Under Bench Staples - MasterChef Australia Reaction Podcast

In this week's elimination episode we meet the guest chef setting the challenges and it's none other than Rick Stein! We talk about our experiences with squid (squidoodles and spice bags) and smash 'n' pass several of the contestants' dishes and we say a sad farewell to another contestant... tune in to hear our thoughts! 

Warning: Spoilers ahead –– this a post-broadcast reaction podcast so we will be discussing details of broadcasted episodes, including guests, challenges, wins and eliminations. 

This is the home of GastroGays' MasterChef Australia content, coinciding with the UK/Ireland broadcast this August for the next couple of months. We are watching the series as it broadcasts in the UK & Ireland on "W", weeknights at 7pm. 

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The ultimate decision lies ahead: do you take less ingredients for more time, or wait it out as time ticks away for the prime ingredients? Well if you've seen this episode you'll know how this Sophie's choice pans out... in this episode we try our best to use math to calculate time which goes abysmally and we think we're in love with Serai in every way imaginable...

Warning: Spoilers ahead –– this a post-broadcast reaction podcast so we will be discussing details of broadcasted episodes, including guests, challenges, wins and eliminations. 

This is the home of GastroGays' MasterChef Australia content, coinciding with the UK/Ireland broadcast this August for the next couple of months. We are watching the series as it broadcasts in the UK & Ireland on "W", weeknights at 7pm. 

Follow at @gastrogays on Instagram

Visit our Substack at chippaper.substack.com

buymeacoffee.com/gastrogays 

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Another classic MasterChef Australia episode in this Home Cook vs. Pro Cook week. Three chefs from Stanley in Brisbane compete in a relay against three contestants. We talk about which position we'd cook in and try pin point where it all went wrong in this episode.... 

Warning: Spoilers ahead –– this a post-broadcast reaction podcast so we will be discussing details of broadcasted episodes, including guests, challenges, wins and eliminations. 

This is the home of GastroGays' MasterChef Australia content, coinciding with the UK/Ireland broadcast this August for the next couple of months. We are watching the series as it broadcasts in the UK & Ireland on "W", weeknights at 7pm. 

Follow at @gastrogays on Instagram

Visit our Substack at chippaper.substack.com

buymeacoffee.com/gastrogays 

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In a change of usual programming, three outside chefs compete in the MasterChef Australia kitchen like contestants, being subjected to an intense three-hour, three-course pressure test from Khanh Nguyen.

Warning: Spoilers ahead –– this a post-broadcast reaction podcast so we will be discussing details of broadcasted episodes, including guests, challenges, wins and eliminations. 

This is the home of GastroGays' MasterChef Australia content, coinciding with the UK/Ireland broadcast this August for the next couple of months. We are watching the series as it broadcasts in the UK & Ireland on "W", weeknights at 7pm. 

Follow at @gastrogays on Instagram

Visit our Substack at chippaper.substack.com

buymeacoffee.com/gastrogays 

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Three on three, we kick off this week's episodes with a mystery box! A trio of visiting chefs from Nomad in Sydney and Melbourne take blind inspiration and try to keep those pesky contestants off the gantry for immunity.

Warning: Spoilers ahead –– this a post-broadcast reaction podcast so we will be discussing details of broadcasted episodes, including guests, challenges, wins and eliminations. 

This is the home of GastroGays' MasterChef Australia content, coinciding with the UK/Ireland broadcast this August for the next couple of months. We are watching the series as it broadcasts in the UK & Ireland on "W", weeknights at 7pm. 

Follow at @gastrogays on Instagram

Visit our Substack at chippaper.substack.com

buymeacoffee.com/gastrogays 

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Again with the Kath & Kim references... we've made it to 20 episodes and there's 30 left to go in this season! Expect many more K&K quotes throughout...

For this eppie it's an elimination which begins with a dreamy (for us) cheese taste test before five contestants fight for their lives by remaking nostalgic classics.

