The judges welcome contestants to the heart of Shinjuku, where Tokyo comes alive at night. Contestants will be cooking at a local alleyway packed with street stalls to feed hundreds of hungry diners.
Get ready for a sumo-sized Japanese street stall challenge 7.30 TONIGHT! #MasterChefAU pic.twitter.com/T2CdgxIcqI
— #MasterChefAU (@masterchefau) 4 July 2017
They are supposed to be the best home cooks. Why Eloise has to put on the poor darling look because she has never cooked drumettes before. If you know how to cook chicken with bones, you should be able to guesstimate how to cook drumettes
It is rather amusing that certain contestants are being exposed.
What have we learnt- Callan have never heard the proverb a stitch in time saves nine.
Tamara bitches that she can’t make mayo and asks Sarah to intervene. Gary has to step in and suggest they use a food processor and Tamara nods sagely.
So Eloise just gave up deep frying chicken drumettes. She cant be Masterchef
Even MKR contestants can fry chicken
Eloise reply on twitter
Can I clarify, it isn’t frying without a deep fryer I’m stressed about, it’s the fact that the chicken has bones #MasterChefAU
What a princess
That is worse.
Absolutely, take their fancy gadgets away and they’re lost.
Yeah that saying must be way before Callan’s time. Who was it a few weeks ago didn’t know the one about rosemary & thyme?
That was Tamara
Ha ha, oh yeah that’s right. What a surprise.
Looks like Tamara is a protected species again because they usually don’t send a team of 3 to elimination if one of them has a an immunity pin.
I’m finding Sarah’s earnest seriousness in her to camera pieces annoying, Diana is also serious but without the earnestness. I can picture Diana with a sense of humour that seems to be lacking in Sarah.
Did anyone see Heather from last years masterchef on Shark Tank ?
Yes. That’s being encored on One tonight.
So the best home cooks ever dont know you can make mayo with a food processor
This is why they should do basic challenges and build the skills over the season rather than the contestants hiding behind a few practised dishes.
That’s what I was thinking, they acted like it had never been achieved before.
The contestants are virtually in tears as they are in tiny kitchens and have no deep fryer.
Eloise’s time is near. She is panic stricken.
I felt sorry for Ben. It was like squeezing the Incredible Hulk in a broom closet
No blast chillers and churns for the amatas to create ice creams , then?
Panic City.
We are shattered that there is no pickled mushroom and miso ice cream tonight.
Too bad that each team was not required to make a dessert. What would they have come up with without their beloved ice cream makers? That would have been a very difficult challenge for them.
We wish SBS was doing the subtitles. Would love to know what the diners actually think.
They had to do the public facing challenge somewhere where we couldn’t easily see the long suffering diners saying frank comments like “gawd, this tastes off”, “worst ever prawns” , “where can I vomit this up”, “not another ice cream”, “gosh the cliches are painful”, “I’m so sick of Tamara” oops. That was probably a slight bit of my thoughts projecting in there…
Yes, are they all yelling out “delicious” because they are a polite people
Sarah doing all the cooking.
I couldn’t believe how utterly useles – and, if I can speak frankly – DUMB – Tamara and Callan were. I could not BEAR how Tamara had to pull her saccharine sweet line of ‘oh, little cute me I’m just a sweet girlie just can’t possibly whisk quickly enough to do this oh so hard mayo”.
“Sar – you’re quite a strong person who has to get by with just actual talent as you don’t have nice blonde cutesy looks – YOU do it. I’ll do something easier”
It pushed ALL my buttons! Get over cute.
. . . and all the pontificating. Sarah’s too camera pieces are painful. Get over yourself.
Again, where did they get the guchujiang paste? That is a Korean soy bean paste. Must be provided by the MC food team. I am sure Japanese will only use miso paste
Tamara’s flirting won’t save the charred leeks.
Soooo Eloise looks about to cry because she has to deep fry something in – shock horror – A POT. WITH OIL.
Tamara doesn’t want to make the mayo by hand so just gives it to Sarah… ummm WTF.
Precious snowflakes should go straight to elimination for this. They should hang their heads in absolute shame. And thank christ for an ice cream free episode!!
Eloise is happy with what the team did today! !! She did nothing! Only Diana and Karlie did all the cooking
We think that is what is called teamwork.
