Still thought Bart was better...I didn't like the gimmicks Alex used...Bart just served great looking food without resorting to pebbles or dry ice or party poppers
Judged on the whole series, Bart was robbed. Judged on the final, all credit to Alex.
Santosh still wins the best human being award though.
Great final but Alex just too consistent. Gave them nothing to criticise.
On the final's performance I thought Alex deserved the title. Had it been assessed over the whole series I would have given it to Bart, but he did screw up a bit with his offerings in the round with all the top notch chefs. Santosh was a star and will probably be a leading light in the next cuisine to hit our towns, Nepalise, but it didn't quite have the refinement of the other two. Great series and possibly one of the closest I can remember.
First Masterchef final I have watched where I didn’t mind if any of them won.
First Masterchef final I have watched where I didn’t mind if any of them won.
I've really enjoyed it. I usually do but this was a good one. Always a pleasure watching people who are good at what they do.
I wonder a bit about how much editing goes into the final comments to either make it look close or make what was said match the final decision.
Monica and Marcus come across really well too.
I agree. They're both hards as nails, obviously, no way you'd get to the top in the chef / restaurant business without being as tough as teak, but they come across as nice humans as well. Same with Michel Roux Jr when he did MasterChef (although that pay thing wasn't good)
You don't need to be a shout, ranty, aggressive arse to be firm and honest (and yes I'm aware it's an act for TV as well)
Yes enjoyed it and well done Alex, Bart stuttered with the top chefs serving or it could have been his. Loved the series, and bake off, never watched them before.
Greg Wallace tho.....just why?
Every year after this, I try to watch amateur Masterchef but I can't cos of Wallace and Torode
Masterchef both amateur and professional, would improve if Greg left! John Torode I can just about manage...
As above, first one MrsSpud and I didn't mind who won. Expect to see Santos fronting something about Nepalese food on the telly next year, he was a fabulous reminder of how wonderful and humble us humans can be. Agree about Bart v Alex, but on that last one you could just tell the judges were in awe. And definitely agree re amateur Masterchef, those two need to go and it be freshened up.
Greg Wallace tho…..just why?
Masterchef both amateur and professional, would improve if Greg left!
I've been saying that for years , if he just stopped the moronic false smiling it would help .
a jumped-up greengrocer and a chef whose restaurant only got a 2 out 5 hygiene rating* 🙂
* ok, it was in 2011....
a jumped-up greengrocer
Who wasn't very good at paying his suppliers, proper tw#t to deal with.
Who wasn’t very good at paying his suppliers, proper tw#t to deal with.
Thrusting British success story, innit?
Totally agree with the sentiment that, viewed across the whole series, Bart was robbed, but if the final is truly a clean slate, one-off then Alex did deserve to win.
Santosh is proper, though. His story is properly uplifting and I think he is made for a series (or several) exploring Nepalese cuisine initially, then branching out. Watch out Nadia!
I loved the series and the final 3 were incredible. Happy for any of them to win. But I really want to go to Santosh's restaurant. Legend already imo.
As above, first one MrsSpud and I didn’t mind who won. Expect to see Santos fronting something about Nepalese food on the telly next year, he was a fabulous reminder of how wonderful and humble us humans can be.
All three of the finalists came across as thoroughly decent human beings, and any of them would have been fully deserving of the win, it was so close
But we also commented that I wonder how many TV production houses and cookbook publishing companies will have been desperately trying to get Santosh's number. I doubt thats the last we've seen of him, which can only be a good thing
But we also commented that I wonder how many TV production houses and cookbook publishing companies will have been desperately trying to get Santosh’s number. I doubt thats the last we’ve seen of him, which can only be a good thing
Indeed, especially when we are going to get the opportunity to experiment as a nation with all sorts of new foods.
Tinned snoek anyone?
As rationing continued to get more strict as the war loomed on, sources of protein became more rare. Meats, such as beef and pork, were rationed and allowable amounts were about 4 to 6 ounces per week, per person, but chicken and fish were not although difficult to get. Fishing in Britain had become dangerous since there was the threat of bombing, even close to shore. The availability of cheap fish called snoek, or snook (a relative of the tuna and mackerel), in South Africa allowed for eleven million cans of fish to be shipped to England; the government believed it to be the “savior of the fish problem”. It did not catch on! Many people did not like the fish with the unusual and funny name and many remember it as being inedible, smelly, and foul-tasting. Most of the tinned Snoek remained firmly on the shop shelves. The Ministry of Defense issued recipes to make the fish palatable, but even that effort of turning the salty fish into snoek paste, snoek sandwiches, and snoek piquant, did not prove popular. The British government bought millions of tins of Snoek and with much of it left near the end of the war, the unsold tins were given new labels and sold as food for cats and kittens!
I'll bet Cummings has got a mate who runs a snoek fishing business...
Polar opposite to some posters here, I like Jon and Greg and used to struggle with Marcus and Monica, this is the first series I have watched with them and enjoyed it.
Santos was incredible his journey to how he got there is inspirational and the food he served the critics looked incredible.
As most, first final I've seen in something where I was happy to see any of them win.
I have to say the right one win in the day but I was hoping it would be Bart. I do want to know where santosh grew up in Nepal because when ever I have been there you never see anything like that and I’ve eaten in one of the places in Kathmandu
Yes Greg Wallace is annoying, I can't stand those fake faces he keeps doing. At least Marcus Waring has the restaurant credentials, remember the bankers 44k wine bill at petrus. I like the Marcus and Monica pairing as presenters.
Great final and series. Well done to Alex, on the day he was the better chef.