Can Chocolate Fondant Sweeten The Judges? | S3 E05 | Full Episodes | MasterChef UK

After a shaky first course, can a chocolate fondant with cherries and brandy sauce sweeten the judges?

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Master Chef is back certainly my aim is to get to those finals two expert judges to decide who wins we’re looking for a great cook who can make it as a professional someone to turn our exceptional food under pressure when I have set myself challenges I’ve generally achieved them the prize to

Work in a top restaurant this competition just get gets tougher whoever wins it’s going to change their life I cannot see my future in anything other than food Master Chef is going large this week’s Heats have produced four exceptional Cooks our quarterfinalist Sheriff Louise B Helen congratulations but only one of them

Will make it through today’s quarterfinal they have to produce an exceptional three course meal that they designed themselves I think that is a thing of absolute Beauty but before that they must prove to the judges that they have food knowledge could you tell me what these are canel beans do you mean canellini

That’s the ones they must also show they have a passion for food with a genuine commitment to changing their lives I will absolutely throw myself into this I’m committed to to winning this the day starts early with all four contestants shopping for ingredients for the afternoon cook off hi can have one

Of these please that looks lovely I’ll take one of them please definitely hi their fate will be decided by the experts fruit and veg Guru Greg Wallace if they haven’t got the passion if they haven’t got the drive with what we’re going to put them through they simply

Won’t make it that is so so important and Top Chef and restorator John tood at the end of the day we are looking for Master Chef we’re looking for somebody who is going to change their life so who out of the four quarter finalists will have what it takes to

Stay in the race only one of them can win all the these four are focused and very very talented first up high achiever Helen when we she first walked in the door we thought there’s something about this girl and then boom it came together and suddenly that quiet person stood up and

Went oh yeah I can cook in her heat she made the judge’s restaurant quality food if you went to a restaurant and somebody put that in front of you you’d be going ah yeah winner I think our everybody I’ve seen so far she is the most natural

Cook I’m very very excited about Helen very excited Helen has set the bar very high but can she keep producing the goods under pressure when I have set myself challenges I’ve generally achieved them i’ I’d really like to take this all away 22-year-old shareif has shown he has real flare for inventive cooking

I’ve never seen anybody do that before I like that I don’t think I’ve seen a talent and an understanding and a love of food in someone so young in a long long time but with only a year of cooking behind him can he prove he’s got the dishes for a Master Chef

Quarterfinal although I love him I love the enthusiasm slightly concerned that actually he’s got acqu a small repertoire being in this competition means everything to me I cannot see my future in anything other than food and I think this should be a great stepping stone to realize my dreams it means the

World to me means the world to me Next up is dinner party cook Louise who in her heat nearly blew her chances with a risky vanilla sauce that seed Mass was cooked really well it was just a tiny mistake I can tell you now I would eat the whole lot if there wasn’t a bit of Bor in it

However the judges were in no doubt of her cooking ability I can see in you something which says you can really cook it’s obvious just the girl can cook just ease off cook what you love to cook she can do it she’s one driven person the

Only time I smile pretty much is is when I come home and get in the kitchen for me an opportunity like this is is once in a lifetime finally it’s cheese shop owner Ben who’s already taken the first step to a career in food now Ben is a man who’s changed his

Life already become a cheese man and now he wants to be able to cook as well his creative license he calls him and he’s backing up his ambition with some seriously good cooking oh that makes an old fedge man very happy he gave me the best dessert

I’ve eaten so far that was a joy do it again Ben you could be staring at a semi-final place that was delicious I am aiming high on this and I’d be dreadfully disappointed if I don’t get quite a long way along in the competition certainly my aim is to get

To those finals here we go quarterfinal our best four and we’re looking for a semi-finalist this is a great day passion fear tears and very very good Food 10:00 and the contestants make their way back to Master Chef HQ they’re about to be tested on their food knowledge and on their commitment after this one of them will be sent home before for the final cook off the first test is to see if they have the advanced food knowledge

Expected of a Master Chef now this is the ingredients test recognizing products for a cook is important lamb Great British produce thrives in this cold weather climate fantastically rich in flavor these guys should know what they’re talking about now beans and peas are the most widely grown and eaten