Warning: Spoilers ahead –– this a post-broadcast reaction podcast so we will be discussing details of broadcasted episodes, including guests, challenges, wins and eliminations. 

This is the home of GastroGays' MasterChef Australia content, coinciding with the UK/Ireland broadcast this August for the next couple of months. We are watching the series as it broadcasts in the UK & Ireland on "W", weeknights at 7pm. 

Follow at @gastrogays on Instagram

Visit our Substack at chippaper.substack.com

buymeacoffee.com/gastrogays 

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No sashaying away in this episode as it's a strut right through to immunity for half the contestants, and this is a one flambéing hot challenge.

In this episode we talk about our adoration for Kath & Kim and as WTF is Sarsaparilla?? We award our smash and pass dishes and we talk about the beat the chef challenge with legendary French chef Gabriel Gaté!

Warning: Spoilers ahead –– this a post-broadcast reaction podcast so we will be discussing details of broadcasted episodes, including guests, challenges, wins and eliminations. 

This is the home of GastroGays' MasterChef Australia content, coinciding with the UK/Ireland broadcast this August for the next couple of months. We are watching the series as it broadcasts in the UK & Ireland on "W", weeknights at 7pm. 

Follow at @gastrogays on Instagram

Visit our Substack at chippaper.substack.com

buymeacoffee.com/gastrogays 

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SERVICE! The contestants are off-site in this challenge during nostalgia week and in the kitchens of a Melbourne suburbs institution, Mei Jing. 

In two teams they duke it out putting their twists onto classic Chinese restaurant menu dishes... with varying levels of success, and in the judging a whole course gets taken off the bill. Listen in for our thoughts and reaction, plus the dishes we'd SMASH and PASS in this eppie...

Warning: Spoilers ahead –– this a post-broadcast reaction podcast so we will be discussing details of broadcasted episodes, including guests, challenges, wins and eliminations. 

This is the home of GastroGays' MasterChef Australia content, coinciding with the UK/Ireland broadcast this August for the next couple of months. We are watching the series as it broadcasts in the UK & Ireland on "W", weeknights at 7pm. 

Follow at @gastrogays on Instagram

Visit our Substack at chippaper.substack.com

buymeacoffee.com/gastrogays 

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The Vienetta of your dreams enters the MasterChef Australia kitchen in this episode, where three contestants duke it out in a pressure test to ensure survival. Plus, we take stock of how the judges be judging and also indicate who we think overall is leading the pack right now and those who are trailing behind a bit...

Warning: Spoilers ahead –– this a post-broadcast reaction podcast so we will be discussing details of broadcasted episodes, including guests, challenges, wins and eliminations. 

This is the home of GastroGays' MasterChef Australia content, coinciding with the UK/Ireland broadcast this August for the next couple of months. We are watching the series as it broadcasts in the UK & Ireland on "W", weeknights at 7pm. 

Follow at @gastrogays on Instagram

Visit our Substack at chippaper.substack.com

buymeacoffee.com/gastrogays 

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Like shopping at a German discount store, we're introduced to several off-brand cereals in this week's mystery box, which is all about turning iconic childhood cereal styles into delicious dishes..

This challenge kicks off 'Nostalgia Week' and as Russell always declares it was a "good episode" (even if Patrick doesn't agree) and we talk about what we would do with this challenge, we smash and pass certain dishes and we even manage to disect the intricacies of Zonfrillo claps, Hollywood handshakes and Preston spoon banging....  

Warning: Spoilers ahead –– this a post-broadcast reaction podcast so we will be discussing details of broadcasted episodes, including guests, challenges, wins and eliminations. 

This is the home of GastroGays' MasterChef Australia content, coinciding with the UK/Ireland broadcast this August for the next couple of months. We are watching the series as it broadcasts in the UK & Ireland on "W", weeknights at 7pm. 

Follow at @gastrogays on Instagram

Visit our Substack at chippaper.substack.com

buymeacoffee.com/gastrogays 

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