Asparagus Soup & Stuffed Peppers | MasterChef UK | S05 EP04

Witness the intense competition in this MasterChef UK episode as Glenn, Michael, and Emily vie for the last quarterfinal spot. Glenn impresses with an exquisite asparagus soup and a fillet of beef, showcasing solid basic cooking. Michael’s stuffed peppers and seafood stew, though complex, face scrutiny for their myriad of flavours. Emily, while delivering a standout chocolate beetroot cake, falls short with undercooked lamb. The judges deliberate on who deserves the coveted quarterfinalist position. Experience the highs and lows of these amateur cooks as they strive to prove their culinary prowess.

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It’s Master Chef we’re looking for a great  amateur cook who can make it as a professional   someone who can turn out exceptional food  course I can win this without a doubt I’m   hoping it’s going to change my life this is one  tough competition to win Master Chef would be  

Absolutely fabulous whoever wins it’ll change  their life cooking doesn’t get tougher than this in this 1our episode These six contestants  will all compete for the last remaining quarter   final place the winner will then be up against  three other exceptional heat winners our  

Quarterfinalist is matri Elisa [Music] theeast  but first it’s the quick elimination test we   need passion we need skill we need drive we  need determination but really it’s about that   want isn’t it the burning desire to change their  lives the most talented Cooks make the difficult  

Look easy I want to see someone who’s comfortable  in their surroundings comfortable with equipment   and comfortable with the [Music] produce welcome  to Master Chef your first test today has to be   about you holding your nerve prove to us that  you do really cook one decent plate of food  

In 50 minutes at the end of it three of you  will be leaving ladies and Gentlemen let’s go the contestants have to invent a  dish and cook it from any of today’s   ingredients which include raspberries  dried apricots saffron couscous lamb   leg steaks Cherry tomatoes  parissa mint oine and new

Potatoes 33-year-old decorator Michael  likes experimenting with lots of different   ingredients what are you making for us I’m  making a past dish I’m going to flavor the   pasta with parsley uh butter and a saffron  cream sauce some oine cherry tomatoes in  

The oven with garlic pepper and salt you  know I’ve marinated the lamb as well and   I’m going to put that on the side how  can you make that become one plate of   food we’ll wait and [Music] see I know that  I can cook I know that I’m very experimental  

And I’m I’m creative with my food with the  right sort of guidance I think I could be exceptional mother of four Louise thinks it’s  time to follow her true passion I really want   to um have a a second career doing something that  I really love doing cooking seems to be the thing  

That I’m good at go for it why are you on Master  Chef Louise to cook for a living and have my own   restaurant and uh cook some really nice Food for  [Music] People ladies and gentlemen you have had   20 minutes already 20 minutes are [Music] gone  46-year-old Caroline wants to share her lifelong  

Commitment for good home cooking I like to to my  own cookery classes and pass on my skills and my   passions to other people if I don’t do something  now before long it’s going to be too late um and  

I’m going to go for it I really [Music] am Glenn  you’ve decided to clear all your ingredients away   Y and you’ve only got what you’re going to work  with yeah and there doesn’t look like there’s   going to be very much here I think there’s  enough enough to get me me byy okay let’s  

Hope my food does the talking Carpenter Glenn  doesn’t believe in over complicating his food   straight simple cooking and making sure the basics  taste really good and I think that’s what might   shine [Music] through ladies and gentlemen you  have just 10 minutes left 43-year-old Mark wants  

To leave the jewelry business for a career in food  I want to change my life um I want to turn my back   on on what I’ve been doing for 22 years you’re  here cuz you love to cook what’s your dream I want  

To open a a small beastro small restaurant and  follow my dream so you got the drive yeah do you   have the skill I’ve got the basic skills obviously  I want to to hone my skills and that’s why I’m here Emily unless I’m mistaken it looks like  you’re making a pudding well I’m attempting  

To make a raspberry tart with a CR Tre and  a short cast pastry very very nice indeed   it’s pastry your thing is this what you love  to do yes I think so it’s what I’ve done so   far I’m slightly nervous to say that in case  it goes wrong 19-year-old Emily believes her  

Love of baking may give her a Competitive  Edge I think I will win it I think that I   have the love and the passion and hopefully the  [Music] knowledge you’ve got four four minutes left [Music] right ‘s up that’s it time’s Up experimental cook Michael has pulled out  all the stops and made pasta from scratch   with a saffron sauce roasted tomatoes  Obin and and garlic and marinated lamb you flavor your saffron  cream sauce is really really good I like it that you’ve done  different processes but I’m scared  

