Since Hell's Kitchen ended, Fox thought it was time to rearrange their programming schedule, changing the day and time MasterChef would be on. The geniuses that Fox are, they put the show in the exact same time slot as Big Brother in hopes of competing with CBS. I'm guessing about the whole competing thing, but I think it's pretty obvious. Since Renee and I have also been writing about Big Brother here, we were faced with a big decision. What show are we going to watch and chat about on Wednesdays at 8PM?
Obviously, we chose to watch MasterChef last night, sorry CBS, so there is no chat on last night's episode of Big Brother. Don't worry, Renee has a little present lined up for this afternoon for all of you hardcore Big Brother fans.
I think Fox may have gotten a little over their heads with the implementation of MasterChef in their schedule to finish out the summer. Last night, two episodes aired in a row and the only reason for this, as Renee points out in our chat, is that Fox has to rush this show and air all of the episodes before the fall season comes in. So, after what seemed like the never-ending audition process, MasterChef finally came into its own last night, with real challenges, real winners and real eliminations.
In the first episode that aired last night, the amateur chefs had to create a dish using only ingredients found in a mystery box at their work stations. They then went on to having to create a Chinese food dish for their elimination challenge where two people were eliminated. In the second episode, the chefs cooked for over 200 Marines and their families while divided up into two teams; the losing team then had to go through a taste test elimination, having to identify as much ingredients as they could point out by sight and taste from Graham Elliot's big pot of Texas chili.
There was quite a bit to talk about last night during MasterChef, so check out the chat Renee and I had during the two hours of the show after the jump.
Holly: Yay, time for MasterChef!
The MasterChef kitchen is all nice and shiny. I bet it looks amazing for those who like being in the kitchen.
Oooh, the mystery box!
Renee: That is not a fair test for ameteurs
And is it me or does Ramsay look even more lobster like than usual?
Holly: He looks sunburned. And I think his accent is thicker.
I think you're confusing amateur chefs with people who have no clue what they're doing. They have creativity and passion.
Renee: Well depending on whether or not their accustomed to the ingredients and I don't like how they set them up with chocolate
Holly: A lot of them went right for it, too. I would have, I love chocolate!
Renee: See, someone who has never cooked a pork chop
Holly: Yeah, she's also the youngest person on the show.
And I like that she said she wanted to challenge herself and that is what the entire show and experience is about.
Renee: And I don't like David one little bit
Holly: Me either. I have disliked him since the first episode. They should have kicked him out then.
Renee: Also, they are only going ot taste the food that looks good? WTH
Holly: What happened to presentation not being a big factor?
And then the next episode it was, so I guess they're sticking to that decision.
Renee: They keep telling people that they are not professionals and then expecting them to behave like they are
I would have served them a tomato sandwich and said here you go
Holly: Hahaha! That isn't being a chef at all, that's being a sandwich artist and this isn't Subway!
Renee: Yeah well they have been such asses I don't see how I should do more
Holly: That chocolate mousse looks good!
Renee: I like Jake...
Holly: Me too. I like that he's surprising those judges and two of them were ready to send him home at the audition.
Renee: Because they are biased and didn't like the way he looked
Holly: And there Gordon Ramsay goes with saying he thought he was going to be sloppy because he's a construction worker.
Renee: See there is Ramsay again say he expected him to be clumsy
Holly: Yep. Fucking bullshit.
Renee: Please not David
Holly: Hahahahah. Not David! Whitney is in the top three after never cooking a pork chop before.
I totally just typed porn chop before I corrected it.
"Or are you just a lucky young girl?" Wow, Ramsay.
Renee: You know he could not resist the sexism
Holly: How old do you have to be to be considered a woman and not a young girl, I wonder.
Renee: Old enough for him to look like a craddle robber when he fucks you
Holly: And then cook him a perfect pork chop and then he can tell you that you just got lucky and probably can't cook.
Renee: Also you have to be blonde and look a lot like him
Holly: Sunburned?
Is his version of foreplay a game of hide the sunblock?
Renee: Haven't you seen the woman he cheated with...she looks just like him. It's fucking creepy they could be sibling
Holly: No, I had no idea of Gordon Ramsay's extra-marital affairs.
Now I have something to Google!
And Whitney won the challenge. I'm happy about that.
Renee: Yeah but David thinks she has weaknesses and they didn't even eat his food
Holly: The only weakness she has is that she's young. And I resent people who consider that a weakness. So sick of that.
They have to make Chinese food!? Oh jeez. Rice, noodles, water chestnuts. I'm out.
Would they be explaining to her what she should be thinking about when picking the main ingredient if they weren't already looking down on her because of her age? I wonder.
I would have no idea what to do with mandarin oranges.
Renee: You have to do a sweet and sour thing
Holly: Avis looks downright scared.
Renee: Did that chick just start to prey?
Holly: I didn't see.
Renee: Who the hell fries chicken in tin foil? that's fucked
Holly: That guy does! Gordon Ramsay was flabbergasted as well.
Renee: Cause what he said made zero sense
Holly: Wow, 20 minutes left and one chick already finished plating.
Now it's going to get cold.
Renee: Bad time management
Holly: Wow, Gordon Ramsay compared Whitney's stirfry chicken to a TV dinner.
