Tag: Gordon Ramsey
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MasterChef: And Then There Were 4
Well…that was weird. Up to this point, watching MasterChef was unusual because I had LIVED every moment they showed on camera. Now I’m just watching my friends on TV, and have no idea what to expect. It’s kinda weird. My first impression is…Christian seems different in this episode. And I am wondering if it’s just…
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A Post-Masterchef Perspective
I have just spent the past 5 hours reading a fraction of the 949 tweets, 549 emails, and 1752 Facebook messages that have been posted in the 300 minutes since MasterChef finished airing on the East Coast. (Update, as of 11pm August 10, about 24 hours after the show has ended, my email inbox has…
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MasterChef: Shepherds Pie and Venison Backstrap
Today will be the last mystery box of MasterChef. After today, the final 4 will be announced and will go head-to-head in the semi finals. I have not won a single mystery box in this entire competition. And when I analyze my competitors, this is what I think: Christian – Sure, he may be a…
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MasterChef: Michelin Stars and Massive Salmon
We’re dropped off at the Walt Disney concert hall, a Frank Ghery monstrosity in downtown Los Angeles, and we can barely look at it because its curvilinear aluminum panels are gleaming like a mirror in the midday sun. And my mind is flying from place to place…are we catering for the LA Philharmonic? Making green…
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MasterChef: Surf ‘n’ Turf and Childhood Faves
Fresh off a group win normally means that a member from the LOSING team gets eliminated, and the winning team is safe from taking that hit. However, due to exceptional soufflés created by Christian, Jennifer, Adrien, and Derrick last night, the judges couldn’t decide WHO to send home, and decided to send no one. So…
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MasterChef Top 9: Scallops and Pigs
I think, by now, we’ve established the fact that I hate mystery boxes. So you can imagine that I’m less than thrilled that it’s time for another one. We lift our boxes and I see 3 massive, gorgeous scallops, still in their shells. “Diver’s scallops,” announces Gordon. That means these scallops are each foraged, by…
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MasterChef: Mothers and Benedicts
So they drive us to Pasadena and drop us off at this MASSIVE swanky hotel, and I’m immediately afraid. If I have to cook cuisine that matches the sophistication of this place, I’m screwed. It’s a team challenge with Tracy and Giuseppe as team leads. I couldn’t be more conflicted about whose team I want…
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MasterChef: Giant Lobsters and $500 Truffles
If I’ve learned anything on MasterChef, it’s that you can be on top one day, and out the door the next. So even though I’m coming off a pretty triumphant week, winning the catfish challenge, being a team leader, and making a 6-layer pumpkin carrot cake that Gordon Ramsay said was one of the best…
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MasterChef: Celebrities and Cake
Did all that just REALLY happen? Watching it felt like a blur. These were easily the two most intense and personally trying challenges I experienced on MasterChef. I’ll try to condense them into words, but I’m not sure it will work. Team leader. That’s nothing new to me. I’ve been president of this or that…
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A MasterChef 4th of July
Many of you have been asking about the relationship between the contestants during and after the show, and I’m happy to report that we all pretty much adore each other. We grew VERY close during the filming and have remained extremely tight since. Just in the past month, I’ve been to LA to visit Adrien,…