If you think your cooking dominates the kitchen then you are just as hopeful the cooking competitors
that entered the competition in season 9 of Gordon Ramsay's MasterChef!
This has to be the most intense, flavorful, and emotional season that has been aired yet!
Every challenge made the biggest impact on everyone that was a contestant!
Determining the next master chef was probably the hardest thing that Gordon, Aaron, and
Joe had to do this season.
Beginning Bake Off!
In the premiere of season 9 of MasterChef, there were many competitors with incredible
creativity and ideas for their signature dishes.
Two people really stood out when they came in to determine their position with one of
the master chef mentors!
Shanika and Cynthia were two opposite personalities and they really shone through when they both
decided to do the most shocking thing for the judges; they decided to bake for their
first dish!
That was a big shock to Chef Gordon, Aaron, and Joe.
It was a big shock to see both competitors who baked desserts so well in such a short
amount of time!
Short like her shortcake, luck had fallen for Cynthia.
Shanika had won and got two offers, but decided to sport Team Joe for the season!
Gordon Ramsay Recreations
In episode 3, three competitors recreated their favorite master chef's famous restaurant
dishes for their first dish!
Like Shanika and Cynthia, another competitor decided to impress Gordon Ramsay with his
favorite baked dish from his restaurant!
Sticky toffee pudding with dates.
Again all three judges had been astounded at how insane of a choice Darrick had made
for his first dish!
Especially for a desert that was supposed to take 3 hours long.
But Darrick planned to win over Gordon Ramsay with his rendition of the dessert in 45 minutes!
Racing to get everything done at the last second, Darrick managed to finish his sticky
toffee pudding!
But had it won Gordon over?
It definitely did, and for the first time Chef Ramsay gave three of his aprons to Darrick
because of how amazed he was of him for recreating a difficult dish of his!
Team Gordon for the win!
Crab Carnage
It takes a lot to be where these chefs were at, especially if they had to prove to keep
their aprons from their mentors.
Some quit their jobs, others dropped school.
But what if one had literally sacrificed their life?
Early in the competition, the judges tested the chefs for technique by having to remove
meat from crabs.
Most were confident about shucking meat from them, while others were very intimidated to
boil it in the first place!
One person stuck out even more than the rest and that was Shanika.
Even though she always said what was on her mind, she never told anyone her weaknesses.
Not even her allergy to crabs.
She worked through her allergy to show that she was tough and had willpower to make it
to be top chef!
Wedding Wash Out
After the captains Juni and Julia had won the previous challenge, they were able to
pick teams to cook for the previous MasterChef winner, Shaun O'Neal with his fiancee.
The next challenge was to have them cook for his fiancee's wedding.
But there was a catch that the captains had chosen.
Both captains had to switch their colors, and be on the team they did not choose.
There was a lot of things that were questioned and confusing.
A lot of people felt a bit of cold feet on the blue team.
Juni eventually gave up his position of captain to Taylor, who stepped up and took control
of the havoc that was ruining their chances and Shaun's wedding.
But it didn't stop there!
The blue team had struggled to find communication which caused mass confusion for the team;
even Gordon was frustrated from it and helped plate things.
The Clark Kent of the team, Matt, forgot multiple times the potatoes.
Gordon himself declared him as “potato head!”
Christina Tosi Challenge
Baking is a very serious thing to do for a competition because it involves a lot of precision
and accuracy of measurements.
It is a form of chemistry, after all!
So in episode eleven during the elimination round, the special guest was Christina Tosi.
The cupcake queen herself!
The judges had decided to let Christina help.
She determined the loser of the elimination round by seeing who made the best cupcakes!
The target was painted on Mark, the youngest contestant, because he had gone against his
team's and his mentor's advice with how to cook a certain sauce a very essential way.
The other contestants focused very hard and made their best cupcake taste and look good,
but how many of them were actually good to eat?
Mark's cupcakes did not do him justice and he had forgot the rest of his cupcakes.
He definitely burned himself with that challenge.
But if there was one person who impressed Christina it was Samantha with her famous
raspberry lemon cupcakes.
She really claimed the title of "cupcake princess."