Eloise is safe, gice.
She think she helps the team to win.
Well I’m so glad I was wrong (comment 2) but I figure those two dishes must have been REALLY BAD if they couldn’t figure out how to save Tamara or maybe they just figure Callan is an easy sacrifice.
Dont you think the producers already set up the blue team to fail. Having seafood is a lot of prep.
Good point LP and the only one that can cook and think well under pressure is Sarah.
Sarah’s dish looked so inviting but I’m surprised she didn’t do something with the shell on to save time. Still, she managed to put up her dish and cook other stuff – I guess she didn’t twig she needed to micro manage the teammates. Not soaking skewers was a big problem
It was very interesting to see the flaming skewers. Every recipe with skewers always says “soak wooden skewers before cooking” and I usually do. I’ve never had an issue when I have forgotten, but the flame of those grills were so fast to catch skewers on fire!
From Eloise tweet:
Shame it didn’t really show on screen but I think that was the most fun I’ve had in a team challenge! #MasterChefAU
Of course, Eloise. You did nothing except serve. Cant even deep fry chicken
Not such a big surpise Sarah, i always make mayonnaise in a food processor!
It’s just started here, already I am laughing at the lack of ability to plan with these people. The team of women, all are working on cleaning poultry. Diana’s team, did anyone put water on for cooking rice? They are so single-minded, This one will be funny. Obviously the lack of an ice cream maker is throwing everyone off.
What is hanging off Tamara’s ears?
Actually Tamara’s bright earrings have been prominent before, but as I’m sure they are part of her attention-gathering shtick and I usually TRY not to make looks-based commentary, I’ve nobly refrained. . . But they were really loud this episode!
So yellow team are unable to cut up the chicken, miraculously find some pre-packaged drumettes in the fridge and still have trouble cooking them. Have to say, Diana’s duck still looked raw … but they win anyway because of a nice mushroom. Eloise doesn’t do much because she’s focussing on her new ridiculous hairstyle for tomorrow.
I guess Callan will be the sacrificial lamb as Tamara has a lot more to say and has bought some new earrings – or whatever the furnishings are in her ears.
No ice cream tonight. Yay. Tamara’s in elimination tomorrow night. Double yay
Those tiny cooking areas would have done my head in. Nothing worse than not having enough space to put things.
If Sarah uses her pin then Callan’s a goner. Will only be him & Tamara & she will be safe unless she serves raw chicken.
We can but hope.
Unless Sarah is completely clueless she must realise it’s between her and Callan.
Would be stupid of her not to use the pin.
Is Callan for real? Saw the promo. He is making a sweet seafood sushi like a dessert!!!!!
His time is really up
He’s a goner.
Surely they wouldn’t make it so obvious on the commercial if it were him going. If it were Tamara being eliminated the promo would have said something like “which favourite will be sent packing” or something to that effect. Here’s hoping Sarah has the smarts to use the pin, instead of taking a risk then stuffing it up only for the judges to throw her out to prove a point.
Oh – maybe its a fake out and that’s the one time his bizarro combos work out and the Chosen One is sent packing. Or maybe we are up to straightforward signalling that someone stuffs up and goes home.
I think Callan’s a huge favourite to get the boot, but if the impossible happens, and it’s The Chosen One … party at my house!
Not only on this site but all the other blogs have noticed Tamara is teachers’ pet.
Have to blame the producers for not showing the other contestants.
Hard to say with this cunning promo……but I’ll say it’s a kamikaze Callan act that goes to hell. A final “cook” of defiant, deluded madness….sushi ice cream. What the fuji is going on?
Gary should not have intervened by telling Sarah to use the food processor to make the mayo. These best amatas eva should have been able to figure that out by themselves.
Was Tamara attempting to place the corn on the skewer vertically? I think she would have had fewer problems if she had placed it horizontally like the leeks. They should have just stir fried the leeks and the corn.
Eloise could not cut up the chicken and then could not fry drumettes.She didn’t do much of anything.
I’m assuming Callan will be eliminated.
Gary had probably been forcibly restrained while Tamara held up the whisk and looked winsome but lost – he HAD to explode on the scene and do his best to try to save them by telling them how to suck eggs, I mean, make mayo.
