Masterchef - Herald gives it away?
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| 1 | Couldn't believe it. Herald TV guide shows three contestants on the final's night and one holding the trophy... socram - 2019-11-25 20:48:00 |
| 2 | I have one eye on the show while doing other things, but have seen something from day one, that also makes me wonder about the winner.... kaddiew - 2019-11-26 07:55:00 |
| 3 | I have suspected for years it is a set up. The 3 judges arent back are they, think that Irish guy is one of the new judges, not positive though so does anyone know what is happening in future shows. Herald are hopeless doing that. frances1266 - 2019-11-26 08:52:00 |
| 4 | socram wrote: samanya - 2019-11-26 10:14:00 |
| 5 | This message was deleted. cadmus - 2019-11-28 11:53:00 |
| 6 | cadmus wrote: Thanks for the spoiler If people wanted to know who wins, they would have googled melp6 - 2019-11-28 12:03:00 |
| 7 | I have voted to remove the spoiler threads. How incredibly inconsiderate those posters are. davidt4 - 2019-11-28 13:17:00 |
| 8 | cadmus wrote:
It's not like those who wanted to know hadn't been told where to find the info. What a dick. morticia - 2019-11-28 13:26:00 |
| 9 | SPOILER ALERT ABOVE What control freaks have to give it away frances1266 - 2019-11-28 13:50:00 |
| 10 | crap. just read it. thought i was safe as id just read this yesteday and thought it wouldnt show suspected they may be the winner. preferred someone else tho christin - 2019-11-28 14:12:00 |
| 11 | cadmus wrote: samanya - 2019-11-28 17:56:00 |
| 12 | Did you get a kick out of that, poster #5? Nothing better to do with your time than ruin the finale for others? Edited by kaddiew at 7:35 am, Fri 29 Nov kaddiew - 2019-11-29 07:26:00 |
| 13 | Heaven sake it has been common knowledge for months. Someone at work announced it, no one was that interested. It's been all over social media,Your telling me you haven't seen the winner advertised? Even the Herald put out the photo knowing it was common knowledge. As I first mentioned the show should run at the same time as Aus, but TVNZ keep it delayed to get the series at a cheaper rate. I honestly thought you would have to be living under a rock if you didn't know the result after this time. I'm sorry if I ruined it for some. I won't do it again, but no doubt if next years show is delayed by that amount of time the winner will be out there again before the final in NZ cadmus - 2019-11-29 09:15:00 |
| 14 | Masterchef season in Auz starts pretty much by Feb every year. Next years judges are completely different and one of them was a contestant. marcs - 2019-11-29 10:07:00 |
| 15 | now i know who won i will have a look tonight so to me why worry if some one has put it up bobcat_6 - 2019-11-29 10:34:00 |
| 16 | cadmus wrote:
it's been a tradition for many years on this recipe thread, for those who follow MC, to make a conscious effort NOT to find out the winner - and if they do by accident, they don't spoil it for the rest. So, NO, many did not know who the winner was - until you turned up. kaddiew - 2019-11-29 10:46:00 |
| 17 | cadmus wrote: samanya - 2019-11-29 11:10:00 |
| 18 | The challenge for those of us watching MKR and Masterchef is to not find out who wins. It is easy to find out who wins, but I challenge you, Cadmus, to not find out who wins the next series of MKR (whether you watch it or not), until the final shows here. We get pretty good at "hiding under a rock" and not finding out, until someone decides they are so clever by screwing it up. I have been thinking, since Derek was eliminated, that I should see who wins to make sure the person I dislike didn't, but decided to tough it out. I am taking it is the final tonight? We done good this year not having it spoilt for us (thanks to those who have known and kept their trap/fingers shut) - but then again, we haven't really bothered talking about it. unknowndisorder - 2019-11-29 11:28:00 |
| 19 | unknowndisorder wrote:
Yep, the final's tonight. :) kaddiew - 2019-11-29 11:38:00 |
