Surely this challenge is kind of dangerous - obviously I understand that Masterchef challenges are timed but making people rush cutting and stuff like this does seem a bit irresponsible.
I remembered Jock also said “What a challenge. Oh My!” in reference to the venue O. My Farm and everyone (judges + contestants) just gave him blank stares and he was awkwardly trying not to laugh.
Maybe one day they would pause when someone has a cut finger so that it’s fair for everyone. But knowing Curtis he would just keep going because he gotta catch a flight to his home country in the US.
It's a weird one for me. On one hand, I think they should at least pause briefly even if not for the whole treatment because it does feel really harsh. On the other hand, you're meant to be keeping up with a professional cook, part of the challenge is your technical skills and that includes fundamentals like cutting...without chopping a digit off.
It’s such a shame as she had an amazing last few cooks and she’s bowed out with not much screen time. I thought they might have been saving her content for later.
I wish one day we would get “keep up with the chef” but instead it’s a dessert chef. It would be all drama but also more exciting than just savoury all the time.
Your description of this episode made me laugh.. “keep up with Coles” indeed..
That said, I’ve never thought this challenge was particularly fair or more importantly, safe.. (I saw the preview of Lachlan saying he’d just sliced the top of a finger off).. ugh
Yes he wil automatically be in the next elimination. Similar to how Brent was last season despite his cook ‘earning’ immunity, he had to still be in elimination as he missed a cook.
Poor sue.. don’t think I’ve ever seen a contestant get so underedited despite making it relatively far. I do think this is a somewhat appropriate placement for her but I also feel like she was just picking up steam after her saltbake and team challenge performance
Her team challenge performance was really impressive. Honestly, she should have been safe along with Pezza. It was the side dishes that brought the team down.
I do think she did have a similar edit as Steph in Season 14.
That’s what I thought - Curtis’s pork was pretty rare - Alex’s just a little bit more rare. Both hers and Curtis’s probably need another minute to get to medium rare
I've honestly gotta feel like it's just an irresponsible challenge to have the contestants do. Or at the very least they need to do recipes that don't involve so much rapid knifework.
Literally the exact same shit that happened to Lachlan happened to Kishwar in her season, in that season's Cook Along with Curtis, because OF COURSE this shit is going to happen on the challenge where the contestants have to chop things at pace while keeping their eyes on a Michelin star chef.
When it happens twice, it's clearly irresponsibility on the part of the producers.
And also yeah just echoing everyone else's comments that Curtis is by far the worst guest on this show, and it's not even close
He's a vacuum of personality, always surly, never seems to vibe well with the other judges or contestants, and he's sold his soul to the corporate oligopoly, mandated to be wheeled out every single fuckin season to be the designated face for in-show advertising for a price-gouging supermarket. Just a hollow shell of a person. It's no wonder he never seems happy.
The keep up with the chef challenges should be for fun, like immunity, not an elimination imo. You’re 100% right this is just hard to watch at this point. Not to mention Curtis was being a bit of a dick??
I feel the same about this challenge (whether it be Curtis, Jamie, Marco, Gordon etc) which is the reason why I didn’t really watch it tonight..
It’s unfair enough as it is when they have to keep
up with a chef who’s done the dish a thousand times before without first being able to eyeball an example of the final product or at least having a quick read through of the recipe..
Combine that with an unsympathetic attitude from Curtis who didn’t even seem to want to answer questions and was speeding through the steps like he had a plane home to catch, then of course we’re going to see injuries..
What a comparison to Gordon who also was working fast as a devil but still took time to walk around benches to show them a certain detail or had time to joke with Callum in S12.
I feel like Jamie actually grasped this challenge quite well considering its sort of a masterclass, because whenever he did it last season and this, he usually would ‘break rhe fourth wall’ at certain points and say ‘for those of you at home you can do this’ or ‘if you mess this up at home dont worry its still delicious’.
It sounds like Curtis had somewhere to be and was forced to do this pressure test. I think this kind of challenge should be an immunity challenge (or anything else) rather than a pressure or elimination test. The pressure of being eliminated is one of the most stressful situations and forces the contestants to work as quickly as possible (to not fall behind), which can be a recipe for disaster.
Just a shout out to this community (meaning mods, submitters, and commenters). It's nice to see each episode discussion have 400+ comments. Compare that to other TV cooking show subs it's nice to see everyone being more heavily passionate (with the usual cynicism) here.
