High level psychological manipulation to create fake drama. I dont know the clip in question, but if he dumped a bunch of salt in his recipe, they only way it passes a taste test is if the producers switched in something else. Bottom Entries You don't add more sugar after you start mixing, that's suicidal. This was a great interview, leslie is just a cool dude. Yeah that comment makes no sense. I also can't imagine tv execs using said agreements either. Masterchef USAs production seems to care more for storylines and characters than anything else. In Season 10's finale, one of the finalists put cuts of fish into a steamer and one of them came out undercooked. While cooking he had told Christian that he had many tricks up his sleeve and that he needed an apron. Just because something is in writing does not mean that it can be just enforced, even in America. When Ramsay checked over to ask Leslie about the menu, Leslie struggled to recite it. US has maxed out "content", but not a lot of cooking talent. They need to sell books and continue establishing/developing the brand. People trash TV, specially reality shows, all the time on the internet band now everyone is into it. Shit was rigged as fuck. Yup, same for any Gordon show really in the US vs non-US versions. Even still, nothing wrong with being a stay at home dad. 7 beginners tips to get your gardening going today. So I'm thinking perhaps they recreated that scene there but I guess he would have told us man IDK it's pretty weird situation. Now, if you asked Leslie outside of the show about it he will deny it as far as he can legally. In the moment he was probably overwhelmed and anxious (which would also destroy memory of the situation). Any number of things could have happened and he isn't going to be able to remember or realize what actually happened. I mean it was probably rigged, its reality TV. The replaced one for the other line from Gordon is speculative. It's easily reasonable to say he tasted that it needed more sugar and so he accidentally added salt and didn't retaste it because of how time crunched they are. He was then pissed off that Christine and Courtney were giving Francis B help from the balcony, and knew how everyone hated him from the very beginning due to his old age, adding that it would be an atrocity if he lost to Francis B because of this. Whitney Miller (S1 winner) became a food stylist and owns a mail order cookie business. I mean some guys aren't even fond of the idea of their wife being more lucrative than them, so that alone takes some degree of being a chill guy. Like it's okay for mothers to be around their children, but it's not okay for fathers to do the same thing? At that stage, they probably taste once, adjust it, and go. The first rule in baking is to not over salt. In his defense, Leslie stated that he'd never led a team who didn't want to be led in the first place. Gordon specifically refers to "The Sponge" so we know the filling isn't the problem. When Daniel saw him cracking under pressure, he decided to step in and allow Francis B to replace Leslie as team captain.

The Australia show is really wholesome with some cool challenges and focus on cooking with loveable personalities and informative criticisms. I'm sure there are more examples but those are the only two I remember right now. Some people on the show were being ridiculously toxic about it. Then I saw a video of one of the Canada guys who won, and he runs a restaurant in Toronto now. Shaun O'Neale (S7) has a restaurant and is opening a new one. Makes sense, salt absorbs water and moisture right? Exactly, they are so time crunched. Definitely will result in a difference visually. I could be wrong but if I remember correctly, Courtney made that same exact mistake early in the show, so now him making that mistake was like a super dramatic gotcha moment. It wouldn't be that surprising for him to legitimately not know the answer. Seconding this. That's not entirely true. Also, the villain ALWAYS loses (see: Max, Ryan, Krissi). They had to make 3 different dishes in that pressure challenge. Sort of exactly like what they did with the 2Header guy who accidentally stole Jaimee's thing in the fridge. The amount of sugar vs salt is like 10 to 1 in cake mixes, if sugar is replaced the cake will probably look like a brick. reminds of this season where they told literally every chef that their fries were undercooked but they had showed everyone working on potatoes first, cutting and then frying them before the other parts of the dish, and removing them last before the timer. Leslie was the best. ", there are also rumors that I'm fucking your mom /s, I was making cookies and used a tablespoon of salt instead of a teaspoon by accident, and that was enough to make me spit it out. His team lost the challenge. Wait, there are people that think American TV is real? i cant ever imagine a scenario where lawyers would make 1 sided agreements. I think they got a lot of backlash for it and decided to pivot to a more wholesome show after. But yeah, again, making the show more interesting to watch is very different to cheating the outcome of the show. I think most of that smug, "I'm more intelligent than you in every way" shit he pulls on the show is for the camera, but some of it is obviously who he really is. I think the judges are nicer/hold back remarks in the AU version which makes them seem more talented. Didn't nick intern at gourmet restaurants before the show started? I noticed a long time ago too that whenever they have a feed 200 type challenge, the people picking which meal they preferred always conveniently go up to the voting area in an order that creates max drama lol. Yeah, if I remember right, Joe laughed at him when he mentioned that he was a SAHD. She should have been eliminated at least 5 different times but always cried and barely escaped elimination. I apologize! They just couldn't predict he'd get stunlocked by the C-Word drama while watching Season 2. so weird when people sit there refreshing their own comment and come back to immediately bitch about getting downvoted, it will all come together once hasan gets to season 5. time. I've watched all of MasterChef independent of Twitch, and in the later seasons they really tone the drama down. Everyone else there has their personality crafted for them to maximize views. Occupation I remember there was one season where a guy literally stole the example dish Gordon made and tried to pass it off as his own, it's scripted as shit but the contestants are contractually not allowed to say that it is. On the other hand the batter most likely used eggs and in the show it looked somewhat thick so there is a possibility that enough air was whipped into it to keep its structure during baking. Many chefs can do just fine without them.

