Comments on: Too soon to knife MasterChef

By: kevin kissack

kevin kissack — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:32:33 +0000

Brilliant! Haven’t wanted to watch TV like this for years. Interesting and entertaining… despite the volume of adverts in between. I love the way the judges show respect and are considerate to the contestants whether they win or lose, despite being tough, which they have to be. Its also good that the contestants are open and frank. Great editing too. Great stuff! Love it!

By: taylor trock

taylor trock — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:34:38 +0000

Chris may wear a hat and have dark hair but can cook,and has a vision andre wouldnt know what three hats really takes!he has been bagging him and the show is a backstabbing idiot who couldnt cook cheese on toast,and served up crap not even proper ghocchi with some diced garbage underneath,andre is just a whinger and looked like his never worked a real job in his life ,im glad his gone,justine will win she got a modern feel and is a good amateur cook.

By: Elvie

Elvie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:34:47 +0000

It’s such a pity that Ten’s Masterchef forums are so cliquey.

There are too many locked threads with a message from a senior moderator, Border Patrol, that are locked because the topic has been discussed elsewhere or is being discussed elsewhere. But where? Is the question on forum members lips, where?

I also love it when a long term member of Ten’s forums makes a pre-emptive post about locking a thread and then Border Patrol just does it! No link to where the topic the new poster was interested in discussing just lock. Bye bye. The topic might have been discussed weeks ago and is so far back in the stupid forum layout that it is impossible for a newbie to find. Never mind the fact that thread titles are totally misleading thus making it impossible for a new poster to ever find the topic they were interested in discussing.

By: franz chong

franz chong — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:59:38 +0000

It was long overdue a replacement for those long gone American Sitcoms done to death a million times over.
I hope they never bring back Friends or Seinfeld to 7pm Timeslot

By: Trish

Trish — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:55:25 +0000

Matt says “George, Gary and I aren’t going to let anyone progress who can’t cook”. Then why the heck is sam still in the competition at this stage – he can’t cook , he’s an irritating personality and he should’ve been eliminated in the first week !!!!!!!!

By: Asiah

Asiah — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:43:26 +0000

Hey, this is such a fantastic show! I am addicted and love all the personalities! I also love that there is no blatant product placement- very tastefull(pardon the pun).

Yes the host are very encouraging unlike Ramsay, which is intentional. Thank God for a good honest show that leaves the bickering and backstabbing out of things and focuses on the food and skills.

What a great idea to go to Hong Kong!

By: Susie

Susie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:32:20 +0000

What I like about this program is that the judges are encouraging and not cruel. I feel the stress of some of the challenges and can only be in awe of the contestants to hold it together. Sure it is editored for us the viewers to be entertained and we are! We don’t need to see a Big Brother or the inside gossip like that of Idol contestants or have viewers judge who is the best cook!

The other positive is that it is appealing to all age groups, from school age children to grandparents. The best thing about the program is that it is getting everyone back into the kitchen wanting to cook. I heard of a 10 year old boy in the school playground discussing with his friends the making of the croquembouche and that his Mother was buying the ingredients so he could make it for his Dad for his birthday. Now that’’s impressive!

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:14:06 +0000

Congratulations on such a wonderful show, keep the good work up boys. A pleasure to watch………..

By: what_tha

what_tha — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:00:57 +0000

@David: I’m fairly certain there is a lot of that sort of thing going on David, for example, I doubt they had 10 camera’s, with one aimed at each of the contestants whenever something “surprising” happened. Saying that though, generally speaking, they do their :-O faces quite convincingly. One of the best shows Channel Ten has put in the 7 o’clock slot!!!!

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:52:03 +0000

I’m quite enjoying this show, and yes I like that it’s so nice and the judges are actually encouraging! I really want Julie to win!

By: Phuong

Phuong — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:44:43 +0000

This is the most interesting show I’ve ever seen. Thank you very much for hosters

By: Nico

Nico — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:43:32 +0000

“For now, they are still enjoying what they have concluded is the nicest new show on telly.”

This is one of the reasons I like the show so much – Gary and George are great hosts. They are actually nice to the contestants and seem genuinely enthusiastic about imparting knowledge to their charges and cooking in general. Gary giving a “Master Class” is totally charming!

By: steph

steph — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:46:43 +0000

I was suprised at myself for actually enjoying this show – only noting last night how refreshing it is to have some nice hosts/judges who seem to give everyone encouragement. You can notice they might have favourites (Sam you’re not going unnoticed), but they really seem to support each and every contestent

By: David Knox

David Knox — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:38:40 +0000

Very strange editing by FremantleMedia last night of contestants.

The scene where 3 were boarding a boat saying “I wonder where we’re going?” was filmed at Lamma Island, then intercut back into HK island, then arriving back at Lamma and acting surprised. Seems they missed the shots of leaving HK island so they faked it instead.

By: alfagirl

alfagirl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:09:33 +0000

If I went to a restaurant I would really expect the only oil in the kitchen to be bottled and not in the Chef’s hair. Chris clean up your act.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:45:51 +0000

Like previous posters, nothing is going to stop me watching MC.

I’m not interested in the contestants home lives their age,state etc. I just want to see the best cook win. If there is bitching going on behind the scenes then I don’t want to know about it in the News Headlines every 2nd day either as this is supposed to be about cooking, so thank goodness it’s not up to viewer votes to pick the winner.

I haven’t missed an episode and IMHO the right ones have been eliminated so far.

On an aside, I see the Betting odds have Chris to win………Unless his cooking improves miraculously I can’t see this happening, or someone knows more than we do……..??