Unexpected Win in MasterChef History
Teamwork is an important part of success in certain areas of work!
It was especially important in episode fourteen of MasterChef season 9.
Two teams had to prepare lunch for the United States Air Force.
Though the leaders of the teams had felt confident, they were constantly pummeled by doubt from
their teammates.
They weren’t high flying after they had gotten scolded by the mentors.
The red team got caught by Gordon with poorly cut asparagus, which got him to show more
of his “good side”.
With the previous doubt about the meat on the blue team, they had started putting their
food out raw, which thankfully Joe had brought to their attention.
Emily felt more and more threatened because Shanika had told her she was going to get
in trouble, but after which the feud between Shanika and Emily definitely scorched more.
Both teams endured the lunch rush of air force pilots and the result dove down from the sky!
History was made on Masterchef.
Both teams had tide.
Big Joe Bake Off Battle
A competition isn’t a competition without a little rivalry.
Fiery spirits to find out who is better than another makes challenges a lot more fun!
In episode fourteen after such a defeat from the tie-breaker, the blue team got put up
for an elimination round.
Emily, the team captain, scored downed her position on Joe's team and challenged Shanika,
head-to-head, to bake a Black Forest Cake.
Joe realized he had chosen two strong and opinionated woman for his team.
They constantly taunted each other while they were interviewed.
Trying to be overly confident then the other to show they were more of a chef and a baker
to the other.
They also found out that Shanika was allergic to chocolate.
Once they had gotten close to the end, Emily's cake fell over in the chill blaster and the
layers of her whipped cream got pressed out.
They both raced the clock to get their cakes decorated and by the last stroke made it to
the judging table on time.
There were some disappointments from the judges, but the loser of the elimination challenge
was Emily.
She had let her anger and Shanika get to her.
Leftover Dinners
It's hard to try and find things to do with leftover pieces of food to try and make a
meal out of it.
So in this episode of MasterChef, the contestants were dealt with leftover ingredients that
most chefs in kitchens do not use for meals in the kitchen.
There was another surprise for the contestants and that was Chef Gordon Ramsay entering the
challenge!
All the contestants were pumped up to cook alongside Ramsay.
It gave them something to consider for how they would manifest their own recipes, but
also distracted them from their work.
Once time was up, the first person to present their meal was Gordon!
An appetizer, entre, and desert.
Who else other than Gordon to cook such an amazing 3 course meal from leftover ingredients?
Put that in a doggy bag and take it home!
Impress or Distress?
Nothing is as intense as trying to get a good review from the best cooks.
But what about the people who took the time to train those best cooks?
In this episode the contestants were pressured to try and impress not only their mentors,
but their mentors’ mentors!
Jonathan Waxman, Lidia Bastianich, and Daniel Beaulieu.
All gave the competitors the challenge as well the final results of their cooking.
Ashley and Cesar made a good example of teamwork, Gerron and Samantha struggled.
At the last moment they put their dish together beautifully.
Both dishes received very, very good reviews from the chefs!
Lamb versus pork; who won over the famous chefs?
Cesar and Ashley had won with their well combined spices in their porkchop heritage dish as
well as their demonstration of team effort!
SPOILER ALERT!
From the Roots to the Finale!
There is a lot that most people go through to get to their dreams, but these last three
contestants had made it through with the inspiration of their roots!
And that is where the judges went!
Gordon went to visit Ashley in her hometown of Opa-Locka, Florida, to see her parents
and to see where her ideas may have come to life -- a farmer's market that had lots of
tropical and exotic foods to be used.
Next, Joe went to Nashville, Tennessee, and interrupted Gerron's class.
He saw how Gerron’s students made an impact on him, and how inspired they were from his
motivation to win the MasterChef title!
And last, Aaron, who had found his way to Cesar's home.
He saw the strength of family and how his muse came from his mother to create his culinary
ideas.
These three contestants were very determined to get the title for MasterChef, and they
proved it with beautifully created dishes dedicated to their families, and from the
teachings of their mentors!
Cheered on by all their families and old MasterChef contestants, the judges were very torn, but
chose the next master chef.
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