Vegetables in the whole world the foundation of great cookery is understanding the base products which you have to work with and unless you have the knowledge of those basic products you cannot do anything at All the little beauty over here this is a Botti bean I think they will struggle with it except for Helen of course because Helen cooked bot beans with her fish she most certainly did could you please tell me what these are I think the’re botte beans canelli beans do you

Mean Canal that’s the ones I think use these to make kind of Arabic breakfast thing called fool I really cannot remember what the name for them is um I’m not sure about that one has that a guess I think it might be Haro Helen’s nerves have got the better

Of her a personal mess up the Monstrous proportions I didn’t identify something I’ve already cooked for her the next stage is crucial it’s the passion test she has just one minute to convince the judges that her future lies in food I’ve had a very successful career

And I’m good at what I do you know and I could always carry on doing that but I want to do something that I’m really passionate about now okay I’ve been cooking now for about 15 years so I’m not just here because food’s become fashionable recently I

Spend probably most of my spare time and nearly all of my disposable income on food and cooking I’m committed to to winning this going all the way through Helen thank you very much indeed thank you Helen over here I think if we were French now we would identify the flagala bean I think they would struggle with this one could you tell me what these are just plain hurricane is it Flaga are they flag means I’m not sure do you want

To stab at it I think they might be called something P shar’s inexperience has shown in the ingredient test can he now prove he has the passion to get him through to the semi-finals that would be devastated to go home now i’ would be absolutely devastated it wouldn’t stop me but it

Would certainly put a big dent in my confidence I can assure you there’s nothing else in the world that enth thrs me the same way that food does I also got youth on my side cuz I can assure you I’ve got huge capacity to learn if you give me this opportunity I will

Absolutely throw myself into this every single day I want to open one of the best restaurants in the country that is my dream that’s my goal thanks a lot guys thank you thank you Sher so a shoulder of lamb it’s a big muscle and it needs to be cooked for a very long time and cooked very slowly those muscles need to break down and it for me is the piece of meat with the most flavor on a whole Beast what’s that got say shoulder I think that’s a shoulder of lamb perfect I think it’s a shoulder well it’s a leg is it a leg Yeah I’m sure it’s a leg there are clearly holes in Ben’s ingredient knowledge but can he now convince the judges of his love and passion for food

I definitely know I got a couple of things wrong and I’m kicking myself I’m hoping that I can get some points back and that they can really see that I am really really up for this I have got the stamina I’ve got the ability to take it all the

Way guys you know I’m somebody who’s got the courage of my convictions I left a very lucrative career to open a small food business so you know that I’m not just here talking to talk secondly for me I don’t sing I don’t dance for me

When I cook it’s an expression of my cre it was my creative out basically most of all really uh cooking gives me immense pleasure and it allows me to give Pleasures to a pleasure to others Ben thank you very much Indeed this is the sweet bread for me this is an underrated piece of offel it is absolutely delicious what’s this they sweet breads are they sweet breads that would be liver okay sweet sweet breads Louise is the only one to get all the ingredients right now she has to

Convince the judges she has the passion to go all the way there’s no point in going in there and being fult just for myself and I would hope that just with my attitude and my enthusiasm they should see that in this competition means the world to me I just

Love food and I’ve been very passionate in everything I’ve ever done and I think putting the same amount of passion into cooking is just so exciting for me just great okay thank you very much thanks very much thank you I hate this bit because everybody has worked so hard and they are really

Good and now we have to make a decision cuz one of them has to leave us and the fact is right now I don’t know now B didn’t do very well in the product recognition then he sat down there and there’s this one line that keeps going

Through my mind here I’ve already given up a good profession in order to work with food and the other thing I love about him is he turns around and says I like to cook for me but I like to make other people happy Helen I’m completely sold on Helen says all the disposable

Income goes on food goes on restaurants goes on eating out can’t take that away from her she knows what she’s up to and she knows what she wants we know Ben and Helen are safe we’re now discussing the merits of shareif and Louise shareif he’s only been cooking

For a year I’m bearing in mind he is a young man he didn’t do very well in the product recognition but I quite like that attitude of you know I’m good I can do it now if he can’t it’s going to be uncovered right now but Louise sounds