How BAD must have their food been to send them to elimination when one team member has a pin and the other is the Chosen One?
Another cookng show from Channel 9. Family Food Fight with judge Matt Moran. He will be joined by former MasterChef favourite Hayden Quinn and ‘mohawked’ pastry chef Anna Polyviou with UK food critic Tom Parker Bowles (The Hot Plate) returning to Australia as a guest judge.
I cant stand Hayden Quin. Why cant they get someone better.
http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2017/07/matt-moran-to-lead-family-food-fight.html
Yeah I’m looking forward to that one. I don’t mind Hayden Quinn. What’s the betting it will be up against Heston’s new show on 7?
Heston got a new show on 7? Or it is Marco ?
Oh yeah, sorry I meant Marco.
Hey Carol am biggest MPW fan evaaaa and can’t wait 💞💖💓💕💞💖💓
OMG that was painful to watch. Seriously, I was barking at the TV whenever Eloise or Tamara got on screen. How clueless are they? And why the f*** did Sarah pretend to not be able to whisk mayo? She did it in a previous challenge?!? Tamara not only fucked up the mayo, she didn’t even see that babycorn would fall through the grill? What kind of engineer is she? Seriously, I’m so pissed off by the judges trying to sell those two as good cooks when they are lacking basic cooking skills. Ugh. Just hope Tamara messes up again so badly even Gary can’t rescue her. [sorry for the rant 😀 ]
Excellent rant.
The MasterClass will be on tomorrow night.
Holy crap! She’s insane.
I take it Sarah hasn’t played her pin. Hasn’t started here yet.
Yes.
What boring cooking. We got ice cream, dumplings, pork belly and ice cream
Would you expect anything else from the best amatas eva?
Sarah’s making Groundhog Belly.
When don’t we?
Rubbish about cooking something from where you come from and where you are going to. Just say cooks what you want
It’s the Dr Who wibbly wobbly time challenge.
Tamara wants Sarah’s pin. She needs to be the centre of attention.
Another crispy chicken skins. How many times did they made that? She know judges love it
Tim is getting referenced a lot tonight.
Talk about one trick ponies. How many times are they allowed to make the same old things? But of course, silly me, Tamara’s umpteenth dumplings are “next level”.
I may have said this before, but I’d love to see a rule that limits how many times you can cook the same thing.
And a f#cking dumpling whether it’s cooked properly or not
Tamara’s “next level” dumplings. You can actually eat them. 😱 unlike previous efforts.
When I tuned in tonight, I felt for sure Callan’s time was finally up But now I’m not so sure. I have this horrible feeling Sarah will go, pin in hand. Callan’s dish is just weird enough that it might actually work and get him points for inventiveness. Tamara is shamelessly and brazenly cook yet another dumpling/broth dish that she knows the judges love – and to be extra sure she tosses in crispy skin.
If you roll with the big dogs , Sarah, you could get bitten.
“Walking my dish up to the judges” is another phrase that needs to go. No, Tamara, you walk your dog. Your dish is carried.
^^^^^^ THIS. Along with the beginning of every episode “Walking into the Masterchef kitchen etc”…..
They do it on MKR too as “walking into kitchen HQ…”
Also the way Gary grunts everything he says when he’s trying to be encouraging.
Gawd! Listening to them justifying why Tamara’s dish is so good is truly nauseating.
😭😱😲😫
Well Tamara is safe.
😈
I zoned out when they would not stop going on about Tamara’s dish. I was embarrassed for the judges.
Not looking good for Sarah at this stage. Watching three men close to orgasm on prime time tv, makes me feel ill.
Gary’s trying to heighten his orgasm with that stupid scarf around his bulbous neck.
💩💩💩😱😲😨😭
Oh Lord. How the judges shamelessly salivate on Tamara’s dish. Best dish she ever cooked. BLAH BLAH BLAH
Yes LP but they had to act like cooking dumplings was something special so they could justify keeping her.
Dumplings AND quail eggs. Don’t forget the crunchy chicken skin. 😉
Masterchef would be so much better if they ditched the stooges – maybe keep Matt – and replaced them with someone like Shannon Bennett. That person could introduce the challenges and mentor the contestants. The actual judging could be done by guest chefs who have no favourtism.
