Masterchef: The Professionals

HamZilla said:
The blown sugar peach/apricot was stunning
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amazing stuff - really incredible. Still think it's Ash's to lose.

Is it just me or was Claire own desert of custard and some fruit not a little basic!?!??

I thought it was something that a 5 year old could make.

Other than that - it all look amazing stuff last night - love this series!!
 
QuickLink said:
I need to download them as I can't watch them :( but I took looked at the El Celler site, apparently it's only 9hrs from me. Tempting drive.
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Can you pick me up on the way? :)

I should write up my trip to San Sebastian on here sometime, it's definitely worth travelling down to some of these places! I was worried El Cellar might be another place that is style over substance but what I saw from last night's episode looked awesome. THey do some crazy Rotary Evaporation stuff too, they once made a dish with the aroma of soil.. bonkers!

Really impressed with everyone again from that episode, some of the techniques involved in those dishes were v tough!
 
Wow that looked really tough, props to the chefs. Ash to win, he's been outstanding.
 
I definitely think Ash will win but when you consider he's got 10 years extra experience on the other two it's no surprise.

I think the other two are really impressive for their age — It would be interesting to see what they're doing in their mid 30s.
 
Steve actually really impressed me today.

I think Ash will win but it's not a certainty yet. If one of the other two can pull out a faultless display they could have a chance.
 
regardless of who wins, they're all sorted for future employment. i can't see any of them going back to their old jobs.

completely off topic but after the programme, i had a quick google to see how many michelin star restaurants there are in the UK. i was absolutely gobsmacked to find a 2 star restaurant literally just over the road from my old house - it's wireless was even in range from my laptop :p. i walk past it everyday and had absolutely no idea it was that kind of standard.
 
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Dunno but jorick (spelling?) - the youngest of the three bros running that spanish place looked so much like an inquisitive rat and not in a insulting way. The facial hair, the constant head leaning forwards, the nose... Really did make me think of one :)

marc2003 said:
regardless of who wins, they're all sorted for future employment. i can't see any of them going back to their old jobs.

completely off topic but after the programme, i had a quick google to see how many michelin star restaurants there are in the UK. i was absolutely gobsmacked to find a 2 star restaurant literally just over the road from my old house - it's wireless was even in range from my laptop :p. i walk past it everyday and had absolutely no idea it was that kind of standard.
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Fish out the wallet, buy a three course meal you could easily fit on a saucer then tell us how it was :p



*edit: Hey! Claire's wearing glasses this time. Never seen her doing that before. Forgotten the contacts?

**edit: Massive opinion swing on Steve this time round. Amusing role reversal where he's the one that's chilled and the other two are the ones (the camera shows as) stressing it.
 
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Still find Steve annoying. His nasal ozzy osbourne-style voice and constantly saying 'cool' when Michel Epic was schooling him. Good though, obviously.

Lol at the pigeon reference.

Ash is basically an all-round awesome guy, no homo.
 
Hotwired said:
Dunno but jorick (spelling?) - the youngest of the three bros running that spanish place looked so much like an inquisitive rat and not in a insulting way. The facial hair, the constant head leaning forwards, the nose... Really did make me think of one :)
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I agree. He reminded me of the rat (Remy) from Ratatouille :)

I also found it interesting (for lack of a better word) that he seemed to enjoy watching them work too, he is clearly a Chef that enjoys seeing new things, I liked how he got on really well with Ash and seemed to hold Steve's hand too :p

Robbie G said:
Still find Steve annoying. His nasal ozzy osbourne-style voice and constantly saying 'cool' when Michel Epic was schooling him. Good though, obviously.

Lol at the pigeon reference.

Ash is basically an all-round awesome guy, no homo.
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Agree. My opinion hasn't changed on Steve, I think he's the weakest of the three (that not being a bad thing as he's still a fantastic chef) Claire is brilliant because she's inventive and creative on top of being young and still learning.

Ash is still for me just a cut above Claire, he's already at the level they're looking for (Could argue that they all are to be honest) but Ash is just a top bloke, really quite amazing stylish chef and comes across as a thoroughly top bloke.
 
Apparently Brett from the Ledbury was on it last night. He offered to cook me my pork belly in their steamer for my Christmas Eve dinner and I could go and pick it up. Don't get that offer very often lol
Shame I'm not even in the country ffs!
 
Hotwired said:
Fish out the wallet, buy a three course meal you could easily fit on a saucer then tell us how it was :p
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although i do enjoy masterchef i don't have any interest in that kind of dining. :p but you can see here why i had no idea it has 2 stars. a junk shop one side and a military memorabilia shop the other - and it's a busy main road too. :/

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(suffolk road in cheltenham)

and i just realised the chef was a diner on masterchef last night...

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I'm still amazed that there aren't any stars in Glasgow.

I've always liked Steve, and without him the other two wouldn't have got their stuff out on time. I think that there should be more made of that.
 
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