That you’ve put all of this together  mother of four Louise is hoping Lamb   with minted couscous and a peacon sauce  will get her through to the next round there’s not really a lot going on  the sauce is a little bit weird   because it’s creamy in texture  I thought the sauce was quite

Tasty the cuscus has no flavor at all and the  reason is simple you boiled that cuscus Mark’s   hopes of a change of career rest on his spicy  lamb served with apricot couscous and oen and tomato actually Lamb’s cooked quite  nicely it’s uh it’s nice and moist  

Um there’s a little bit of spice  picking up in there I like this   sweetness of the apricot youve got  mint running through there as well yeah it’s sort of a mixture of  things on a plate that need to   be able to held together by something wet juicy

Saucy Carpenter Glenn has cooked a lamb  steak on roast potatoes with an oine puree textures are great everything is cooked   very very well thank you everything is  very soft the lamb is still very very soft your lamb is Extreme extremely tender the  

Puree itself has got a little  bit of flavor it just lacks o wannabe cookery teacher Caroline is hoping to   impress with her lamb steak  fried potatoes and tomato sauce fried potatoes lamb steak tomato sauce  Master Chef I know it’s a nice thing to eat  

That’s not my problem my problem in judging you is  how can I tell from that that you may be a great cook pastry cook Emily is banking  on a raspberry and custard tart your pastry is lovely short  Bassy well cooked and the filling   your intention was that the custard should be set

Yes probably out of all the dishes  in in the room I was most excited   about this one so I don’t know who’s now  more disappointed you or me think I might be you guys can now go and get a cup  of tea John and I are going to decide  

Which three of you are going home which  three of you staying thank you off you go Glenn’s food his lamb was pink and it was soft  the potatoes underneath the onions the obar   on the outside it was good it was probably the  closest thing in here to professional plate of  

Food so let’s have Glenn in I’d like to start  talking about Louise I thought her food was   really very very average we had cuscus with no  flavor in it whatsoever quite a weird textured   sauce Louise is going home all right look if  there’s someone I really think should stay in  

Yeah Michael the guy made pasta made a very very  good creamy sauce and uh cooked his lamb pretty   well the guy can cook seon sauce was lovely I  mean it didn’t work because there was so much   of it on a plate Michael’s in yeah Caroline’s  food was too simple some new potatoes boiled  

Up fried some tomato sauce and a lump of lamb  I’ve got children who would be able to do that   Caroline goes now it’s between Emily and Mark  see I don’t think there’s any room for Emily we  

Had a pot of runny custard that didn’t even taste  like custard it’s like a pot of cream sweet crust   pastry tries to make custard doesn’t quite work  understands where the fault is presents a plate   of food it didn’t look too bad uh you know  hopefully they can see I do have skill and  

It just went a bit wrong today and hopefully  give me a chance to do better next time well   I quite like Mark Harissa on the land was nice  and the mint running through the cuscus was good  

It was all right it wasn’t that exciting I’d like  to think I’ve done enough um but there were some   other good contestants in there and you just  you never know how the judging is going to go  

Yeah two very different Cooks both Emily and Mark  did have mistakes in their plate it’s a difficult decision three of you are St and  three of you are going home Glen   you’re cooking tomorrow congratulations  Louise Caroline sorry ladies you leave us Michael you’re stay with us so Mark or Emily who stays who

Goes congratulations Emily  you’re staying sorry Mark [Music] your I think what I can learn and Achieve  from this will be an absolute life-changing   experience I’m feeling ecstatic it’s  fantastic yeah brilliant I’m pleased   that they saw something in me and I now have a  chance to prove that there’s a lot more that I  

Can do we have our three and now we’re going to  send them to professional kitchen and see how   they cope we’re going to find out whether they  really can cut it tomorrow and when they come   back from this kitchen we’ll know whe they can  really stand the heat of a professional [Music]

Service it’s day two and the contestants arrive  at waterl Brasserie a restaurant serving classic   French inspired food food our three amateur Cooks  will be working under the watchful eye of head   chef Frank leer good morning guys uh welcome to uh  water let’s crack on yeah come on guys it’s 12:00  

And as the restaurant fills up the first orders  come in Chef two salmon asparagus to follow two   R Med please yes thank [Music] you Michael is  in charge of lamb rump with salsify and parsnip  

Crisps but is a little too Keen to get started  what you doing ien ask you away yeah so take off   your satisfy keep your juice on the side yeah you  need to really listen to me yeah cuz in 15 minutes  