You can just look at Hells Kitchen to see them setting people up to fail. I thought the part about Gordo's company charging a 15% management fee on any income related to the show was particularly abhorrent. ), This is an automated comment | Feedback | Twitch Backup Mirror, Someone should do a test, im no baker but i saw comments saying if you replaced sugar with salt you are gonna get a vastly different result VISUALLY never mind taste wise, Its probably not hard to discern a recipe from the show clips and bake one with salt one with sugar, leslie happened to post this on his instagram a while ago, Need someone like qt to redeem leslie with a bake test. masterchef america is a reality drama show. Much to his disapproval, he let Francis B become the team captain. If you actually think they don't pick and choose idk what I could add to this conversation. I don't think it was necessarily because they had an issue with leslie either, I just think some producer in a room didn't think it would be very sensational TV for a dude who has already made millions in business with his wife to win $250,000 compared to someone who was previously dancing in a club and working 4 jobs down on her luck. A simple mistake such as measuring your salt in tablespoons instead of teaspoons means you have to throw everything out and start over, for reference, there is 3 teaspoons in 1 tablespoon, adding 3x the salt required means most people you served it to would not like or finish it. Of course the show is rigged. none of them are good enough cooks to even remotely make it after leaving the show and even the top 3 dont end up in the cuisine field in the long run. Elimination Test(s) Won And if you watch Leslie's whole talk then you'll understand. Everything else is obviously manipulated by producers (each episode takes 2 days to film, they are given a wardrobe for continuity, they are coached for 7 days a week by professional chefs so they know how to make the recipes presented in the show, dramas are made up/cut to make them appear more vicious, etc.) It just makes it needlessly harder for those not used to it. 1 ", "I'm not perfect. The cake had sugar to rise enough to look decent, but also had salt to change it's taste for the worse.. Look at the recipes for that cake. I remember when LSF was so proud to have figured out how Rajj' shows really work when it comes to keeping the content on, but now everyone acting like a detective again when a different show, which exists for the exact same purpose, entertainment, is doing the same weird shit? He either got favoritism from Joe or the producers wanted a "Hey look, this guy got rejected last season but he came back next season and won the whole thing. Many pro chefs use thermometers everyday. 'S-O-R-R-Y'. So grow up and grow some balls. Clip of Gordon calling the cake too salty. I remember one girl (forgot her name, apologies) recently graduated from a culinary school before going on. I notice that after watching a few minutes of xQC watching MasterChef America contrasted with the Australia version. Leslie was not initially accepted into the MasterChef kitchen. Whether it's true or not there's no way to know I guess, could just be an upset contestant. Like eating a sea sponge. Courtney didn't do anything mean to anyone and wasn't really painted as such, she was just really unlikeable in general. So I know for a fact at least in Canada you sign one. Any lore masters to give me some god damn context? The fact that Leslie has no, "that tastes great are you crazy moment," to me indicates he maybe screwed something up. they 100% crafted courtney to be a villain. Plus he worked when he was younger and he was 56 or something by the time he got to the show. He's only a dick to people if they're not willing to accept help. There is a real contest going on (more of an extended interview) between the one or two people that are actually getting offered the job. u right. And they aren't following recipes. As for juicy trystswell, there are some secrets Ill take to the grave. You can disrespect me all you want, okay? There's way more production time put into Big Brother (on an arguably bigger network) and their NDA's don't last very long at all. Love podcasts or audiobooks?

So he mixed some up, but not all of it. Yeah, could be as simple as Gordon exaggerating the amount of salt, 100% there are NDA's in the show that forbid you talking about the behind the scenes. Just compare season 1 to the later seasons? Kitchen Nightmares US is just Gordo screaming at people while the camera zooms in on expired food while that stupid screeching musical cue tells you how to feel, time to play this 20x in a row https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dinyOvO2EEo. Leslie Gilliams was a contestant on Season 5 of MasterChef. Because it isn't a real contest and is completely rigged by producers choices? Due to the situation and Leslies own argument, this one seems highly unlikely. In fact I don't remember any drama at all from the latest season. Leslie from MasterChef reveals the truth about his salted cake, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dinyOvO2EEo. It would be more arrogant to assert something flat out wrong, and Gordon can be wrong. It's obvious to me that the Masterchef producers either completely tell them what to say or heavily steer them in a certain direction. They both were surrounded by cameras at all times though. He could act in a slight childish manner and could explode on his teammates and competitors with extremely snide, ageist, and condescending remarks (with Ahran being the most notable example). Leslie stated how he deserved to be up there due to his perfect steak and snarkily wished the best of luck to Jordan and Francis B. Kitchen Nightmares UK is quite interesting and shows Gordon actually trying to help restaurants, motivate their workers, and teach them how to craft a good menu/dishes. Otherwise they get called floppy/soggy/fatty because they sat too long. You would 100% tell if you completely mixed up salt and sugar.