| 20 | Caldmus, thanks for your apology, but the damage is done now. Your saying that it has been common knowledge for months was presumptuous. Some of us make a huge effort to stay away from media and websites that would have announced the winner. It's a pity that a spoiler alert cannot be edited into the thread title at this stage. Even if you deleted your posts it would probably still show up when quoted by someone responding to it. Might be worth a try, though? Edited by kitty179 at 3:09 pm, Fri 29 Nov kitty179 - 2019-11-29 15:04:00 |
| 21 | kitty179 wrote: Yup, it's a "sorry, but not sorry' response melp6 - 2019-11-29 15:12:00 |
| 22 | kitty179 wrote:
ok cadmus - 2019-11-29 15:57:00 |
| 23 | SPOILER ALERT DON"T READ ANY FURTHER AS WINNER NAMED IN SEVERAL POSTS ABOVE Edited by cadmus at 4:06 pm, Fri 29 Nov cadmus - 2019-11-29 16:00:00 |
| 24 | cadmus wrote: bit late now coming down to this thread bobcat_6 - 2019-11-29 16:32:00 |
| 25 | cadmus wrote:
No use having a spoiler alert 18 posts down from your spoiler. But of course you knew that. kaddiew - 2019-11-29 17:06:00 |
| 26 | At least i didn't runaway cadmus - 2019-11-29 17:33:00 |
| 27 | cadmus wrote: samanya - 2019-11-29 17:50:00 |
| 28 | Yes I didn't look in this thread as most years someone just can't help themselves. I was expecting from the way the show has been edited the last few weeks and (of course) from Larissa's own creativity & talent that Larissa would win.Saying that,I did think last night that the show looked pretty rigged. No comment about her small main? Three 10s for her dessert even though the meringues had cracked? & Simon given a low score for his main that he couldn't come back from. maplekiwi1 - 2019-11-30 06:23:00 |
| 29 | maplekiwi1 wrote:
Those were my thoughts too. kaddiew - 2019-11-30 07:36:00 |
| 30 | Glad I stayed away from this thread as I too had no idea at all who the winner was. I liked Larry and the fact that she was only 22 makes her pretty special. Her dessert last night looked amazing and when she was cleaning up all that bone marrow I had to wonder if she was going to make it through. So to me it was well deserved. glasshalfull - 2019-11-30 08:50:00 |
| 31 | Probably a far better final with the three of them cooking their own food. I do sometimes wonder why some of them opt to do something that requires so much prep, putting themselves under even more pressure. At least this year, we didn't have an ongoing thread about favouring some contestants. I did wonder from the Herald pic whether or not Simon was the winner, (I didn't want to know in advance either) but assume now that it was just a balanced photograph. The fact that Tim wasn't in it gave it away that he wasn't top 3... A worthy winner though. On a different tack, got to feel sorry for the supporters on the balcony looking at all that fantastic food - and not getting any of it... Edited by socram at 10:08 am, Sat 30 Nov socram - 2019-11-30 10:07:00 |
| 32 | maplekiwi1 wrote:
I agree about the scoring & I also feel that it was a much more down to earth way for a final, to let the finalists choose their menu, rather than cooking some sort of of a famous chef's 'science fiction' type dish...most of them are constructions & way OTT imo. samanya - 2019-11-30 16:19:00 |
| 33 | I think it will be better with new judges different but you could see the others had their favourites. sticky232 - 2019-12-01 06:25:00 |
| 34 | samanya wrote:
Those challenges do highlight skills required to be a top chef, though, and would teach the contestants new techniques which they can use in their own careers. However, I agree that for a final the contestants' choice of dishes is the best idea. kitty179 - 2019-12-01 07:02:00 |
| 35 | we have been watching this show, and did not know who the winner was until the night. wheelz - 2019-12-01 07:26:00 |
| 36 | Some controversy about Larissa's win. maplekiwi1 - 2019-12-01 10:45:00 |
| 37 | maplekiwi1 wrote:
I read that too. I think there have been 'grey' areas with other contestants in the past. Maybe even Simon, as a cocktail barman, could have been involved in food served with his drinks? kaddiew - 2019-12-01 12:01:00 |
| 38 | True. But although Larissa was called a restaurant manager I don't recall MC saying it was her mum's cafe.& it would make zero sense if your daughter was a talented baker not to have her baking while she was at work. Controversy about Sandeep being eliminated rather than Simon in one elimination round. May explain why the judges made it so impossible for Simon to win. maplekiwi1 - 2019-12-01 12:30:00 |