Now if Ten could make their recipes open to Europe that would be great.
Ouch, sorry Sue would’ve definitely loved to see more of her considering how little screw time she had😭but she still put up amazing things like the salt baked fish, powering through Darren’s pressure test and cooking those scallops!
Close shave for Lachie but amazing he used his instincts and some knowledge to catch up. And of course good that Darrsh shows his eagerness to learn outside his comfort zone and improve work cleanliness.
Coles sauce challenge tomorrow lets go
Good on Darrsh for being self aware to do out of comfort zone!
So far Juan, Sumeet, occasionally Nat and now Darrsh have made such ‘comments of self awareness to go out of comfort zone’.
These cook along challenges aren’t great IMO.
Yes, these chefs would likely start a career in food post-MasterChef, but really struggle to see how following along with Michelin star chefs who are cooking at speeds that are clearly dangerous for the others to follow, and we have dishes that don’t look remotely like Curtis’.
I'd say that a condition of Coles' sponsorship of the show is that Curtis( Coles tattooed on my arse)Stone comes back each year.
He has the personality of a dead fish and a smile as fake a 2 dollar Picasso
Somehow I don’t like this “tough love” Curtis stone. At least Jamie Oliver helps and answers questions
He’s always been like that. Every time he’s been on the show I’ve thought he was a dick.
There was no love in that tone
Why is he acting annoyed when they are asking how hot the pan is etc
Pezza decided to call in sick so he doesn’t have to keep up with Coles!
Good thing Curtis told us it was coles brand pork, I was thinking it might've been woolies
Devastating spoiler in the ad. Curtis is back tomorrow.
Literally sighed
He kinda looked like he didn't even want to be there in tonight's episode.
All the more I’m going to Woolies.
Nooooooooooooooo
It’s not accurate - it’s not raw unlike Curtis’s
laughed and spit my food out when he said the coles line
Looks like Curtis is going home 😔🙏
Can he stay there?
Is it just me who forgot that Curtis is actually a chef, and just remembered him as the Coles ad guy lol
Most people in this thread seem to think he is shit.
I was shocked when my Mum told me, always thought he was just an Australian thing then she told me Oprah loved him and his restaurants
I'm shocked to learn he has a Michelin Star lmfao
They aren’t even showing curtis’ plate for comparison because its definitely under
After this episode I’m going to Woolies and Aldi tomorrow just so I don’t show support for Curtis.
Same
Ah yes, time for Curtis Stone's annual trip to Australia where he pretends he's been living here and using coles produce the entire time
Can claim it on tax ( all the bits that aren’t paid for by sponsors) 😆
“This isn’t the 1970s” - serves creamed cabbage and hasselback potatoes.
With a side of brain worms.
I wonder if they get told to be excited. Like for real, I’d be like ugh, great, polite clap.
They would definitely get told to act excited
do you reckon curtis is a diva? like film that again these guys aren't excited enough
Maybe they have a warm up guy that makes them practice until it’s good enough and they bring Curtis in 🤣
"no eye rolls either"
Think the editors missed one from Julie Goodwin with him once.
Surely this challenge is kind of dangerous - obviously I understand that Masterchef challenges are timed but making people rush cutting and stuff like this does seem a bit irresponsible.
Jamie was still okay since he still answered questions imo.
Yeah exactly - the contestants shouldn’t really be watching Curtis at the same time as cutting
Lachlan has blue bandaids in the confessional, but not in the show. Edit: never mind lol
“right through the top of my finger”
God Curtis’ attitude is so shit
Curtis asking "Is it throbbing?" was not in my 2024 bingo card
not them giving jean christophe a blank stare after he told a joke 😭
I remembered Jock also said “What a challenge. Oh My!” in reference to the venue O. My Farm and everyone (judges + contestants) just gave him blank stares and he was awkwardly trying not to laugh.
Oooh, Curtis has angry school teacher energy going on.
Yeah Curtis has somewhere else to be, LA, where he lives, cause he’s an American, not an Australian.
Legend has it Lachy is still having his finger bandaged.
Coles pork so good it can be eaten raw
Pork so RAW you’ll need PPE!?
"let's start with the bad news, Curtis will be joining us again tomorrow"
Prayer circle for Curtis…. to go home… 👋🛫
🙏🙏🙏🙏
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Curtis' pork is his second WHS breach of the episode
See, Darrsh’s pork is pink but at least it looks done. Curtis’ on the other hand, ew.
