r/MasterchefAU

Hi, i have watched every season of MCAU till S15, and i always take couple of years off so i could return to watch a few seasons at once.

I am now watching S16, and i cant help but realise 95% of the judgements are praises.

I am not a hater, i am a fan. But it just looks too fake right now... How this series is heading towards.

I just feel that perhaps with global reccession hitting everywhere, there might be a strategy to monetize the contestants, by lets say, taking a cut off their profit when they open a new restaurant after the season ends. Therefore the constant praise non stop.

There seem to have been absolutely 0 criticism anymore.

Just my thoughts, shall continue and lets see how it follows.

• Winner of the quickfire picks one of three items for the key ingredient
• Winner of the quickfire gets one pantry trip for five minutes
• All others get one pantry trip for one minute
• Contestants are given a theme for the dish (ie: Italian)

How many of the one-trick-pony contestants in recent seasons would be able to handle this?

I don't think a pressure test should be the main challenge for the final. I believe the final should be a test of how far the 2 finalists have grown as cooks. I believe this is best done with a service challenge, where the contestants design their menu , then prepare and cook their chosen dishes, not someone elses.

Don't get me wrong, pressure tests are no walk in the park, but they only show how well someone can follow a recipe and deal with pressure. A service challenge tests all their skills and gives them an opportunity to express themselves with the knowledge they have gained while on the show.

Am I the only one that thinks this way?

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Looking back across all the years of the BBC reboot, there have been some truly unforgettable characters walk through those doors

Who is the one contestant from past seasons that still lives rent-free in your head, and what did they cook?

Hey everyone. I'm brazilian and we have our own Masterchef here, but I can't watch it anymore because I'm soooo tired of the judges/chefs..

I know MChef Australia is big so I thought I'd watch it instead.

Which season do you recommend it? I found a YouTube playlist of the 16th one and it has english subtitles (this a requirement for me), so I thought about going with that one.

What do you think?

I do think Finals Week has gone a little stale over the years. Mostly towards the finale format and all has been okay or meh.

So here it is:

Quarterfinals (Top 4): The Service Challenge: They have a 2 course meal they serve to a crowd. Top 3 make it to the semi-finals.

Semifinals (Top 3): 2 rounds. One creative challenge. One pressure test. Two highest scorers make the finale.

Finale (Top 2): 3-course (maybe even more) Banquet Challenge. 10 Diners. Diners will be guest judges/mentors throughout the season. All can score. Winner is the highest score. Cohesion is also part of the criteria.

Finale Results: Can potentially be filmed on the day or days before. Or they film the finale nearer the airing.

Okay so unsurprisingly like previous seasons, the grand finale for MasterChef Australia Season 18 had multiple endings filmed.

SPOILERS FOR WINNER BELOW

Despite clearly getting emotional, was this all an act? Like a lot of reality competitions, MasterChef Australia films two versions of the winner’s announcement to protect the ending from being spoiled.

This means that >!Vinnie!< only just found out that he won MasterChef — the TV announcement was one of two alternate endings filmed. In fact, >!Vinnie!< exclusively told Chattr he received a secret phone call from a producer on Sunday morning to learn of his victory.

“I found out in the morning. The producers, they did say ‘We’ll give you a call in the morning if you want?’ and I was very much like yes. I knew [I’d won] the morning of [the finale],” he told Chattr.

“It was pretty awesome. I remember I was in the car and I was just like doing a little dance. All this time, all that waiting and all the work that I put in that competition… it was very, very cool.”

For >!Petro!<, he exclusively told Chattr that he only learned he was runner-up watching it on Sunday night with his friends and family. >!Petro!< admitted the show had filmed different winner outcomes.

“We filmed the multiple endings, but we didn’t find out the winner,” he said. “I found out whilst I was watching.”

This meant that >!Petro!< had to film himself winning MasterChef — only to find out months later that he placed runner-up. Brutal, right? “It is a bit weird,” >!Petro!< admits. “Yeah, it is a little bit weird. But we have to do it because we don’t want the result to leak.”

Despite not knowing his fate, >!Petro!< had suspicions that >!Vinnie!< was the winner. “I only really found out I was runner up when I was watching it, and I kind of suspected that I was. I think I had already processed a bit of it,” he shared.

“But obviously, there is still some disappointment about the results, and maybe I wish I’d done better or that sort of stuff. But I’m just putting that behind me and being grateful for what I was a part of and what I was able to do, and move on to the next.”

Almost every winner of masterchef has some kind of public presence and also has come back to the MC kitchen at some point. Does anyone know where Brent Ownes is ?? He freaking won season 6 which was filled with the best cooks , Laura, Emelia, Sarah Todd In the top 3 he bet both winners but he’s no where to be seen now

So with another season underway, what do you want to pop in the suggestion box for next season? What worked and what would you change?

I think there was a great selection of competitors this season, with a good mix of culinary styles. Loved the mini masterclasses with people like Josh Nyland. Some of the old favs like the relay cook remain chaotic fun!

Things i would tinker with for next year:
* Back to 3 judges. Four means we dont get enough time to hear from each of them, and more constructive criticism would be great. An Alternate model could see someone act as the contestant mentor, and then have 3 judges.
* Anonymous judging for eliminations
* More Service challenges including time in professional kitchens.
* Challenges need to be more...challenging! Not just the vague "cook from a memory" or "use an orange" ones! They need to test both technical skill and imagination.
* If they want to have online viral cooks, then lean into it - have the contestants film and narrate a cook.
* For the immunity pin, it doesn't mean you get to sit out a cook. You cook, but can use it during a cook. Limited time it is "live" say over 3 cooks.
* You can only mention your nana, yaya, nona etc once a week!

What are your ideas?

I would like to thank u/PatrickHusband & u/pink_flamingo2003 on behalf of the sub for giving us download and watch link of each and every episode on airing day. u/PatrickHusband did it almost the whole season, when he was on his holidays, u/pink_flamingo2003 stepped up ❤️ Thank you both for doing the hard work. Hope to see you next year ❤️

After Andy had a baby and came back to the kitchen, he was such a wonderful mentor to the boys, fatherhood did something to hi. I saw in this sub that he is not quite the favourite judge but I saw him to be a wonderful mento, in the kitchen and also mentally, so supportiv.

The curse That If you win anything monetary earlier you wouldn't win the show !!

I started watching the episode being so sure that petro is lifting that trophy but it was indeed so surprising he didn't, he did have a very bad day in the kitchen poor bloke !! His lack of experience in pressure tests clearly showed in the final outcome.

So happy for Vinnie though A true underdog story he had from a sandwich to MasterChef Trophy All Hail Vincent Boyy !!!

I don't recall them doing any promotion for next year.
I think they usually have a "Think you have what it takes....send it your application." during the show.

I love a pressure test. They sure live up to their names... they are full of pressure. They used to have them quite regularly, but this series there were maybe about 5 during the whole time.

They always give so much excitment and drama. Instead of a contestant cooking something they know they are good at, a pressure test pushes them outside their comfort zone and forces them to stretch and grow in ways they never expected.

Bring back more pressure tests!