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THIS!

So c'mon, own up. Who secretly things they'd be in with a chance at the title? ;)

Some great dishes on tonight. I may have to re-evaluate my fantasy finishing position in the competition . . . .

to 2nd.

Good to see the two lads still shouting.

It was on from 8:30pm till 10pm, and the time flew as it was so interesting.Will watch it every week now.:)

Walnut salt? Walnut salt? Walnut salt? A pile of walnut salt to accompany a pudding? Walnut salt?

As John Torode said.........NO!

It was on from 8:30pm till 10pm, and the time flew as it was so interesting.Will watch it every week now.:)

I think it's on every night Pattricia.

Walnut salt? Walnut salt? Walnut salt? A pile of walnut salt to accompany a pudding? Walnut salt?

As John Torode said.........NO!

I wasn't sure as I know that you can use salt as a flavour enhancer in some sweet dishes.

Clearly not in this one though. :gag:

TV

DOES

NOT

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BETTER

THAN . . .





THIS!

So c'mon, own up. Who secretly things they'd be in with a chance at the title? ;)

China, have you made this writing smaller ? :huh:

China, have you made this writing smaller ? :huh:

No . . .

someone who clearly has no appreciation of Torode's might gob is behind this one. If you can't shout once in a while, then remove the bloody size options!

Walnut salt? Walnut salt? Walnut salt? A pile of walnut salt to accompany a pudding? Walnut salt?

As John Torode said.........NO!I sort of see what they were trying to do with that idea and had it worked they would have won

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Pretty poor showing last night. What was she thinking with that rasberry sauce?

And what about that pillock who dressed his plate as though it was a Michelin competition. I doubt many people, myself included, would have the faintest idea of exactly how much skill and knowledge goes into that level of cooking.

I suspected the bee-hive would go through, her sticky toffee pudding looked the business.

Was that poor they only put two through on one of them!

I was a bit disappointed that posh boy wannabe Michelin starred Jonty went through. I just kept thinking he was sweating so much that it must have been dripping in his food:gag:

me easily...lol

There were some dogs dinners tonight but I was so glad to see both of the guys go through in the second programme. They both produced flawless cooking.

Some bloody good cooks on this series. I'm surprised the tailor has been booted out.

Should be an interesting final. The Dr and the fella in the first round (Batman t-shirt) are both fantastic cooks.

I'm hoping they skip the superfluous 'cooking for the TA' round this series.

To be fair the choice between Will and Tim was a difficult one. Although I suspect in Tim we already have one of our finalists

Yet again I've got completely hooked on it, which is annoying, as there are so many things about it that irritate the hell out of me. Why, for example (apart from filling the time) do they have the 'professional kitchen' round, when it never makes any difference to who wins or loses?

The commentator's voice is v v annoying ... but as I still have a silly crush on John Tirode and his little hamster face, I have to watch it.

I noticed on the show a few days ago everyone was given a choice between making Moules Mariniere or Chicken breast in a brandy and cream sauce.

All those that chose to cook mussels added cream to their dish mush to the evident dismay and disgust of John Torode. However when I searched for recipes most of them contained cream. He complained that one cooks sauce was too watery, but they only had wine and the mussel juices to cook with so had could they thicken it without going through the rigmarole of roux making?

How do you do yours?

I always add cream to mine, but in the back of my mind I remember that a classic mariniere is basically white wine, parsley, garlic and mussel juice.

I think you then drain the mussels and thicken the sauce by emulsifying with butter and pouring back over the mussels.

One of my favourite dishes, though I quite like the addition of cream.

One element I didn't agree with Torode is about the mussels being undercooked. As soon as they're opened, that's it, they're cooked for me and that's how I like them. However, he was classing them as overcooked. The classic recipes I've seen tend to say the same.

http://www.provencebeyond.com/food/moulesmarinier.html

As for the show, I thought it was a bit unjust sending the music exec guy out. His dish may not have been great, but he can clearly cook. The guy who cooked the rabbit looks like a nervous wreck, he'll be in the loony bin before the show is out.

