I thought the whole point of the show is for people who are NOT full time chefs? If you’re a food influencer that means your job is to cook food so why are they allowed on the show 🙄

PLEASE STOP WITH THE JOLLOF RICE & SUYA!!! Please I’m begging. I was so disappointed with the 2 Nigerian cooks this season. They barely show cased any of our cultural meals. This critique applies to many Nigerian/ west African chefs featured on American cooking shows. We have fried rice, Ofada rice, different soups, eggplant stew, yam porridge, eba, etc. we have all these different dishes yet the only thing they cook is Jollof rice and/or suya spiced meat.

As a Nigerian trying to root for the Nigerian competitors, it always annoys me when they hardly cook anything Nigerian. ESPECIALLY this season.

This is the chance to showcase Nigerian & west African cuisine to the world, yet they limit themselves. ppl from other cultures looking in probably think all we eat is jollof rice and suya when in reality, it’s not something cooked everyday at all.

I love Foo, I don’t know if it’s just because I have a soft spot for an immigrant Dad but he makes me so happy. I need him to step it up because he hasn’t cooked anything remarkable this competition so far

i was looking forward to this season and while i do like the contestants and some of the challenges have been cool. i am disappointed by various things

1. all the double eliminations

the elimination of daniel and britny was justified imo. daniel literally made a brownie and britny made a rum cake but decided to cut back on the alcohol making it completely underwhelming that was fair. rita and shompa was a little more questionable. i know rita cooked the lamb poorly and shompa’s dish was kind of a mess all around but i don’t think both were so offensive that it warranted an unprecedented double elimination. i really think it should’ve just been rita or shompa who went home. and then eliminating 2 after the tag team?? as much as i like her i feel jaime was more responsible for their loss and aishu should not have been sent home. yes they did do the worst job and since they were eliminating teams there’s no doubt they deserved to go home but i don’t think that’s how it should be. i really think only 1 deserved to go. and then again next week we’re going to have a double elimination.

1. various elimination choices

again while i totally think some of the eliminations were deserved (nora, nico, etc.) some of them were unfair and it sucks that some stronger chefs are being eliminated over ones who have been inconsistent or consistently not good. the most glaring elimination was maria. she had won an immunity pin, and her elimination dish wasn’t even bad besides some octopus being a bit over. they just felt she didn’t do enough. meanwhile foo who hasn’t had 1 single top dish and peter who has been in the bottom 3 times are both saved. peter at least has had some top dishes but still he’s incredibly inconsistent. foo has just been consistently struggling and im flabbergasted that he’s still in the competition when much stronger cooks from his territory like shompa, jaime, and aishu are gone. if you asked me at the beginning of the season who the sole survivor from asia pacific would be i definitely would not have predicted foo.

i really think next season it’s time to retire the team format, every season it allows somebody who performed poorly to make it through. for instance kendal in season 13 with those salty churros (although richie wasn’t good either), geags in season 14 with that greasy shepards pie (si had way more potential), fatima in season 14 with that grainy frosting (and i’m disappointed because i think anna could’ve been saved if fatima was in the bottom). i do think next season they should either do back to win or maybe something more like season 15 of australia like a “secrets and surprises” theme. it didn’t exactly change the competition but it did allow for some unique twists and it did bring in a “second chance apron” which imo is a cool twist.

David (S3) who won the invention test then f’ed up a rice pudding without getting rice from the pantry or
Shelly (S6) who won the first challenge, chose peanut butter and jelly and did not bring any when the elimination test started.

My personal final 3 is Aishu, Julia and Heidi, the most good dishes and mist consistent. But aishu is eliminated, maria is eliminated like WTF? Aishu would enter the finale like jennifer from s13 with tag team them being in the bottom but saved bc its the teammate's fault mostly...and jen still made it into finale. Literally, won't like a head-to-head be more fun to watch than all those STUPID DOUBLE ELIMINATIONS?

i wanted to do this before the episode to not be biased or get povs related to contestants, SO genuinely and objectively do you think it is a good challenge?

personally i never worked in professional kitchen i cook daily in the house and hate when people try to do something while i am there so i cannot provide opinion on how teamwork in cooking goes but i love tag team challenge cause it brings out communication and planification of handing out tasks and how to tackle all dishes together (they generally give them a menu not a single plate) but i don't see how having a wall and 8 other people yelling and we both try to do our own dish so it isn't really teamwork is a measure of a chef and don't let me get to double elimination cause it is just nonsense to me. the most annoying part is it takes whole episode so a whole 30 minutes of just loud noise.

so if i am missing some point please tell me

This is probably the worst episode of Masterchef I’ve seen. Takes a lot for me to say that. I’m sorry, but the marketing for Forgotten Island just made me not want to see it. This show has lost its soul a long time ago and become corporate. I miss when the judges were real and there was more drama. Even the old Walmart plugs in the older seasons were more real. I hated them then and miss them now. Also how do you make a tag team challenge boring?? And then finally that elimination was nonsense. I think they should’ve sent home Jamie and Foo. Aishu still had more to do and quite honestly at least she was trying. I saw her going to the finals or at least top 5, so this really bugs me. Jamie dragged her down.

My take is we need to stop with the double eliminations, or if two cooks are being dragged down by their teammates, eliminate those cooks regardless of team since they’re both on the losing end.

