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Cooking Masterclass For MasterChef Season Five Top 14: Fried Eggs And Ham


Picture Credit: MasterChef/Fox Are you ready to watch the Top 14 strut their cooking stuff? The show is getting very intense and the competition fierce. Apparently, home cook, Leslie, has a bit of a meltdown during this week’s episode. I like the guy – he brings a lot of character to the show so I […]

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Cooking Masterclass For MasterChef Season Five Top 15: Arch-Rival Pair-Ups


Picture Credit: MasterChef/Fox Ooooo – this week’s episode is going to be a down and dirty one. According to MasterChef’s Official Site, the kitchen cooks will be working in pairs and with an individual whom they deem to be their nemesis. Love it! I mean, can this show get any better? But, it does! Week […]

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Cooking Masterclass For MasterChef Season Five Top 16: Welcome Back Luca and Alexander


I am so excited for this week’s MasterChef episode. MasterChef Season 4 winner, Luca Manfe and Junior MasterChef Season 1 winner, Alexander Weiss make an appearance. I love both of these talented culinary experts and they are proof positive that age holds no barriers in the kitchen. Both are creative, detailed cooks and I wish […]

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Cooking Masterclass For MasterChef Season Five Top 17: The Beach Wedding Challenge


Picture Credit: MasterChef/Fox I forgot to add a blog topic for last week’s episode. My apologies. However, I am back in the saddle again and ready to watch the Top 17 tackle a beach wedding during this week’s episode. How do the producers come up with these scenarios? Pure genius! And it is the reason […]

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Cooking Masterclass For MasterChef Season 4 Week 3: The Top 20 Hit The Battlefield


Picture Credit: MasterChef/Fox Last week’s show unveiled some interesting characters within this talented group of 20 home cooks. I can envision some juicy drama emerging within the MasterChef kitchens. Can you? I have to say that I am still not attaching names to faces as of this writing but, over time, my favorites – or […]

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Cooking MasterClass Discussion For MasterChef Season 5: The Top 22


Picture Credit: Fox/MasterChef Boy, that was quick! We are already at the Top 22 showdown. I guess all the reality shows are on fast forward this season due to an overall ratings slump. I am sure this show rates well in the Nielsons because it does deserve to be at the top of the heap. […]

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Cooking MasterClass Discussion For MasterChef Season 5 Premiere


Picture Credit: MasterChef/Fox Wheee! My favorite reality show begins this week! MasterChef! Yes – a cooking show – not a singing show. Strange but true! MasterChef is a slick, entertaining and crisply edited show that enjoys enormous appeal, due to the ingenuous melding of artistic and dramatic elements. You laugh, you cry, you are inspired! […]

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Season Premiere Of MasterChef Debuts On May 26th On Fox


Picture Credit: MasterChef/Fox You have to admit that Gordon Ramsay and his team at Fox really know how to add the drama to a cooking competition. MasterChef is a Masterpiece. The editing, the fast pace, the chemistry between judges and contestants, the suspense of it all – all of these elements and more make for […]

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Cooking Masterclass Discussion For MasterChef Junior: The Top 6


Picture Credit: MasterChef Junior Boy, with double eliminations each week, this show is breezing along pretty quickly. Best of luck to eliminated duo, Kaylen and Sofia, pictured above. The last pastry challenge, the triple layer cake, was a nasty one and, considering your young age, I felt you kids did a wonderful job conceiving and […]

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Cooking Masterclass Discussion For MasterChef Junior: The Top 8


Picture Courtesy of Fox’s MasterChef Junior Was last week’s snow adorable or what? That whole whipping cream segment was worth the price of admission. So! Much! Fun! The producers have done a marvellous job of capturing the youthful essence of this show. It is refreshing and full of enthusiasm, yet ambitious and challenging. A beautiful […]

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Cooking Masterclass Discussion For MasterChef Junior: The Top 10


2013/10/20131011-204657.jpg”> I am late posting this topic for the MasterChef Junior show. It is Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada and I am “under the weather”, so that combo has totally messed with my time management. My apologies. Last week’s show was just incredible. The production value and the creative measures invested in this show are […]

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Cooking Masterclass Discussion For MasterChef Junior Season 1: Week Two


Are these kids for real? I was flipping out last week. Their confident cooking skills coupled with their engaging personalities made for a very entertaining premiere episode. Even more wonderful was the nurturing manner in which Chef Gordon Ramsay, Chef Joe Bastianich and Chef Graham Elliott interacted with the young home cooks. They tempered – […]

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My Fashionably Late MasterChef News: Luca Wins!


Picture Credit: MasterChef I have decided to add a new theme to my MCL blog here – the “Fashionably Late” blog topic. I am usually behind the 8 ball in terms of time management, so this new description allows my tardiness to look and sound – well – fashionable. With that being said, my first […]

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Cooking Masterclass Discussion For MasterChef Top 2 Showdown With Luca And Natasha


Photo Credit: Masterchef Well, we all pretty much knew that it was going to come down to these two fabulous home cooks, right? After such a gruelling face-off with eliminated cooks, Krissi and Jessie last week, I feel that Natasha and Luca have earned their spot in the finale. However, because I am a full-blooded […]

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Cooking Masterclass Discussion For MasterChef Top 4 Showdown


Photo Credit: Masterchef/Fox Can it be? Will this week’s Top 4 episode highlight everyone’s favorite delicacy, CHOCOLATE? It looks to be so! But, whatever the menu, you know you are in for a fantastic 2-hour ride on the MasterChef Machine! We are down to the Top 4. James was eliminated last week and I was […]

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[Video]Cooking Masterclass Discussion For MasterChef Top 5 Showdown


This week on MasterChef, we will be treated to a two-hour extravaganza as the Top 5 go head-to head with their biggest cooking challenges yet. Here is the lowdown from Fox: “The judges get some very special help from their sons, who stop by the MASTERCHEF kitchen to judge the next mystery box challenge. Then, […]

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[Video]Cooking Masterclass Discussion For MasterChef Top 6 Showdown


Picture Credit: Masterchef This week, the Top 6 are in Los Angeles cooking up a storm. And, if you check out the video below, it looks mighty intense! I still cannot believe that Jordan was eliminated last week but, at the end of the day, someone has to go each week so there you have […]

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Cooking Masterclass For MasterChef Top 7 (Bri Returns)


Picture Credit: Fox/MasterChef Bri is back. Oh yes she is! She is baaaack! And with a vengeance. She wants that MasterChef title. But, it looks like she has some work ahead of her before she can claim that MC crown. Have a look at the video below and get a sneak preview at what is […]

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[VIDEO]Cooking Masterclass Discussion For The Top 6 Show


Picture Credit: Masterchef On Fox Last week, families were flown in for the show to encourage the Top 7 Masterchef contestants. These Top 7 have been away for months. Crazy. Lots of multi- location segments I guess so it has been a long but exciting ordeal. Unfortunately, nobody showed up for Krissi. Her son, who […]

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


Picture Credit:Masterchef 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 […]

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