Like she’s been cooking for 18 years she knows her ingredients she says she wants to change her life with we’ve always said about Master Chef this can change your life the problem I’ve got is I’m more convinced by shareif than I am Louise one of you is going to leave us and not cook Today shareif sorry thanks very much thank you anyway you are I’m absolutely got it I’ll have to go away and have a think about it but I’ll definitely still follow my dreams and I will have that restaurant eventually there’s no doubt about It congratulations well Done now all that passion that you’ve got right now inside you that emotion use it concentrate it and cook for us the best food you’ve ever cooked in your life let’s cook the three remaining contestants now face their most advanced cooking challenge yet they have an hour and 20 minutes to

Produce a three course meal that they’ve designed themselves the standards expected at this stage are at a much higher level the smallest of Errors could cost them the competition Helen’s menu is Middle Eastern she’s hoping this will showcase her range and make her a winner what delicious superb

Three courses are you going to cook J night to get you through the semi-final I’m going to cook um a salad to start and then I’m going to cook Moroccan Lamb with cuscus and Parisa sauce and summer fruit compost so we’re all Middle Eastern and then we have a northern

European dessert well I’m serving it with rose water scented cream good luck thank you do you need it no really at this stage we’re looking at a menu we’re looking at things that follow on from each other C cu the land Middle Eastern straight to a northern European summer Compound guys you’ve got 50 minutes cheese shop owner Ben is hoping to master some complex flavors with his inventive menu Spill the Beans Ben what we got right it’s caulif almond puree uh chicken livs uh with caper and satanas in and that’s our starter our main must

Be what I’ve chosen Road Deer it’s going to be done with truffled seavoy cabbage and for dessert it’s amoretto jelly um poach white peaches a white chocolate cream to go on top Ben there are lots of flavors here true you’re pushing yourself out on a limb here I I put

Myself under pressure as I did in the last round and I you know there’s no point in coming here if I’m not going to take a risk there are a lot of flavors going on but hopefully they all tie together I love the idea of the cauliflower puree and the chicken livers

Think it’s absolutely fantastic idea he is going to display more technical ability and skill more than the other two but if you only end up with Chef showing off on a plate and something you don’t want to eat you have missed the boat completely Louise wants to prove she’s

More than just a dinner party cook but she’s decided to play it safe with her three courses ways tell us what you’re cooking for us us um I’m doing a goat cheese St HED in walnuts well that means our mes and PUD must be spectacular hopefully

And what are they I’m just doing a rack of lamb with some summer baby vegetables and dessert chocolate fondant with cherries in a Cherry Brandy sauce with cremed fresh ice cream is this Master Chef food yes definitely is this home dinner party food as far as I’m concern I’m really really happy with

What I’ve done That starter is so simple goats chees walnuts and a dressing that’s it all the effort all the work has gone into that pudding she’s going to do a chocolate fondant she’s making ice cream she’s doing cherries all sorts of bits and pieces it is sounding really

Good you have 2 and 1 half minutes left everything rides on their final dishes only one of them can become a semi-finalist time is Racing your time is up ladies and gentlemen get that last thing on your plate get on your plate and we’re done Louise’s first course is a warmed goats cheese salad with walnuts and pomegranate dressing I like it and I think you’ve been clever enough to use interesting ideas and good

Ingredients I’m not Amazed by it I’d take it out for a drink but I wouldn’t take it home to meet Mom her starter has failed to wow the judges can she up the antee with her rack of lamb with roasted vegetables and mint sauce I think your mint sauce could have

More because once again I think that’s a very good dish but I don’t know if I’m going to remember it your veg crunch your Lamb’s nicely seasoned I’m not picking up any mint sauce at all can Louise’s final dish of chocolate fondant with cherries in a brandy sauce sweeten the judges and tip

The balance in her favor look at that still soft in the middle Rich thick thick dark chocolate soured sweetened cherries out of 10 I’ll give you 11 fantastic love it 90% of your food is absolutely thoughtless but is it exciting enough I tried to focus on rather than going over

The top today I didn’t want to do that I was worried of my mess things up we’ve got through without much criticism but have we had enough pray one can start me off now it means so much for his starter Ben has made chicken livers with cauliflower and almond puree and a cherry

Sauce texturally it’s great because you’ve got that soft creamy cauliflower and then there’s the density of the liver which sort of takes you back down to earth then the orange stimulates your palette allows you to take the sweetness of those sultanas in there it’s very very very

Good you are a clever boy I think that is a thing of absolute Beauty Ben’s starter has amazed the judges but can he match it with his man of venison with roasted beetroot seavoy cabbage and truffle oil you don’t get much of of the venison it’s virtually all truffle all the way

