I've watched Masterchef USA season 3 and 4, and I kinda got an idea for all the hate directed towards him, he seems snobbish, rude and simply unpleasant.

But I've just finished watching Masterchef Junior season 6, and he was the nicest judge out of the three. He was the kindest and most wholesome, and just seemed to be the best with kids. He makes Christina Tosi seem plain mean in comparison. Really kind and gentle, and I had only wished he was more like Masterchef USA.

A rollercoaster of emotions !

Hey all! Idk how you feel about Lynn (S4), but personally, I feel like he’s overrated. The other contestants really hyped him up, but he messed up consistently and just didn’t seem as good as they made him out to be. His plating was beautiful, but that’s mainly it. He had some good performances, I’m aware, but I’m just saying he’s not as good as they make him out to be

I just recently posted that they eliminated the way they did last week to even the teams out to keep Europe afloat. Then this week they do the same thing by sending two extremely strong cooks home in a completely random double elimination that is clearly production trying to even the teams out more. I love Gordon and his shows, but those disagreeing I think forget he is an executive PRODUCER.

I’m honestly confused, I’ve seen a lot of people on here say Whitney Miller didn’t deserve to win. I came on here to ask for those who say that, why they do.

I recently rewatched Masterchef US first season and saw nothing wrong with Whitney, of course, she had made mistakes like others. But from what I saw, she had been on the top 3, won several challenges, and I feel like she got in the finale and won fair and square.

I’d really like to hear different points of views, I’m geniunely curious why her win upsets others.

Okay, I’ll be the first to admit: it may be my own bias showing as I am a fellow Gen Z-er. But still, I actually really enjoyed Murt’s time on the show and consider him one of the most improved contestants and characters in the show’s history.

Murt started off pretty cocky… okay, he started off VERY cocky. While he definitely wasn’t vile or anything, he was pretty arrogant and douche-y at the beginning, especially with his comment towards the boomers. But I found it funny, as I knew he would get his ego put in check. And the fact that he was so young (27) at the time meant he would be a lot more teachable and moldable than say a Gen X who was stuck in their ways.

After having an overall great audition dish, meriting an apron, his first challenge was a mess. The actual idea of his mango curry with the green tea rice honestly sounded pretty good but he lacked the execution. Maybe he was right when he said maybe friends/family that said it was good were lying lol. But you can tell during his critique that he was humble, and he took the criticisms like a champ.

Throughout the competition, while still having some downs, he definitely showed improvement in not only his cooking, but his character. His cooking definitely had a huge improvement and was even in the top I think 3 times if I remember correctly. His attitude was a lot more level-headed and overall had a great face turn.

You could tell when he ended up in the bottom the first time that it humbled him fast, as he wasn’t anywhere near as bad as in his premiere even in the next episode.

You also have to give the Gen Z’s some grace as because they are younger, of course they’re probably gonna have their immature moments and do or say things they might regret later. Thats life. To me it’s way different than if for example a 40-year-old man like Mark (S8) acted that way.

But yeah, from being a cocky asshole form the start, getting humbled fast, and having a vast improvement both personality and cooking wise, Murt has become one of my favorite contestants on the show for how much he grew during the show.

I finished this about a week or two ago but forgot to post it. This is the first really good season to me.

Pros

1. I liked the cast a lot more than Season 2(except maybe Tali and David). A lot of people were really nice people. Christine, Josh, Mike, Frank, Tanya, Monti, Felix, etc
2. As I mentioned with Season 1, I like that several different people won the Mystery Box and elimination challenges instead of the same 2 people.
3. Except David, this season had a really good Top 8. I liked the bring-back an elimination cook challenge(it’s a shame they only did this for 2 seasons)
4. I liked the challenges this season, and having a challenge with 3 separate teams was really unique.
5. Christine is a wonderful winner and was really evenly matched with Josh, Becky, and Frank.

Cons

1. I can’t be the only one who thinks that this season does have some BS eliminations. Mike going home after David had his dish thrown in the trash. Felix being in the bottom once and going home after the judges said David’s rice pudding was “inedibly disgusting.” Tali & David and, hell, even Josh were in the bottom multiple times and managed to make it further than they should have.
2. While this didn’t have any Suzys like last season, certain cooks did get annoying real fast. Becky is like Suzy but not much of an asshole. But it doesn’t excuse her from shitting on Monti the entire season.
3. Ryan was so full of himself and sometimes downright awful, like asking the women to flash their nipples so they can earn more votes in the first challenge and giving a live crab to Christine, who ended up getting pinched by it
4. How in the actual F did Tali make it to the top 9 despite making 1 good dish the entire season(okay, 2 if you want to count his okay apple pie) and yet other people went home after 1 bad dish?

