Cooking shows and competitions has always shown how intense and crazy competitors or
chefs get when in the heat of a cook-off!
It can lead them to be messy, unorganized, and very weird and sometimes crazy recipe
ideas.
This can affect their cooking and make their food taste even worse.
Most times people just don’t think their food tastes bad, but others will tell them
otherwise.
Beer and Cheese Soup
Have you ever had or made any unusual combination of foods in one meal?
How about warthog and peanut sauce?
In the first episode of MasterChef Season 1, the first contestant who tried out their
signature dish for the judges was Chris, a guy who loves craft beer and swore by it as
an ingredient for all of his dishes.
What person doesn’t like a glass of beer with their food?
But beer and cheese mixed together?
Sounds like a stretch.
Chris made his big debut with the steaming hot pot of cheezey beer goodness, which made
the judges tilt their heads with curiosity.
And when he explained his dish to the judges, Chris was hopeful when Graham had commented
why he liked his dish.
But in the end, the two most important people disagreed with how he used a beer.
Chris loved his beer so much he tried taking it back with him.
Flirty Fish Tacos
There are times when charisma helps make dishes taste better like using a catchphrase, but
in most cases, it does not help when trying to cover up bad flavors.
One person thought they could use their charisma to win over the judges.
Suzette had a very confident and bubbly manner when she walked in.
As she prepared her food, Suzette made comments about how she eats healthy and how she was
once a professional Brazilian soccer player.
Surprised, Gordon was astounded by the contestant’s cockiness as she used her flirting technique
to try and sweeten up the judges.
She even managed to taunt Gordon by asking if he wanted to play soccer with her after
the audition!
As each of the chefs went up to try her food, they all had disappointed expressions on their
faces.
Definitely lowered her self-esteem and ego after those looks.
She missed the kick to impress the judges, especially Gordon who spat out her food.
Unapologetically, they red flagged her food, her flirting technique, and kicked her out.
Close Chopping
With unlimited access to many kitchen and cooking videos by professionals, they’ll
tell and show you that technique is key to an efficient and successful recipe.
While there are many funny fail videos of people trying to copy the famous chefs’
techniques, the real trouble begins when someone is not aware of their own safety that they
injure themselves.
At the beginning of the first MasterChef Season 1 challenge, the thirty contestants made way
to their first individual test.
Lots and lots of onions!
As the challenge progressed on, many of the contestants seemed to be very confident and
made sure to try and copy Gordon’s fancy knife work, while others in the first few
seconds cut themselves.
Getting cut and then getting cut from the competition stings twice as much!
Bad Eggs
What better way to start the day than with a plate of breakfast!
Nothing is easier than preparing breakfast, right?
But what if you had to make one breakfast item shine through everything else?
Such as a strawberry french toast, an oatmeal smoothie, or making maple bacon pancakes!
In episode three of MasterChef, the remaining twenty-four contestants were left to make
a dish with a main ingredient that would stand out.
The contestants took a couple of minutes to realize that a simple egg dish won’t take
them far unless it tasted more delicious than it looked.
Frantic, all contestants tried their best to make this shelled little protein become
the star of the show.
Eliminations of the second trial all came down to one egg!
Many were good, some managed to squeeze through, but a lot were not very lucky.
One triplet of bad eggs definitely got cracked from the competition.
Bigger Trouble in Mini China
Going out and getting to try different kinds of foreign foods is always so exciting!
In this episode of MasterChef, the judges were ready to move on after they beat out
many of the other past contestants and focused on the next cooking challenge at hand. ...and
specifically using the ingredient, mandarin oranges.
The majority of the MasterChef contestants didn’t really know any kind of real and
fresh authentic Chinese dishes.
Really big trouble in mini China!
If you looked around they all made basically the same dishes!
Joe was infuriated enough that he slammed his silverware down.
The majority of the others were not even close to the idea of what Chinese food was supposed
to taste like.
Not Enough to Go Around
When cooking, having the right amount of ingredients is important, but also making sure that the
serving size is properly adjusted!
Especially for those who tend to eat more than two servings!
If the food is good people will keep on eating!
In episode five, the remaining twelve contestants were faced with their first team challenge.
They had to make one entree, two appetizers, and a dessert.
When they were in the kitchen the two teams had quickly scattered to make sure they had
the right size portions for the amount of people they were going to serve.
One person on the red team completely dumped out the cooked bacon onto the floor!
Spilling that perfectly cooked bacon was a bad omen for them, because later in the challenge
when they served their honored guests they ran out of their two sides!
Which left the red team with only the entree and dessert.
That made a lot of the military diners switch to the blue team’s side.
The Passion Burned Out
When someone falls in love they will do anything they can put their mind to just to make a
day or night extra special.
A romantic evening for two by candlelight with a well-cooked dinner to share, perhaps?
And if you’re not the romantic type, what do you do?
In this episode, the contestants had to prove their love to the judges by making a romantic
themed dish.
Some of the contestants had a very eccentric way of showing that on the plate.
Although Whitney had very little thought with how to be romantic, Slim had absolutely no
idea how to create something for a romantic dinner.
Slim lost the romance challenge because of a poorly executed dish of fondue.
Joe even threw out her food without even tasting it.
That was some really tough love…
Or more like full on rejection!
Dessert Disaster
Nothing can beat a sweet treat after dinner!
Cakes, pies, ice creams, chocolates are the best almost any time of day!
And homemade desserts are even better when cooked with the right hands.
But what if that person had no real idea of how to cook a dessert?
In this episode of MasterChef Season 1, all contestants were pressured to cook a dessert
with the secret ingredient.
If there was one thing the contestants had to be for that round, it would be calm.
Some were fine, some were a bit worried, and one was losing their marbles.
Stressed spelled backward in desserts.
Unfortunately, three of the contestants failed to sweeten the deal and one of them was cut
loose.
Mike couldn’t have his cake and eat it too.
What a bitter end.
Fishing for Reviews
If there is one thing that is pertinent to a successful career, it’s having the feedback
from others to see what works or what doesn’t to resolve a problem.
Episode eleven of MasterChef Season 1 was about the contestants having to impress...
The last five chefs of the season faced their last field challenge, where they had to persuade
tough food critic writers with their gourmet dishes!
Even the judges didn’t want to look bad and they weren’t even cooking!
But once the food reached the critics, there was one that wasted his prized bait.
He presented the worst tasting piece of the fish to try and impress the critics along
with a list of other bad features of his dish.
If it looks like chum bait, smells like chum bait, it must be chummy!
Country Fried Flop
Have you ever been in a restaurant where you or someone spilled food on you?
Nothing is worse than watching someone or something spill your soy green tea latte frappuccino
with extra whip all over the floor!
Many people say and play the “5-second rule” before going after their fallen food.
That isn’t something that will hold up in a cooking competition, not even in any kind
of event or setting.
In the last episode of MasterChef Season 1, the contestants hurried to get their dishes
prepared and completed before they plated.
As they tried to beat the clock, one of the final contestants was getting her plates ready
when her downfall was one utensil she used to pick up her main entree!
During that final battle, Whitney had dropped her main dish while she was going to plate
it.
Nothing says “flopped bad” like a country fried chicken flop.
Can’t cry over spilled chicken.
What a mess!
Those were some of the worst moments and dishes on MasterChef season 1!
What do you think were the worst moments or dishes?
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