MasterChef Recap: Finale, Finally!!!

Recaps

By Dangerously | Wednesday, September 19, 2012 | 7:00 pm | 14 Comments
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Josh cuts into his rack of lamb, and it’s come out beautifully. The judges are impressed. Bastage tells the other two that right now he doesn’t know who’s gonna win. 

As time runs down, everyone is cheering like whatever team isn’t the Patriots is taking a knee to win the next Super Bowl. 

Time is up. Both contestants tells us they’re super happy with their dishes. So, I guess it’s time to find out who wins. 

It’s judgement time. 

We begin with the appetizers. Josh is called up first, with his lobster and grits. Time to find out if his blender gaffe will cost him. When he confesses that he’s never made a lobster stock before, they look at him like he’s crazy for trying it for the first time today. Gordie tells him the puree is top-notch, but the lobster itself is undercooked. TG echoes him. So does Bastage. Whoops.

Daredevil’s app is next. She made a Thai papaya salad with crab. Gordie tells her that if she’s going to make something so bloody simple, it’d better be fantastic. Bastage tastes it first, and seems to think it’s pretty great. TG says it needs more crab. 

“Teddy, I don’t think you understand ‘salad’.”

Gordie says it’s good…really good…but he wants more luxurious. 

The judges talk about it. Both Gordie and TG seem to be voting for Josh, and Bastage gets pissed about it. If they’d judged the season 1 finale like this, where it’s at least equally what you tried to do vs how well you did it, I think Tebow would’ve beaten Whitney. I’m a little surprised right now. 

Well, the contestants walk back to the kitchen to grab their dishes. Josh, again, presents his dish first. Gordie says it’s great, but he has an issue. See, parsnip, which Josh used in the curry, is a winter vegetable, and you wouldn’t serve a winter vegetable with spring vegetables like the peas & carrots. 

“…………………………..”

Teddy really likes it as well. Bastage is last to taste, and he shows off his class and sophistication by mentioning Antonio Vivaldi while saying that Josh managed to capture all four seasons in one stroke. Seriously, Bastage, stop masturbating in public – that’s what got PeeWee arrested…

DareDevil again presents her dish, and again her choice of ingredients is crapped upon.  Gordie takes his taste and pauses for what seems like 10 seconds, then finally says it’s delicious. He says that NOW he understands what she was doing with the salad, despite the fact that she already told them what she was doing with the salad. Oh well. So maybe she’s looking better…Teddy loves it, too, and Bastage says it’s great, but maybe a little too sweet.  

So, time for the desserts. As the minis head back to get their sweets, the judges chat over the entrees. There’s some disagreement in the back, again. Gordie says that if that dish was in any of their restaurants, they’d be happy to pay $20-30 for it. 

Well, maybe two of the three would be. Bastage wouldn’t let that be served in his restaurant. 

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14 Comments

  1. 1
    Bobbi
    Posted September 19, 2012 at 7:13 pm

    She was my winner of choice since the first time I saw her. It took a lot of courage on her part to even compete. Why should Josh have won? He had lost and was off and came back. No way should he have been the winner and if he had won, I would have cried FOUL. Good going Christine, :-)

  2. 2
    annie Annie
    Posted September 19, 2012 at 7:15 pm

    I developed a huge crush on Chef Bastage, Looked good in the suit / sneaker combo…sarcastic attitude.
    *** swoon***

    oh yeah, Christine….YAY!!!!!! So happy for her!!!!!

    Now, back to Bastage…did I mention his dreamy eyes?

  3. 3
    JimbobJones Jimbob Jones
    Posted September 20, 2012 at 12:53 am

    Daredevil’s thoughts during the confetti: “Where’d all these f***ing moths come from?”

  4. 4
    JimbobJones Jimbob Jones
    Posted September 20, 2012 at 12:54 am

    And Annie, you need help. Not a psychiatrist, but a psychologist — you’re gonna need some drugs. (Thank you, “Joy Ride”)

    ;-)

  5. 5
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted September 20, 2012 at 3:07 am

    I can’t even lie though, Bastage is kind of hot.
    If he emotionally abused me and glared at me menacingly the way that he does to everyone else on this show, I’d probably melt with happiness.

    But yeahhhhhhhhh Daredevil!!
    Josh’s food was hoity toity and all, but Christine’s looked absolutely yummy. I wanted to roll in her pork belly and that dessert looked so banging. When Gordon said that the smell of lime was wafting all over the table, my eyes like rolled into the back of my head imagining it. Is her cookbook out yet? If I get it, I’ll have to leave the fish sauce out of all the recipes.

