Blast from the past I guess, because I'm watching Australian MasterChef for the first time, and I don't really have anyone to talk to about it -_- I'm currently on episode 21 from season 2, where they were cooking classic French cuisine. During the part where they announced the results, when the red team was getting flak over the Asian-style dish, I was screaming inside, "Why aren't you defending yourself?! Why don't you say it was Michel Roux who changed the dish?!" Sure, maybe they did and it was edited out, but that would be a weird choice on production's part... Either way, what were they expected to do in a situation like that? Argue with a literal legend? Ignore his guidance? He was there literally to mentor them, so I feel like going against what he said would be disrespectful and arrogant, even tho yes, the dish didn't fit the theme. And obviously there were other issues with their menu, but I do believe this was a big part of the reason why they lost. And why would Roux even suggest that dish? Because it's a duck? There were definity more duck dishes in the book... And I'm sure he was told it was about a classic French food, not just any dish from his cookbook. Was anyone a bit irked by that part of the episode? For me (so far), this was the most emotion enducing episode, since I started watching Australian version (I do like it a lot more than US version, which I was not expecting! I thought the sheer number of episodes will make me feel bored fast, but it's quite the opposite and I binged the first season in two weeks 😅).