Renee: Well it was out of field...it's hard to eat what you don't make
Holly: Very true. Slim should have served her broth.
And Avis' food is from a gas station. Jeez.
Renee: Again they are all out their experience
Holly: That chicken and broccoli does SO look like a Chinese dish! Probably Chinese he has had--take out.
Why was David's broccoli purple? Was it purple?
Renee: Yeah a purple broccoli. WTH
Holly: Joe Bastianich just scared me. HE SCARED ME! And I'm watching!
Renee: He didn't have throw his cutlery down that was beyond rude
Holly: I agree, I jumped.
Renee: Tracey's dish looks good
I don't like the way the big cook eats over the plate when he knows people have to eat after him
Holly: Tracy is the first one who got a good critique.
Sheena's dish looks completely underwhelming and boring.
Is that her name? They need to show it on the screen again. I can't keep these names straight yet.
Renee: "turned my mouth into a desert" that's rough
Holly: Looked pretty, though!
Ramsay fucked with Mike's emotions by making him think it sucked and then said it was great.
And he won.
Renee: He always does that kind of thing though
Holly: Yes, I know.
Aww, Avis is in the bottom three with Faruq and Sheena. :(
Renee: I want her to stay
Holly: NO! Avis got eliminated! I want to cry for her.
I like her too much.
Renee: I remember she almost picked Ramsay up when she got in
Holly: Yep.
And they're going to eliminate a second person.
And Sheena is gone. Two women. Who's surprised?
Renee: Think about the fact that all the judges are all male
With any luck David will be sent home in this round
Holly: Why are there two episodes in a row!? My goodness.
Renee: They are trying to rush through the season and get it over with before the new shows start
Holly: Ah. Okay, makes sense.
So, now a cooking adventure with the Marines.
Renee: Of course support the troops and go all patriotic
Holly: A patriotic team challenge!
Aww, it's like dodgeball in elementary school.
Renee: Yeah I hate those themes
Holly: Why is the red team automatically labeled the underdogs!?
They're just the less popular with Mike.
Renee: Because they have to set it up that way to make us give a shit
Holly: It just makes me mad.
Renee: Oh and marines don't do puff pastry. They're too manly and tough I suppose
Holly: Mike is not a leader. He's stressing folks out.
Oh dear. 5lbs of bacon on the floor.
And the red team might not have enough food--because pastry-hating Marines eat 15lbs of food each.
Renee: I think they might have been right about the veggies though. That is not enough for 200 people
Holly: Oh wow that is a ton of people.
Renee: see the concern about the amount was legitimate
Holly: Maybe the Marines' families will like the puff pastry.
Renee: I would eat team red I think
Holly: Me too, the key ingredient being barbecue.
Renee: Yeah the bbq looks good and tender. I knew that they would run short of food
Holly: And the blue team is all "We're gonna win! We're not running out of food!"
Oooh, double barbecue and double pie.
Renee: Yeah they really miscalculated
Well if you have never cooked for 200 people before how are you really supposed to know. you take your best guess
Holly: True!
And the blue team won.
Renee: The red team might have won had they not ran out of food
Holly: Yeah, I think so too. I wanted them to win just because they were labeled the underdogs.
I'm a sucker like that. I get all defensive.
Renee: I am not that invested in them yet
Holly: What's in the pot... I'd guess water!
Renee: I don't know
Holly: It's brothy, there should be water in it.
Yep, brothy is a word now. Okay, never mind, it isn't brothy.
celery is in it!
Renee: Texas chili
All this is stuff she has to be able to see so far
Holly: That's how I guessed celery!
Whitney got 12 ingredients. I'd be happy with that. That's a lot of ingredients.
And Faruq got 9 ingredients and Whitney is safe.
Renee: Faruq is now safe
Holly: I have even made chili before. Granted, it was bad, but it was chili!
Renee: chili isn't hard to make
Holly: I know, on paper it's simple. Not a lot to it.
Renee: Umm it's simple all of the time
Holly: Well I'm glad you think so.
And Slim beat Jenna.
Renee: I think they wanted to get rid of Jenna anyway. more women out the better right
Holly: I think so too. They really hated her Chinese dish.
David is safe from elimination. Sad.
Joe Bastianich is playing a game of fucking memory up there.
Renee: At least he is quiet
Holly: True.
Renee: He is going to say chili powder
Holly: Cumin. It better be right after that speech he just gave about what ingredient is bringing out the earthy flavor.
Renee: I think cumin is a really good guess and I would not have thought of it until he said it
Holly: And he was right!
Third woman eliminated.
Renee: Awesome Kat Cora is going to be on the next episode...I LURVE her
She absolutely rocks and takes no shit
Holly: And anyone who can cook a dish better than her gets to be in the final four.
Don't think it will happen though.
Renee: Me either. I would so love to meet her. Did you know she just had a baby with her wife? I think she is going to make a kick ass momma
Holly: No, I did not know that.
It's pretty awesome though.
Renee: I am a fountain of useless information tonight
Holly: Haha! And I just like, turned right off. Two hours of MasterChef is exhausting!
Renee: I know...I hope they go back to one episode next week
Holly: Me too, by an hour and a half into the episodes I was looking at the clock thinking "they can't possibly do any more tonight!"
Renee: It just got boring and hard to focus on after awhile
Holly: Yep, exactly.
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