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in today's video we're going to discuss some facts you need to know about Masterchef if you're a fan
so without further ado let's get right into the content guys
food tasting the key element to a lot of reality show's success is their use of hyper
dramatization and fake situations or scenarios which is what makes them so entertaining many
might not have realized this but a lot of the dishes that are displayed and eaten on screen
are slightly deceiving why is that well a little saying that comes to mind when needing
to explain this is revenge is best served cold but what about the food and cooking competitions
according to an interview with the daily mail Masterchef judge george columbus has
some interesting points to bring up he mentioned that almost in every case by the time the food is
ready to be evaluated by the judging panel it's actually quite cold yes the presentation and
editing makes it look like it's been freshly made and rushed to the judges but most of the time they
have to wait 20 to 30 minutes while the dishes admittedly look mouth-wateringly delicious anyway
they're not nearly as burning hot which is when they are the most appetizing as they may seem
so this could only mean when you see them take a bite out of the food and seem to be enjoying
it it's more than likely that they're faking their reaction in order to get a genuine judgment on the
dishes the judges will usually go around to taste the food at the contestant stations around the
massive kitchen beforehand mention in an interview with the lucky peach a judge named christina
tosi mentioned they do this to get a better understanding of who's doing well versus who is
struggling behind the scenes the judges are a lot fairer than they appear on tv it's just different
to the public since it's entertaining when they're harsh do you guys think it's unexpected for them
to fake their reaction cooking classes it goes without saying but watching as some of the chefs
tear it up in the kitchen displaying their massive talent can be quite intimidating you can tell by
how skillfully they make use of their ingredients that they know what they're doing but according to
an ex-contestant it's not always the case posted on the daily mail the article discusses how some
cast members are given cooking classes when there were challenges that required a level of technique
this is extremely unexpected since there's never any mention of classes given beforehand to
contestants one example they gave when they had to train everyone was for the baking challenges
when they had to make pie crusts and pastry cream another whistleblower gave some shocking
information that will change the way you see the show as a whole the insider said the entire show
is not at all how it seems each home cook is given professional training before the
challenges to ensure that they can cook something decent when they start recording if you really
look back though it's not too surprising because certain things about the chefs don't really add up
like how in many cases there will be a contestant that will mention that they've never cooked with
a specific ingredient or done the required recipe but still manage to do it anyway
it's not realistic for every single one of these chefs to be able to pull it off despite
never doing it beforehand a producer on the show claimed that they never made the guidance a secret
but it's something we never knew animal cruelty you should know by now that the meat industry is
a cruel and cold-blooded place that people would rather just ignore it's safe to say that no one
tunes into a show like master chef to get a chance to see the slaughter of animals on live television
but something you might not be aware of is that masterchef has shown their contestants performing
cruel acts and on several occasions actually like one chef who was a practicing hindu was forced
into ending the life of a crab to make a dish for the judges gordon ramsay at least offered
to be the one to do it for him but the vegetarian cook felt pressured into doing it himself this was
super uncomfortable to watch but has since been taken down because of the backlash it received
in a 2013 episode one of the ingredients that contestants need to cook were two life birds
which they would have to incorporate into a dish thankfully this time they weren't going to need to
slaughter them themselves it was done off screen but why they didn't just do it in advance is very
unsettling however it gets even worse when we look at the 2014 episode that sparked a ton of outrage
online vietnam's masterchef displayed a man ending a turtle's life on air with little to no censoring
which was incredibly disturbing worst of all the man was beating it to death with a wooden spoon
and then beheaded it which made other contestants really distraught while there was a lot of outrage
online some masterchef shows were interrupted by vegan protesters holding signs reading i'm not an
ingredient i am someone non-disclosure agreement one of the biggest reasons why certain shows
have kept juicy behind-the-scenes secrets in the shadows is because they make people sign an nda
non-disclosure agreements force the people who sign into not leaking confidential information
to the public although when it comes to the dirtiest details about masterchef there isn't
really much out there for you to find because of these ndas like we've mentioned there are only a
few people on the show who have leaked some major information and that's simply because
of the strict non-disclosure agreements however there is one ex-contestant who slept through the
cracks and managed to not sign an agreement this exception named jesse glenn appeared
on the show in season 3 and was the only rare case that never signed this document
when they initially handed her the contract she had so many questions that she never ended up
signing it and the recruiters forgot about it so as a consequence of this she had attracted a lot
of attention from the media since she was able to legally leak information without any repercussions
glenn talked about the personality tests exit interviews and questions asked by producers
like which judge's approval would mean the most to you so they can plan which direction the show will
go in she claims that most of what you see on your screen happens because of what the contestants
answer in their interviews implying that things are really scripted the whole process was even
dubbed to be sadistic prying by glenn which is very telling as to how these interviews go
apparently she even expressed that she and many other contestants felt depressed and hurt after
being on the show since it was a rough experience no guarantee for the masterchef us contestants it
seems like when the producers invite you over to la you're pretty much guaranteed a spot on the
show however as some contestants have pointed out in interviews being invited over to los angeles
doesn't mean you were accepted at all one woman named elise mayfield who was in the fifth season
of the show told av club that she didn't hear back from the producers for four months until
they invited her to la mayfield was told that she would only have 10 days to make preparations
to potentially stay in the state for a couple of months don't you think that's a little ridiculous
to burden someone with such a huge amount of planning like that in such a short amount of time
anyway she found out that it wasn't even an invite to the show but rather a final audition
to see if she was worthy of being casted when she got there everyone invited ended up being in
the same hotel together but she found that most were friendly so at least that was a positive
as the time came to compete in the audition as people cooked and interacted with producers 70
people were cut suddenly and without any warning that's absolutely insane to hear but what's more
glenn has some more fascinating behind-the-scenes info to reveal when she was interviewed by salon
she discusses how potential contestants have to pay their own way to la and their stay at the
hotel which is incredibly expensive after all this they have to not only cook under immense
pressure of randomly being cut but take two hour personality tests these are supposedly used by
producers so they can obtain the correct angle to craft personalities and storylines during the show
they also make sure that there's no criminal history attached to their potential since it
would tarnish the master chef brand glenn feels the tests were very invasive criminal judge we
all know by now that gordon ramsay is infamous for his angry outburst but he's really not the only
master chef judged with a temper george glambris an australian judge was charged with assault after
shoving a 19 year old football fan at a match in sydney in late 2017. bbc informed the public about
how calabrese issued an apology shortly after the altercation which he said was instigated by the 19
year old who was making abusive comments about his family additionally calabrese's businesses were
being investigated for something that could potentially put him in jail for a long time
allegedly his restaurants were being looked into for a problem with their payroll system which led
to the underpaying of his employees in fact a total of 162 of his restaurant employees were
being underpaid missing 2.6 million of their pays collectively well that will sadly be all
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