Masterchef Australia 2015 - Quality of winner and others.

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Didn't know where to put this but as the onus is on the quality of the cooking rather than the TV aspect, I thought here was best.

I quite like the format they use as it's a bit less formal than the UK but the quality of the cooks has never really matched up. However, this season was immense. Some of the food they were putting out was world class at times. Hugely creative and often brilliantly executed.

As a measure, the last round of the finals was a Heston Blumenthal 'Pressure Test' where they had to re-create a dish he had devised just for the show - it was crazy, absolutely crazy.

Lets just say that when the winner was announced he instantly offered the winner a job at the Fat Duck.

One of the others was told by Marco Pierre White that he'd happily employ him.

The quality from the amateur chefs was awesome at times and the winner was just a machine.

I've not mentioned the winner by name etc... in case you want to catch up with the show. It was brilliant to watch from a foody point of view.

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Du1point8 said:

Raymond the cake guy is going places, he is a absolute fking genius and is only early 20s.

I bet he will become the most famous desert chef around.

No doubt - he was outstanding.

I have to say, the ideas some of them came up with, and absolutely nailed, were so creative. Many a time the Wife and I said to each other, 'How the hell did they come up with that!'. Brilliant stuff. Lot's of very young guys that are going to have successful food careers.

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NordicCrankShaft said:

Stuff

I agree for the most part, but only to a point. Those that stick at it and are successful will surely be putting the hours in and working damn hard to make things a success as any professional (in any business) is required to.

The winner of this show is young and has been offered an apprenticeship - she's not parachuting in as the Head Chef of a two star place jumping over everyone else.