We’ve got 50 covers coming yeah and I won’t have  time to repeat and repeat again the order was up   there and I got a bit over I just misunderstood  him at the start he has to now ask for it

19-year-old Emily is making a hot and  cold salmon starter with a cumin and apple sauce less L up yeah just a dash yeah for  the first one it’s not too bad on the F   send it [Music] over it’s coming up now it’s  coming it’s coming so get ready right Chef  

Asparagus salad Carpenter Glen has been given an  asparagus starter served with a poached egg and   Holland sauce and with five orders already  he’s in at the deep end quick GL quick L   yeah warm sauce let’s go more than 5 minutes  that the order have been placed guys [Music]

Yeah thank you [Music] Glenn  table 29 away guys I need two   lamp M away on table 14 I need four ramp of FL please mik I was talking to you yeah  yes Che thank you lunch service is now  

In full swing and Michael is still having  problems Al start again I’m a bit too over   excited maybe and uh making stupid little  mistakes guys I need the four asparagus   and the four monata please now is the time  to kind of hold your nerve and keep it all

[Music] together after dropping her ingredients  on the floor Emily is falling behind and the   orders are piling up how long for salmon  guys is on the pass um 30 seconds Chef come   on and she’s not the only one feeling the  pressure it’s absolutely chaotic now I’ve  

Got five to do I got got to get this done  but I don’t want him shouting at [Music] me thank you Glenn this one is a good one it’s a  good play mate with service nearly over Michael  

Begins to get things right perfect I like it  I like that one service well done Mike thank you so how does head chef Frank think our three  amateurs coped Mike I would say is to excited  

It was better at the end of the service uh but  the first plate was a bit a bit messy I think   it’s got to be just nerves really I had four  steps to do every now and then I just made a  

Simple [ __ ] up of some of the dishes Emily  she was too scared too scared she needs more   more and more and more I think Chef thinks I’m  a bit too quiet maybe and I need to stand up  

For myself more and share a bit Glenn it looks  quite easy for him I think for the tree I would   say I will take Glen you can feel the something  the same there’s a potential behind that there’s  

A potential definitely definitely all they just  asked me if I want to work here so hey who [Music] knows welcome back you right now  have a chance to prove to us how   good a cook you are this is your  food no excuses 1 hour good luck  

Let’s go they have to cook a two  course menu they’ve chosen [Music] themselves Carpenter Glenn triumphed in the  Pro Kitchen but will his back to basic style   get him through to the quarterfinal what  are your dishes I’ve got an an asparagus  

Soup with a truffle cream and and  I’ve got a fillet of beef sauted   potatoes I’m not one for fabulous vast  flavors I reckon I can do this piece of cake GL dishes are classic but a little  simple it’s f a play safe but it has to  

Be absolutely [Music] perfect 20 minutes gone we  have 40 minutes left yesterday Michael used too   many ingredients will he pair them down today  with his Mediterranean inspired menu what are   your two dishes M stuffed peppers stuffed with  an Capers a garlic and a Mediterranean seafood  

Stew although my mou is not great I’m up to  about 29 different ingredients on your bench   yeah there’s a lot that goes into this dish  and after our conversation yesterday and your   time in the kitchen today no difference in the  style of cookery completely agree what you said  

Yesterday but this dish I I’ve cooked it before  hundreds of times and um it’s [Music] delicious   big fish stew I mean that’s great really really  good but there is lots going on [Music] there   ladies and gentlemen 20 minutes 20 minutes left  Emily just scraped through the first round with  

Her runny custard tart today she’s baking  another risky pudding in her two course menu   Emily all going well yeah I’m quite happy at the  moment main course I’m going to do a lamb with a   kind of three bean stew and then I’m going  to do a chocolate beetroot cake with Candi  

Beetroot and masoni and what does this beetroot  bring to a chocolate cake it kind of cuts the   richness of the [Music] cake and these food if  it’s done very well it’s a good chocolate cake   it’s a very very good lamb steak it’s a good  starting [Music] point it’s just 2 minutes two

[Music] minutes ladies and gentlemen  step away from your benches your time is up experimental cook Michael has made made  stuffed peppers with capers tomatoes and   feta followed by a seafood stew of  muscles prawns monkfish saffron and chili it is really really powerful there’s a  

Lot of flavors in there well  actually too many flavors in there I want to see you really calm  this down because I’m convinced you   can cook so we move on to our Bowl  F stew I actually really like the  

