[Hell's] Kitchen: There was no "voila" for me

King Riptor

Id say cost but a small container if button mushrooms is only like two bucks and you get way more than a xan after you prep them.

The outdoor challenge was weird. Like they had to fail the Krissi team but their dish seemed far more impressive

Malkor

Schrodinger wrote: »

So Hell's Kitchen winner not surprising.

Knew she was the ringer from Day 1.

jefe414

jdarksun wrote: »

I continue to be shocked that...

Luca

...is still squeaking by in MasterChef.

My friends and I were saying the same thing. We figured being on the winning team helps.

Nobody

Malkor wrote: »

Schrodinger wrote: »

So Hell's Kitchen winner not surprising.

Knew she was the ringer from Day 1.

I had the runner up flipped, but yeah I had her picked. EDIT: To clarify, I had picked Jon as the second finalist with Mary keeping her jacket.

Man this was a bad season. It was Hell's Kitchen: To Be Continued with the shittiest Blue team ever.

fugacity

Schrodinger wrote: »

BTW, I have to say that canned mushrooms are one of the dumbest ingredients ever.

Fresh mushrooms are available all year round. Usually at about the same price as canned.

In what world does a canned mushroom make any sense?

They are the worst. Totally turned me off to mushrooms for my entire childhood. Love them now.

Edit: Love real mushrooms, not canned.

Maximum

A top contender on "MasterChef" had a bizarre, violent encounter with cops in Chicago ... telling them Gordon Ramsay is an "asshole" who possessed his body and then transformed him into God ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... a University of Chicago cop spotted Josh Marks nearby the campus on Monday He was trying to use a University emergency phone and had obvious cuts on his face. We're told the cop asked Marks if anything was wrong, and Marks then lunged at him, striking him with a closed fist and then tried to grab his gun.

:?

Schrodinger

http://www.tmz.com/2013/07/31/masterchef-runner-up-josh-marks-arrested-university-of-chicago-god-gordon-ramsey/

A top contender on "MasterChef" had a bizarre, violent encounter with cops in Chicago ... telling them Gordon Ramsay is an "asshole" who possessed his body and then transformed him into God ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... a University of Chicago cop spotted Josh Marks nearby the campus on Monday He was trying to use a University emergency phone and had obvious cuts on his face. We're told the cop asked Marks if anything was wrong, and Marks then lunged at him, striking him with a closed fist and then tried to grab his gun.

Our sources say the cop and two other officers tried to subdue the 26-year-old, 7'2" tall culinary runner-up ... to no avail. They batoned and pepper sprayed him but it had no effect. Marks broke free and started running. Five cops subdued him in a resident's backyard.

Marks was taken to the hospital to treat his injuries. We're told once in custody an officer asked him why he went off the rails, and he blamed it all on Gordon Ramsay. Shockingly, we're told there was no evidence of drug use.

jdarksun

Recent episode spoilers

Uuugggghhhh they're doing a "let's bring someone back!" thing.

...I hope Bri wins.

jefe414

I can't believe those were the selections.

Bime? Really? Goddamnit, Eddie better get another chance.

King Riptor

They always do a return thing and its akways a serious payer versus a freebie win but seriously only two people were worth bringing back.
But its over now and Krissy can get eliminated and never come back

Zomro

jefe414 wrote: »

I can't believe those were the selections.

Bime? Really? Goddamnit, Eddie better get another chance.

Bime got a raw deal and was eliminated earlier than he should have, in my opinion. He was doing really well and he went out on a mistake that any person could make (i.e. mixing up two ingredients that are white powders). I don't think he could win the whole thing, but he definitely didn't deserve to go home so early.

New ep spoiler:

So glad that Bri won her apron back. I want her to win this thing now just because she's been constantly underestimated the whole time. When the vegetarian in the group is consistently putting out good dishes, even when she can't taste the meat, that shows talent.

jdarksun

Zomro wrote: »

jefe414 wrote: »

I can't believe those were the selections.

Bime? Really? Goddamnit, Eddie better get another chance.

Bime got a raw deal and was eliminated earlier than he should have, in my opinion. He was doing really well and he went out on a mistake that any person could make (i.e. mixing up two ingredients that are white powders). I don't think he could win the whole thing, but he definitely didn't deserve to go home so early.

New ep spoiler:

So glad that Bri won her apron back. I want her to win this thing now just because she's been constantly underestimated the whole time. When the vegetarian in the group is consistently putting out good dishes, even when she can't taste the meat, that shows talent.

Well...

...she can taste the meat, she just chooses not to.

I wonder when the surprise double elimination will happen this season. Betcha it's Wednesday.

Schrodinger

So rumor is that Bri is a ringer.

Also, she only became a vegetarian very recently.

Here's her page:

http://www.foodspotting.com/479514

jefe414

A ringer? Also if I'm reading that website correctly, she became vegetarian like a year ago?

Maximum

jefe414 wrote: »

A ringer? Also if I'm reading that website correctly, she became vegetarian like a year ago?

Ben Starr posted a long rambling comment from Bri on his blog stating that the rumors aren't true.

She didn't bring up her vegetarianism, but just like everything else I'm sure that it's being blown way out of proportion by the producers of the show.