Through I’m not sold on this one what you’re trying to do is add another dimension this dish by using truffle oil it says to me oh I don’t know what else to put in my dish so I’m going to put some truffle oil and that make it better it’ll make it posher mate

But there is something so ferocious about a truffle that I think we all should be very very careful of it Ben’s main has not worked out can his dessert of peaches in amoretto jelly and white chocolate cream bring the judges back on side our taste buds are just about to go

On a mystery tour that’s all amoretto it’s killing the peaches it’s killing the chocolate it’s killing it’s killing the cream it’s all amoretto the white peaches are completely lost in there and I really understand what you’re trying to do here but instead of delivering something which is very good and fault free we’re

Delivering something which is interesting but with too many faults how much do you want this Benin incredibly you saw how emotional I was earlier and I’m not a guy that gets easily emotional but it’s really really got to me um because I do want it so much Helen starter is a seasonal salad

Of broad beans corett feta and Mint salty feta cheese balanced perfectly with the sweetness of the broad beans but it is very oily salty fer sweet broad beans and the mint it’s a really good combination it is still slightly greasy though Helen’s main is roast Moroccan Lamb with cuscus and Harissa sauce what will the judges make of It there is more garlic in there than on garlic Island on garlic day in garlic fille on garlic holiday I think the idea of it is a good idea yeah but it needs to be honed and it needs to become something very very small and very very

Sexy all Helen’s hopes are now riding on a summer fruit compot with scented cream plump juicy the cream afterwards easing off the sharpness and the sweetness so nice it actually um gets me quite emotional I think that’s absolutely lovely really good Helen how you feeling not great you’re all right

Okay you’re quarterfinalist you know what happens now you go outside and wait we judge thank you very much the problem we’ve got is we’ve got to find one semi-finalist they really have a chance to change their life Helen somewh or another has lost my vote because it wasn’t to me the three

Courses that should have been put up for Master Chef at this level today that lamb dish was so off the scale I like the idea of putting the Bro beans and the feta together but it was so drenched and all I have no idea what she was

Thinking of no way that is going to get you through to the finals of Master shief they weren’t very keen on the main course so it’s a bit disappointing really maybe it just wasn’t what they were hoping for but they were pretty keen on the dessert dessert really good

Indeed but by that time it was too late we have to knock out hill now that’s it done all finished so we’re left with Louise and Ben Louise produced three quite safe dishes today goats cheese salad with the walnuts and with the pomegranate and all the the leaves on it actually F couldn’t

Be found the lamb the same it was a well-cooked dish dessert to me the chocolate and the cherries and the ice cream were great but tomorrow when I wake up I’ll be thinking to myself what were those two courses I had before the chocolate pudding I don’t think I tried

Hard enough I don’t think the dishes were exciting enough for what they were looking for I’m not sure whether Louise can raise her game I’m not sure whether Ben can calm his down in time because his food was riddled with mistakes the amoretto was all powerful there you had no chance of

Tasting chocolate no chance of tasting peaches today I think metaphorically speaking I’ve taken a big shot gun shot myself in my left foot my right foot both shins my thighs and quite possibly my butttocks too so it didn’t go exactly as planned but that starter was amazing the chicken livers with the cauliflower

And that orange on top of but the way that worked gives me a glimpse I think of what could be absolutely amazing and actually was saying to us I can lift my game but this inventiveness is going too far I think it’s a clash of two completely different

Styles okay do we go for the consistency or do we go for the Adventurers well done good competition not easy to judge we have three very very different cooking styles for one of you this is going to be the most exciting exting journey of your life our semi-finalist is Ben congratulations hold on Bab to the end of the last Day I am disappointed yeah but at the end of the day it has to end at some point doesn’t it thank you then very good contestant fantastic menu um you deserve to Win yeah I’d like to see him win and then I can go oh you know I was probably second really I’ve really enjoyed it it’s been a great journey I think it’s probably started something that I’m going to have to finish I’m relieved tired drained but immensely immensely

Proud it’s just mind bling i’ I’ve actually achieved a goal I set out to do at the first instance and it’s so satisfying when you can do something like That It’s Master cheef we are looking for an amateur who is going to be able to make it as a professional wow that is a thing of beauty you canot handle I changed your dish I cannot deal with this wow that was great I want to go back and have