Look of this stew guty it’s big it’s  got shells in it it’s not about the farted there are so many different  ingredients now in this bowl of fish   stew you’ve got to deliver defined  flavors by using a few ingredients  

Rather than a muddy flavor by lots of  ingredients I can do that I know I can do that the fish is soft it’s good very very well  cooked it’s really really good you are very   very good for what you’re doing out of  your own home kitchen no doubt about it  

Thanks there was some negative points in  in those comments um those also positive   points hopefully that they can they can see  through I’ve got skills in the kitchen and   I can cook Carpenter Glenn starting  with an asparagus soup with truffle  

Cream followed by a fillet of beef with  a Parmesan and mushroom topping and soate potatoes you can’t argue with  it it’s a very well-made bowl   of soup thank you very much  but it remains a bower soup

Okay you had nowhere to hide with that soup and  you’ve got no mistakes at all I it’s simply very   very good thank you very much that’s your  first call your soup done we’ve now got your steak I like it because it’s a  very well cooked piece of beef  

To be truly great it needs a nice sticky sauce okay it works together doesn’t it Glenn  you’re not doing bad at all mate thank   you very much it’s good basic cookery is  that enough to make you a quarterfinalist   I think before you experiment and start  showing um intuition and and making gambles  

You need to be able to understand the  basics like any trade I think I’ve done well pastry cook Emily has cooked a  lamb and three bean stew followed by   a chocolate and beetroot pudding with  masap [Music] poni the surprise that  

Goes in your mouth is that fresh of the  lemon juice the wonderful headiness of   the mint that’s on top of the Lamb it’s  just a shame the Lamb’s not cooked right yeah lamb mint and the bean stew for me it’s like  

I’m eating two different dishes at  once should we move on from Beans to cake it is a very very very good moist  delicious chocolate cake the sweetened   or syrup beetroot has become  like just syrupy sweet red juice yes you do get a slight earthiness of  beetro it’s very nice I think it’s more  

Afternoon tea than it is Master Chef desserve  not everything went right I know that the lamb   wasn’t properly cooked but but I’m happy  in general I think my food represented me   quite well you know what comes next you have a  long way we have a big chat thank you off you

Go Master Chef we’ve got three Cooks we’ve got  one quarterfinal place it’s good cooking in here   you could do a lot with these Cooks Emily’s  chocolate and beetro cake today was the star   that was a very very good chocolate cake but  actually for her to make it through to the  

Next round she had to do two perfect dishes lamb  wasn’t cooked properly the dish wasn’t coherent   and that’s a shame it was unattractive it was  confused I think her inexperience is showing   her master cheef journey in my mind has come to  an end I think that means Emily’s out and we have  

A fight between Michael and Glenn Glenn’s food  asparagus soup truffle cream good soup velvety   full of flavor it was a decent bowl of soup but  so it should be a soup is not difficult today  

For me he got the idea that the foundation of  grap food is the basics I thought it was a very   nicely cooked piece of beef beyond that I can’t  see very much I want this so much yeah I am I’m  

You know I’m prepared to go to any lengths to get  this let’s talk about Michael’s food because his   two dishes were very very complex the peppers  with the tomatoes the anchovies Capers rocket   you say it and it’s just not right because he’s  trying too hard it’s the quality of the cooker  

In the fish stew that I like the attempt to make  something really big and wholesome and pack full   of flavor saffron Tomatoes but there is no way  in the world you’re going to get a beautiful   definity flavor out of a pot of fish stew with  26 different ingredients in it really got quite  

Attached to the idea of uh seeing this this  through uh as far as I can I can go I I want   to win the competition we have two Cooks who could  possibly make it as Great Cooks but they’re coming  

From completely different ends of the spectrum who  is going to get to the winning post first we don’t   agree I look in your eyes and I know we don’t  agree I know know we’re back in different hes here we have made a decision  a decision that was fiercely debated I quote

Finalist is Glen congratulations yes come on I’m obviously feeling disappointed  um but I think to certain extent I   knew that it was coming I’d made too many  mistakes to be able to get through to the   next round when other people were  cooking technically better than I

Was gutted absolutely gutted obviously if if  I’m to progress with my cooking I need to not   complicate the dish so much well for speechless  really I for once in my life I ain’t got nothing  

To [Laughter] say you can expect big things  from me as big as me so I hope I can deliver   everything and it’s good and maybe a big man  like myself can give it a delicate touch gravy  

