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Last week’s winners of the first MasterChef Junior challenge get to take part in the bestest one tonight at 8p on Fox.
The three kids, who won last week, have to cook as many pancakes as they can and the losers, who are truly the winners, get to pour 50 gallons of maple syrup on their assigned chef.
So how did MasterChef Graham Elliott feel about having that much maple syrup dumped on his head? He told me on a conference call, “We had to go run and take showers and there are a few things, I guess, in life that if you get doused over your head you can kind of wash it off, like we did the flour last year. But syrup is one of those that I would not put on my biggest enemy.” Then he added, “You know what, I won’t say who, but a certain someone I think had like a chemical reaction to it, so they got messy for the remainder of the day.” Who do you think had a chemical reaction to it, Gordon Ramsay or Joe Bastianich?
By the way, I could describe what happens at the moment, but it so much sweeter to see it happen live for yourself. So make sure to tune in for the best reality show on television tonight at 8p.
My favorite reality show, MasterChef Junior is back on Fox tonight at 8p, and you so want to watch the sweetest competition show on television.
What makes MasterChef Junior so yummy is the kids are so supportive of each other. When you watch adults on these shows, they are out to destroy their competition. Tonight, when one girl starts crying, another one stops what she is doing to help her out. Then Gordon Ramsay goes over to her, and makes her feel about herself. Later on in the show, one girl serves a bad dish to the judges and she starts to cry. All of the contestant rally around her to make her feel better. On what other show do you see that?
It isn’t only the kids being nice to each other, the judges, Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliott and Joe Bastianich are more compassionate when they talk to these 8-13 year old homechefs.
It still blows my mind that these kids, who aren’t even in high school, can cook better than you and me. The dishes they turn out blow these MasterChefs’ taste buds and our minds.
So that is just a few of the reasons why MasterChef Junior is the most scrumptious show on television. You can add a few more to the shopping list, when you watch MasterChef Junior tonight and every Tuesday at 8p.
Tonight at 8p on Fox it is time for the MasterChef season finale and last week I spoke with Joe Bastianich and Graham Elliot on a conference call about the last three standing. Will it be Courtney, Leslie or Elizabeth?
If you would’ve asked me on day one who would win the whole competition this season, I would not be able to tell you. What I could tell you that day is I thought Leslie would be out in the first elimination or the following week. As you know, I was wrong and I wasn’t the only one who thought he would be sent home early. Bastianich said, “I would’ve thought he (Leslie) wouldn’t have even made it. He would’ve been out in the first cut, so you never know.” However, there is someone he thought would be in the Top 3 from day one and that person is Elizabeth. He said she “is a great example of someone that you knew was smart. You knew she cooked. She was smart in how she played the game, so you figured she would go far.” Elliot agreed with his co-Chef, “I think Elizabeth just because of how driven they were and how much they’ve put into it, as far as their heart into the cooking.” Like Joe, he was surprised to see Leslie go as far as he did. He described the stay at home dad as, “you have somebody who’s the oldest contestant we’ve ever had, who’s abrasive and everybody hates at the beginning and now they all seem to have embraced him like the crazy uncle or someone that’s in everyone’s family.” A little note on Leslie and his family here, he is a family member of someone we know, he’s Melissa Joan Hart’s stepdad.
Now we know who surprised them by making it this far and who they knew would be there, but who did they think was going to make it that didn’t. For Graham it was Christian who came in 5th. While Joe thought that maybe Big Willie would go far, but then the MasterChef realized he “just lacks the evolution to go the full distance”. Big Willie’s flame might’ve burned out midway, Bastianich felt Leslie and Cutter, who came in fourth, were slow burners. He says they “learn a lot, ramp it up and then keep on getting stronger.” Strong enough to make it to Top 4.
Joe sums up day one expectations to the finals as, “What you see in the beginning is not always what comes out in the end.” Graham says, “You always have an open mind when you start, but then you start seeing these people come into their own. It’s really fun to watch them grow.”
Graham and Joe watched them grow throughout the season, so how would they describe the final three? Joe said, “Leslie, the New York transplant to Malibu, is a true home cook, cooks for his family.” Then he added, “He’s a little bit of an older contestant, has a very brash, forward style, unapologetic in his ambition to win and what he does and the way he conducts himself.” Graham was simpler in his summation, “Leslie, who is completely unfiltered and just does whatever he feels like.”
Next up is Elizabeth, who is my personal pick to win the whole thing. Joe says, “Elizabeth, who is more of a Brooklyn night, New York sophisticated young lady who probably has her pulse on what’s happening in the fine dining scene and trends the food world.” Then adding, “She’s culturally apt and really can kind of put all her life experiences and intelligence to play in every plate.” Graham agreed with his counterpart.
Finally, there is Courtney. Joe described the Philly native as “kind of the combination of a little bit of street smarts, ethnic cooking, a fierce competitor. She probably knows how to play the game as well as she knows how to cook.” Graham said she has the ability to beat anyone that she is put against.
Neither MasterChef said who they think the next winner will be, that doesn’t mean we have our own opinions. I am rooting for Elizabeth because she is the only I like that is left. Who do you think will win it all and get their very own cookbook?
You know, come to think about it, this is the first year I didn’t have a clear cut winner from day one. I knew Christine was going to win season three and Luca the following year. This year has been a complete toss up with no early favorite and personally no final one either. Do you concur?
Each season of Hell’s Kitchen they normally have one or two good looking people, but this season they are all hot. Not only do they look good, they make for good television.
Although tonight at 8p on Fox, their good looks are good enough for the big screen. The Top 8 will travel to iconic Cinerama Dome to watch themselves on the screen there. Then when they are done, Gordon Ramsay has something cooked up for them.
It’s time for them to make him their signature dish. One person’s dish will leave a bad taste in his mouth way before he even tastes it. Some of the cooks will surprise him with what they put in front of him and others will leave him disgusted. After he takes his last bite, it’s time for him to pick a winning team.
Once the team it is chosen, they are given reward. When they get back from it, it is time for their first Hell’s Kitchen. One team will do phenomenology and the other won’t.
Will the winning team have as good of a service in the second episode that airs at 9p or after President Obama’s news conference depending on your time zone? You have to watch to find out.
That and to get to know Sterling Wright, who is Mr Wright for this show. You are going to love him and all of the contestants who make season 13 a very lucky one for this show.
The other day Gordon Ramsay‘s daughter fell asleep while she was laying out, and her proud pop splashed some water on her face to wake her up. Well today, she decided to get revenge on her daddy. When her sister and her realized that their father fell asleep outside, they decided to give him a wake up call he will never forget. They poured an ice chest of water all over the sleeping Chef and his reaction is as awesome as you would expect to be. My hat is off to his children, who are probably being written out of their will as we speak.
BTW I am sure almost every one who has been featured on Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef, Kitchen Nightmares and Hotel Hell love this video as much as his offspring.