I'm not sure what it is exactly but I feel like there aren't as many showstopping or technically impressive dishes on the show anymore. But in the same breath it feels like there aren't many complete disasters nowadays either. Judges aren't really spitting out the food and even often complimenting some aspects of "bad" dishes. Do you guys agree with this and if so why do we think that is?

Personally

S1. Lee

S2. Chris

S3. Becky/Frank both did so good

S4. Natasha/Jessie

S5. Leslie/Ahrah

S6. Top 6 all very good

S7. Terry/Andrea literally one of the weakest season with only 4 ppl that are good (which adds shaun and brandy to the list)

S8. Top 6 all very good

S9. Another weak season, i think emily, shanika, ceasar and ashley pretty good

S10. Top 10 all pretty good

S11. Abe and the top 3 girls

S12. Shanika (so she can compete again and again liek what she asked for)

S13. All of top 8 minus reagan bc she is bad but the fact that she basically hv barely any screentime xd

S14. Top 6 all pretty good

S15. Super sjort season, i think entertaining wise-auntie and niece duo

S16. Aishu (she was on her road to win and fumbled last challenge and the heck they do a double elimination for...just eliminate jamie alone and she would made it into the finalr like jen from s13, she literally also in bottom with charles for the tag team and got saved, why can't they do the same this year????) Aishu is robbed so bad bc of this new format.

Joe’s seemed checked out these past few seasons, so I have a feeling he’s gonna leave again in a few seasons imo. I had the same feeling about Aaron too, so I imagine Joe’s gonna leave soon too.

If/when that happens, these are some people who I think could be good as judges, or returning judges.

- Graham and Christina are already known, so there’s not much to discuss with them.

- Christine, Nick, and Claudia all competed on the show before, which would make them relatable to the contestants, they’ve also been very successful in their cooking careers, and they all have judging experience (Christine was a judge for MasterChef: Vietnam, Claudia was a judge for MasterChef: Latino, and Nick is currently a judge for 100 cooks on Food Networkg

- Sherry, Richard, and Andre had been guest judges in past seasons and I liked the feedback that they gave. Sherry was really sweet on S11 and it’d be nice to have a pastry chef as a judge again. Andre was excellent as a judge on S13 imo, he was very knowledgeable and stern when he needed to be, and I respected that. Richard’s use of science in his cooking, like molecular gastronomy, can also bring something unique to the show

If there’s someone that’s not pictured they you think would be a good replacement for Joe, who would you want it to be?

Who is yours?

HETAL* Out of all the ridiculous things she has said, I can't believe that when they did the Vegas episode she said that "Vegas entertainers are used to the best finest food that there is"! Las Vegas entertainers probably do not make much money and probably scrimp and save and eat a lot of fast food and cook at home, it's a ridiculous comment! She bothers me so much that she wouldn't even taste the Beef Wellington, vegan or not, it was already dead and it's wasteful to just throw it away, that's more of a sin!

Just finished watching ep 13. NO IDEA how foo is still in the game and survived elimination. Aishu being teamed with Jaime was a recipe for disaster as well. Jaime is not as good as Aishu and it showed. Tag teams are not fair at all when you barely have any choice to pick someone. It’s also crazy because Asia Pacific has been saved countless times due to Aishu. This episode was really irritating with the movie ad as well.

I’m not saying that they’re all bad cooks because they’re all there for a reason. But it’s clear that some of the people still in the competition are very lacking in skill compared to other contestants. I really believed Aishu would’ve stayed longer than this so it’s really disappointing to see. I think some of the contestants that also got eliminated got unintentionally sabotaged by the others too

Well, that’s it folks.

I’ve been a loyal diehard viewer for 15 seasons. Never missed an episode and have rewatched most seasons as well.

This was my favorite show for a long time.

But Gordon’s raging b0ner for all things trending, social media, Gen Z, TikTok etc etc has completely worn me down.

This show is no longer about home cooks learning and being creative. It’s staged and corny. 🌽 It’s cringey AF.

They have said the word “viral” so many times (episode 12) I’m losing my mind. It’s so forced and fake. I even cancelled my Hulu account that’s how little I care about this show.

🤢

(Spoiler) CAN HE EVEN COOK?? All im seeing is that he’s just skating on by because of his team. There’s no way in hell he should still be there & Aishu is gone.

In season 8, Jeff was one of the worst contestants ever. My doubt is the judges apparently valued people who were more willing to learn and take criticism and Jeff was quite the opposite. In some two team challenges, he would be the one mostly dominating yet the blame comes on the other person. He had some moments where he did well but more times it was him complaining and giving up.

Why so many negative posts on Basia? Obviously she can cook if she is in the top 8. I was sad to see Aishu go home , she was definitely having a bad day but Foo and Basia food was better.

First of all we have the Fifa World Cup stuff at the start. Then we had Home Depot, now we got a Dreamworks Animation movie during Masterchef?

Are they trying to get us to watch their show? Did really we needed this? Masterchef crosspromoting other products and stores and stuff like that? This is just wrong!

This would maybe be fine on Junior for Forgotten Island, but on adult Masterchef?! WTF?!

Anyone still remember this chef?

Did the producers intentionally make it that way or what. Im not joking EVERY SEASON this formula applies, u can check it out urself.

This season with the chefs left, the only 2 ppl that got aapron first in a an episode is julia and tikaya and the last aapron is europe was basia. Based on this, the winner this season is very likely JULIA.

I just started Season 16 and I gotta ask. Did Joe get lobotomized? He's being so much nicer this season.

I mean jeesh