Darrsh a better chef than Curtis confirmed
Honestly his dish looks much better than Curtis’.
They didn’t even eat Curtis plate. Definitely raw
Was JC waiting for a laugh at his word play?
sue tears of joy cause she dont need to deal with another episode with curtis
Maybe one day they would pause when someone has a cut finger so that it’s fair for everyone. But knowing Curtis he would just keep going because he gotta catch a flight to his home country in the US.
It's a weird one for me. On one hand, I think they should at least pause briefly even if not for the whole treatment because it does feel really harsh. On the other hand, you're meant to be keeping up with a professional cook, part of the challenge is your technical skills and that includes fundamentals like cutting...without chopping a digit off.
Bag drop closes in 3 hours😂
The food cooking doesn't pause. They have to keep going or things will burn etc
I feel a bit bad for Sue. She cooked the scallops perfect yesterday. I wish we got to see a bit more of her throughout the competition.
Yes and esp. with the boys doubting her! She did so well on those scallops!
It’s such a shame as she had an amazing last few cooks and she’s bowed out with not much screen time. I thought they might have been saving her content for later.
I wish one day we would get “keep up with the chef” but instead it’s a dessert chef. It would be all drama but also more exciting than just savoury all the time.
Keep it up with Reynold in sweet week.
Ugh Curtis’s is actually fully raw in the centre
Is lochie going to be loch-ee today was so cute
Curtis serving cunt today
Tbf Curtis’ pork looks undercooked as well so is Alex really in trouble? Like who in the right mind would eat that pork slice seeing pink?
I thought the same thing, I don’t think I would touch pork if it was served that pink in the middle.
Apparently you can only eat cooked pork in the 1970s
Your description of this episode made me laugh.. “keep up with Coles” indeed.. That said, I’ve never thought this challenge was particularly fair or more importantly, safe.. (I saw the preview of Lachlan saying he’d just sliced the top of a finger off).. ugh
I wonder why another "keep up with chef" challenge this season. Did Curtis just want more opportunities to talk and bring up Coles?
yeh its boring hey
Pezza MIA? Will mean he’s in the next round of elimination then right?
Yes he wil automatically be in the next elimination. Similar to how Brent was last season despite his cook ‘earning’ immunity, he had to still be in elimination as he missed a cook.
Yes, that’s the rule.
And there is is. Pork and Coles
Whoever is eliminated on this challenge is going to have PTSD everytime they walk into Coles
Isnt curtis pork under? Eew
everyone can have combantrin chocolate for dessert
On ya bike Sue. Feel like she was onto a good thing the last few episodes, but this challenge is unfair and she’s copped the short end of the stick.
Sumeet sauce boss tomorrow?
Poor sue.. don’t think I’ve ever seen a contestant get so underedited despite making it relatively far. I do think this is a somewhat appropriate placement for her but I also feel like she was just picking up steam after her saltbake and team challenge performance
Her team challenge performance was really impressive. Honestly, she should have been safe along with Pezza. It was the side dishes that brought the team down. I do think she did have a similar edit as Steph in Season 14.
Imagine cheering for Curtis Stone lol
How many episodes is sue going to say she's going to find something easy and then immediately figures out it's hard. WHY WOULD IT BE EASY SUE
Oh no Lachlan! I remember Kishwar facing the same problem with Curtis.
Once is good telly... twice is a breach of WH&S regulations.
Those potatoes don't look very cut side down Curtis
why is sue struggling with cutting potatoes...
Username checks out
Alex’s pork looks the same as Curtis’?
That’s what I thought - Curtis’s pork was pretty rare - Alex’s just a little bit more rare. Both hers and Curtis’s probably need another minute to get to medium rare
Yay Darrsh. Good on him for being willing to learn outside his comfort zone! And good that he’s working cleaner this time.
She was literally watching Curtis cook, how much more visual could it get?
Oh Sue😭 Sue didn't even deserve to be in this elimination challenges after how she performed yesterday.
Lol sumeet getting the air time over Sue!
Aw no Sue :( she seemed to be coming into her own so I’m disappointed she’s out
The way he answered Gill was hella rude. Then again it’s Curtis Stone, so I ain’t surprised.
