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Actually, we are both wrong on that third group. When I went back to check, I found that the third group eliminees were Tony, Albert and Rhonda. I had misspelled Erryn (a weird spelling) as Eric, which has also been corrected above.
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MC2, Ep. 5
The Mystery box Challenge started off this episode. The Mystery Box contained salmon, fennel, fresh dill, white asparagus, pistachios, fresh strawberries, spices, zucchini and balsamic vinegar. The chefs had 1 hour to cook their best dish. The judges were watching what was happening and they selected what they considered the top 3 dishes to taste. Those were:
Suzy Trio of salmon (poached, sautιed, grilled)
Christian pistachio crusted salmon in strawberry w/ balsamic reduction
Jennie savory salmon tart w/ mustard/ricotta cheese sauce, caramelized fennel, shaved asparagus
Ben was judged to have the worst dish, but there was no penalty for that. Christian was the winner and got to pick the cuisine for the next challenge. The choices were Spanish, French or British (replacing the more obvious Italian as a nod to Gordon Ramsay). Christian debated which one would be hardest for his competitors to do and selected French cuisine. He then learned on return to the other cooks that he would not even have to cook in the French Cuisine Challenge. He got to drink champagne and watch his colleagues, particularly Max who he considered a major threat. Max claimed to have eaten in all the finest French restaurants in New York City as well as traveling to France. Ramsay later chided him for all his advantages. The judges commented that there were more desserts than they expected to seem (presumably because desserts require more precision, which makes them harder to pull off). Here is what was presented:
Max- poached cod in cream sauce, sage potatoes
Giuseppe profiteroles in lemon vanilla cream
Suzy Tart Duo: chocolate ganache and meringue; lemon curd w/ apple and meringue
Alejandra seared cod over steamed clams
Jennie - Trio of Soups: cream of mushroom w/ tarragon; zucchini w/ fresh dill; French onion
Mark peppercorn crusted steak filet w/ bιarnaise sauce and garlic mashed potatoes (garlic, shallots, rosemary, flour)
Derrick gougine cheese puff w/ poached egg
Angel fruit tart w/ custard was intended, but the pastry didnt make it to the plate and she only has chopped fruit w/ custard
Christine pork chops w/ creamy Dijon mustard sauce
Erryn beef carpaccio, sweet potato fries, zucchini soup; this is OK but it is Italian and not French; he should know the difference; also the beef is too thickly sliced for real carpaccio
Note there were 18 chefs left in the competition at this point, so we only were shown 10 of them. The rest must have been judged in the middle and edited out.
The top 2 were identified as Derrick and Max.
The bottom 3 were judged as Angel, Mark and Erryn. Angel was an obvious elimination. Max had done OK except made the cardinal sin of putting flour into raw mashed potatoes. He was also eliminated. Erryn was saved to continue in the competition. Christine felt fortunate to not have been judged in the bottom 3.
The field is now at 16 competitors.
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MC2, Ep. 6
The next challenge is a cookoff between two teams captained by the top 2 performers from the prior round, Derrick and Max. They alternated choices and the teams came out like this:
Red Derrick, Christine, Alvin, Suzy, Erryn, Adrien, Jennie, Ben
Blue Max, Tony, Giuseppe, Esther, Christian, Tracy, Jennifer, Alejandra
The task was to create a cafeteria meal in 2.5 hours for 350 employees (it turned out to only be about 200 who ate) of the Los Angeles Times involving these courses:
Soup
Salad
Pizza
Main
Dessert
Each team assigned responsibility for one dish (sometimes 3 people on one dish) as follows:
RED
Soup chicken orzo by Erryn, Alvin
Salad watermelon with cucumbers and feta by Adrien, Jennie
Pizza white by Ben, Christine
Main lasagna by Suzy over her head, with help from Derrick and Christine
Dessert fresh fruit/berries by Adrien and Jennie?
BLUE
Soup chicken chili by Alejandra with help from Tracy
Salad Seasonal salad by Jennifer
Pizza prosciutto arugula by Giuseppe
Main sliders by Tony, with help from Christian and Max
Dessert chocolate chip cookies by Esther
The task was structured so that food had to be ready when the diners arrived at noon. If it was not, then that team got an empty plate, which when compared to any food by the competition resulted in a loss of that dish for that individual. Joe Bastianich was ruthless in pushing Giuseppe on pizza and Tony on sliders to get their food out by moving the diners by with the loss of those points. Tony ran out of sliders and when Max attempted to help him by precooking them on a dirty pan with nuts on it, the resulting 48 burgers had to be trashed. They then immediately shifted to cooking chicken burgers. Each diner had to vote for Blue or Red on each course. The team with the most course wins would win the competition.
The final tally from the diners was:
Soup Blue 106 Red 39, course to Blue
Salad - Blue 52 Red 91, course to Red
Pizza Blue 48 Red 101, course to Red
Main Blue 105 Red 78, course to Blue
Dessert Blue 62, Red 85, course to Red and task victory to Red
That means that the Red team was done and the Blue team had to compete in a Pressure Test in which a minimum of 1 individual would be eliminated. The Pressure Test was to 1 hour to cook homemade ravioli with filling and sauce very tasty. The dishes were:
Max- used sage in his sauce; his risk paid off
Tony spinach and parmesan in filling; his pasta was too thick
Esther perfect pasta, but filling was a problem; she cannot answer Gordon Ramsays question of what was in her filling
Christian parmesan filling
Alejandra excellent taste
Jennifer salt and pepper filling
Tracy used nutmeg in her dough (a no-no) but it turned out OK
Giuseppe larger shape but pasta was too thin and too flat
The judges brought up Esther first. She made it in spite of her filling problems because her pasta was excellent. Next they asked Tony and Jennifer to come up. Tony was eliminated and Jennifer was spared. We now have 15 competitors.
franxaverian:
@Apskip: You might want to see this...
http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/sharpeyed-viewers-catch-master-chef-faking-a-huge-crowd--3229
The episode in question is Episode 5.
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franxaverian,
I stand resolutely with my numbering system. Just follow the episode recaps above. How many are there? The answer is that the most recent one is the 6th one hour episode. Sometimes two episodes are telecast on the same night, which may have confused somebody else. That is not my problem.
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