Masterchef Judges Taste Food Cold

Former masterchef contestant reveals meals are freezing cold by the time judges taste test on camera alice who almost made it to the finals of the.

Masterchef judges taste food cold. Cold pork belly by chloe in 2018. Given that the food often hits the judging table cold you might be happy to hear that the judges taste food at each of the contestants stations around the kitchen throughout the competition. The professionals star rosanna moseley reveals secrets of the show. When masterchef judges john torode and gregg wallace tuck into the contestants food it s not as cold as you might think.

All of the dishes go straight into the fridge. When your name was called you d walk up and put your dish on the bench then they d show that overhead shot. The flavours remain and judges always know whether dishes are pleasing or not. We will go around the room and the three of us will taste everything hot out of the contestants pot wait.

Once you finish cooking they take your plate away and shoot it with an overhead camera so it looks fresh she said. A mouthful of cold soup. But judges take the temperature into consideration and taste as chefs cook. The judges put a fork in eat a mouthful of the cold gloop for the cameras and pretend it s the first time they ve tasted it former contestant alice zaslavsky says yes the food is always cold on masterchef.

While tucking in to a cold dish of wontons or fish pie sounds rather unpleasant we d still probably eat it. Usually contestants dishes are room temperature. The food is cold. She said filming of the food takes so long that it s cold when it reaches judges.

The food has always been cold and it always will be cold but we taste everything hot off camera the melbourne chef and restaurant owner explained. Food is central to masterchef yet it s essentially impossible for gregg and john and the guest judges to taste everything while it s still hot even warm. A friend of mine was a masterchef contestant in another country i was a contestant in series 10 of masterchef uk the food is eaten cold as the production crew needs time to photograph each dish and tidy the kitchen. In an interview with lucky peach masterchef and masterchef junior judge chef christina tosi the judges taste while the contestants are cooking so they have a better understanding of who s really doing well and who s struggling.

If it s coming from the masterchef australia kitchen it s still likely to be better than anything we d ever whip up hot or not.