At this point I feel that Tamara could place a plate of 2 minute noodles in front of the stooges and get “dish of the day”
If Tamara gets to the top 4 I will never watch this farce ever again.
Top 4 should be Ben, Diana, Sarah and Eliza.
No Karlie?
I like Karlie but I think she can be a bit hit and miss. Just can’t see her in the top 4.
Now they aretslking up Callan’s dish!!!!!! Please be more honest with the critiques
OK give it’s been a while and I’m so busy with study and work at the moment. And as much I’ve been saying since the auditions Sarah all the way. For the first time we get the back story of Tamara and her husband. Who knew she was married??? 😨😲😠 Teacher’s pet??? I just don’t know if Sarah can pull through this one. Fingers and toes crossed.
Someone posted her wedding pics last week. They were featured in a magazine.
I hope Tamara is a better engineer than she is actress because those OTT reactions are far from believable.
I don’t think she’s actually an engineer. I noticed tonight they said she was an engineering OFFICER. I looked up her bio on the official site and it says she did two years of her degree and then went to work for local government. Now makes more sense wanting to take up cooking – she’s not a qualified engineer.
More of an Engineering Orifice.
The 3 stooges would like to engineer her orrifice. 😲
Sorry, gice. Scheduled post for tonight did not publish – let’s roll with this one. I am avoiding reading comments until I’ve seen it but just a shout out to Tech Hater – good to see you commenting
Cheers Juz. I couldn’t help myself tonight. And because of huge study, work and travel load I don’t usually catch up until weekend. But Desi convinced me this week to catch up and 1st time this season I’m actually up-to date. Good to see all your posters are on the same page with the “chosen one” for f#ck’s sake when are the producers going to wake up and we can see through the 3 stooges and their pets. Anyone seen the Cadbury’s ad with Garry and his pet Gorgeya. Saw it last week in NSW for the 1st time. Was just waiting it for it to happen. Grrrrrrr 😠😈💩😈😈😲😭😱💩💩😈
Matt resembled a mafia hitman tonight, with his suit and black leather gloves. on. Off to kill his mark after filming?
I am late to this party but OMG Sarah did not play the pin!! Callan is making desert sushi out of fish??? Did he learn nothing from his curry leaf dessert?
Can anyone tell me if they actually saw “the chosen one’s” quail eggs actually cut open. Nowhere on any of the 3 stooges plates was there a skerrick of yolk on any of their plates. Really 😠😲😨😭😱😈 are we so stupid to believe that we can’t tell a hard boiled egg from a soft boiled one. There should be at least a sign of oozy yolk left on the plate. Every other time a soft yolk is expected we see the results, positive or negative, first time they haven’t shown true outcome.
I was thinking the same thing. They usually make such a production of cutting into it & seeing if the yolk oozes out but they never showed it this time. Very suss. They just mentioned as an afterthought that the egg was perfectly cooked.
Back the ad break and Tamara is STILL talking about her dumplings. What are the editors trying to do to us! Even her own family must be sick of her voiceovers by now. Gary gets a scarf but the poor contestants on the sidelines are shivering away. The constant clapping is to keep their hands warm
They are now known as “next level” dumplings.
Is it just me or am I going crazy. Did it really take 50 episodes before “the chosen one” actually mentioned that she has a husband. I’ve seen more episodes about her dog and arts and crafts, and this is the first time I’ve been aware that she’s married. REALLY 😲😯😨😲
http://www.queenslandbrides.com.au/wedding-tamara-tim/
I’ve seen it in a few magazines that she was married.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BUDyhQYhc-b/?taken-by=tamaragraffen
Shes also half sri lankan??? She looks so much younger with longer hair!
That was such fucking bullshit!!! The best thing she’s ever cooked in the whole competition? They were just fucking dumplings for God’s sake. They had decided she had the winning dish BEFORE THEY HAD EVEN TASTED CALLAN’S DISH. That tells you everything. They seemed to have forgotten that they had just raved about Sarah’s dish & were acting as if it was the best thing they had ever eaten in their entire lives.
While Callan’s dessert sounded quite revolting, it was way more inventive than her stupid dumplings. And we know they love people thinking outside the box & showing initiative.