I'm getting fed up and bored of the "challenges" that go on in the first half of the programme, like last night's cooking for the W.I. It's just filler, and embarrassing to watch them make complete rickets. It has nothing to do with the judging or whether or not they'll progress through.

I'm getting fed up and bored of the "challenges" that go on in the first half of the programme, like last night's cooking for the W.I. It's just filler, and embarrassing to watch them make complete rickets. It has nothing to do with the judging or whether or not they'll progress through.

I completely agree. Tonight's episode sunk new depths.

There was an advert for the new series of "Great British Menu" on tonight, which is a great program.

But even that suffers from the hands of some stupid ass producer, who obviously insists on the chefs doing this ridiculous double act whereby they criticize each other in some half-arsed comical way that is cringe worthy.

Some of the poor sods clearly don't have a humorous bone in their body.

I'm a complete masterchef addict but would hate to go on myself. I want Stacey to win and if not her, Dhruv. Agree with the challenge thing, they never take that into account; they're only ever as good as their last dish in the studio. I still like watching it all though, but look forward to the studio bit the most.

I'm a complete masterchef addict but would hate to go on myself. I want Stacey to win and if not her, Dhruv. Agree with the challenge thing, they never take that into account; they're only ever as good as their last dish in the studio. I still like watching it all though, but look forward to the studio bit the most.

Stacie's pudding was a disaster, so badly conceived and delivered. Tim played it simple and nearly lost out. He really needs to improve his game for the final tonight.

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Well tonights episode was just a complete waste of time.

I hope Dhruv wins although I can't say i care for any of them. I was sad that Stacie lost.

Well tonights episode was just a complete waste of time.

Agh! didn't know it was on today!! Will have to catch up on iplayer (even though you say it is a waste of time)! I agree with what you said about Stacie's pudding but she knew she was out too. G&T and cream definitely don't go together. I still think she's cool though and I don't think she meant to do a smiley face. Getting to like the other bloke who's not Tim or Dhruv, can't remember his name- he's getting more confident too.

Agh! didn't know it was on today!! Will have to catch up on iplayer (even though you say it is a waste of time)! I agree with what you said about Stacie's pudding but she knew she was out too. G&T and cream definitely don't go together. I still think she's cool though and I don't think she meant to do a smiley face. Getting to like the other bloke who's not Tim or Dhruv, can't remember his name- he's getting more confident too.

His name is Alex:)

I think Druv will win. He seems to have been the most consistent all the way through.

I think Druv will win. He seems to have been the most consistent all the way through.

I agree. Ive made a bet with my husband! Everytime he makes something I really want to eat it. I'm going off Alex as he insists on cooking offal at every opportunity which is not my thing.

Would love Druv to win, most of his meals look gorgeous, his only issues are that he seems to panic when faced with time contstraints, but does get there in the end, and its usually on cuisines he has never cooked before. Wish he was my husband, would be amazing to have someone cook that well for me, I hope he opens a restaurant! His food at the palace looked amazing!

I'm a Druv fan too :D

Yay Dhruv won. Gutted for the other two though, they all did well in the final show.

Yay Dhruv won. Gutted for the other two though, they all did well in the final show.

Congratulations Dhruv!:D

yay for dhruv x

Ive enjoyed watching this programme so much.

Tim and Druv both excelled tonight.

Blue cheese ice cream? I mean really?

I've struggled to take this series seriously, mainly because Alex looks so like Chris Martin I kept expecting it to be a music video

I've struggled to take this series seriously, mainly because Alex looks so like Chris Martin I kept expecting it to be a music video

Ay, I half expected him to break out into "Trouble" when they tasted his blue cheese ice-cream. His food was more to my taste than the others, though he didn't have the technical ability as Tim or Druv.

I thought it was a good series, maybe the best. The challenge's didn't drag on too long which helped.

I'm getting ready for a thorough ego bashing when junior masterchef is aired.