    But what warms my heart the most is that Becky did not win.
    Hallelujah.

    And thank you Dangerously for a wonderful season of recaps! If you’re not recapping anything else, I hope you enjoy your time off!

  6. 6
    Pegalicious
    Posted September 20, 2012 at 4:40 am

    Wahoo! At last I’m happy with a winning cheftestant!

    I’ve been pulling for Christine since the beginning, and IMO her win was well-deserved. I’d much rather have a cookbook from someone who can explain to me how to take lowly ingredients (such as pork belly) and elevate them rather than someone who’ll tell me how to prepare a ridiculously expensive ingredient (e.g., lobster or rack of lamb). I look forward to her cookbook.

    @Dangerously, to echo chaosbutterfly, thanks for your recaps this season. They have, dare I say, “elevated” my viewing experience.

  7. 7
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted September 20, 2012 at 6:54 am

    Oh, and I found this blog post by Christine: http://www.theblindcook.com/thoughts-on-winning-masterchef-usa-2012/ that I think is pretty interesting, if really really long.
    She shares some interesting tidbits on her helper too.

  8. 8
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted September 20, 2012 at 8:29 am

    I don’t know why Gordon doesn’t seem to know anything about American food culture since he has about 3 million restaurants and 18 different shows based in the US.

    Because they’ve been braising pork belly on Top Chef all along and I don’t remember Tom or Gail or any guest judge sniffing their noses at the lowliness of the ingredients. It’s not posh but it’s not uncommon in fine dining, either.

    But his obsession with pricing dishes to convey the chef’s success, touting Michelin stars, which barely even affect American fine dining since only three cities are reviewed by the Michelin organization, and Los Angeles is no longer one of them, and judging the perceived luxury of ingredients rather than the chef’s skill with them always strikes me as a much more European way to approach cooking.

    At the very least, you’d think the “Michelin starred” chef who uses POP ROCKS on his menu would school Gordon on what is and is not relevant to American food culture.

    Still, I’m glad Christine won, not just because Josh didn’t even belong there, but he’d become much less likeable as the season progressed.

  9. 9
    LAC LAC
    Posted September 20, 2012 at 9:28 am

    YAAY!!! Becky didn’t win…. I mean, Daredevil won!!!

    She had me at pork belly…

    Josh didn’t bother me nearly as much as Becky “Flick”.

  10. 10
    Pegalicious
    Posted September 20, 2012 at 10:14 am

    @chaosbutterfly, thanks for the link; if possible, I have even more respect for Christine after reading her blog.

  11. 11
    crankyguy crankyguy
    Posted September 20, 2012 at 11:17 am

    I stopped watching this about mid-season because I could not stand seeing Becky and Josh. I noticed this recap and had to check the winner, and I am so relieved. It’s nice when things ultimately work out as they should.

  12. 12
    AmyOops AmyOops
    Posted September 20, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    “I like to call it the Spaceship Kitchen. Why? Because I imagine that if I had a spaceship, this is what the kitchen would look like. Duh.”

    Dammit, Dangerously! Now I can’t have a cig while reading the rest of your recap because for some reason this caption made me laugh so hard I choked…and no, I am NOT ready to quit; this was not “a sign” – for those who may be thinking it. But thanks :-)

  13. 13
    Dangerously Dangerously
    Posted September 21, 2012 at 6:01 am

    Thanks for sticking it out with me, guys…especially with how late these last few recaps have been. Once labor day arrives it becomes a lot harder for me to find the time for these….here’s hoping next season doesn’tfollow a similar schedule… I am still planning on writing a recap if Dragoncon for those interested…but otherwise don’t think I’ll be recapping anything until MC next summer. So…if I don’t see tard….good afternoon, good evening, and good night

  14. 14
    zerocool
    Posted September 22, 2012 at 9:05 am

    Late to comment, but I just saw the episode online. Glad Christine won, it seemed as though they were really favoring Josh there so I was worried he would win. I do think Josh got the shaft when he was originally eliminated, the fault his team was there was Frank and he didn’t even have to cook in that elimination round. But I really liked Frank so it didn’t bother me too much. And given the option of having the “flavor elevator” return, I’ll take Josh any day. At least the boy had talent.

    Ideally, I would’ve liked to see Frank & Christine in the final two. But very glad Becky didn’t win.

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