r/Masterchef

6th: Jake

5th: Dave

4th: Heidi

3rd/2nd: Bashia and Peter

1st: Julia

Is it me or does season 16 have the worst contestants we have ever seen??

Just finished episode 11… what a load of 🍩’s!

I know others had bad opinions of this seasons theme’s, but for me that is nothing compared to how bad these guys are!! You can see the judges are having a hard time controlling their facial expressions.

>!These judges had it out for Asia-Pacific. One of the strongest teams at the start of the competition, completely shredded within the span of five episodes.!<

I was already suspect as hell when Shompa was eliminated through a surprise double elimination the judges decided to make up on the spot, because up until that point she was one of the strongest performing members of the Asia-Pacific team. But after last night I'm convinced this was always the plan.

Two team challenges back-to-back, but for some reason the rules change, and rather a whole team getting eliminated, it's now the two lowest performing individuals across the lowest teams, and one of those eliminations just so happens to be the last-standing member of Asia-Pacific after the other two Asia-Pacific members were eliminated last episode? Not only that, but you leave the worst performing individual on the Asia-Pacific team to be eliminated last, even though they never had a single high ranking dish, never won a single challenge, and was low ranking four times?

>!And like, just remove Asia-Pacific from the conversation for a moment. Tkaiya? Over Basia or Peter???????!<

I don't know man. I'm not usually a conspiratorial person, but that seems awfully targeted. Foo was definitely the weakest link of the Asia-Pacific group, but if you're going to change the rules up on team challenges and how people are judged, and 3 of the 4 individuals you eliminate are from one group, then I think it's absolutely fair of me to question whether or not those eliminations were justified.

To me, it reads opportunistic; like the judges were jumping at any opportunity to remove the strongest contenders the moment they performed poorly in the competition - even if someone performed worse than they did. The only reason why I'm convinced Jaime didn't get eliminated during the wedding episode is because it was irrefutable that Aghata performed far worse than she did, and nobody paying attention would have been able to accept her getting eliminated.

I had some high hopes for this season, but it's so flagrantly choreographed. If Jake or Dave get pushed out in the next couple episodes, I'll probably stop watching because it will be so obvious that they're setting up someone to win, and it certainly won't be anyone deserving of it.

I’m just genuinely confused what the mechanical difference is because we no longer get pressure tests but the episodes are essentially the same length.

The ironic part is I don’t even feel like we get to see significantly more cooking action or anything. Did we used to see less of the cook and I’m hallucinating?

Maybe it’s just nostalgia, but the show used to be so much better to watch and I really don’t get why. somehow we don’t get pressured tests, but the episodes still feel rushed?

I like them both and the two of them seemed to have similar personalities but why did one seem to have a bigger fan club than the other?

truly what does the wall challenge actually accomplish? i understand it’s supposed to test communication skills but i don’t think working in a kitchen, someone would say “yeah you’re going to make this dish right now but you can’t see what i’m doing.” i just don’t like the challenge. bring back pressure tests.

I've watched seasons 3 up to this current season which I'm quite disappointed in. I'd like to ask if seasons 1 & 2 are worth watching.

really embarrassing for MC, as there have been some very creative and technical home chefs previously.

This season is just a bunch of morons who think tv credits will help them get their SAG. Shameful.

A protein is the heart of the dish, so would it be enough to just put it on a plate a call it a day?

He seems like he has the potential to be THE absolute biggest dick IRL lol. Gordon is at least a lot sweeter at the core but just externally abrasive. But Joe seems like he's on a life quest to see if he really can murder someone just by staring at them.

However I admit I could be completely wrong about him and maybe he feeds starving children for breakfast every day or something. IDK lol. There's just something pernicious about him and it terrifies me lol

Not sure why it bothers me as much as it does lol but seeing Joe wear athletic tennis shoes with his suits drives me nuts lol.

He could definitely get by with some nice white sneakers but he’ll wear like bright red athletic trainers with his suits lol

I know this may seem like a hard question cause often times the first dishes that come to mind that the judges loathed are the most outrageous ones. But, not gonna lie, I‘d probably tear up Cutter’s overly sweet red velvet cake just cause I’m a sweet tooth junkie.

I’ve seen every single season of masterchef but this just feels like absolute garbage slop they’re churning out for a check. Why are they so opposed to just keeping the same format that has been successful for all these years… Nobody wants these group pairings, we want to see individual skill sets and pressure tests!! what is so hard about that😭 Literally have been enjoying the last season of Masterchef Jr more than this current adult season. Every episode drags, nobody is memorable, challenges are stupid, etc. I can’t remember the last time i actively cared or rooted for anyone on this show. I feel like this batch of cooks aren’t even very skilled and the group aspect trumps actual cooking abilities and allows for shitty cooks to get saved over and over. I also could not believe the shameless kids movie brand deal from this most recent episode. How the mighty have fallen!!!

The judges and the show lead you to believe that the person on the sidelines "needs to communicate more" to succeed. But in almost all episodes, the sideline person rattles off a series of commands of what the cook is doing wrong, and almost always sounds like micromanaging the cook.

To me, it feels like the path to success is to have the cook initiate the conversations, telling the sideline chef what's currently on the stove and how long it needs to look, what to pay attention to, and what their plan is. That way the sideline person is armed for the switch.

The cook can use the sideline chef as a passive assistant, such as for time checks or information. What doesn't work is having the sideline chef boss around the person cooking.

However, this doesn't ever happen, and it sort of feels like the show forces the micromanagement situation.