Glenn’s place is secure for now but but in the  morning he’ll be back for the next daunting stage it’s early morning on quarterfinal day  and these four heat winners have returned to   battle for a coveted place in the semifinals  trying to find the best from these four is no  

Easy task this is serious serious pressure who’s  good enough to make it in a professional world who   really wants it who’s going to make it through  I can win this I’m going to grab it and do the  

Best I can this is it it’s crunch time I would  love to go all the way of course I want to win   it I’m quite competitive now the emotion won’t  take over cuz I need to stay focused I want to  

Win this yes I’m nervous and yes I’m emotional but  I’m committed to this and I want to go all the way   we’ve seen lots of cooks so far we’ve found the  best four and now we’re here to find ourselves one semi-finalist 25-year-old office worker Mitra  impressed in the heat with her exceptional  

Understanding of cooking processes BR be and pee  really yummy and that noi is beautifully made each   component part is done very very well Mitra is  in this quarterfinal because of her technical   Brilliance we SP spotted the fact the girl does  seriously cook can she today bring great food  

Together to make it really explode I’ve kind of  surprised myself by getting this spot I do have   high hopes and I guess now I want it more than  [Music] ever Lebanese born Elisa showed an amazing   ability to balance Mediterranean flavors with her  red mullet Lustine and potato main course I think  

That’s beautiful very clever to involve lots of  other ingredients and still let the fish be the   star of the [Music] show Elisa understands the  cooking of the Mediterranean perfectly she packs   sunshine and flavors into her dish better than  anybody else I’ve come across in a long long  

Time I am really really excited about what Al  could pull out the bag today to win Master Chef   will mean absolutely everything to me it’s  the dream cont true I’ve dreamt of such an   opportunity for such a long time I’ll be living  my passion I’ll be living my dream really if I win

This in his heat Carpenter Glenn impressed with  two perfectly cooked simple Classics asparagus   and truffle soup you had nowhere to hide with  that soup and you got no mistakes at all it’s   simply very very good thank you very much and  steak and chips with wild mushrooms it’s good  

Basic cookery is that enough the guy has a natural  ability the guy understands great food he has a   good understanding of the foundations and the  building blocks of modern cookery but he needs   more than that I just believe I’m a very good cook  just simple cooking none of this Fusion stuff or  

Messing around with ingredients just making sure  the basics taste really good I think that’s what   might shine [Music] through during her heat Mama  for Denise wowed with her combinations in a warm   beetroot potato and pigeon salad I love the  sweetness of that beetroot with the pigeon I  

Would happily demolish the whole lot and profess  myself happy Denise Cooks effortlessly so many   different processes that lady is packed full  of natural ability understanding and cookery   knowhow but can she pack her food with flavor  can she give it that Winning Edge I think that  

This is a chance to change my life I just want  to take every opportunity to just go for this   and let it take me wherever it’s going to take  me this quarterfinal is so exciting cuz we have  

Got four Great Cooks for one of these guys  is going to be the start of an extraordinary Journey it’s 10:00 and the contestants are back  at 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 this is the  

Ingredients recognition test the building blocks  of great food come from basic ingredients today   I’ve got breads one of the oldest manufactured  food products of the whole world what I’ve got   is the humble or not so humble egg as a cook  you must know how to identify good ingredients  

This is why we do the ingredients test to find  out just how much they know about [Music] food   this is a duck egg it shell is white it’s  a very strong long flavor and a very creamy

Texture this is ingredients recognition mhm what  I’ve got is eggs eggs is eggs eggs is eggs and   it most certainly is in this case can you tell  me what those eggs are that looks like a Ducks  

Egg that duck egg duck egg what’s that it’s a  goose egg Metra is off to a bad start in the   ingredients recognition test now she needs to  convince John and Greg she has enough drive and  

Ambition to go further in the competition I do  have high hopes and I would love to get through   but at the end of the day it’s competition  someone’s got to go I just hope it’s not me  

Now I’ve got this far and I kind of have a bit  of a boost of confidence it’s totally changed   my outlook it’s also made me assess what I do  now and made me realize that actually I can do  

Something I’m passionate about I don’t need to  sit in an office if I don’t want to but I just   have to get out there and do it and work hard  thank you very much thank [Music] you this is   cheia batter and it’s uneven with huge air  bubbles through it but wonderfully moist do  

You know what this is Chata okay Chata this one  is Chata looks like a rustique or something like   that Denise has failed to identify the chabata  now she needs to keep her emotions in check and   articulate how determined she is to succeed I  do feel quite nervous about the whole thing and  

