We love the Signature Dish episode for the Top 50 this year, involving the peer voting system - it was great to see how the contestants bucked any gender bias preconceptions and voting with their tastebuds. We love culinary technique becoming a crucial part of the show, given how critical technique is in the professional kitchen. No getting away with uneven bits and boney salmon fillets in a restaurant! We love the contestants being forced to forage for their food from the farms and country butchers. We love the contestants recreating their most memorable dishes. We love the contestants learning this early on what the real pressures of running a restaurant is like on the service front.
We cheered when Jimmy got into the Top 24 with his chilli crab curry. We bit our fingernails with Adele as George deliberated over the crostini with walnut ricotta cream. We teared up with Claire talking about her grandma. We drooled at Alvin's Drunken Chicken with Bruised Green Bean Salad (must download that recipe), and worried with Gary about Jake's take on oyster soup (hey he was being faithful to the theme, what can we say?). We were stunned at Skye's quirkiness (chocolate with avocado?! Really?!), and thought it was ridiculous of that advertising head leaving Phil alone to fend for himself. That was followed by us cringing over the sight of his goat's cheese risotto, agreeing his dessert looked wonderful and then gunning for him to stay in the show. Who cares if the show is pre-recorded, and there seems to be so much waterworks this year?!?!
We were touched at George's tender touch with contestants, marvelled at Gary's beef wellington (never have I ever wanted to go to a pub for beef more) and screamed in slow motion as Matt threw THAT pork chop over his shoulder (PLEASE tell me a crew member fetched it on a plate for later consumption). Matt has to be the only man in the country who can wear a cravat, colourful pants AND fancy shoes, and still strike fear in the hearts of all cooks just with one look. & what was the deal with Luke Nguyen using the two knifes to chop garlic (while we at home thought he was wasting it by letting pieces fall to the floor) and then going over to Alvin's side to help him with the Hue pancakes?!
Love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it. :)
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