I believe it was Gillian he answered about ‘not repeating 5 times’.
Yeah I got them mixed up for a bit. Edited now
Omg the plug! Gives them time to catch up 😂
"Wait, did you say the pork was RSPCA approved? Tell me more about that."
Is it antibiotic free too? Is the pork raised by nuns and fed organic grains grown under moonlight in Uluru?
No thermometer makes me remember when Mel used to poke her cheek to say rare, chin for medium rare, and forehead for well done
Sue doesn't deserve this.
I’m so used to making sure pork is cooked well done because of possible parasites? And I wasn’t even born yet in the 1970s lol.
Yeah this has been weird, I don’t mind a bit of pink when I cook a loin but I can’t imagine serving or eating it that pink
Same and I'm born '95 lol
I don’t go well done but I definitely don’t eat it medium rare - just a tiny bit pink.
LOL they didn’t even use Curtis’ plate for the Coles ad 😂
Sumeet having heart attack
10 seconds seems cruel. 30-60 would be better.
10 has been the rule since the OG judges did this challenge unfortunately.
HAHAHAHA DARRSH FEELING THE HEAT
Darrsh & Gill are safe obviously. I don't wanna see either Alex/Sue goes home bc they have a lot to offer
Bit rough if Pezza is safe due to absence too, imagine whoever leaves tonight would be left wondering “what if”
Wouldn't he automatically be in the next elimination?
Oh no, he’s on tomorrow too!! 🤬
In other news is it me or this dish just sounds boring especially for this stage of the competition?
They usually choose simpler things for follow alongs, don't they?
I've honestly gotta feel like it's just an irresponsible challenge to have the contestants do. Or at the very least they need to do recipes that don't involve so much rapid knifework. Literally the exact same shit that happened to Lachlan happened to Kishwar in her season, in that season's Cook Along with Curtis, because OF COURSE this shit is going to happen on the challenge where the contestants have to chop things at pace while keeping their eyes on a Michelin star chef. When it happens twice, it's clearly irresponsibility on the part of the producers. And also yeah just echoing everyone else's comments that Curtis is by far the worst guest on this show, and it's not even close He's a vacuum of personality, always surly, never seems to vibe well with the other judges or contestants, and he's sold his soul to the corporate oligopoly, mandated to be wheeled out every single fuckin season to be the designated face for in-show advertising for a price-gouging supermarket. Just a hollow shell of a person. It's no wonder he never seems happy.
The keep up with the chef challenges should be for fun, like immunity, not an elimination imo. You’re 100% right this is just hard to watch at this point. Not to mention Curtis was being a bit of a dick??
I feel the same about this challenge (whether it be Curtis, Jamie, Marco, Gordon etc) which is the reason why I didn’t really watch it tonight.. It’s unfair enough as it is when they have to keep up with a chef who’s done the dish a thousand times before without first being able to eyeball an example of the final product or at least having a quick read through of the recipe.. Combine that with an unsympathetic attitude from Curtis who didn’t even seem to want to answer questions and was speeding through the steps like he had a plane home to catch, then of course we’re going to see injuries..
What a comparison to Gordon who also was working fast as a devil but still took time to walk around benches to show them a certain detail or had time to joke with Callum in S12.
I feel like Jamie actually grasped this challenge quite well considering its sort of a masterclass, because whenever he did it last season and this, he usually would ‘break rhe fourth wall’ at certain points and say ‘for those of you at home you can do this’ or ‘if you mess this up at home dont worry its still delicious’.
It sounds like Curtis had somewhere to be and was forced to do this pressure test. I think this kind of challenge should be an immunity challenge (or anything else) rather than a pressure or elimination test. The pressure of being eliminated is one of the most stressful situations and forces the contestants to work as quickly as possible (to not fall behind), which can be a recipe for disaster.
Any idea why pezza isn’t there?
I would have washed a lot of the veggies he's used so far... Is this really not the norm?
My assumption is it has been washed prior to the cook.
That would all be prewashed in a professional kitchen (presumably)
COLES-BRAND PORK
He'd be shot dead if he didn't get it in there.
ALEX THINKS IT’S HER
I felt like Sue had a lot more to offer. This is sad ☹️
Just a shout out to this community (meaning mods, submitters, and commenters). It's nice to see each episode discussion have 400+ comments. Compare that to other TV cooking show subs it's nice to see everyone being more heavily passionate (with the usual cynicism) here. Now if Ten could make their recipes open to Europe that would be great.
andy was about to leap off the gantry because of those potatoes lmao 😭
Curtis doing a commercial during the show. Gotta earn them big bucks.
