Sunday night’s episode of Masterchef saw the contestants taken ~back to basics~ in the kitchen.
No, they weren’t forced to cook in a firepit or to use a palm leaf instead of a knife. It was much, much worse than that: they were deprived of their “cheffy equipment”.
You know, the usual suspects: pressure cookers, liquid nitrogen, blast chillers.
To make the point brutally clear, hosts Gary, Matt and George literally lock the beloved gadgets up in a cage with a giant padlock and the camera team made sure to get some extra mournful close-ups.
Home Cooking Week just got real, friends.
Listen: Masterchef did in one episode what MKR couldn’t do in a season. (Post continues after audio.)
Panic visibly crossed the stars’ faces as they contemplated life without a blast chiller (oh, the indignity! the horror!).
Meanwhile, the rest of Australia had approximatey zero sympathy, giving the rookie chefs a good ol’ fashioned roasting on social media.
There were plenty of smartarse quips about the beloved blast chiller:
And plenty took the opportunity to ruminate on “kids today”:
Others had some great suggestions for future challenges to take things one step further:
Now THAT would be worth watching.
Over to you: do you know what a blast chiller is? More importantly, do you own one?
Top Comments
I don't think a pressure cooker is cheffy equipment but ok
I don't own a blast chiller, in fact I wouldn't recognise one if it blasted me with chilled air. Then again, as a rule I don't have to prepare a meal in one hour flat, either...
But I was a bit disappointed actually, "back to basics" isn't very basic at all when they still have access to a number of gadgets, I only watched a couple of minutes and I'm sure I saw them using a mixer, for example. I didn't think they would have to dig out their own fire pits, but I'd expect all electric appliances to be banned.
I think it was about prohibiting equipment that the average kitchen doesn't have. most people have a mixer or a food processor, don't they?
According to my GF you are right. She tells me the theme was "back to home kitchen", not "back to basics". As I said, I didn't watch the whole show.