That is down to a basic kind of desire to want  to win I want this more than I could even put   into words this opportunity would mean the the  world to me and I would not get the chance in  

Any other way it just it wouldn’t happen I’m  100% committed and dedicated to this I want   I learn as much as I can I just want to give you  absolutely everything I’ve got um thank you very  

Much thank [Music] you this is an ostrich egg  now look at this beauty it’s enormous it’s the   equivalent to 24 hens eggs if you want it soft  boiled it’ll take you 50 minutes what’s that  

One I reckon that’s an ostrich egg that’s a big  egg I think it’s an ostrich egg this ostrich I   would have said an ostrich egg a dinosaur egg  Glenn has done well in the ingredients test he  

Now needs to persuade John and Greg he has the  passion of a potential Master Chef Champion now   it really has sunk in how far I maybe had to  get on this cuz I’m probably the best one here

I’m not an emotional man okay but since I’ve  come back this time it really has sunk into   me how important it is and I actually  do believe I actually can win this if   I did win it I think I’d be good on TV as  a celebrity chef so that’s it that’s all  

I have to say thanks very much thank you thank  [Music] you this is piz of bread probably one   of the most ancient breads it’s used mainly  for Mediterranean food this is definitely a   bread that ala should know what’s this  one that’s pet bread pet bread what’s  

This that’s pet bread what’s this Petter  I should know Elisa has recognized nearly   all the ingredients she now needs to prove  her culinary knowledge is matched by her passion I think I’m just going to have to  to speak what’s in my heart really all my  

Life I’ve been preparing for this I hope  this shines through I’ve always looked   for ways of fusing the Lebanese flavors  with those of the traditional Taste of the   West um experimenting with this Fusion  makes me more passionate about cooking  

Um on a more personal level Master Chef  has been the biggest blessing in my life   apart from my son and it’s a blessing that  I’m not willing to let go very easily I’m   determined passionate and will do whatever it  takes to win this thank you very much thank

You this is always tough this bit because we have  four Great Cooks only three of them can cook for   us so who stays who goes we had the ingredient  recognition test and they were all very very  

Close although Elisa did do very very well indeed  and I didn’t realize until now the passion that   the woman has yeah Le has got that hunger she  knows how to cook I think we should let her  

Go through so Ela Cooks that’s one in Denise did  struggle in the recognition test but the passion   the love the emotion it’s impossible to ignore  it’s infectious I think she’s a good cook her   food has been the most elegant so far through  the competition she is driven that’s important  

So Denise goes through Mitra really told the  truth really told it from the heart said look   I don’t have to be in that office that thing that  I’ve Loved all my life I actually am good enough  

To earn a living out of now Glenn did a lot lot  better in the ingredients test than Mitra but they   sat here and said that he thinks he’d make a good  celebrity chef well what does the guy want to do  

I mean that’s that’s that’s a worry for me he has  a dream absolutely he’s trying to protect himself   he says I’m not an emotional guy he’s emotional  we saw him when he won his heat woof woof he  

Said he wants to do this I think I think there’s  lots to be seen from Glenn John I’m not sure at all this is very hard indeed because you’ve   come so far but the rules are that  only three of you will cook for us today

Mitra you’re leaving us I’m sorry thank you very  [Music] much yeah I’m pretty disappointed I think   it’s the worst point that anyone could get kicked  out at I’m sure whoever goes through today will do fantastically congratulations guys congratulations

The great thing for us is right now we know that  in front of us we have a semi finest let’s go and [Music] cook the three remaining contestants  have an hour and 20 minutes to produce a three   course meal the standards expected at  this stage are at a much higher level

Ela is drawing inspiration from both her Lebanese  and European [Music] Roots okay pressure is on   finding for a semi-final place what are you going  to cook for us is going to make us go wow my   starter is the scallop with corander cream papaya  sauce and then I’m doing a rack of lamb with  

Basmati rice and and coriander sauce again pudding  it’s a plum tart with sugar syrup it has the hint   of the Lebanon it’s just a mix of Western food  with a lot of hints of mid Middle Eastern taste  

As well into it you see the other two right right  are you better than them I hope my food will taste   different and you’ll like it [Music] more she’s  got scallops with pole well I’ve never tasted that   combination before lamb all those lovely Spice  in the Middle East cumin and Coran done sounds

Fantastic you’ve got 40 minutes left so far in the competition Glenn has  combined uncomplicated quality cooking with   a confident [Music] demeanor [Music] Glen  hi for the first time you have sweat upon   your brow yeah it’s a tough task to get free  coures done of decent quality and the three  