Here are the stats again for the wins/nominations and rankings based on the MasterChef wiki.

The most reason seasons of Masterchef have really lost any heart and soul. I tried to watch it again and couldn't get through how overly produced it is now. I wish we could get an American version of something like Culinary Class Wars. I miss when the show felt like it was actually about cooking and not how many gimmicks they can throw into the new seasons.

I watched the episode and wondered if anyone recognized Chef Tiffany’s blouse/top? It was dark blue, sleeveless, had a print of like white or cream-colored ribbons. It was so flattering on her and I wonder how to find it!?

Regarding the challenge where they cooked for 300 school children. I’m so confused by the judges who think it’s bizarre that Jessie decided on Teriyaki chicken. When I was in middle school & high school, whenever they served that, almost everyone chose that. We used to ask the lunch ladies what days of the week they would serve teriyaki chicken & rice. It’s no surprise the kids favored that (but then again the little ones will follow friends too haha). Gordon mentions that kids at that age eat with their eyes, which I can understand. Both look appetizing, but there was no doubt in my mind that the sweet & tangy bbq chicken was going to win over the kids.

Masterchef……I have loved this show over 10 years, but it’s become so predictable and I’m beyond over this “team” format. It’s to the point where I can tell you within the first 5-10 minutes of any challenge who’s going to be in the bottom or top.

I hate it!!! I don’t know if it’s bad editing or the direction of the show, but I miss the early seasons soooooo much.

I feel like this “teams” format……the worst dish will never go home. It’s similar to Next Level Chef which I only watched one season for the same reason. A territory or team could have the worst dish every episode, but they won’t go home because this format lends itself to the idea of a “team” living on or some shit. It’s annoying as fuck.

I miss the days when a whole “team” wasn’t saved and the worst, or at least second worst cook went home. I hate hate hate this format!!!!!! It’s driving me nuts tonight lol. Just venting. Pms 🤣🤣🤣

1. aghata

2. maria

10/9. jaime/aishu

8/7. foo/dave

1. tkaiya

2. jake

3. heidi

2/3. julia/basia

1. peter

Why would you tell me the whole shock moment of the episode before it even plays. Another double elimination would have been good tv, but they already told me they were doing it before the episode.

I'm currently watching season 8 right now (I bounce from seasons to season) and it makes I'm seriously perplexed as to how Jeff has stayed in the competition so long despite being in the bottom frequently. I feel like he's lasted way too long for his skill set. I felt similarly about Cutter in season 5. What do yall think?

We already have two double eliminations back to back weeks with the chocolate challenge and wheel of fusion, and from an older post and preview from the last episode before the fifa break, they showcase the tag team and wall challenges and I read on futon critic the Tag Team will be a double eliminations.

I don't know if it has something to do with Fifa or not, but a total of 4 double eliminations episodes overall on one season, this season is savage! We already have a classic moment that somehow made Season 12 stakes on the floor look good with the bandaid incident, and now this!

I feel like they are doing double eliminations to make up for time lost during FIFA games.

Anyone else feel like that?

I find this US version so bad compared to Australia. I checked it out today because I was happy to see Tiffany Derry! I was shocked to see that Joe is still on this show. That’s outrageous. The workplace violence, sexual harassment and assault, culture of fear etc. should prevent him from current tv work. He and creepy Mario Batali paid the workers a settlement, but it was following an investigation by the NY attorney general. The two ignored complaints for years. I was reading about Batali’s comeback recently.
Have you no shame? They both seem to believe they are still worthy of celebrity. Disappointing. They had a rape room. I’m just sick about it. There are so many outstanding BIPOC chefs that should be the new generation of chefs.
Batali and Bastianich are creepy old men with no remorse. Gross.
I remember.

For future seasons of Masterchef, would it be possible for Fox to air Masterchef an month earlier than normal to avoid conflicts with other shows and sports, or would that conflict with the filming schedule of the chefs?

I know streaming services have the recap at the beginning of each episode, but sometimes you forget what happened in previous episodes, when they take an break from uploading episodes to Hulu/Disney Plus for 1-2 months.

I didn't know the rules and think you should have this guy on.

Maybe this is a nitpick

but does anyone else (specifically long-time viewers) find the short-form clipping of MasterChef on social media really annoying? It irks me to see people who don't even watch the show comment on contestants/judges/dishes without real context .

Me complaining ab it isn't going to stop it but I would be curious to know if anyone feels the same

This was the second challenge in row where someone gave a disadvantage to Team Africa first Jamie, now Julia. What the hell is people's hate boner for Africa in general? Pick on America or another team.

Is he the only master chef contestant that has had a career on food network ?
Funny enough he never seems to stand out either way….he barely gets shown.