Perhaps I am averse to change or becoming a bit of a fuddy-duddy, but I didn’t like the new version of Masterchef that hit our screens last night. It might not be fair of me to pass judgement when I switched off after the first contestant was handed his apron – so you’ll see I’ve hardly watched any of it, but I just didn’t enjoy those first 5 minutes.
Did anyone else feel the same? The first thing that turned me off was the new sleek kitchen – the dark finish, clinical feel, and row after row of kitchen stations – it felt so unfriendly!
And where has the good old fashioned invention test gone? In the few minutes I saw John and Greg, who I think are great, seemed very staged…”One minute,” says Greg, “this decision has to be unanimous.”
It felt like X-Factor for food. I miss the old friendly, bright white kitchen, the invention test with, those embarrassing moments when someone has come up with something truly awful and had you shouting at the telly, “How did they get through the auditions?!”
The ‘new’ Masterchef feels unfamiliar and for me less enjoyable. It seems they have created a new TV cookery competition, but called it Masterchef, when it really isn’t.
What do you think? Did it get better after the first 5 minutes? Should I make myself sit down and push through everything I hate about it to get to the good stuff? Or do you share in my sadness?
Eat the Earth 
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February 18, 2011 at 1:51 pm
egills
Hello ( just wandering in from no where )..
I myself had the exact same thought as you.. it was more like the Australian version. I’m hoping that it will get better and that it’s only like this because they’re showing parts they don’t normally show? Or am I kidding myself?
I shall continue to watch for the next week in the hope it turns back into my beloved program… and sulk if it doesn’t!
Eileen
February 18, 2011 at 1:58 pm
CharlieB
You have much more perseverance than me! Let me know if it gets any better, I have already decided it won’t, so would love to be proven wrong.
February 25, 2011 at 8:00 pm
Maisie_51
I have watched this with growing disappointment- it has taken the worst elements of the old show- the “It’s a Knockout”obstacle course where you try to get your food from a kitchen half a mile of cobbled streets away from the table, or cooking for several regiments of soldiers on a primus stove armed only with a ton of tins and a blunt knife- and ignored the bits we all associate with – the invention test, the contestant’s best three course menu. Instead, there is even more of the retch making “how much do you really want this? This will change your life” american-style gubbins. And half an hour at 6.30 was so watchable.. RIP Masterchef. I won’t be watching.
March 2, 2011 at 9:29 pm
Irene11
Cant bear to watch anymore, so OTT