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MC3, Ep. 13

There was another Mystery Box Challenge to start this episode. A small aquarium contained perhaps 7 Santa Barbara prawns and there was 45 minutes to turn them into a special dish. The 3 dishes selected by the judges for special attention were:

Becky – Grilled Prawns with Salsa Verde and Saffron Rice
Christine – Spot Prawns with Pineapple Broth
David – Spot Prawn Ceviche

David won and he got the special advantage. In the pantry were beets, corn and bacon. He had to select which one every competitor, including himself, would cook with to make a dessert. David was given access to some special examples of his chosen vegetable (corn) in desserts. He decided to do a rice pudding with corn; however he left the pantry without any rice. Becky had some and offered it to him.

There was 60 minutes to cook these dishes. Here is what each home cook chose:
David – Corn and Rice Pudding with Salted Caramel Sauce
Becky – Popcorn and Panna Cotta
Christine – Corn & Coconut Pudding
Monti –  Corn Souffle
Felix – Corn Profiteroles
Frank – Corn Budino with Chocolate Ganache
Joshua – Corn Crème Brulee with Corn Caramel

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MC3, Ep. 14
Each cook has to select one item for the Mystery Box Challenge. Those choices included: pork chops, chocolate, condensed milk, portobello mushrooms. The dishes of Tali, Tanya, Anna and Scott, Cowboy Mike and Stacey get all of them sent home,
The challenge is a shootout between Josh and Ryan on a fruit tart, which Ryan had never done before and Josh looked none too comfortable with. The judges were the other six cooks (Becky, Frank, Monti, Christine, David, Felix). They decided on a blindfolded test that Josh’s was superior by a score of 6 to 0. Ryan was eliminated and most were pleased to see him go.

 MC3, Ep. 14
The team captains ended up with their own gender:
Becky – Christine and Monti
Frank – David and Josh
The challenge was to cook at the Michelin 1 star Hatfield’s Restaurant for 44 selected guests and Quinn and Karen Hatfield themselves. Ramsay appointed himself as the expeditor.  The result was a close decision for the women, with the Hatfield’s preferring the men but the other diners preferring the women.
Frank was asked who he would save if he had the opportunity to do so. When it was theoretical, he selected Josh but when it became real he chose himself. I think that is fair because Frank has typically outperformed Josh. So that meant the Pressure Test became David versus Josh. Each was given 3 perfect WalMart filet mignon steaks and asked to cook one rare, one medium rare and one well done.
Josh was the clear winner for the rare steak. David was the clear winner for the medium rare steak. They pretty much tied, both far below par, for the well done steak. The judges had to decide. They sent David home, which was quite fair.

David was given a significant parting gift from Graham, the opportunity to select either of Graham’s two Chicago restaurants and work there.

MC3, Ep. 15
This episode started with a Mystery Box Challenge, but it was phony as the boxes were all empty. The remaining 5 chefs were asked to go to the pantry and select 15 ingredients for making their dream dish. When they were ready to start this, Ramsay threw them a big twist by asking each one to give their ingredients to the chef in front of them. So everyone had to make their own new dish based on someone else’s ingredients. The final dishes which were judged in the top 3 were:
Monti - Tom Kha Gai Chicken, Coconut Milk and Lemongrass
Josh - Savory Bread Pudding with Pork, Onion Rings and Mozzarella
Christine - Pan-Seared Chicken with beet and Goat Cheese Salad

The winner was Josh, whose special advantage did not include immunity but was as follows:
1.   He got to pick one of 3 special dishes which had been created by Graham for VIPs.
2.   He received a market full of all ingredients to make the dish he chose.

Those 3 dishes were:
For Oprah Winfrey – wheat/corn bisque and red pepper jam
For Jay Z – Alaskan King crab, vanilla crème fraiche, celery gelee, pomegranates
For Barack Obama – white tuna sashimi,

Josh chose the Obama dish, so all 5 cooks had to make that in 30 minutes. The end results of tastings and observation by the judges were:
Monti – problems with slicing of tuna and total taste
Josh – problems with slicing of tuna, failed to take advantage of his break
Christine – a fine dish
Becky – in trouble with a marginal dish
Frank – a fine dish

So the bottom 3 were Monti, Josh and Becky. Monti was sent home.

