Comments on: Masterchef Confessions

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:05:35 +0000

I think I tend to agree with you Bored… Everyone else can feel free to share their opinions on my shiny new blog post… Seeing as this one is getting fairly long and cumbersome. So comments turned off here, head yourself over here:

http://abstractgourmet.com/2009/04/masterchef-reactions/

By: Bored!

Bored! — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:40:58 +0000

I must say after all the pent up hype for Masterchef, the launch of it last evening was rather disappointing. I would be interested to see what others thought of it, as personnally I thought it was rather amateur in the filming/editing and was way off the mark in replicating the promos they advertised in the last few weeks.

The host (Sarah Wilson) could have benefitted from some elocution lessons and the other judges continued to comment on the aspiring chefs that they wanted to see real drive and enthusiasm with hunger and passion, yet they (except for perhaps Matt Preston)resembled and had the personality of a dead fish.

I will continue to view the program on the proviso that when it is narrowed to the Top 20, channel 10 and the other production companies involved, pull out their finger and produce some rivotting, excellent cooking, dramatic and reality tv. Otherwise, god forbid I would rather watch Home and Away!

By: Pierre Lacusto

Pierre Lacusto — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:57:16 +0000

u know what would have been cool. If they sent in a “real professional celebrity chef” in disguise at the auditions to be judged by them . Would’ve loved to see the outcome haha. Also George is a poser that tough guy image does not suit…. Napoleon syndrome indeed!

By: entertained

entertained — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:07:01 +0000

i’ve just read most of the comments on here and have to say, it is better than reality tv in the bitchy stakes. so much drama! so much unexplained anger…
i love it how every internet forum or blog invariably becomes an arena for weird, petty (sometimes vicious) fights in the safety of anonymity.

i found some of the comments hilarious.. i don’t know why lots of these people didn’t get in if it’s all about dramatic reality tv! perhaps they lack the confidence to interact like this outside of internet land. or not, i dont know or really care.

on a more relevant note, love the blog and the style of your writing, matt – and i LOVE that you said hi to your mum and she said hi back. hahahaha

By: some clue

some clue — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:28:53 +0000

All commerical TV shows are about ratings and viewer numbers, in terms it generates advertising and other revenues for the network. The producers are within their own right to do what they think can achieve the best results. Wheather they are right or wrong about this one, we will soon find out.

The final power are with us the viewers, we can choose to watch it or not.

For sure I will be watching to the end.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:03:22 +0000

Ok so clearly I am not going to reply to any of these comments directly because it’s not about me anymore and I lost interest in the debate around 30 comments in.

What I will say is a combination of what other people are saying.

Who really cares what motivation people had before they went on the show ? and what they are intending to do if they win ?

I don’t particularly want to be a chef, but would have been more than happy to go on the show and be able to showcase my love of food and see where it took me on the road towards working in the industry in some capacity. Be it in writing, reviewing, consulting… there is a hell of a lot more to the food and hospitality industry than just what happens in the kitchen, and the winners of Masterchef UK have proven this. To date (after a few dalliances in professional kitchens) they’ve all gone into other food related areas. Some writing cook books, one opened a cooking school. To my knowledge – none of them are cheffing full time.

Pretty much everyone who entered the show did so on the basis of knowing about the UK series and hoping it would be somewhere along those lines. Of course Fremantle in their infinite wisdom have gone with a completely different format for the Australian version in order to try and maximize the drama and add enough reality for the Big brother fans who’ve been left out in the dark this year.

I know a few of the people who’ve made it through to the final 50 and now the final 20 and I think they’re both talented and going into it with the right intentions… To showcase their cooking and bring their love of food to the world.

The producers have picked the people they thought would look best on TV and who they think will have interesting enough stories to make people want to watch. Whether they can all cook or not seems to be besides the point.

Personally if anyone is to blame for sensationalism or lack of integrity in anything to do with this show, it will be the producers. Not the contestants, so save your accusations of attention seeking and posturing for the producers who can and will manipulate the contestent, judges, and the format to get what they want out of it.

Anyway… not long now til we see it all unfold, and whether the gamble has paid off. I’ll still be watching.

By: Beach Babe

Beach Babe — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:22:09 +0000

twitter has found Master Chef
http://twitter.com/MasterChefAus

By: Not a Big Brother Contender

Not a Big Brother Contender — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:24:35 +0000

I am sure that we all know by now that the judges have no say in the decision process at all….. As long as money goes in their pockets they seem happy to allow the producers and staff behind the cameras and televison screens to process the “great drama that is about to unfold”….. Otherwise how else did two contestants make the top 20… one who infused a pork chop with butane gas and the other that thought a garnish of a cabbage leaf with melted chocolate would go well with the pork chop…. Please….. Top 20?!!! the other 7000 contestants who bothered to apply would be cringing so why not the judges?

By: tell me why

tell me why — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:25:23 +0000

Well good on you tofu girl… I am happy to hear you can handle rejection! I think most people are just commenting on the process… like say for instance ummm making a vegeterian have to go through the ordeal of having to look and smell “… all that meat”!!!! As regards the actress, make-up arist, movie star and aspiring chef she seems unsure of what direction she wants to go in or maybe its just that she wants to be on the box… and so perhaps the judges werent quite as good as they thought they were in regards to “weeding out those who just wanted to be on television and selecting those with a real passion” question for me would be is food really her passion???

By: Tofu Girl

Tofu Girl — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:45:35 +0000

So what if she was an actress. Most people did have real jobs before they tried out. You people obviously are not good at handling rejection. I made it to the top 50 & don’t have issues or gripes about the process.