MasterChef wouldn’t be MasterChef without the creative commentary.
Be it Gordon’s outrageous knee-jerk reactions, or Joe Bastianich’s deadly silence.
But the truth is, Joe is MasterChef’s verbal dagger when it comes to a truly terrible dish.
And while the talent is fierce on MasterChef, everyone makes mistakes.
Joe’s quick to the draw, firing off some of MasterChef’s most brutal criticism.
Perhaps nothing is quite so dreaded as Joe’s signature plate drop into the trash can.
Ouch.
These are Joe’s most pissed off moments on MasterChef.
Slim’s Ginger
Back in Season One, anything could happen on MasterChef.
It was all new, and no one had any idea what to expect.
Maybe the biggest surprise was in episode eight when contestants had a live crab ingredient
for their mystery box challenge.
This little crustacean meets a quick death by getting dropped right into a pot of boiling
water.
But 22-year-old Slim has no idea how to handle her crab.
Things don’t get better for Slim in the elimination challenge.
Romance is the theme, and Slim just isn’t feeling the love.
The ingredient is passion fruit, of course.
This beautiful fruit is a little more rare in a culinary kitchen, but it has a unique,
acidic sweet flavor that Joe loves.
But even with this sultry ingredient, Slim still can’t find her inner romantic.
Her over-spiced ginger and passion fruit fondue is a total disaster.
First, Gordon gives it a taste.
And while Gordon doesn’t hold back, it’s Joe who’s really pissed off.
After he refuses to taste her dish, he makes quite the statement, throwing the whole thing
in the garbage.
Not exactly a lovey-dovey moment.
It’s time for MasterChef to break up with Slim.
The Not-So-Dynamic Duo
In season five, the judges throw a twist at the contestants.
At this point in the challenge, some of the contestants aren’t exactly getting along.
Things get more interesting with Christian, who wants nothing to do with Courtney.
The trouble for Christian?
Since Courtney won the last challenge, she now has a unique edge.
The teams are off, and if Courtney has her way, there’s going to be huge drama in the
kitchen.
But the judges are looking at chemistry.
And while Leslie and Ahran really hate one another, it’s Cutter and Dan who can’t
find harmony.
They can’t shop together, or cook together.
The result?
Not much.
The agitated pair presents a pitiful dish of seared venison loin with seared ahi tuna
and not much else.
Gordon isn’t impressed.
And then comes Joe.
He knows this isn’t going to be acceptable already, but what comes next is one of the
biggest moments in MasterChef, when Joe cuts loose on Cutter.
And after that, Joe’s silent rage gets the better of him, striding over to his beloved
garbage can, letting Cutter.
Dan and Cutter are sent to the pressure test, where they’re back to cooking solo.
But being in total control doesn’t help Cutter, particularly when it comes to Joe.
In the end, Cutter gets cut.
Astrid’s Work Station
The season premiere episode is always full of bright-eyed home cook hopefuls, ready to
make their mark on the world.
Starting at 30 contestants, you never know just who you’re going to encounter in the
kitchen.
One contestant who’s standing out from the start is Astrid.
And the first competition is off!
Their task, to make a signature dish that exemplifies who they are as a cook.
As always, the judges love a good twist.
This time, it comes down to an extra chance to get that coveted MasterChef apron.
The nine home cooks who didn’t get an apron in the initial round now have one more chance
to earn their place in the MasterChef kitchen.
A universal condition in any restaurant is that the kitchen is the limited workspace.
Be it a Michelin Star establishment, or a corner diner, chefs must be skilled at working
in tight quarters.
That means efficiency, courtesy, and more than anything, hygiene.
Maybe someone should have told Astrid.
Throwing scraps on the floor is a new one on MasterChef, and it’s not something any
chef will tolerate.
And so when Joe does his lap around the kitchen, things don’t go so well for Astrid.
In the end, Astrid gets off with just a warning, a pretty tame punishment considering Joe’s
high restaurant standards.
Krissi’s Catfish Fight
Some ingredients are easier to prepare than others, and this Season Eight challenge puts
that concept to the test.
After contestant Lynne won the mystery box challenge, he got an edge to not only choose
the ingredient for the elimination test, but he also got to target one chef of his choosing.
Lynne decides to go after Krissi, and he gives her.
Krissi puts on a good tough facade, but when Joe comes to check on her, she’s clearly
frazzled and Joe calls her out for playing her dish safe.
The confrontation makes things worse, and as the challenge comes to an end, Krissi and
Joe have bad blood.
The tension’s there as Krissi makes her way up to the judges.
It turns out Lynne was right, Krissi can’t deal with the difficult ingredient, and she
winds up creating a lackluster catfish dish for the judges.
First, Gordon’s disappointed, then it’s Joe’s turn.
He doesn’t hesitate, as always, he says exactly what he thinks.
Joe.
Was.
Pissed.
But Krissi can’t let it go.
That’s when Joe lets her have it!
But this charade isn’t enough to get send her home.
The Scallop Basket, and the Garbage Basket
With stiff competition, chefs try to be original as possible.
It’s not a bad tactic, as long as you don’t get too cute.
Trying too hard is a classic MasterChef downfall, after all.
Maybe the most important thing to consider when cooking is the heat.
It’s not a good idea to set the kitchen on fire, for example.
Not a great beginning to the day.
Helene is never able to fully shake it off.
Next up is the elimination challenge.
The stakes are particularly high because this theme is difficult dishes.
The classically challenging risotto proves to be a big task for many of the contestants.
Helene is among them.
Perhaps to compensate for the undercooked risotto dish, Helene creates a burdock root
baskets carrying scallops.
This original idea is maybe too original – in short, it doesn’t work.
First Gordon gives his verdict.