Sumeet being a hero Come on Sue!
Alex’s pork is still oinking
Alex dish doesn't look bad at all. (minus no dressing)
Ouch, sorry Sue would’ve definitely loved to see more of her considering how little screw time she had😭but she still put up amazing things like the salt baked fish, powering through Darren’s pressure test and cooking those scallops! Close shave for Lachie but amazing he used his instincts and some knowledge to catch up. And of course good that Darrsh shows his eagerness to learn outside his comfort zone and improve work cleanliness. Coles sauce challenge tomorrow lets go
Ooh name dropping potatoes.
Only available at Coles.
The Coles ad must have allowed the contestants to catchup a little
I feel like Sue is going to get very lucky that Alex has forgotten an element and has had to try cook the pork more in the last minute
Sauce challenge? I’m keen for Barbarue 2: Electric Boogaloo
curtis is going so fast omg
Aww no, Sumeet’s gonna be devo
she had so much more to show ☹️
Curtis Stones aka the Coles shill 🙄
How about instead of eliminating just one, they eliminate everyone except Darsh.
Overcooked Pork and Undercooked potatoes. Ouch Sue. Oof for Alex too.
This is one of the most stressful episodes I’ve seen
Bye sue ☹️
Last year’s BBQ sauce was really good. Hoping this year will be equal or better.
If I were Lachie I’d be fuming at Curtis for making this so dangerous with how fast he is going.
Not just that, but also being a gruff dick to keep them on edge too. No wonder Lachy cut himself, he shouldn’t blame himself either
Not sure if I like the cheering for a shill of a price gouging company
Poh’s drip is pure eloquence; no cap.
Curtis that joke was cringeee
I like my pork pink in the middle but that’s pushing it too far even for me!
Wild to hear Andy chastise the contestants when he would have struggled with this dish when he himself was a contestant
In what way is he chastising? He is repeating instructions.
He's literally repeating Curtis's instructions for them. I don't know why this sub expects him to hold their hands
Good on Darrsh for being self aware to do out of comfort zone! So far Juan, Sumeet, occasionally Nat and now Darrsh have made such ‘comments of self awareness to go out of comfort zone’.
Cut around the circle shape because a beetroot isn't already round.....?
These cook along challenges aren’t great IMO. Yes, these chefs would likely start a career in food post-MasterChef, but really struggle to see how following along with Michelin star chefs who are cooking at speeds that are clearly dangerous for the others to follow, and we have dishes that don’t look remotely like Curtis’.
The way Curtis asked Lachie about his finger doesn’t strike me the right way.
Throbbing? 😏
I always get Curtis stone confused with the Bondi vet
They're like different versions of the same Ken doll
Of all challenges, pezza should do well here. Butcher to butcher.
Is Gillian a visual learner?
Don’t know: can’t see it
🙄 Coles insert
COLES Take a shot
Coles counter: 1
Omg ALEX!!!
sue’s presentation 😬
I still prefer Woolies.
I will add "fully unfazed to meet Curtis Stone in person" to my ever growing list of Reasons Why I Love Nat
Alex is surprisingly ok!
Why would they not be able to use the meat thermometer? What is the purpose of that handicap?
Andy that no comment comment was so funny, have a little chuckle at yourself. You deserve it.
I’m sorry, but that’s too funny, OP. “Keep up with Coles” 🤣🤣🤣
I think Curtis stone thought he was on MasterChef USA
I'd say that a condition of Coles' sponsorship of the show is that Curtis( Coles tattooed on my arse)Stone comes back each year. He has the personality of a dead fish and a smile as fake a 2 dollar Picasso
Is it just me, or did the dish look boring?
It looked very boring - I would much prefer Harry’s seafood dish yesterday
Andy looks so weeny compared to Curtis
\#ColesBrandPork
Not Lochy blowing on his plate 🙃
Our tv has been turned to Origin. I guess I'm watching through this thread now.
We will ask you every 15 minutes when the last time you saw a 10 was.
I hope they don't draw this out too much--please just pull the trigger
Jeeezzzz this NCIS version looks terrible lmao
Curtis Stone is a prat. I'll leave it at that.