Tag: Master Chef
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Burning Man 2012: The Pilgrimage
If you’ve been following me since my season of MasterChef aired last summer, you know how fanatical I am about the Burning Man festival. Trying to describe this event is practically impossible. Each summer 60,000 people from all over the world assemble on a dry desert lake bed in northern Nevada and build a city…
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MasterChef recap: The Season 3 Finale
(Please Note: The opinions contained in this blog are only that…uneducated hyperbole from my brain, and they may have absolutely no basis in reality. While I was on Season 2 of MasterChef, I have no inside information about how Season 3 is produced or judged, and my opinions should not be treated as fact.) We’re…
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MasterChef recap: Three’s Company
(Please Note: This blog is not endorsed or approved by MasterChef. The opinions reflected herein are solely that: opinions. I have no inside knowledge of how MasterChef is produced or judged and my opinions should not be treated as fact.) Josh, Becky, and Christine are the top 3. And beneath the mystery box today is…
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MasterChef recap: The Final Four
(Please note: This blog is not endorsed or approved by MasterChef, and they would prefer you not read it. This blog reflects my own uneducated and uninformed opinions about Season 3 of MasterChef, and I have no inside knowledge about how the show is judged.) We’ve got 4 contestants left: Christine (age 33), Becky (27),…
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MasterChef Recap: Monti Gets the Boot
(Please note, this blog is not endorsed or approved by MasterChef and all information in this blog reflects uneducated opinion on my part. I have no inside knowledge about how decisions are made on the production of MasterChef.) It has been embarrassingly long since my last MasterChef recap. In fact, Season 3 has ended already,…
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MasterChef recap: Michelin Stars and Walmart Steaks
(Please note that my blog is not endorsed or approved by MasterChef or Walmart, and that they would probably both prefer you not read it. The information below consists solely of uneducated opinions and assumptions and should not be considered factual. I have no inside information on how MasterChef is judged or produced.) Please also…
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My Interview in Italy!
Several months ago I did an interview with the Italian magazine Intervistato. Maria, the interviewer, was SO delightful! We chat for half an hour about my life, MasterChef, cooking, and travel. There are many stories in this interview that haven’t appeared anywhere else, including one of the most amazing moments in my life where I…
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My Weekend with Monti and David
Last week I went to Phoenix to help out with a fundraiser for the Phoenix Children’s Hospital that was initiated by Monti Carlo. I’ve been wanting to meet Monti for awhile, and when she invited me to help out, I was ecstatic. To make things even more exciting, David Martinez and his wife were going…
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MasterChef: David’s Response
If you haven’t yet read my blog about the last episode of MasterChef, you might wanna check it out! I’m about an hour from posting my blog about my weekend in Phoenix with Monti Carlo and David Martinez, but David just submitted a response to my blog about that episode, and it was so raw…
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MasterChef recap: Prawns and Sweet Corn
Please note that my blog is not endorsed or approved by MasterChef and they would prefer you didn’t read it. This blog contains opinion only. I have no inside information about the judging process, only assumptions and uneducated guesses… Thanks to the very bizarre (and potently unfair) get-your-apron-back challenge, Josh is back, so we’ve got…