh with his parfait
He has 5 in the freezer
Reynalds mushroom caps are in the freezer

Ahhh callum making his leaves from chocolate....andy says that is lot and he says only
3 flavours with several elements using those flavours

30mins left

Reece checking his parfait

Everyone but Laura doing a dessert
Reece trying to think of a plan b and then realises he has liquid nitrogen....
Liquid nitrogen has frozen them
They came out nicely

Reynald also using liquid nitrogen
Laura assembling her tortellini...gee it looks nice... and I am starving

Emilia is on track
Whipping her ganache
She is sure the balance will be fine all the other ingredients together will balance

Callum thinking about his plating...mel sticker her nose in sometimes less is more he handles her expertly

Reynald has a stretchy twuil
His ganache for his stalk isn't set
whoopsie Callum almost takes Reynald and his only stalk out

[Mistyavalon]

More liquid nitrogen for the stalk andy hovers and watches rey painting it with white chocolate

3mins left now

Laura putting her pasta in to cook very happy with them..piss off mel

Reece assembling his popsicles....Andy said oh a double layer

Emilia getting her coals ready for roasting talking about sticky and dirty she really loves it

Callums chocolate's have set... making leaves He hopes his dish is enough

1minute left

Reynalds dish is precarious
Assembling in the fridge
The cap doesnt want to stay on

And time is up

[Mistyavalon]

Emilia first

Lots of gooey smooshing going on
Looks fantastic, would definitely love to eat them ... think she is ok anyway
Mel says a brilliant dish. Highlighted indigenous australian ingredients

Andy says fun food
Big flavours but combined well
Jock loved it too
Loved the interactivity of the dish

Laura now
Telling the story behind her dish
Making her cry as she recalls her childhood

Mel says a dish of depth and not just flavour in the broth you made it yours
Jock thinks it is fantastic, deep mushroom flavour and textural pasta really loves the chestnut
Andy says she met the expectation of her pasta
omg it is gorgeous... reallyy lovely looking\

Careful carrying it Reynald
It makes it to the judges intact
Looks pretty
Reynald says one of his messiest cooks
Jock says the mushroom tastes mushroomy
Textures are great
Twuil is very good
Andy says a punch of mushroom
Mushroom magic says Mel

Reece now
Andy wants to know why this dish
Reece wanted to showcase australian nature
Jock says execution is spot on
Parfait is ballpark perfect but a little heavy on wattleseed
Mel agrees but lots of joy still

Andy not a fan of the after taste
But takes years to wrangle the ingredients so dont be disheartened
cvcv
Finally Callum

Hidden dish under all that chocolate
Callum says his is vaguely inspired by leaves and Reynald puts up a friggen mushroom
callum is so funny with his comments ... gotta love him

Andy says almost perfectly balanced
Mel says flavours are tart, refreshing but rich and smooth too

Jock says he has pulled off the dish

Fennel ice cream magical
Highlight of the dish

Nicky Whelan Torn between laura and emilia being top 3 dishes
Think Reynald and Callum are a no brainer

Bursts of flavour
Surprising for Andy

[Mistyavalon]

So cooking for immunity will be

Reynald
Callum
Laura

[Mistyavalon]

Reynald, Callum and Laura will cook for immunity
Last immunity challenge tonight and will put them directly to finals week
1st to top 3 has been in final 3 8 times and won 6 times.
Talking about differences from first time in competition chuck out rule book cook whatever you want..... this is time to show us your best dish..... so how long do they get... they get together and discuss it
They pick their time
Reynald wants 3 hours.. call is going half an hour as a joke.. settle on 2 hours
pantry chock a block garden in play
All 3 straight to benches tonplan first
Reynald pulling out his big guns
Going to do the dish he has been waiting to do
But has to work fast
Basket looks heavy
Oo harry potter inspired


Lots of elements...too many for me to type brown butter mousse

[Mistyavalon]

Laura doing seafood but also meringue squid ink pebbles wafers
sounds complicated

Callum doing a dessert, chicken liver parfait
so far happy with it

So is lauras pebble sweet or savoury..hmmmmmm

rey pipes the mousse into moulds now a ganache the glue to hold the dish
Mel loves Reynalds concept//////
15mins down already


Reece and Emilia joking about Reynalds dish being quick and easy
They are expecting big things with a 2hr cook

Boys are with Callum. Chicken liver parfait sounds interesting to me
8 elements in Reynalds dish
Yup, metaphor not lost on anyone I dont think

Reece
Telling Andy and Jock about his dish now
Having to explain what a snitch is to Jock
Telling them he wanted a 3hr cook
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Daniel Mould What rock have you been under jock
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Nicky Whelan Reynald wants to be his last times placing of 4th
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Nicky Whelan Reynald only dessert so makes Lauras a savoury dish
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Nicky Whelan His spheres are made