This is juicier than anything that will be cooked up. Guaranteed.
Hold on to your chef hats, Masterchef 2015 is coming back next week. We’re sure all the drama, delicious meals and tragic fails will be as gripping as always. We’ve also just found out a few sneaky secrets about what goes on behind the scenes (just so you’re in the know).
Judge, Matt Preston spoke to news.com.au about what really goes on when the cameras aren’t rolling.
He revealed that the show is actually, completely run by the judges. The producers don’t get a say in who stays and who goes. Instead the judges are completely in control of keeping the best chefs and kicking out the under performers.
What shocked us the most was when Preston admitted that the dockets in the Marco Pierre White Service challenge are fake.
The 53-year-old explained that the dockets Marco waves around while yelling out orders to the chefs about cooking a certain number of lamb, and a certain number of fish are completely made up.
“The aim is to feed them through like you would in a real service,” Preston told the news site. “The pressure you can apply by the timing of dockets is nothing compared to the pressure of putting that number of amateurs in a commercial kitchen to cook for 120 people with Marco breathing down their necks”.
But something that is completely unfabricated according to Preston are the emotional moments they put on the show. He says this season starts with an emotional clip that had both him and a friend in tears when watching it. Preston tells that the emotional moments they put on camera are often ideas the judges come up with.
"But stuff that is genuine and real rather than (contrived)," he tells news.com.au.
Similarly, the judge says that the drama is all completely real. None of it is injected into the show, instead it all comes from the real stress and pressure that comes from being a chef in a kitchen.
"We don’t ‘produce’ it, whatever happens, happens. You have to have confidence that if you get great cooks, the drama will happen," he tells the news site.
On that note, they don't ramp up the back stories this season either. Everything raw and real will be there but it won't be over the top - feel sorry for me - type stories. It will be relatable to the audience according to Preston.
In terms of the times for each task - it's realistic and doable always.
“The secret is to give them a challenge that has just enough time and just enough pressure so they finish just as the clock ticks down — but they do finish, and they do succeed,” Preston told news.com.au.
This means that usually (majority of the time) the judges won't be testing multiple disasters. The contestant are given realistic time frames to complete their challenges successfully, but will still be racing against the clock.
It sounds like it's going to be another heated season.
What are you most excited about seeing in the new season of Masterchef Australia?
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