Courses are scallops with uh a qu’s egg on  top then monk fish wrapped in paraham and   then for dessert it’s chocolate mousse  to get you into this round you prepared   dishes that you’ve never cooked before have  you cooked these before no no I just go for  

The Here and Now Glenn’s a risk taker he must be  because today he is cooking three dishes which   he’s never cooked before trying to get into a  [Music] semi-final 20 minutes guys 20 [Music] minutes determined Mama for Denise is pulling  out all the stops with an ambitious three course  

Menu tell me what your three courses are please  griddled prawns with salsa and my main will be   pork with cided lentils and mustard mash and  for my dessert that will be lime and coconut   cheesecake with a rum cream it’s is a number  of crowd Pleasers going on here do you think  

I sincerely hope so I mean I wanted to kind  of give you guys a snapshot um of some of the   things that I can actually do besides being a  mother of four you have a full-time job M how  

Are you going to cope how are you going to fit  this in if you go through the next round I’ll   fit in whatever you want to fit in I’ve had to  study while having children and working full-time  

There’s an awful lot of things that I’ve had to  manage to do um in my life and so long as I’ve   actually got the dedication and the commitment  nothing is um unachievable as far as I’m concerned Denise has to deliver flavor today  prawns and salsa the Sals got to have a

Punch and we’ve then got a rum and lime cheesecake well I tell you what I’ve got a load of boxes  lined up here and she’s ticking everyone I think   I’m going to go out of here with stone  heavy you’ve got three minutes [Music] left one minute

You’re out of time time’s [Music] up for  her starter Elisa has cooked scollops with   a coriander cream sauce bacon and papaya there  is a question in my mind about the idea of papaya   and coriander and scallops but that’s good cuz I  like to try things I’ve never eaten before okay

The sweetness of the papaya I don’t get  but your scallops are seasoned beautifully   they’re cooked beautifully the cream and the  coriander and the bacon with the scallop go beautifully the first flavor is  the sweetness of the POR Po and   then comes very well cooked scallop  and salty bacon I would eat it all  

Can now raise her game with a rack  of lamb with basmati rice oine and nuts I think it’s delicious the lamb  is sweet the spicy on the outside the   textures are wonderful the flavors are  wonderful I just absolutely love it thank

You oh I love the sweetness of the  Lamb I like the fruit Tang that the   raisins give I mean that’s just  being cooked to Perfection will   Elisa continue to win the judges  approval with her plaman frangipan tart this ala is definitely not your  best dish the pastry is too crumbly  

The plums are not cooked enough they  need to be a lot softer saying that I   don’t really like very very sweet  desserts but I do know a man who does those plums aren’t cooked enough they’re  not wet enough and what they should be doing  

Is releasing loads and loads of natural  juice that helps to cleanse your pette   ready for the next big sticky mouthful I  like the flavors but even I with my very   very sweet tooth is going to struggle with  sticky mouthful after sticky mouthful have  

You done enough today to secure your place as  a semifinalist I hope you can see the potential   you still want to go through definitely  the more I do this the more I want it   Glenn is aiming to impress with a starter of  scollops poached quail’s eggs and sweet corn

Puree sweetness of the sweet  corn against the sculpy love   gooey egg running through it I think is  detracting from the flavor of the scallop okay the sweet corn goes really well with the  quail’s egg which is very strong yolk and then  

Suddenly you get this sweet taste of the sea  that comes in from the scallet I got to say   I quite like it for his man Glenn has cooked  monk fish wrapped in Palmer ham with creamy cabbage you get the blend of the  seafood of that monkfish with the  

The ham which is good your cream  sauce has the depth of flavor very good the monk fish is nicely cooked right  it’s a nice way of cooking it it’s a gentle   way of cooking it yeah you can cook mate  there is no doubt about that you can cook  

Will he continue to win praise with his  chocolate mousse and toffee Sesame snaps lovely lovely consistency right amount of  sweetness and cocoa so it doesn’t claw the back of   your mouth but you have burnt your caramel which  gives it a finish like coal okay Shame about the

Caramel your mousse is beautiful lovely and  soft really rich your caramel Sesame Wafers   you sort of give with one hand you you take away  with the other don’t you oh I got to admit um I   never cooked any of these before in fact I’ve  never even eaten monk fish before but I think  

I’ve shown that I can cook but now if I do go for  I’ve got to show the flare which is in me see the   thing is I think you are a naturally gifted  cook for the fact of coming here and never  

