Comments on: Food critic becomes Masterchef host

By: David Knox

David Knox — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:55:59 +0000

Good luck! Keep us posted…

By: jo k

jo k — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:49:21 +0000

l love masterchef, l am actually in the running for the top 50 for masterchef 2010 and may l say l call myself a cook…it takes a long time of slog, an aprenticeship and hard hard work to call yourself a chef! So to all the fabulous chefs out there l raise my glass, well done, and to all the cooks keep cooking from the heart – masterchef allows us cooks to get out there and express our passion, taste and our artistic expression to the palette!

By: sarah

sarah — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:12:58 +0000

well you’re all wrong because its rated well and is very entertaining to watch

By: Archie Gerzee (retired trawler skipper)

Archie Gerzee (retired trawler skipper) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:47:30 +0000

Hi, I have fished the New Zealand Pacific for 20 years and delivered fish to restaurants like the Whitangi Hotel in the Bay of Islands, never ever would I have thought that top judges (Cheffs) like your self even touched those fish dishes
served by the blue team made from bait fish. They should have been disqualified straight away, no restaurant should serve food made from bait fish to custommers. Would you taste a dish, even though beautifull presented made from pet food? I doubt it very much. I am very disappointed in the guest cheff from that fish restaurant in Sydney not to classify that bait dish as “Not for human consumption.”
Enjoy the program, but….that particular dish was a no! no!
Regards
Archie.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:15:43 +0000

I agree with Bernard, I want to watch the show but I can not stand the format. There was such an opportunity for a “fresh” lifestyle/contest/reality show. Due to the financial squeeze people are staying at home and maybe trying to learn some home skills. We want to be inspired to do more, give cooking a go, be healthier for our children. We have been let down. Instead we get is the same old over the top mannerisms of the host and judges. The same old anti climax pauses. Judges that appear harsh and superior. When will TV producers start to realize that we are so over the long pauses, double takes after ads that we have already seen before the ads…. And so on!!

By: Bernard Alston

Bernard Alston — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:48:54 +0000

I enjoyed the UK series Master Chef. You wannabees are making us look like colonials. In trying to create ‘good television’, you’ve ended up with a cross between the worst of Gordon Ramsay and the worst of Jamie Oliver with none of their flair and style. There is no need for such disrespect from the judges, especially from the little shaved headed bully. Lucky for you there is little competition in your timeslot, but it’ll be a DVD or a book for me.

By: Cathy George

Cathy George — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:54:03 +0000

Please explain why Melbourne is the “food capital of Australia.”

Top 50 Restaurant of the World–No Melbourne Restaurants–N0 17 Tetsuya’s Sydney–No 46 Quay Sydney.

The top 100 Gourmet Taveller Restaurants Australia –say top 15 — 11 Sydney–3 Vic (1oe those is closed)

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:57:07 +0000

Well, didn’t C10 well and truly butcher Masterchef last night. My hubby predicted they would and boy was he right. What a pity. C10 had a wonderful opportunity to follow in the footsteps of MC UK, a popular show with a winning formula. In the UK, the MC title is a prestigious award which really is all about the food and the talent. The debacle we witnessed last night bore no resemblence to that. Instead, they have turned it into a version of Australian Idol. The enormity of the egos of the 3 ‘judges’ was such that there was no room left for the food or the talent. The last thing Australian TV audiences needed was another Idol or So You Think You Can Dance. They were looking for something refreshingly different – we’ve all been let down.

By: connie

connie — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:39:13 +0000

I sent in a application. And got no reply at all.
Maybe they thought i was too experienced.
What ever.

By: penny

penny — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:32:51 +0000

has anyone heard if they are in or not yet? I know someone that had their last interview a week and a half ago and has not heard anything back. Any clue of what they are competing for?

By: Beverley Brand

Beverley Brand — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:49:38 +0000

Applied for Masterchef and as of 10/02/2009 still haven’t received a reply – only acknowledgement of application. I am probably too boring not having any issues, neurosis or attitudes! Just love cooking.

A ‘thanks but no thanks’ would have been just good manners!

By: Betty

Betty — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:26:20 +0000

Just another cooking show to feed the egos of these chefs who think they are God. I’d rather watch the chefs on the food channel!

By: Big Brother in the Kitchen

Big Brother in the Kitchen — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:22:55 +0000

Masterchef Australia is replacing Big Brother because it’s going to be “Big Brother in the kitchen”. Sadly, many of the original Masterchef groupies are in for a big disappointment with this show,

This is a Channel 10 production – is there any need to say another word? This is not going to be a show about great cooking or food, instead it will be a TV extravaganza full of emotion, crying, disappointment, nervousness, evictions and maybe the odd bit of back stabbing. Maybe even the odd shower scene when the contestents are locked up in the house together?

By: Edwina Shackleton

Edwina Shackleton — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:55:10 +0000

masterchef australia will be filmed at 13 doody street alexandria 2015 from mid feb for 7 months

By: laja

laja — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:48:40 +0000

I’m pretty sure Channel TEN have totally messed up the great British format of Masterchef (Re: Tony Harrison’s comment). I’ve heard that the successful applicants all have to live in the same house for 4 months. Sounds more like Big Brother for wannabe Chefs. If this is true, I think its sad Channel TEN feels it needs to change a winning formula to try and capture the ‘young’ audience.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:20:58 +0000

Yeh , I got an interview in brisbane on this sunday coming. That’s a long way from Townsville. All very exciting. The first stage is difficult though, two dishes already preped and dished out on sight. Obviously they will be cold with no heating facilities. Tough!!!! will try and create two dishes that represent North Qld.