| 39 | I didn't know it was her mum's cafe either. It seems Simon never stood a chance in the finals. I guess there's very little on MC that's not orchestrated! kaddiew - 2019-12-01 13:00:00 |
| 40 | maplekiwi1 wrote: I'm sure I heard about her working at mums café on MC. Also Sandeep, I missed that episode and was surprised when he was eliminated so early on in the show. glasshalfull - 2019-12-01 14:16:00 |
| 41 | glasshalfull wrote: Edited by samanya at 5:17 pm, Sun 1 Dec samanya - 2019-12-01 17:16:00 |
| 42 | Is it a spoiler to talk about next year's new judges? (I won't name anyone if it is....) I've now read about 2 entirely different trios, named for next year...??? kaddiew - 2019-12-01 17:33:00 |
| 43 | kaddiew wrote:
No, there were all sorts of rumours flying around but the confirmed trio https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-10/masterchefau-new-judg I hope they make a few other changes as well. Getting rid of the hyped up, repetitive music would be a start. I'd like to see more of the contestants living in the house. & I would like to see a vote for a fan favourite. I found an article that said that Sandeep was having back problems while he was on the show - so maybe he wanted to be written out.A fan favourite win could have been a good consolation prize. & I liked Derek. His crazy ideas didn't always work, but when they did they were brilliant Edited by maplekiwi1 at 7:29 am, Mon 2 Dec maplekiwi1 - 2019-12-02 07:28:00 |
| 44 | maplekiwi1 wrote: Derek was one of my favourites too melp6 - 2019-12-02 07:34:00 |
| 45 | maplekiwi1 wrote:
Thanks. That link no longer works for some reason. I'd love to see the end of that music too, and it's way past time for that fingernails-down-a- blackboard theme song, to go. Ditto for the weeping, hugs and sob stories. I'd rather not see the contestants at the house at all. If the show would just concentrate on the cooking, like the UK version, I'd enjoy it much more! Edited by kaddiew at 8:10 am, Mon 2 Dec kaddiew - 2019-12-02 08:09:00 |
| 46 | kaddiew wrote:
Ha amazing - that link was working an hour ago! Judges are former contestant & now very successful chef Andy Allen, chef Jock Zonfrillo (they both appeared on the show this year) & travel writer Melissa Leong. I think the present show falls uneasily between reality show & the British Master chef where it is all about the cooking. I'd like to see one or the other. What really bugs me is when the contestants get out of the cars, smile at each other & walk arm in arm up the stairs. Setting aside the waste of petrol - you have only just left the house you are living in. At the most you have been separated for a couple of hours. I'm sick of the time wasting stuff. Saying that I will watch at least the first few episodes of the next series, in the hope of a revamp. maplekiwi1 - 2019-12-02 08:41:00 |
| 47 | The time wasting stuff - that's it in a nutshell. :) Hopefully, with those three being young, they'll just get down to business. Edited by kaddiew at 9:01 am, Mon 2 Dec kaddiew - 2019-12-02 08:52:00 |
| 48 | While I enjoy the focus on the cooking on UK Masterchef, I also find it a bit "cold". I'm not really into the whooping and carrying on in other versions, but UK is so quiet and almost emotionless. And the final is sad to me - they go all that way and then no celebration. The contestants who don't win simply exit the room and the winner has a glass of plonk with the judges. lulu-belle1 - 2019-12-02 09:21:00 |
| 49 | lulu-belle1 wrote: Yes, that's what I think too Don't they just also have heats rather than the way Australia does it? I've never really got into UK Masterchef melp6 - 2019-12-02 09:28:00 |
| 50 | I love all of the UK Masterchef shows, especially Masterchef The Professionals. I like the fact that there is very little emphasis on the contestants' personal lives and that the shows are all about the cooking, good and bad. The contestants are more diverse, unlike Australian Masterchef in which they are almost all young and with little life experience. davidt4 - 2019-12-02 10:01:00 |