Schrodinger

http://benstarr.com/blog/masterchef-4-recap-s4e14/

The last vote goes to Bri, and she regains her apron to bring the finalist count back up to 7. It’s lovely to see Bri come back…she’s one of my favorites. There is, however, a rumor mill that Bri is actually a hired actress and not a real contestant. (Her social media indicates she’s been friends with upper-level producers BEFORE the show was filmed.) And she’s been working as a pastry chef in LA since the show filmed, and has been offered a job as a pastry chef at Thomas Keller’s legendary NYC artisan bakery Bouchon. Such offers have NEVER been bestowed on an amateur chef from MasterChef before…in fact, such an offer is practically unheard of in ALL of competitive food television, including shows with professional chefs. Which sorta leads me to think that Bri is a professional pastry chef (and her college theatre background is merely how she’s being labeled on the show), and the producers know her well enough to know what a perfect addition she would be to the cast this year. Her character on the show may, in fact, all be an act. Check out her professional acting portfolio shots: http://www.starnow.com/brikozior/photos/2216100/#!photo-2216112

(Thanks to fan Nick Shiraef for finding those. They’re actually great photos, Bri! But certainly nothing like the pale, geeky vegetarian we’re seeing on MasterChef. Some people are saying she’s actually not vegetarian at all, which would explain why she cooks meat so well!)

jdarksun

Gonna miss his recaps.

Invisible

Master Chef Junior.
Oh, I hope Ramsey calls one of the kids a useless donkey.

Schrodinger

"Tomatoes are so acidic that adding acid is just unheard of."

notdroid

I'm in the middle of a 3 day week-end so I started watching this season's Master Chef episodes back to back since I haven't watched any of them yet.

The amount of lip service they give to Walmart, especially from Graham Elliot, is becoming increasingly more absurd every passing season.

At this point, they should just install a big pole in the Master Chef kitchen with "Walmart" printed across it and have Graham give it fellatio every now and then, to finally have it shoot tons of cash all over him upon release.

They'd end up getting the same message through with the added bonus of me not having to hear them rambling on about their steaks.

bowen

notdroid wrote: »

I'm in the middle of a 3 day week-end so I started watching this season's Master Chef episodes back to back since I haven't watched any of them yet.

The amount of lip service they give to Walmart, especially from Graham Elliot, is becoming increasingly more absurd every passing season.

At this point, they should just install a big pole in the Master Chef kitchen with "Walmart" printed across it and have Graham give it fellatio every now and then, to finally have it shoot tons of cash all over him upon release.

They'd end up getting the same message through with the added bonus of me not having to hear them rambling on about their steaks.

Oh good, I thought I was the only one noticing how obvious it was.

DemonStacey

Man there was so much stupid last week.

Like first of all they totally screwed the beard over. They literally told him he got to the final four and then they were like LOL NOPE, THAT WIN YOU GOT MEANT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

And then... Luca and whatsherface are the world's worst strategists I've ever seen.

"We really want to get Natasha with this one... so were going to make note that this dish is sure to screw over James and give it to him making him more likely to fail than Natasha. STRATEGY GOLD"

I'm so sad... he was all I had left!

Malkor

Is Luca actually good?

I want to say he isn't, but I just really can't tell.

Maximum

Luca seems to be pretty good, yes. Maybe not so much early on but he's definitely improved the most out of all of them.

notdroid

Win or lose, I'm pretty sure Joe Bastianich will offer Luca some kind of job/partnership deal at one of his restaurants. It seemed strongly hinted since the auditions.

King Riptor

Luca is their goldenboy all three of
the guys love him.

Not as much as Wal-mart mind you.
Have you heard about their delicious steaks and beautiful produce?

ArbitraryDescriptor

Waiting for the reveal that the $250,000 prize comes in the form of Walmart gift cards

DemonStacey

ArbitraryDescriptor wrote: »

Waiting for the reveal that the $250,000 prize comes in the form of Walmart gift cards

Which is worth more than $250,000, because Walmart goods are of such a high quality you know!

King Riptor

Oh god the part with Jessie's salad was hilarious.

King Riptor

Sorry to bump but is anyone watching Master Chef Junior?

Its fucking hilarious. The judges are just as dramatic about everything. The talking heads are actually less stilted and forced than the adults

the kids are actually pretty talented though. Seems solid

Schrodinger

The kids are doing better than the Hell's Kitchen chef's did at signature dishes apparently.

King Riptor

Yeah I love that macaroons and molten lava were beyond what any of the adult chefs provided last season

Zomro

MC Jr is going to be a lot of fun. Kids are crazy talented when they put their minds to it. It'll also be great not to have to put up with contestants shit talking each other all the time.

King Riptor

Thatll be refreshing. The parents though . . .

Schrodinger

Sadness.

http://www.tmz.com/2013/10/11/masterchef-finalist-josh-marks-dead-suicide/

Malkor

Damn man, that's a shame.

Schrodinger

New season apparently.

Also, why in the world does this exist?

Gosling

The same reason that this exists.

King Riptor

Its like a tape of humanities worst atrocities but with more swearing

Schrodinger

I just have a hard time imagining, "Hey Mike, wanna come over and watch Hell's kitchen season 5 with me? Everyone is terrible."