Meaning that those "first" auditions that we saw, where they "discovered" each singer were completely scripted. Being a house-husband to a loaded wife makes a cool dude out of most people. They even have it in things like Miss America. The amount of sugar vs salt is like 10 to 1 in cake mixes, if sugar is replaced the cake will probably look like a brick. That's pretty much the same thing. Theyre just setting the contestants up to undercook the meat for that ITS RAW!!!! A lot of people think that NDA's last for the person's entire life. Clip of Gordon calling the cake too salty. There are rumors that joe was fucking her, "As for juicy trystswell, there are some secrets Ill take to the grave. So maybe he was powerless to say anything. The three personalities aren't the only judges, they're just the faces on TV. Leslie felt that tensions were high and felt that he did have some responsibility for a certain amount of his team's loss. I don't think the talent from either shows is that different tbh.

I mean it isn't a tinfoil hat theory to suggest that Masterchef straight up lies for drama, they literally have it written into their contracts that the show can portray them in whatever way it sees fit. 3rd At the beginning, Leslie wanted to hear his teammates' opinions instead of taking control. They dont allow outside tools. He's talented nonetheless but he def had an advantage your typical "home cook" didn't. Plenty of ppl disagree with the chefs all the time, ppl were telling the chefs it taste better than what they said it was, in fact even in the same season there were plenty of times when ppl like cutter were straight up debating Gordon and saying he was wrong, yeah and those people never make it to the final episodes of the seasons, i wonder why. Clip of Gordon calling the cake too salty. If you watch the first season of Masterchef AU they were a lot harsher, closer to what you see on the US version. The chef insisted several times they werent, and Gordon said he was starting to second guess his own judgment until he had proof. Anyone can tell it's obviously not a real contest when every test that the judges vote individually is always 1 point for each and the last judge decides. However, he was given a second chance to gain entry. Hence it still rises regardless. 56 Clueless surely they made him sign an NDA, https://www.salon.com/2018/02/17/i-am-a-master-chef-survivor/, NDAs are extremely hard to enforce and arent worth the paper theyre written on, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Regardless jump cuts are almost always out of order to tell a narrative, but rarely on hot chips. I think it's more likely the cake had slightly too much salt for Gordon's taste and he just said "oh you must've switched the salt for sugar didnt you?" It's reality tv My first assumption is always that it's all bullshit until proven otherwise. Medicare is brokenand not in the way you might think. It really isn't that uncommon to include all sorts of wild shit in contracts where one party has no negotiation power just to get people to fall in line and just to test shit out if something does make it to court. You're putting like 20x the amount of salt instead of sugar, which would make the cake extremely salty (vomit inducing). And what's up with this MasterChef meta? Despite that, he was able to secure an apron and move onto the competition. Despite this, he managed to develop friendships with Francis L., Willie, Victoria, and a close father-daughter-like friendship with Ahran despite some early issues with each other, but was disliked by Courtney, Christian, and Christine. 2 people doing something doesn't make it a meta btw. If you mistakenly add 1 3/4 cups salt, (168x the required salt) trying to eat that would probably make everyone gag. Favorite contestant on Master Chef of all time. People are just jumping too far into the whole "IT'S ALL FAKE" thing again. The problem with the show is that part of the judging process is 100% subjective and therefore that gives them license to basically do whatever they want and kick whoever they want off the show. They keep controversial characters longer. At age 56 (63 now) he is the oldest contestant of the season, and is the oldest adjusted for time.

Joe mellowed down a lot on Season 9 and 10. On the other hand the batter most likely used eggs and in the show it looked somewhat thick so there is a possibility that enough air was whipped into it to keep its structure during baking. 2 But again, why did his cake rise? Definitely will result in a difference visually. I felt like when Gordon had him taste it, that he must have noticed the salt as well since he didn't disagree with what they said, but he did also mention on the stream that the judges get the final say, no matter what. Im a west coast-based creative director at New York-based ad agency MRY, and the season 5 Masterchef runner-up. However, he later toned down his anger over time and became friendly, energetic, and kind as the season progressed, which eventually led him to earn the respect for the other cooks.

I don't know what else you want from me. They dont provide thermometers. His family is in the restaurant business and his brother was a judge on Masterchef Vietnam or something. Very cookie cutter. 1 He ranked in 3rd place. You would think putting up such elegant top quality dishes that the best chefs in the world rate highly would actually give these people the credibility to basically join any decent kitchen as a chef, but it doesn't probably because most of the people aren't actually becoming chefs, but just memorizing steps given to them behind the scenes for upcoming episodes. They knew exactly what they were doing making her a heel. And that was him as one of the top chefs in the world. He was making 3 cakes at the same time and was all over the place. Makes no sense honestly. but the core of the contest must be fair by law.