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Masterchef: The Professionals

5t3IIa said:
This house was split on Rada as brilliant but veggie and Winner Chap as the obvious choice. Rada couldn’t have won as however much vegetarianism is now seen as an acceptable lifestyle choice MC was never going to crown her if she can’t taste her own casseroles. I am positive she’ll be snapped up and be incredibly successful though 👍🏼
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ah to my shame I forgot about Rada, she was great too, as was the winner.
 
5t3IIa said:
This house was split on Rada as brilliant but veggie and Winner Chap as the obvious choice. Rada couldn’t have won as however much vegetarianism is now seen as an acceptable lifestyle choice MC was never going to crown her if she can’t taste her own casseroles. I am positive she’ll be snapped up and be incredibly successful though 👍🏼

Edit: Jury still out on purple rice as an acceptable lifestyle choice. Pookie was living in 3022
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I had Rada down as the young newcomer, the 'anyone can give it a go even if they've only been cooking a short amount of time' candidate. She was never going to win on that basis because it would look to easy.

Pookie's house looked pretty flash and I'd expect there'll be some money backing Pookie World and associated cookbooks and merchandising to follow. Fuck coloured rice though unless it's that old style yellow pilau with blobs if green and red in.
 
While I agree Radha was great (and hot) and Pookie was adorably bonkers this isn't the thread for the amateur version. Although a lot of the amateurs could easily hold on their own on the professional version.
 
Petcha said:
While I agree Radha was great (and hot) and Pookie was adorably bonkers this isn't the thread for the amateur version. Although a lot of the amateurs could easily hold on their own on the professional version.
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I'm not sure about that. Although I do think it would be very very funny if they made the amateurs do a skills test on day one. Marcus' face would be hilarious watching some hipster from Brighton making an Omelette Arnold Bennet or filleting a halibut.
 
I did see somewhere who Monica Galletti's replacement was (it was someone I'd never heard of - a woman).

I'll try and find it and report back.
 
souljacker said:
I'm not sure about that. Although I do think it would be very very funny if they made the amateurs do a skills test on day one. Marcus' face would be hilarious watching some hipster from Brighton making an Omelette Arnold Bennet or filleting a halibut.
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He’s not on the amateur version tho!
 
Maybe it need a bit of refreshing anyway, as good as she was. I'd certainly like to see the amateur hosts getting updated. I'd actually keep Greg, he's often more insightful than the Aussie guy which is quite impressive for a 'former greengrocer' or whatever he used to be dismissed as.
 
PR1Berske said:
I prefer her too. Her facial expressions are brilliant and she's quite fair.
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Her facial expressions are the worst. I hope she chills them out a bit. It's like she's watched every episode of Monica's eye popping, done a gram of charlie and timesed it by 10.

The chemistry isn't there with Marcus either.
 
Anyway, on the actual cooking. I don't know why none of the contestants have ever figured out that Caribbean cooking doesn't fly with either the judges or critics. Always bombs.
 
I prefer Monica, although the replacement has grown on me somewhat. But for some reason I find her eyebrows very off putting, they look drawn on. I'm not sure if it's because it's not been on a while but the skills tests seem harder.
 
Also I preferred the old/original Monica when she was just a bit blunt and rough around the edges. Later on she went a bit more celeb.
 
I don't mind Anna Haugh, but preferred Monica. I wonder if she'll come back.

So far ... no absoulte wankers to laugh at, a la Jono, and no-one that really stands out.

Wish they'd all stop undercooking the lamb.
 
I gather Monica was suffering from a bit of mental stress. It was her decision to leave. But yeh. Not quite the same.
 
Monica has a young family and a restaurant or two. Also, she did that hotel thing with woshisface.
I liked James last night; such passion and honesty.
 
I miss Monica too and think Anna needs to chill a little.

James was the best last night imo.

EDITED I didnt mean James, I was watching last weeks on catch up :oops:, it was the other fella, he was very good ( Steve..? )
 
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nagapie said:
I prefer Monica, although the replacement has grown on me somewhat. But for some reason I find her eyebrows very off putting, they look drawn on. I'm not sure if it's because it's not been on a while but the skills tests seem harder.
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They're not really skills tests any more. Now they're 'guess what complex recipe this extremely experienced chef made' tests.
 
I think they're often pretty harsh in the skills test. They do seem to vary a lot in terms of difficulty though.

I really didn't like the posh woman the first week....Anastasia? Reckon she's a contender for the final though. So far the only one I like is the Albanian woman who was on on Monday with her Turnip 8 ways.

I think it's fair enough that Anna might be finding her feet. I don't remember being a big fan of Monica initially.
 
Just catching up on this. Honestly, the quality of cooking is far higher on the amateur version. There's people on here who are worse than me!
 
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