If he hadn’t knocked Helene down enough, it was Joe’s turn to really twist that painful
knife into poor Helene.
This is one of Joe’s most annoyed moments, as he lectures the other home cooks on what’s
expected of them.
Another signature Joe trash toss.
There are no good baskets on MasterChef when Joe Bastianich is a judge.
Trouble With the Under Pork Belly
Winning the mystery box challenge gives a huge edge in MasterChef.
In season 2, Adrien gets to choose which part of the pig each player must prepare.
Pork is beloved by many-a-chef, and when a challenge requires use of the pig, most contestants
get excited.
And with good reason.
Pork is a flavorful, versatile meat.
But not all parts are as easy to cook, and Adrien is very strategic in his assignments.
He does a good job.
Suzy is not thrilled when she finds out her cut is one of the most difficult to prepare:
pork belly.
As one of the top competitors on the show, Suzy seems up for the challenge, but it quickly
becomes clear this isn’t going to be easy.
By time’s up, Suzy isn’t feeling good about her challenging cut.
But Suzy’s hopes fall when Christine has a great dish, and Suzy’s was as terrible
as Christine’s was delicious.
It was bad, really bad.
Suzy’s glazed pork belly with braised cabbage, spaetzle and gravy was a mess.
Joe absolutely wasn’t tolerating this utter disaster.
Once again, cook what you know, and not what you don’t.
Otherwise, you’ll get Joe Bastianich spitting your food into a napkin.
Lynne’s Dessert Puddles
Desserts are an exact science, but as a MasterChef, the contestants need to be skilled all around.
Here’s where even the best of chefs can make critical errors.
It’s a great way to really test a home cook’s mettle, and in this season four episode, the
judges got to see who can walk the MasterChef walk.
For this elimination challenge, the cream rises to the top, as the cooks put on their
pastry hats.
As expected, one of the best chefs had a tough time going from savory to sweet.
The judges are talking, which is not a good situation for Lynne.
It doesn’t get better, getting called up, it’s clear Lynne knows he’s in the hot
seat.
Lynne presents his dish timidly, and it’s truly a painful moment.
Even he is at a loss for words.
It’s no surprise that when Joe gets his turn, he slaughters Lynne for presenting him
with such a terrible dish.
After performing his biggest insult, the Joe Bastianich trash can dump, Joe turns away
from Lynne, totally pissed off.
Tali’s Arctic Char
In season three, the elimination challenge took an ugly turn when it came to serving
up the perfect fish.
Fish is one of those ingredients that can sing or sink, and it’s all about knowing
how to prepare your ingredient.
There’s truly nothing worse than badly executed fish.
And so when Felix gets to assign her competitors each with a different fish, she gets strategic.
Her strategy pays off, sending Tali into a frenzy over his seemingly easy arctic char.
Sometimes, though, a task that’s too easy causes chefs to lose creativity with their
cuisine.
With Tali, this is definitely the case.
Joe is not impressed, and the dish hasn’t even been completed yet.
But, Tali isn’t really getting the message.
The competition is getting smaller and smaller, and so Tali really needs to figure out his
dish.
When Joe calls him forward, he’s already disappointed.
Can Tali recover?
Nope.
Joe’s at him before he’s even taken a bite.
His takedown of Tali’s food, without even tasting it, is brutal.
But this isn’t the first time that Tali’s underdelivered.
In the end, Joe just isn’t dealing with bad food.
When he finally takes that bite, you can totally feel Tali’s pain.
Joe’s not keeping this chef around, that’s for sure.
Not Sashimi
There are a lot of things that can go wrong with food.
Nothing is as unpredictable as how long a piece of fish or meat will need to cook perfectly.
It’s one of the hardest parts of being a chef.
But, to be a MasterChef, you have to get it right.
Unfortunately, in this episode, someone got it wrong, and Joe was pissed.
This mystery box challenge asked chefs to cook a black cod dish.
Everyone’s excited, and Gordon even cooks along with the MasterChefs.
So Joe makes his rounds to see what everyone’s cooking up.
An hour goes by in no time, but when time’s up, people are feeling good.
The judges take their usual walk around to identify the three dishes they’d like to
try.
But this time, there’s a major hiccup.
This massive mistake will not go unpunished, you can bet on that.
The judges call up Howard to make him present his raw fish.
Joe is not happy.
As Joe strides to the plate and Howard knows he’s in hot water.
The big show that Joe puts on is not subtle, and tensions rise as he presents this utterly
unacceptable dish to the chefs.
And, as always, pissed off Joe slams the dish into the trash can.
This is what not to do on MasterChef, folks.
Howard’s End
Howard might have made it through the raw fish flop,
but he wasn’t out of the woods with Joe yet.
In episode 9 of season 4, the theme was stuffed pasta, and to help prepare the difficult agnolotti,
they had a guest very close to Joe Bastianich’s heart.
The most important challenge to Joe had to be when his mother, the famous Lydia Bastianich,
came to guest judge.
The battle is Italian, which is the Bastianich heritage and culinary expertise.
Making the perfect agnolotti isn’t easy, but the pressure is really on when it comes
to hotwire Joe and his mother, two of the world’s experts on this dish.
Contestants feel the pressure to bring it home.
There are some critical errors to avoid.
Joe and Lydia make their rounds to Howard.
It looks like Howard’s twist isn’t hitting the mark.
The moment of truth comes when Lydia brings him forward to present.
Unfortunately for Howard, Lydia wasn’t impressed.
But it’s Joe who slams into him like never before, in one of MasterChef history’s most
talked about moments.
This time, it’s personal, not just about the food.
But Howard fires back.
Uh oh.
Do not mess with Joe!
And with that, the dish goes in the trash.
Needless to say, Howard is out.
So there you have it, Joe Bastianich’s most pissed off moments on MasterChef.
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