What a difference a year makes. This time last year, My Kitchen Rules (MKR) was an appetiser that I would not mind missing and I was looking forward to the main course, MasterChef Australia (MCA) later in the year. However after the disappointment that was the third season of MCA, this year I am not pinning my hope that the fourth instalment of MCA will return to its former glory, well if it does it will be fantastic, but I will take my first main course this year with MKR.
My Kitchen Rules series 3 returns tomorrow night at 7:30pm on Seven. This year the show will air 4 nights a week from Monday to Thursday and for the first time include a team from New Zealand.
Now, if only they could fast forward the superfluous Come-Dine-With-Me styled instant restaurant rounds and straight to the competition at Kitchen Headquarter…
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MKR3 Episode Recaps
Update February 2, 2012: I am really enjoying the show so far this year, well as long as I disregard all the snide comments from a few of the contestants. Last year, I only got hooked mid way through the series and did not watch most of the instant restaurant rounds. I have to say that after reading through some of the comments about last night’s dessert from SA team, Leigh and Jennifer, I am very surprised that no one seemed to pick up on the fact that the dessert served on a square tile was a copy of Dan Hong’s Pressure Test from last year MasterChef Australia! Dan Hong did the tile thing with his dessert, Pandan Chiffon Cake with Sago, Coconut Praline and Black Sesame Ice Cream. And Leigh and Jennifer’s dessert? Surprise, surprise, Custard Pandan Chiffon with Sago, Sesame Seed Praline and Passionfruit Mousse…
Update February 10, 2012: Hmm, does anyone have the feeling that the contestants are not allowed to have printed/written copies of “their” recipes on hand when they cooked, that is, they have to cook from memory? I am questioning because how could they’ve made such drastic mistake such as Sam and Jillian, the first couple from group 2, did on Wednesday night? Sam put the Parmesan Pillow into the oven to bake but from “their” recipe released on the MKR website, it was not supposed to be baked at all! And guess what, that was another copycat recipe, taken from Gourmet Traveller magazine, the original recipe Green Pea Soup with Parmesan Marshmallow is from Church St Enoteca in Melbourne!
And my Goodness! Those high heels should be considered a health hazard in the kitchen! What if they fall over carrying a boiling pot of stock, hmmm, maybe the producers thought that would be hilarious if that actually happened!
Update February 15, 2012: OK, first thing first, wow, wow, wow, totally did not expect Nic and Rocco to be so professional in their kitchen and cooked so well on Monday night. I also noticed they had recipes to refer to which dispelled my theory that they are not allowed to have printed recipes on hand when they cooked…
Now to tonight’s episode from Gary and Peter, I think the scores from the other teams were justified! If I have to wait three hours for my main (and what did they do in the 3-hour prep time, I ask?), I would have walked out of the restaurant long before that, meaning I would not have tasted their main and dessert, no matter how good they were! So the main and dessert would have been zero score for both! So let say I gave 6/10 for the entree, seeing that the amount of mustard would have overtook the flavour of the dish, 0/10 for main and 0/10 for dessert (as I would have already walked out of the restaurant and could not care less about the main and dessert), the average from me would be 2/10! In fact I would say the other teams scored them quite generously! I also don’t see them lasting long in the competition if they are going to take so long to cook once the time factor comes into consideration in the Kitchen HQ. On the other hand I love the WA scientist couple, especially Andrew, from Group 2, they are so funny and kept me entertained every episode in this group, hope they go a long way…
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Update February 19, 2012: Hahaha, 6 more episodes of instant restaurant round for the worst performers from the first 2 rounds! In the first series, I turned off the show after the first few episodes; last year I half-heartedly watched a few episodes of the instant restaurant rounds. So why am I so hooked this year? Because I changed my mindset. I am approaching this series as if I was watching The Amazing Race (which is my other favourite) rather than a cooking show! Once I do not care about their cooking ability, I actually enjoy this first part of the competition. But when a team like Nic and Rocco turned up, that became a bonus, so a win-win situation! I am also glad that there has not been tears peppered across every episode which made for so much more enjoyable viewing; take note MasterChef Australia!
Update February 20, 2012: Ok, I’m confused! From what I’ve read, contestants submitted sets of recipes to the producers prior to the competition, then they received the set that needed to be cooked the night before – well how accurate this info is I’m not sure. But if this is true, I assume in this third round, the recipes they used would still be from the initial sets that they submitted, wouldn’t they? Surely they could not come up with new recipes after the first two rounds (as those three from the second round would be at a distinct disadvantage as they would have less time to come up with new recipes, unless they were filmed at the same time as the first group…)? If so, the criticism from tonight’s episode that Tom and Carla did not learn from the first round and the entree and main were both too complicated like their first round’s menu was confounding. Well they would be, wouldn’t they, as all the recipes they submitted initially would be complicated before the feedbacks, and again they would have no other choices as the producers would have chosen the set of menu they submitted for them to cook for this round! Hahaha, maybe the producers purposedly chose the most complicated menu for them to cook to create drama? Well I am certainly not a fan of this couple, but the inconsistency has me perplexed! If they were able to change their (or come up with new) recipes after the feedback from their first round, and with no interference from the producers, that would make much more sense???? LOL, I’m thinking too much…
February 20, 2012, Ep 13 recap
February 21, 2012, Ep 14 recap
February 22, 2012, Ep 15 recap
February 23, 2012, Ep 16 recap
Well, I GOT IT!! The minute I saw Leigh and Jennifer plating up that dessert I was on it!! (their’s wasnt good) I love how the Princess said “her mother used to make it”… clearly she saw it on the Masterchef segment (copy cat- wanna be!!)
Comment by kitchen goddess — February 8, 2012 @ 2:53 pm |
LOL, that was funny when she said that, you could see she hesitated for a moment before she answered…
Comment by SeaDragon — February 8, 2012 @ 5:26 pm |
will there be an investigation as to how glass was introduced into a soup dishbest wishes to all LASH
Comment by LASH — February 21, 2012 @ 3:46 pm |
That was odd, wasn’t it? Don’t know if there will be any investigation… But from the MKR forums, someone thought it was actually a piece of broken plastic from the blender they used, as they had the same experience using that exact same brand of blender. Another theory was that it was a chip from Andy’s glass that had dropped into the soup?
Comment by SeaDragon — February 21, 2012 @ 5:23 pm |