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It's in the home stretch for Master Chef 3. Gordon, Graham and Joe manage to get 3 world culinary superstars to visit Los
Angeles. Ramsay revealed that the guest judges for the next competition were these:
Guy Savoy (8 Michelin stars)
Daniel Boulud (4 Michelin stars)
Alain Ducasse (20 Michelin stars and the only chef I know who has more than Ramsay himself)

It’s a tall order cooking for these culinary giants plus also Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot and Joe Bastianich.

Christine won the prior challenge, so she got to pick any of the other 3 cooks for the Red team. She chose Christine. Frank and Joshua were the Blue team. The menus they created and cooked were:

Red App – Thai Seafood Soup with Daikon and Micro Herbs
Blue App – Spring Vegetable Terrine with Spot Prawn Mousse and Pea Puree

Red Main – Duck Breast with Crispy Bamboo Rice, Chinese Broccoli and Daikon
Blue Main – Stuffed Lamb Saddle with Couscous and Roasted Vegetables

Red Dessert – Coconut Verrine with Coconut Cake, Tropical Fruit and Guava Coulis
Blue Dessert - White Chocolate Mousse with Roasted Strawberries and Rhubarb

Serving time was 90 minutes for the appetizer, an additional 30 minutes for the entrée and an additional 30 minutes for dessert. The guest judges rated the Red team winners of the Appetizer course, Blue team winners of the main course and Red team winners of the dessert course. The overall winner was the Red team. That made Becky and Christine exempt while Frank and Joshua fought for the remaining spot left.

The Pressure Test were 3 different souffles in one hour, a major challenge even for very experienced chefs. Frank was rated the winner of the cheese soufflé, Joshua the winner of the raspberry soufflé and finally Joshua the winner of the chocolate soufflé. So it is Frank going home and Joshua surviving.

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The two dominant home cooks throughout this competition have been Christine and Becky. Joshua is likely to be the odd man out tonight. for the finale next week I like Becky even though the publicity value of having a blind person win would be enormous. 

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MC3, Ep. 19

There is only Joshua, Becky and Christine left. This episode started with a Mystery Box challenge, but it was a red herring as its only purpose was to underscore how the winner of Master Chef 3 would have a cookbook with their recipes published.

The challenge was converted into a “go into the pantry, select anything you want and cook anything you want” exercise, but the dishes were supposed to be worthy of being in their own published cookbook. The lack of structure made Becky panicky. She hacked her vertimere fish into pieces too small, then felt forced to convert it to a fish soup. The dishes created and cooked were:

Christine – Vermicelli Stir Fry with Seared Scallops
Becky – Loup de Mer Soup with Sunchoke Puree
Joshua – Curried Cornish Hen with Basmati Rice

The winner of this, in a close call, was Christine. That gave her the ‘huge advantage” for the Elimination Challenge. That proved to be selecting from 3 groups of legs: chicken, lamb, frog. She chose chicken, Joshua as second place finisher picked lamb and Becky was stuck with frog legs. They had 10 minutes to select other ingredients, then 1 hour to cook. As they came back into the MasterChef kitchen they were greeted by all previously eliminated competitors, who would be the live audience from the balcony.

The dishes created and cooked were:
Christine – southern fried chicken with creamed kale
Joshua – lamb caramanolas (a papa rellena and empanada, but made with yucca) with salsa roja (tomato-based), salsa verde (tomatillo-based) and salsa mango
Becky – frog legs with potatoes, mushrooms and bitter greens salad

Joshua was judged the winner and is going to the finale. The deficiencies of Becky (soggy potatoes) and Christine (too much cream on the kale) were significant. Christine beat out Becky for the last spot in the finale. Becky got an offer from Gordon Ramsay to work in any of his kitchens worldwide.

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