Heya Trashies!
I read an old interview this week with Amanda Barry, the UK soap star who famously punched Gordon Ramsay in the first Hells Kitchen (the original UK one, which Gordy left behind to do far more successfully in the US) She was bitter at the whole experience, claiming being a chef was easy if ‘you got enough sleep’ (The day she punched Gordon was because she’d been up to 5.30 am boozing away and had three hours sleep. So in that sense, she was right). Her main bone of contention was that editing was done to show people in the light the producers wanted.
On that score, she’s dead right. So I’m expecting today to see the battle lines being drawn on the runners and riders for this season. I’m not picking a favorite, because I don’t have one. My cynical bet for winning is the Softball Queen Addison, or the eerily talented Kya. She might be too young though.
We see some new faces of the 22 remaining minis, one being Jesse, a self proclaimed ‘rocker kid’.
When a kid does this, the party’s over.
Sell all your black tees and get a job as an accountant. Farewell L7, Shonen Knife and Pantera, I will miss you, but its better we part now before it gets any worse.
Usually today, in a normal Masterchef run, this would be a team challenge. There is no budget for that here though, so the top three from last week get picked to partake in a ‘sweet’ challenge. They have to put frosting on a cupcake. According to Robo-Tosi this is the best part of a cupcake. Personally I would only put a small glaze on a cupcake because I don’t want to die from sugar poisoning, but having seen what Tosi says she eats, I’m amazed she isn’t my size. I find her recipes far too sweet, but if anyone is on her wavelength, it’ll be kids.
Hello, this is type 2 diabetes calling. Real soon.
They have to frost sixty cupcakes in ten minutes. The winner gets immunity – and they also get to save one of the judges from being coated in frosting. Gordy gets Addison as his ‘champion’, which is a mixed blessing as her competitive desire to win is being muted by her desire to see him covered in frosting.
There might be some cooking at some point. Please?
Not yet, its time for last years winner Logan to come on and be inspiring about Masterchef Junior.
A Powerhouse of Inspiration and Ears.
It boils down to he’s done a ‘lot of fun stuff’. In the first bit I’ve found truly entertaining, Softball Queen Addison is losing her voice.
So they aren’t even making the frosting, just filling it and piping it. Some of the other mini’s offer cupcake frosting advice. If you need advice on how to squirt icing onto a cupcake, give up now and never go back into a kitchen. If you do, one day your partner is going to come home to a smoking ruin with you standing in it wailing ‘I only tried to make coffee.’
Logan the ex-winner gets to decide which cupcakes are acceptable or not, so Jesse’s plan of doing them slowly but well, might pay off.
Addison just blasted hers and hoped
Addison’s slapdash attitude results in a lose, and Gordy gets iced. So does everyone, to cut it short, but Sam won the immunity.
Masterchef Junior Encouraging Kids to Excel at Cooking.
Comparisons to other versions of Junior Masterchef are unfair, but lets do it. The big shocking difference is the kids are expected to actually cook and not just dick about for hours. That’s the main difference.
The judges walk off and back on again, miraculously clean. Thanks to editing. What the fuck is this? Just get rid of the judges and stick the Teletubbies on, it’d save time. Actually that’s not a bad idea.
Just as I’m about to go and kill one of my neighbors in rage (and they say TV doesn’t inspire violence) Ramsay unleashes the next challenge. Or first one, properly speaking. He produces three scallops in their shells. The mini’s are going to be extracting them the shells themselves. They get a demonstration and now they have to do it. Then they have to cook a scallop dish! At last!
So the main risk is they cut up the scallops when extracting them. Cooking them can be straightforward – dust them in curry powder and sear them each side, no turning, possibly cracking an egg on one. Job done. Although they’ll want a bit more than that.
Ian quickly finds the whole experience too much, and bursts into tears. Kya, who is just eight, tries to help him by buoying up his confidence, some of the other contestants join in encouraging him to believe in himself. Its a noble effort from the terrifying Kya, but it doesn’t work.