[CUL TV tip] Masterchef 2010 op BBC

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Op donderdag 1 april 2010 23:19 schreef Erasmo het volgende:
Ja sorry hoor maar gecaremaliseerde hazelnoten op een vis?!

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Op vrijdag 2 april 2010 00:06 schreef golfer het volgende:
Alex tip ik als winnaar, maar het zou mij op het laatst niet verbazen als die kinderarts (Tim) het nog zou kunnen winnen.

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Op maandag 5 april 2010 14:18 schreef golfer het volgende:
Vanavond dus de eerste finale-aflevering.

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MASTERCHEF: THE FINAL

DAVID Stephenson meets the three finalists of this year’s Masterchef and the series’ hard taskmasters John Torode and Gregg Wallace, who say the winner will have grasped the grail...
WELCOME to Masterchef HQ, the television equivalent of the sausage factory.

We’ve been invited on to the set of Britain’s most popular food show, where they make not only the “original” Masterchef but side dishes of Masterchef The Professionals, Junior Masterchef (the next one to be broadcast) and Celebrity Masterchef.

When we arrive, there are several “professional” chefs sitting in the lobby, biting their fingernails, no doubt waiting for the fearsome culinary duo of John Torode and Gregg Wallace to declaim.

The main event today is the final of Masterchef, for three nights from tomorrow. In arguably the most keenly contested and highest quality series yet, Alex, Dhruv and Tim are to battle it out in a truly global contest taking in India, France, Italy and Holland.

Unlike just about every other reality show, you couldn’t hope to meet three more polite and pleasant contestants. One is a food writer, another is in media sales, while the third is a paediatrician.

Tim Kinnaird, the children’s doctor, says: “It feels incredible to be here. Considering the quality of all the contestants, to be in the final three is quite emotional for me and when welined up the first semi-final, the quality of the food on offer was sensational.”

Married with two children, Tim has already given up his job at a primary care trust. “I’ve moved on to a full-time career in food.

"I’m now working on business plans and talking to market researchers. It might be a restaurant, I don’t know yet. I think I have a talent to make puddings and cakes, so I will develop that. It’s a ridiculous thing to do in a way, to give up a regular salary and security, but the food thing completely overwhelms me.”

Gregg Wallace, who now has a restaurant in west London, says: “The standard is higher. All the contestants have seen at least three previous series of Masterchef, so they are all putting in a lot of work before they get here.

"Dishes that once would have got you into a quarter-final now probably won’t get you through a first round. I haven’t seen three contestants like this before. We probably won’t see the like of them again.”

Second finalist Dhruv Baker, who is in media sales, says: “I was really shocked to make it into the final. I entered the contest with no expectations at all. A lot of different things were thrown at us this series, so we have been very much flying blind.”

In one of the finals, breakfast is served in India: “We spoke of a home-team advantage but doing this task there was completely alien. It was massively difficult and we were all looking at each other as if to say, ‘Why are we doing this?’ There was nowhere to hide. I’m not going to forget that in a hurry.”

Alex Rushmer, the third finalist, says: “I’ve cooked since I was a child and come from quite a foodie background. I started writing about food to publicise a business in recipe writing. I feel so privileged to have been a part of it.

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Op maandag 5 april 2010 14:58 schreef golfer het volgende:
Lekker eerst om 19:30 nu ook elke werkdag een half uurtje van The Great British Menu. Met vanavond de starter uit Schotland.

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Op maandag 5 april 2010 15:02 schreef Roel_Jewel het volgende:


Toch pas morgen om 19:00 uur op BBC2?

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Op maandag 5 april 2010 15:25 schreef golfer het volgende:

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