2 problems with Masterchef TV

MasterChef Australia is huge over here and we have regularly watched it. My viewing has curtailed recently when I realized how much reality TV – i.e. watching others’ fabricated lives I was watching instead of living my own.

Anyway, there are two points I’d like to make. I don’t claim that they are original but I guess that is what a blog is all about – having the ability to share one’s opinion whenever you want and for whatever reason.

The process of elimination is flawed. In my mind, those with the best dishes should be automatically put through to the next round (as they do in some challenges). As evidenced in this current series, the most creative and innovative cooks have been eliminated and as a result what we are left with are contestants who are merely consistent, rather than brilliant. They are safe; their creativity has been curtailed to play the game.

Arguable I know depending on who you ‘like’ the most, but it isn’t meant to be a popularity contest.

Secondly, if so many people have a dream of being a chef, why don’t they just go to chef school?