Heat in the kitchen
He was cast as the grumpy, but talented, finalist in MasterChef, yet Chris Badenoch says he bears no grudges.
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He was cast as the grumpy, but talented, finalist in MasterChef -the beer merchant turned cook whose glum attitude was only matched by the audience’s seeming satisfaction that he didn’t make it to the Grand Final.
Chris Badenoch was the unshaven bloke in the hat whose personal relationships became fodder for current affairs shows.
As the next season approaches, Badenoch spoke to The Age about the making of the 2009 hit series and what he learned along the way.
“They (the producers) never showed me smiling, ever. I spent most of the time I can remember joking all the time but they kindly didn’t edit any of that in,” he says.
”In some of the edits they would cut to me not looking very happy and I’d think, ‘That wasn’t even the same challenge.’
”They recycled a few shots of me looking unhappy.
”It was obvious from day one that they’d cast 20 very different characters and I didn’t have any issue with being painted as the villain at all, that’s just the way it goes. I was more concerned about just cooking what I cook.”
But Badenoch says he bears no grudges. Twelve months on he is putting the finishing touches on a cookbook he says will be published in time for Father’s Day and making a good living touring the country doing demonstrations at food expos and corporate functions.
His advice to prospective contestants, is probably a little belated given the show has been underway for weeks.
”When you’re cooking at home you don’t have someone giving you a 30-minute time frame to do it in. If something’s not quite ready you just let it go a bit longer. So to anybody that’s going to give this a go next time … my advice is to practise, and practise with your timing. Because half an hour’s not a lot of time to do a dish from scratch, especially if you don’t know what you’re going to cook.”
You can read a lot more at The Age.
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5 Responses
Does anyone else believe Julie often used her secret ingredient – sweat.
How else did her dishes pass as good food?
Dear Mandy, dont do that, they need all the viewers that they can get, be a good critic and go for it thats what my husband and I did and dont let hate into your heart for anyone enjoy and judge according to the expertise of Mandy its real fun from our lounge room chair, my husband just lived each night for it and to see them all do so well as I said in my last comment they were all winners to us
Love Eunice Manse
Chris you were marvelous but so were the others as well, most of the viewers were amazed at you all, Julie won very fair and square but you were also a winner to all of us and for sure I will buy your book when its out as Julies is now our and I will buy hers as well and if your ever cooking in my area I will be going to see you, so dont have regrets you were fantasic, and you truly did entertain us all to the hilt
Eunice Mansel
Chris most definitley should of won the Master Chef Australia 2009. He was by far the best cook in that show. I will never accept the Julie win. Her food was uncooked, not plated through most of the show. How could this person win.
Naf!
Chris was the MC Aussie 2009, for me. You were awesome Chris.
I hated Chris, but honestly he is a far better cook than Julie. The competition was rigged so that the Cinderella story for Julie would come true. I’m not watching this year.