MasterChef - the results!

Thankfully, today was better, and I was glad that Sara had taken the day off, so I had the office to myself until Kathy and Nicola came in. The shift passed very pleasantly, and I managed to clear all the emails in between answering the phone. 

Back at home, it was great to relax and look forward to the weekend. Keith wasn't off to the pub, as John is still in France, but he stayed in the kitchen while Sophie and I watched MasterChef, the penultimate programme, before we had dinner. The final was due to be shown at 8:00pm, and we couldn't access it on iPlayer.

We were also a little bored by the first half when they cooked for seven chefs, so we skipped until the second half when they were cooking for the final. We had both written down our predictions:

Sophie - Jhané or Kristen

Jane - Matt or Antos

Unfortunately, Antos made an Upside Down Pineapple cake, which let him down slightly, so he was out. We had a delicious dinner of chilli con carne, and then settled down for the final.

It was great to see the contestants cook so well and produce fabulous dishes. I was rooting for Matt, of course, but we both knew that Jhané was going to win... and she did! Well done to her!

MasterChef: The Results

• Cookery - far less than last year: 11
• A crumb: 15
• A tuile: 9
• Miso: 7
• A gel: 10
• Influenced by close family: 17
• Pomme pureé: 2
• Contestants crying: 21 (and also judges crying, Anna!)
• Home-made pasta: 12
• A foam: 3
• A bonbon: 4
• Showing off about travel (Frankie especially!): 10
• A chocolate fondant: Nooooooooooo! Only 1!
• Gochujang: 2 (we thought this was going to be big this year)
• A shard: 3
• "Too much on the plate": 3
• Deconstructed: 4
• Any kind of other fondant, i.e. potato: 8
• A crisp: 1
• Velouté: 4
• A soufflé: 2
• Cooked "three ways": 2
• A soil: 1
• Ras el Hanout: 3
• A soy-cured egg: 2
• False caviar or pearls: 2
• Underdone meat: 3
• A dust: 3
• An emulsion: 1

We loved Anna and Grace and thought they were worthy successors to Greg and John, but we must mention Anna's "orf it", said 16 times, and also a new one on us, "flavour profile", said 6 times. We do sometimes wonder if a repeated word, i.e. cookery, is said so the crew have a shot of something strong! We also noticed "very delicious" and "nicely cooked" were used a lot!

The funniest thing was a segmented orange, or a slice to most people.

We loved Anna's headbands and Grace always being so elegant and channelling Fanny Craddock. Roll on next year!