Cooking these dishes before but you gamble  and you may win well done thanks very much cheers Denise is gunning for a semi-final place   with a starter of griddled King  prawns with a lime and avocado salsa the flavors in that dish are  very good but it just doesn’t have  

The moistness that it needs to make it  a wonderful dish I’ll accept that it’s   good the flavors are good thank you but  it’s too dry it’s too dry mhm can she   make up for lost ground with her man  of pork cider lentils mustard mash and

Applesauce that has flavor the pork is  delicious well seasoned lentils are earthy   and Rich but still sweet with the cider  beautifully made mashed potato I do like it Sweet Apple going into wonderful soft  pork what you have cooked is stunningly good

Will Denise’s lime and coconut cheesecake  with rum cream tip the balance in her favor I like the flavors that lovely coconut  the cream cheese in there is very very sweet   we asked for one thing and that was flavor and  I think you’ve delivered it today thank you very

Much oh cleansing lime going into deeper  coconut going into hint of rum that is the   taste of the Caribbean in a cheesecake those  flavor combinations are simply simply superb   you’ve done yourself proud today haven’t you I’m  sure that both of you guys have done things by  

Where you’ve thought that’s perfect I want to  look at things and and think that’s perfect as   well food like this at your level extraordinary  but we’ve only got one semi-final place thank you joyous food I mean really joyous and fantastic  Cooks been bursting bursting with Talent this is a  

Really serious and tough judging decision we  now need to find a semi-finalist we know how   beautiful a cook Alisa can be that scholar dish  for me was well made it’s well cooked but the   idea of taking a papaya and putting it with  cream and coriander is just not rice at all  

It just doesn’t make sense you love turam dish  I love that sort of real peasant earthy flavor   the rice the obber jeans was magical the dessert  to me was completely wrong it was far too sweet   with the thick syrup the plums weren’t cooked  enough on the franie pan tart uh-uh oh my God  

I think the quarterfinals and I haven’t slept a  win semis I don’t know what what will happen to   me I’ll be overwhelmed I’ll be ecstatic it’s  I’m getting closer and closer to my goal I’d  

Like now to talk about Glenn to come on here and  do recipes you’ve never done before I mean that is   Brave the question we have to ask ourselves have  we discovered in Glenn a natural cook perfectly  

Cooked scol up sze of truffle wonderfully cooked  little quail’s eggs on on top the idea of twice   cooking a piece of monk fish he first poached  it and then pan frying it so it had crispy Ham   on the outside that’s clever his chocolate mous  was absolutely perfect but his caramel was burnt  

And tasted like charcoal I done know I knew the  caramel was burnt so I went with the Gamble and I   tried to pull it back failed I think Denise today  made three absolute crowd Pleasers I got to say  

The prawn dish really really wonderful flavor from  the avocado the Tomato the lime brilliant stuff   but it wasn’t wet enough but it’s pretty close I  love that pork dish you know cooking a piece of   pork like that from scratch seasoning it well and  people say oh that’s easy it ain’t it ain’t the  

Flavors in that cheesecake that was the Caribbean  inner pudding it was just lovely it would really   break my heart not to get through I’m putting  a lot into this I’m focusing a lot on this I’m   hungry for this I’m not just I’m ravenous that  was a great quarterfinal and that’s what makes  

Our job an absolute Joy but on the other hand  really really difficult decision really difficult   decision but I would just ask you to just clear  your mind for a moment and ask yourself one   question who do you see as a Master Chef winner  because if you put them through the semi-final  

That’s what you’re saying which one of these guys  would you be happy crowding Master Chef winner I’ve got a huge grit on my face cuz I reckon  you three Rock you’re great but we only have one place [Music] our [Music] winner it’s [Music]  [Applause] [Music] Denise oh my God oh [Music] my

I didn’t do my utmost best today they  know best they made the right decision   it was fantastic you know experience for  me so I’m I’m happy and sad at the same   time a little disappointed I done my best  though I done my best and the best you the  

Best person won at the end of the day well  done Denise well done oh wow wow wow wow   wow wow Denise has produced some great great  great food she’s a very good cook and one of   the best we’ve seen for a very long time  she is more than worthy of a semi-final

Place can’t believe that I’m about  to go through to a a semi-final on   Master Chef here congratulations I can’t  believe it I am so delighted absolutely   delighted [Music] Denise will return for  the semifinals but next time we’re back   with six new contestants all battling  it out for the title of Master [Music]

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