Masterchef 2022
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illmonkey

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19,565 posts

220 months

Sunday 20th March 2022
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New series out Wednesday 8pm on BBC.

Couldn’t see a topic so went for it. Looking forward to it!

MrOnTheRopes

1,569 posts

268 months

Monday 21st March 2022
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Wasn't aware of this so thanks for highlighting smile

generationx

8,812 posts

127 months

Monday 21st March 2022
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Excellent - thank you! I suspected it might start after The Apprentice has finished so this is a pleasant surprise.

21TonyK

12,900 posts

231 months

Tuesday 22nd March 2022
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Getting a feeling of deja vu....

BBC Masterchef 2022 trailer...



Masterchef Australia 2019...



Lynchie999

3,610 posts

175 months

Wednesday 23rd March 2022
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... sounds like they've re-jigged the format a bit!

Laurel Green

31,000 posts

254 months

Wednesday 23rd March 2022
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Lynchie999 said:
... sounds like they've re-jigged the format a bit!
Yep, from Freeview;

This year the judges are mixing it up – introducing a whole new set of challenges the passionate amateurs must complete in order to progress in the competition.Each week for five weeks, nine home cooks cook for the judges. This year their first test is the audition round, in which they must cook their signature dish - one that tells John and

Gregg who they are as a cook and how good they could become. John and Gregg don't watch the chefs in the kitchen. Instead, they taste each dish in the new MasterChef Tasting Room. After they have tasted all nine dishes, the best three dishes will be awarded a coveted MasterChef apron, securing their place in the competition. The remaining six contestants then get another chance to impress the judges and win themselves an apron.

If they cooked a sweet dish in the first round, they must prepare a savoury dish now, or vice versa. This time, John and Gregg are in the kitchen witnessing their every move. The pressure is intense and the stakes are high as only four cooks can join the three already fast-tracked in the next round of challenges. For the other two, their MasterChef dream will be over.

originals

1,635 posts

49 months

Wednesday 23rd March 2022
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7 out 9 go through. Not really high stakes is it.

originals

1,635 posts

49 months

Wednesday 23rd March 2022
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Top 3 are obvious.

Edited by originals on Wednesday 23 March 20:55

lauda

4,150 posts

229 months

Wednesday 23rd March 2022
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‘You make a nice fruit salad.’

If that isn’t damning with faint praise, I don’t know what is.

Laurel Green

31,000 posts

254 months

Wednesday 23rd March 2022
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Who's to join Paul in not going through?

LordHaveMurci

12,322 posts

191 months

Wednesday 23rd March 2022
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That Thai woman is f’ing annoying!

originals

1,635 posts

49 months

Wednesday 23rd March 2022
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I knew she would be when I saw her name...

abzmike

11,250 posts

128 months

Wednesday 23rd March 2022
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LordHaveMurci said:
That Thai woman is f’ing annoying!
POOKIE!
No room for the middle aged men out of that group, but the top three looked good.

Plus8

252 posts

112 months

Thursday 24th March 2022
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Pookie looked and sounded like the lady judge on that other baking show, I was expecting her to say, “love it, love it, love it!”

MXRod

2,848 posts

169 months

Thursday 24th March 2022
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Not sure we like the new format , seems to cram too much in the time available , so less of cooking techniques , although not having Greg and John prowling around is an improvement .
Not a lot to separate cooks in first round , second round generally agreed , accept for the last two , we chose Paul over Laura

Have we seen Pookie before on some other program ?

Nurburgsingh

5,429 posts

260 months

Thursday 24th March 2022
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Australian Masterchef can be brutal...

21TonyK

12,900 posts

231 months

Thursday 24th March 2022
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Nurburgsingh said:
Australian Masterchef can be brutal...

Lots of tears in the two series I've seen. They do seem to take it a lot more seriously though. Some give up their jobs, drop out of University to take part. Plus I think theres more commitment, ie. they all live in houses together away from their families while filming.

And, of course theres $250K prize money to kick off with.

Far better "entertainment" than the BBC original but then its a much bigger production and obviously far more money thrown at it and sponsoship of everything possible on camera.

MXRod

2,848 posts

169 months

Friday 25th March 2022
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Hour and a half tonight

Chicken_Satay

2,480 posts

226 months

Friday 25th March 2022
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Given that this is airing on the BBC, I'm not sure that the contestants in the first episode were selected for their culinary talent.

Laurel Green

31,000 posts

254 months

Friday 25th March 2022
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There's some cracking dishes being served up in tonight's episode.