[VIDEO]Cooking Masterclass Discussion For the Top 8: Wild And Wacky

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Last week’s show was a hoot and a half. The remaining 8 contestants on Masterchef were presented with an outdoors only cooking challenge. They had to cook a meal out in the wild, using no electricity, running water or appliances.

Once again, the contestants were divided into Teams and Team Leaders, Natasha and Bri were asked to choose their team members. Seems simple, right?

Well, no it wasn’t because after the teams were assimilated, Chef Gordon Ramsay asked the captains to switch teams. What a television moment that was!

Basically the Team Captains were now forced work with individuals whom they originally didn’t want on their teams. Yes, it was intense.

In the end, Natasha’s team won with their food presentation consisting of braised rabbit ragu with quail eggs pasta. It was yummy!

Bri’s Team lost with their final product consisting of roasted pigeon, which had been deboned, with fargo risotto and honey glazed carrots. It’s better than I could have done!!

Gordon says that cooking pigeons is more far more difficult than cooking rabbit, so there you have it!

And so, Bri’s team faced the pressure test – making chocolate eclairs. I tried this a few times. It is tedious work – not difficult – but tricky if one is not experienced.

One person from the blue team was declared safe by the red team and it was Krissi. Apparently, they felt that she was the weakest blockade in their race to the finale.

Luca said that “we are going to lose somebody big today” because all three (Jessie, Bri and Jordan) are front-runners.

Boy, some of these eclairs were raw and unattractive. Jessie’s first ever pressure test was a dismal failure as there was barely any filling in the eclairs.

In the end, however, Jordan and Jessie were declared “safe” and Bri, with her undercooked eclairs, was eliminated.

Wednesday July 31st’s Top 7 show is packed full of surprises according to Masterchef.Com:

“The “hunger games” takes on a new meaning when the home cooks travel to a remote field where they will split into two teams and compete in MASTERCHEF’s first-ever overnight challenge. The contestants will have only a limited box of supplies to cook for sustenance, as well as an impressive lunch for the judges. The winning team is safe from elimination, while the losing team faces an intimidating spun sugar dessert pressure test. Find out who comes out on top in a challenge that will test the survival of the fittest.

In the next mystery box challenge, the home cooks get a surprise visit and create a dish inspired by their loved ones. The home cook with the best dish will have an advantage in the elimination round and select the pairs of contestants who will compete in the tag-team sushi challenge. The teams will have one hour to recreate a plate of sushi with one cook preparing the dish at a time. The team with the least impressive sushi platter will face an emotional elimination”

Check out the video below and make sure you tune in at 8:00 PM on Fox. Two hours of just great entertainment and awesome food! And, oh yes, the stress, watching the cooks flitter about under the time constraints. Fun to watch, but not for them.