Aug 05 2010
MasterChef: Week 2
Tuesday night’s episode of MasterChef was much of the same of the week before it. Hopefuls came to cook for Gordon Ramsay; a bald judge who’s name I believe is Joe, and who I’ve decided I don’t like in the least; and another judge I still don’t the name of, who I like quite a bit. I wasn’t nearly as moved this week as I was last week, but last week I was in the whole “Gordon Ramsay without his Chef’s jacket on” high so my judgement was somewhat skewed. I still like the show, and I do think it’s going to get really, really good, but this week’s episode just didn’t do it for me.
Firstly, this bald guy with the attitude has got to let it go. Whatever it is that makes him like that, he’s got to let it go. There’s no reason to be dramatic just for drama’s sake, and it really just makes him look ridiculous. When you ask someone to stand in front of you and outright tell them to plead to you about how much they want it, that’s just unnecessary. Wanting to see some passion is one thing. Humiliating people is something else entirely.
One of the more dramatic parts of the show came when a woman came in to cook her curry dish. Gordon Ramsay loved it, thought it was delicious, and the other two judges didn’t like it, although the younger chef kept admitting that it had a ton of flavour. After the woman left to collapse in the arms of a loved one outside while she wept, Gordon told the other two that he thought they had made a mistake. I did understand that. I didn’t really understand why she was going home either, when everyone said that her dish was delicious. What I didn’t get was why Gordon was only talking to the younger judge, and actually said to him, “If you had any balls, you’d go out there and give that woman this apron.” But why just him? And when the younger judge did go out there and give the woman her apron, Gordon stayed inside the room, pacing and telling Baldy how that woman did not deserve to go home. Meanwhile, Baldy paced right along with him shaking his head and saying, “I don’t know.” Why didn’t Baldy have to grab his balls and go out there with the other judge? I’m not quite too sure.
That was really the highlight of what happened on MasterChef last night. Oh yeah, and Gordon also made one hopeful go back home after cooking her dish, grab stuff out of her fridge, and come back and cook for him. She did and of course, made it through. But I didn’t like her very much. There are a few people that I already know I will really like. Among them the guy who made Mac N’ Cheese and the woman who made Smothered Chicken. I know I don’t like the guy who made the Bouillabaise and the girl who had to go home and get stuff from her freezer.
The actual show starts next week when I’m guessing we’ll watch Gordon Ramsay dole out challenges while our least favourites and most favourites go home every week. It should be a good one and I can’t wait to dive in and see what Master Chef really has in store for us!
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