Good flavours, nicely seasoned, one chef said it was not as neat as it could have been. David principally but with the cooperation of fellow contestants plates up his starter and the servers stream out to see how well 30 Michelin starred chefs and a former Michelin guide director take to the food.It's a blistering goal from midfield Wayne Rooney like. And as if the football analogy wasn't already playing in my head Michel Roux comes in and yells "One hour to kick off!" It was particularly nice to note the cooperation typical of Masterchef finalists during service.Īnd so Masterchef FC leave their half and go on the attack. South Shields John got a case of the Brambles and made a complete hash of the tuiles needing to make a whole 2nd batch as the first was too thick and did not set then avoided na own goal by reducing by half the required amount of shortbreads from 60 to 30. On the whole, she moved like George Best and dodged trouble like Thiery Henri at his best when he was at Arsenal. 180 asparagi? asparguses? in the end were not a problem, but one or two may have not been completely cooked the satisfaction of a few of the gliterati. He then forgets to remove the bloodline from the fish after recovering from his first mistake, not that it cost him much as he was picking up pace and calming down, he even had the wherewithal to do a test prawn before he committed to an entire batch of potentially badly wrapped spaghetti pastry.Ĭlaire was effortlessly handling the the bone pinning and other preparations, being the one who may well have shown David the example by doing a test mullet with too thick potato scales. David forgets to scale his fish causing him to fall back and loose control early. it takes a brave soul to tackle this and it's been chosen to see if John has learned anything or taken on board the advice given him.Īnd the ball is in play. I've done some of these, but not all of them at the same time. So John has to master his time issues and make sure the various creams set, biscuits don't burn and the like. But it does simply matters for me when I have to figure out the mangled form of a French word that has come down to us over decades or in some cases centuries. or plate of raspberries.You know none of this sounds the remotest bit posh to me as I speak, and read French like a native. John, lastly closes the evening off with a dessert of assiette de framboise. This tricky dish has so many places where a ny number things can go wrong, only a truly talented and brave chef will take this one on for a crowd of 30 hungry Michelin starred chefs. A complex dish to prepare that tests a number of his problem areas and pushes his comfort levels with new ingredients and cooking styles.Ĭlaire gets the main of Pan fried mullet with potato scales and asparagus created by Chef Paul Bocuse. How will they fare? The whistle blows and Michel reveals the three dishes on the menu for tonight.ĭavid has the starter of salmon sashimi with crispy skin.
This now traditional gathering of the clan chiefs, is now ready to chew up and spit out our three amigos for the smallest misstep.
Put another way, if a bomb went off, the fine dining world of the UK and Europe would be devastated for at least 10 years. 30 of the best chefs in Europe are all in one room, three of them are three star chefs. Surrounded by millions of watching on telly, David, Claire and John are told they are cooking for the annual gathering of the Michelin starred ones. So the commentary booth disappears and the teams form up in the tunnel.and our cookery gladiators walk out on the pitch. So there, now the warm and fuzzy bit is over, all you need to take from that is that these three are devoted to the idea of cooking as a life's work. Did you know Claire is pregnant according to the local Liverpool paper? Well she is.
Masterchef the professionals 2010 recipes full#
It started with the usual half time show where we learn the full names and the back stories of our chefs, You'd already know most of that if you read earlier today's blog. You could look at the bottom or you already know, but if you didn't watch, you won't know just how bloody brilliant the 2nd half of the Final was.